Author Archives: Alyssah Hall

Alyssah Hall is a multimedia journalist with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Cal State University Los Angeles. She joins Black Voice News as a UC Berkeley California Local News 2024-2026 Fellow. Born in SoCal and raised in Lynchburg, Virginia, Alyssah experienced what it was like to feel unrepresented and misunderstood. This upbringing inspired her passion for highlighting and uplifting the Black community and other minorities. Before working with BVN, Alyssah was a reporter for CSULA’s University Times and a freelance writer for the LA Sentinel. You can reach Alyssah for tips, comments or concerns at alyssah@voicemediaventures.com or via Instagram @alyssahhallbvn.

University of California Riverside alumnus Otis Greer is currently the director of Legislative and Public Affairs for San Bernardino County's Transportation Authority and chair of the voter initiative for the Mu Xi Lambda chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Black Alumni Series

Inland Empire Black Alumni Series: Meet Otis Greer, UCR Graduate

by Alyssah Hall June 24, 2025October 19, 2025

10 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth 2025

by Alyssah Hall June 18, 2025June 18, 2025

(Left to right) Joie Harvey RN, MSN, event host and Village House founder Aiyana Davison CNM, WHNP-BC, Taylor Digby BSM, CPM and Loren-Ashlee Carter MSN, CNM, RNC-OB, C-EFM pose for a photo at the Civil Rights Institute of Inland Southern California in Riverside on May 30, 2025.

Midwife Aiyana Davison Hosts “Village House’s Voices of Midwifery: A Village Story”

by Alyssah Hall June 17, 2025June 17, 2025

Located in the atrium of the Riverside Art Museum, the "Eclipse: What’s Your Perspective” exhibit captivates with a red accent wall, painted to emulate the red light in the photo lab. The wall displays eight framed photographs and a television in the center that showcases photos taken by Malik Laing and Jonathan Freemantle Arthurs, as well as old videos of them creating and working in their studio on May 23, 2025.

Riverside Art Museum Showcases Positive Visual Representation of Black Communities

by Alyssah Hall June 10, 2025June 12, 2025

Imani Kai Johnson, Ph.D, poses for a portrait at the University of California Riverside on May 13, 2025. Johnson is associate professor and vice chair of the department of dance, as well as an associate professor of the department of Black Studies at the University of California Riverside. Johnson advocates for a nontraditional approach to education, emphasizing that disciplinary boundaries don't always reflect how people live, encouraging students to connect their learning to their lives, cultures, and aspirations beyond just their careers.

Black Leaders in Higher Education

Dance Professor Imani Kai Johnson Challenges Traditional Learning Practices

by Alyssah Hall June 3, 2025June 11, 2025

Dr. Nosakhere Thomas, executive director of the I.E. Black Workers Center, is committed to building strategic partnerships, allying, finding and engaging partners who the center can work with on common goals, as well as finding strategic funding opportunities to support the work.

Executive Director Dr. Nosakhere Thomas and the I.E. Black Workers Center Enriches Black Folks with Job Support and Community

by Alyssah Hall May 30, 2025July 3, 2025

Inside the Masbuild office on January 17, 2025, Charles Bryant and his wife, Lynnelle Bryant, look over the architectural plans they developed to rebuild their Altadena home which was destroyed in the Eaton fire.

Los Angeles & Socal

California African American Museum’s “Ode to ‘Dena Exhibit “ Features Photography by BVN’s Aryana Noroozi

by Alyssah Hall May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

On Sunday, May 4, 2025, Cal State San Bernardino hosted the Inland Empire Black Graduate Recognition Ceremony.

Celebrating Black Excellence: NBG Scholarship Recipients Honored for Academic Achievement and Resilience

by Alyssah Hall May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

Noelle Turner sits in her styling chair at Angelic Hair salon in Ontario on March 21, 2025.

Noelle Turner Creates Opportunity and Representation in Black Hair Care at Angelic Hair Salon

by Alyssah Hall April 30, 2025April 30, 2025