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Hazel Stabler stands in a doorway of her midtown Wichita home, surrounded by garments she designed and fabricated.

Wichitans You Should Know

New York, Paris, Milan, Wichita: Hazel Stabler makes waves in fashion and on the school board

by Emily Christensen September 12, 2022September 19, 2022

Armando Minjárez smiling at camera wearing white overalls.

Wichitans You Should Know

Armando Minjárez hopes to highlight the humanity of Wichita’s immigrants

by Emily Christensen June 17, 2022August 7, 2022

Reggie Davidson, recreation superintendent for the Park and Recreation Department, won the Excellence in Public Service Award from the city of Wichita this year. (Alex Unruh/The Beacon)

Wichitans You Should Know

Why Reggie Davidson is the city of Wichita’s 2022 Public Service Award winner

by Celia Hack June 13, 2022August 7, 2022

Joseph “J.W.” Harris leads a cooking class at his apartment in The Studios, a complex aimed at people experiencing homelessness. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)

Wichitans You Should Know

‘Don’t treat them different’: One formerly homeless Wichitan on what the city needs

by Celia Hack June 7, 2022August 7, 2022

Daniel Pewewardy smiling at camera wearing salmon button up.

Wichitans You Should Know

‘They were villainized’: Daniel Pewewardy challenges Native American stereotypes through comedy and film

by Emily Christensen June 3, 2022August 7, 2022

Jonathan Marr, deputy director for Sedgwick County Emergency Management, won this year’s Excellence in Public Service Award for Sedgwick County. (Alex Unruh/The Beacon)

Wichitans You Should Know

Why Jonathan Marr is Sedgwick County’s 2022 Public Service Award winner

by Celia Hack May 31, 2022August 7, 2022

Wichita artist Janice Burdine Thacker

Wichitans You Should Know

Janice Burdine Thacker wants to turn shipping containers into a campus for Black culture in Wichita

by Emily Christensen May 20, 2022August 7, 2022

Sapphire Garcia-Lies founded the Wichita Birth Justice Society in 2020 and plans to open the organization’s brick-and-mortar location this week. (Fernando Salazar/The Beacon)

Wichitans You Should Know

‘Our community deserves to be nurtured’: Sapphire Garcia-Lies on Wichita’s new birth justice center

by Celia Hack April 4, 2022August 7, 2022

Marquetta Atkins is executive director of Destination Innovation

Wichitans You Should Know

Marquetta Atkins is opening the doors of entrepreneurship for Wichita youth

by Claudia Amaro March 15, 2022August 7, 2022

Anti-hunger advocate Tajahnaé Stocker

Wichitans You Should Know

What does it take to erase food inequality in Wichita? Tajahnaé Stocker is working on it.

by Stefania Lugli March 11, 2022August 7, 2022