Author: Allison Brown

A picture says a thousand words, and these paintings say racial inequality needs to end. Artist Jourdan McGowan with his “Painted Faces” show Local artist Jourdan McGowan paints a picture of racial injustice and the Black Lives Matter movement through his art show “Painted Faces.” “I wanted to do something about what was going on with the Black Lives Matter and everything that was going on in the world,” McGowan said. “I thought ‘why not do a show to represent and promote things that need to be seen in the art world’ – and not just in the art world…

* Up to date as of August 22 A lot has happened since Kaleidoscope’s last edition in April, and we want to help you keep up with everything that has been going on. A global, deadly pandemic has wrecked our nation, there is country-wide civil unrest following George Floyd’s, Breonna Taylor’s and many other’s murder by police, the economy had its biggest crash since 1987, we are facing an upcoming election and even Mother Nature seems to be against us. While we can’t break down everything that has happened in the past five months, here is a brief overlook of…

We sat down for a Q and A with UAB’s director of student counseling, Dr. Angela Stowe, to talk about the affects of COVID-19 on mental health.