What we Do
Voice Media Ventures is a multimedia company that includes news weekly print and digital editions, film and new media content production, and a strategic communications firm specializing in community outreach and engagement. Its longstanding philanthropic and educational work includes innovative program development in media, history, the arts, and professional development.
Our Mission
Our Vision
01 Creativity
02 Collaboration
03 Community
Properties & Projects
Community Media. Reimagined.
Black Voice News
Starting in Riverside in 1972 as the weekly print publication the Black Voice News was the first African-American newspaper on the west coast to publish a website. The advocacy publication has evolved into an online platform covering important topics and key issues for African-Americans in the Golden State.
The IE Voice
The VOICE is a community newspaper, published weekly in Inland Southern California.
Hindsight Productions
Hindsight Productions is a creative content production company, whose first feature film, My Name is Myeisha, has received critical acclaim and won numerous awards at film festivals both nationally and internationally.
BPC Media Works
BPC Media Works is a strategic communications firm specializing in community engagement, media, government relations, and political affairs in California.
Black Voice Foundation
The Black Voice Foundation was founded in 1988 with a mission to train and educate individuals in print media. The Foundation now includes digital and electronic media and a burgeoning set of projects in the fields of education, professional development, media, history, and the arts.
Mapping Black California
Mapping Black California is a collaborative community mapping project, incorporating technology, data, geography, and place- based study to better understand the African American community in the State of California.
Footsteps To Freedom
The Footsteps to Freedom Tour, founded by Black Voice Foundation, partners with multiple school districts and other entities, to lead a unique study tour experience of the Underground Railroad, one of America’s most significant freedom movements.
The Gore Collection
The Gore Collection features rare antebellum artifacts from the collection of Jerry Gore, a prominent historian who served as a docent on the Footsteps to Freedom Underground Railroad Study Tours for 20 years.
Meet our Team
Chris Allen
Creative Director
Chuck Bibbs
Digital Director
Alexander Brown-Hinds
Social Media Assistant
Hardy Brown II
Black Voice Foundation
Rickerby Hinds
Managing Partner
Paulette Brown-Hinds, PhD
Founder/Publisher
Candice Mays
Project Manager
Stephanie Williams
Editor/Writer
Andrew Hardin
Project Director
Susan Morris
General Manager
Kennedy Schneider
Project Assistant
Bergis Jules
General Manager
In the News
Contact Us Online
1201 University Ave Ste. 210 Riverside, California 92507