On Sunday, February 27 at 4:30 p.m. the Inspirational Gospel Choir of the Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church will celebrate Black History Month with a concert entitled: African American Music: We’ve Come This Far By Faith. The concert will take place at Washington Metropolitan AME Zion Church, 613 N. Garrison, where the Rev. Anthony Witherspoon […]
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Guest Commentary – Why I oppose privatizing Social Security
I oppose privatizing Social Security because it is the wrong choice for American workers. I am committed to strengthening and preserving Social Security. President Bush is once again using scare tactics to try to convince the American people that Social Security is in danger, and his solution is to tear the program apart. Social Security […]
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Guest Commentary – We must believe in our students
I am an educator in the St. Louis Public Schools. My experience as a teacher, principal, executive director, deputy superintendent and now interim superintendent has afforded me the opportunity to observe first-hand the challenges and triumphs of urban education in America. Almost daily I can pick up the newspaper, listen to talk radio, or view […]
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Honoring early childhood advocates
On Sunday, February 27, Child Day Care Association (CDCA) will honor five Early Childhood Success Advocates at its second annual fundraiser to benefit the Pathways to Success-Kathryn Nelson Scholarship program. The event will take place at Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust Street in downtown St. Louis, beginning at 3 p.m. The public is invited to […]
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Straight talk on buying homes
More than 100 people interested in various aspects of real estate spent about two hours Saturday at a free home-buying workshop by one of St. Louis’ most successful minority realtors/developers. The presenter, Mary “One” Johnson Home Team Realty, packaged the “Catch the Dream, St. Louis” as a “wealth-building through homeownership” workshop. Speakers and facilitators were […]
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Editorial – SLPS super search must be open and objective
Whoever becomes the next superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools will face many challenges. As the school board deliberates on who will assume that critical post, it must take care to ensure that the process it uses is open and transparent and the choice it makes is credible. This board has been subjected to […]
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Charles, West make Grammy headlines
Eight months after his death, legendary artist Ray Charles’ final album, Genius Loves Company, won a leading eight Grammy awards last Sunday night. The album, which has sold more than two million copies, won for album of the year, record of the year (Here We Go Again with Norah Jones), pop vocal album, pop collaboration […]
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Number of African Americans part of “St. Louis’ Influentials”
A number of African Americans are listed among St. Louis’ most influential people in the current issue of the St. Louis Business Journal. They are Steve Cousins, Armstrong Tisdale partner; Clifton Barry, Fannie Mae St. Louis Partnership Office director; Darnetta Clinkscale, president SLPS board of education and Barnes-Jewish Hospital patient care director; Charlie Dooley, St. […]
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No more ‘Why are fat babies cute, but not fat men?’
They call it Kindergarten Round Up in our school district. It is the time when all parents of five-year-old children have to register them for the 2005/2006 school year. It is a time that I have been looking forward to for quite a while. Let’s see, if I take our eldest son’s birth date and […]
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St. Louis Public Schools gets technical
The week of February 14-18, 2005 is designated national Career and Technical Education Week. The St. Louis Public School District has been celebrating and delivering programs to help call attention to the importance of technical education training in our rapidly changing world and to highlight the national theme of “Training Tomorrow’s Workforce.” Each of the […]