Demetrious Johnson Charitable Foundation showcase this Saturday By Earl Austin Jr. Of the St. Louis American The best and brightest basketball standouts from the St. Louis area are set to take on the nation this weekend at the Griffin Enterprises/U.S. Army High School All-Star Basketball Game. The event is presented by the Demetrious Johnson Charitable […]
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How to deal with a business cash crisis
A slight cash-flow problem. “That’s what gets small businesses into trouble,” Gary Hayes, director of collections for the National Association of Credit Management in Phoenix, recently told Black Enterprise. Don’t get sued. draft a plan to pay your creditors back and approach your banker, landlord, vendors and anyone else you may owe, advises Michael York, […]
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Beyonce in hock
Beyoncé’s booty is on the line for a whole lot of money. A New York Supreme Court judge has ruled that the Destiny’s Child frontwoman owes Wilhelmina Models a hefty settlement stemming from her 2001 gig as a L’Oréal spokeswoman. The agency claimed that the “Naughty Girl” singer’s lucrative contract came about as a result […]
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Qur’an continued
I would ask Kevin Evans if he has ever lived in an Islamic society that is ruled by both the Qur’an and Sharia law? Earlier this year, three homosexual men were beheaded in Saudi Arabia (Sharia and Qur’anic law). Wife-beating is practiced big-time in Muslim societies, because it is condoned by the Qur’an. When someone […]
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Circle of Love on hurting relationships
Saturday, June 25 from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Centennial Christian Church, 4950 Fountain Ave., will host a free Circle of Love Women’s Health Ministry Breakfast. The presentations will be “‘But I still love him’: Understanding Families in Hurting Relationships” by Gloria Johnson, founder & executive director of Life Source Consultants; “Shelter from The Storm: Rebuilding […]
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Anita Johnson
Anita Johnson has joined Clayco Construction Company as mailroom manager for the St. Louis office.
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Pre-K black kids expelled at alarming rates
Support services essential to success of problem children By Makebra M. Anderson Of the NNPA WASHINGTON – According to researchers at Yale University, African-American children in pre-kindergarten are twice as likely to be expelled as Hispanic and white children and more than five times as likely to be expelled as Asian children. “These three- and […]
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Celebrating Father’s Day
United Way programs support fatherhood Thousands of people are flocking to specialty or department stores to pick out just the right gift for dad on Father’s Day, June 19. Fathers and fatherhood are being commemorated on this special day in recognition of their importance to the family structure. For some families, however, Father’s Day is […]
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Saint Mary’s Infirmary Nurses Alumni hold 2005 reunion
Saint Mary’s Infirmary Nurses Alumni Association recently held its 2005 Scholarship Awards and Reunion Celebration. Saint Mary’s Infirmary School of Nursing, the first Catholic Nursing School in the country, organized exclusively for the training of young African-American women, was opened October 7, 1933, by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary (formerly, Sisters of St. Mary). The […]
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Volunteer summer with United Way
Check out the “2005 United Way Summer Volunteer Guide for Youth,” developed by the United Way of Greater St. Louis Volunteer Center and sponsored by the St. Louis Rams. The free 50-page guide can be obtained by calling the United Way’s Volunteer Center at (314) 539-4063 or from the United Way’s website at PledgeUnitedway.org. Listed […]