Carla Buntyn is a Shreveport native. She received her Bachelor of Business Management with a minor in business administration, a Master of Human Services, and a Ph.D. in criminal justice. Carla identified the urgency of needs for individuals who desired a second chance at success in the community and, in 2013, founded Compassion for Lives.

There is no easy or difficult; only status quo and change. For far too long, the status quo for Caddo schools has been a managed decline of an aging and bloated footprint. Despite periodic and painful decommissioning of campuses, most recently EB Williams Stoner Hill Elementary, we’re still oversized by approximately 30%.

Dr. Woodrow "Woody" Wilson Jr. is the administrator/CEO for the parish of Caddo, where he manages the daily functions of Caddo Parish government, overseeing eight departments and over 400 employees. He recently announced his retirement after 22 years of service to Caddo Parish.

For almost 100 years, Willis-Knighton has been responding to the health care needs of the local community. But that commitment extends beyond health care. A commitment to its neighbors – especially underserved, minority neighborhoods – is evident.

The Social Circle of Louisiana, LLC The Social Circle of Louisiana (SCL) was founded by Sylvester Marshall. In 2017, he noticed that quality events catering to diverse young professionals in his hometown were almost non-existent.

Internal medicine has always been a unique specialty to me. It encompasses the realms of primary care while extending a broad coverage of health care across the adult lifespan. You can expect to be treated for all your acute and chronic conditions through care by internal medicine practitioners.

Cuban Liquor, the locally owned retailer of fine spirits and gourmet foods, recently conducted a raffle of rare and highly soughtafter bourbons, raising over $28,000 for United Way of Northwest Louisiana’s (UWNWLA) educational program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

With the death toll from yellow fever mounting daily to unprecedented numbers, including many city workers involved in daily operations of basic services and infrastructure, there was a single trench opened at the City Cemetery (today Oakland Cemetery) for mass burials.