The Soultown! Volume I: ISSUE 4 APRIL 2017 | Page 4

5 DEAR GABBY CONTENTS GABRIELLE MICHELLE 6 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH FROM THE EDITOR How to get the groove of your significant others back! Celebrating the creative writing spirit in your soul. 10 GOOD CHICKEN 8-9 TO TRAP OR NOT TO DR. HILTON & DR. WADE BIZWIZ 17 S.T.E.P.S. by KEI-CHE ON THE COVER: Youth learn literacy by saying yes to poetry. Pages 16-17 4 CONTENTS ? Deaf, youth developer creates program that bridges hearing and hearing impaired communities. IN THE ʻHOOD Advertising /Graphics / Sales & Marketing: Phone: [phone] Web site: thesoultown.com Email: [email protected] Editor In Chief: Haisan 2X Publisher: Chillinʼ Sales Marketing Rep: Eric Gafeney HBCUs can be helpful leading young males from the streets. Social Media Griot: Kei-Che Amanda Graphic Designer: Chillinʼ Photographers: • The Soultown • Mi3rdEye Photography • Tammy Resulta Lifestyle THE SOULTOWN • CONNECTING OUR CULTURE TO OUR COMMUNITY Harold’s Chicken opens in Waterloo, Iowa. 28 WHATʼS UP WITH YOU? WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Former Iowan, Keelan Roberts shares his professional journey to success. Contributing writers: Chillinʼ MBA, MIS Haisan 2X Chaveevah Ferguson Joshalyn Johnson David Rainey PhD Adriel Hilton PhD Damon R. Wade PhD LaTanya Graves MS Kei-Che Randle Gabrielle Shirley Denita Gadson PhD THESOULTOWN.COM