The Evolution Festival launches in St. Louis this August. The two-day event co-founded by Contemporary Presentations and The Just Listen Company features The Sugarhill Gang, Ice Cube, St. Louis band The Knuckles, and more. “We’re trying to create something that will eventually be woven into the fabric of St. Louis. Something the entire city and […]
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Missouri adult Black obesity rate among nation’s highest
In 2021, almost 45% of Black Missourians over the age of 18 were obese, according to a recently released Center for Disease Control and Prevention study. The staggering facts were highlighted during Obesity Care Week, which ends March 3, 2023. The week focuses on the disproportionate impact of obesity on communities of color. Racial and […]
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Deaconess announces $100,000 in funding for public policy campaigns advancing systemic change
Deaconess Foundation is currently accepting grant proposals for their Policy Campaign/Collaborative Grants. Recipients will be awarded up to $100,000 to support policy campaigns aimed at modifying or changing laws, regulations, or public policy. Deaconess is looking to fund campaigns that pursue change through grassroots advocacy, civic engagement, and community organizing. “Deaconess’ Policy Campaign/Collaborative Grants aim to […]
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Maurice Allen named board chair for Rise
Maurice Allen has been appointed to executive board chair for Rise Young Professionals (YP) board of directors. Started in 2013, the Rise YP Board is a volunteer-run, working board, which consists of 25 to 30 young professionals. The primary mission of the board is to raise awareness of Rise and its work in the community. […]
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Ebonie Reed named VP at Urban Strategies, Inc
Urban Strategies, Inc. (USI) has promoted Ebonie Reed to vice president of compliance and legal affairs. She serves as the primary source of legal counsel and is responsible for ensuring that USI follows federal, local and/or private grant requirements. Reed brings expertise in compliance capacity, managing teams and implementing diversity, equity and inclusion strategies. She […]
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Misty Nunn named an executive director at Lincoln U.
Lincoln University of Missouri has selected Misty Nunn as executive director of university and alumni relations. A member of the LU Class of 2000, Nunn has a long history as a Blue Tiger, first as a student, earning a degree in journalism, and later as a staff member, serving as director of marketing and university […]
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Michael B. Jordan calls out red carpet reporter who called him corny on her podcast
Michael B. Jordan shocked a red carpet reporter when he brought up a comment she made about him. Morning Hustle host Lore’l recently interviewed Jordan at a premiere event for Creed III. She congratulated him on the new film and shared they were classmates in New Jersey. “We go way back, all the way back […]
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Nipsey Hussle’s killer sentenced 60 years to life in prison
Eric Holder Jr, The man convicted of murdering Nipsey Hussle has been sentenced to 60 years to life in person. Holder fatally shot Hussle in 2019 at The Marathon Clothing Store, the store Hussle founded in the South Los Angeles neighborhood where he grew up. “I am very mindful of what was presented as to […]
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Sharp artist
Valencia Miller or “ Miss V’ as she is known to her clients made history in 2014 when she became the first Black female to own and operate a tattoo shop in Missouri. The artist has been in the industry for over two decades, beginning as a tattoo designer in high school. And now her […]
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Jazz Great Wayne Shorter dies at 89
Jazz composer and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, a recipient of 11 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, the Kennedy Center Honor, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz among many others, died Thursday, March 2, 2023. SLSO He received commissions from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO), Nashville and National Symphony […]