Reona Wise was appointed executive director of Almost Home, whose mission is to empower young moms to become self-sufficient and create a better future for themselves and their children. She has over 15 years of executive management and consulting experience in the non-profit sector, private business and state and local government.
Posted inLocal news
Getting to school is a long and winding road for a homeless student like Angelina
(St. Louis Public Radio) – There’s a late-winter chill in the house. A space heater is trying to do the work of a busted furnace. Angelina rubs the sleep out of her eyes as her mom gets her washed up and dressed. It’s 8:45 in the morning. The 8-year-old is already late for school. She […]
Posted inHealth news
Walk or run with CWAH
Community Women Against Hardship will host its 15th annual noncompetitive walk/run and Health Fair at Tower Grove Park Saturday, May 18, with registration at 8 a.m. Walkers and runners can register for 1K, 3K or 5K. A physician will be available to discuss concerns at the event. Gloria Taylor, founder/CEO of Community Women Against Hardship […]
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UMSL Chancellor Tom George to retire in September
(St. Louis Public Radio) – University of Missouri–St. Louis Chancellor Tom George will retire in September, he announced Thursday. The university administration will name an interim chancellor and begin a national search for a permanent replacement. “This has been the greatest experience of my professional life, to serve as chancellor at UMSL, to represent our […]
Posted inLetters to the editor
Less care for low-income people
Recently, the Trump administration made harmful changes to a longstanding public health program that’s been successfully keeping people across Missouri and nationwide healthy for nearly 50 years. Here in Missouri the Title X program supports a diverse network of health care providers that deliver family planning and sexual health care services, including breast and cervical […]
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I’m calling on my neighbors to improve our schools, our homes
You’re looking at a miracle. I had open heart surgery and two strokes. I wanted to volunteer in retirement, but I never got a chance to because I kept staying sick. So once my youngest grandchild started school, I decided it was time to go do something. I told myself, “I’m not an old lady. […]
Posted inHealth news
Getting the most bang for your buck at the doctor
Health care can be complicated and even confusing. The best way for you to avoid being overwhelmed by uncertainty is to become health-care literate. This doesn’t just mean learning terms for body parts and illnesses, it also means knowing how to talk to your doctors so you have a better understanding of how to follow […]
Posted inLiving It
‘Us’ comes undone
All eyes have been on comedic-actor and television star turned filmmaker Jordan Peele since he made his game-changing and groundbreaking debut as a feature film writer/director with “Get Out.” With the film’s 2017 release, Peele made history. He became the first African-American writer-director to have a debut film cross the $100M threshold at the box […]
Posted inInside sports
SLU goes to the NCAA; East St. Louis, Belleville West, Incarnate Word, all champions
Here is a recap of what was a spectacular weekend of basketball at the high school and collegiate levels in the area. Billikens are dancing The Saint Louis University Billikens are headed to the NCAA Tournament after making an improbable run to the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship in Brooklyn last weekend. Entering the weekend […]
Posted inBusiness news
Keisha Mabry inspires with ‘mastHERclass’
Keisha & Friends presented mastHERclass on March 8 – International Women’s Day – at the Westin Hotel downtown. Over eight hours, women from all walks of life, ethnicities, sizes, skin tones, fashion tastes, heights, personalities, professions, ages and hairstyles gathered to learn how they could become masters of their fates. Twelve women – including Keisha […]