The Soultown! Volume II: Issue 7 JULY 2018 | Page 2

the Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Publisher: Cherie Kabba / Chillin da Conscious Poet Editor-in-Chief: Haisan 2X Design & Layout: Chillin’ Director of Photography: Michael Muhammad editor HAISAN 2X Freelance Photographer: Tammy Williams - Lifestyle Photography Illustration: Tammy Laughlin - Laughlin Out Loud Postmaster: Send address changes to The Soultown c/o Kabba Kreations LLC Address of Publication: P.O. Box 444 Waterloo, Iowa 50704 Subscription rates: $80 Annually Digital and Print $117 Entire contents copyright © 2017 Kabba Kreations LLC • All rights reserved PRINTED IN THE USA The dog days of summer are upon us, Soultowners; plenty of water and air conditioning and it’s not even August. To cool us all with great news from our community, The Soultown presents July’s issue not with the cover of Stevie Wonder’s classic Hotter Than July, but with an image of the legendary Walter Reed Jr.; former director of the Gates Park Youth Basketball League and former director of the Waterloo Human Rights Commission and and an engaging tribute to a life of service. The always thought-provoking Faith Enthusiast shares his zeal for understanding a real awareness of who God is to the believers. Real Talk examines the “March for Our Lives” as an in-the-moment rallying point, yet manifesting little umph in the voting booths and how record low voter turnout for the demographic’s whose eligible members. Dear Gabby and Big Q drop their pearls of wisdom and insight on some pointed questions about style and adult responsibility. Big Q and Soultown contributor Chaveevah Ferguson are highlighted in The Sandwich Generation as Chicago transplants contributing to our community today. Speaking of pearls, What’s Really Good joins us with a story about one of Waterloo’s hidden gem of a storyteller, Tracie Loveless-Hill. Hear SauyaJ all the way out before you go and grab a big sloppy burger, our Healthy Hearts contributor shares the good and bad about fat and how we consume it. It’s not all bad news, folks. In fact, it’s all good here in The Soultown hood, bringing in some cool news and community awareness on these hot summer days. I am Haisan2X, Edi- tor-in-Chief for The Soultown Digi & Print Mag. Stay cool and keep having Soul! , Haisan 2X Editor-In-Chief See what’s happening at thesoultown.com! 2 EDITOR’S NOTE • CONNECTING OUR CULTURE TO OUR CYBER & CONSCIOUS COMMUNITIES • THESOULTOWN.COM