April Rivers Eberhardt is the interim editor for The Black Lens News, the chair of the Spokane NAACP’s Education Committee, and a revered career counselor at Shadle Park High School. Her exceptional work in the community has recently led to her being named an Inland Northwest Woman of the Year. 

The 2025 Lunar New Year begins on the next new moon, January 29th, celebrating the Year of the Snake, which, according to a recent San Francisco Chronicle article, is “associated with good luck, prosperity, fertility and longevity.”   On January 25th at the Shadle Park Library, there is a Lunar New