Welcome!

Welcome to InSites, Vanguard's award-winning blog dedicated to communications for social change. Please visit our "About" page for more information on InSites.

InSites Newsletter

Email:

Remembering a patient listener and extraordinary communicator, Saul Solorzano

Share

Photo courtesy of Franklin Garcia

Though it may not seem to be the case, any great communicator has to be a great listener as well, and there is no doubt that Saul Solorzano was just that. I met Saul more than 20 years ago when I was just learning to speak Spanish. Though [...]

John Lennon: Musical Peace Maker

Share

John Lennon: Musical Peace Maker

December 2010

John Lennon
Musical Peace Maker

“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one. ”
― “Imagine,” by John Lennon

John Lennon was a songwriter, lead singer [...]

Ma Rainey: LGBT Blues Singer

Share

Ma Rainey: LGBT Blues Singer

October 2010

Ma Rainey
LGBT Blues Singer

“You don’t sing to feel better. You sing ’cause that’s a way of understanding life.” —Ma Rainey

Ma Rainey was one of the earliest professional blues singers and one of the first women artists to record the blues. Her powerful yet raspy voice, unique melodic phrasing [...]

Odetta Holmes: Voice of Civil Rights

Share

Odetta Holmes: Voice of Civil Rights

Odetta Holmes
Voice of Civil Rights

“No one can dub you with dignity. That’s yours to claim.” – Odetta Holmes

Odetta Holmes—known simply as Odetta—was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on December 31, 1930. At age six, she moved to Los Angeles, where she studied music at the Los Angeles City College. [...]

In Memoriam: Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Champion

Share

This guest blog post is written by Beverly Lancaster-Jones, a Senior Account Supervisor at Vanguard Communications.

Today our nation mourns the passing of a true patriot – Dorothy Height. Height was among the coalition of African American leaders who pushed civil rights to the center of the American political stage after World War II, and [...]