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Lewis Reed, president of the Board of Aldermen, addressed a fast food workers rally held Tuesday in Kiener Plaza in support of a national call for a $15 hour wage and the right to form unions without interference from employers. The rally was part of the STL Can’t Survive on $7.35 campaign, which is supported by a coalition of dozens of community, labor and faith-based groups.
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On Tuesday fast food workers rallied in front of the Hardee’s in downtown St. Louis in support of a national call for a $15 hourly wage and the right to form unions without interference from employers. The rally was part of the STL Can’t Survive on $7.35 campaign, which is supported by a coalition of dozens of community, labor and faith-based groups.
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Former Hazelwood Central standout Sterling Finney founded STL Football U, which focuses on position-specific training for youth football players, along with fellow coach Brandon Gregory.
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Maranda Jones, a member of the Board of Education for the Jennings School District, joined in the discussion at the NAACP’s Leadership Summit on Excellence in Pre-K-12 held Saturday at the Better Family Life Cultural, Educational & BusinessCenter, 5415 Page Blvd.
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Children could have their faces painted at the Toy Gun Exchange Day held Saturday, July 13 at North County and O’Fallon Park recreation complexes and the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center.
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Last weekend, we witnessed the most exciting fight card of the year with the impressive Knockouts II Showtime triple-header. In the main event, former welterweight titlist Andre Berto showed heart and resiliency by fighting through an injured shoulder for much of his bout against Jesus Soto Karass.
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Aaron Duncan, a New Orleans native, is general manager of the Hilton Garden Inn St. Louis Airport.
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Malik and Deborah Ahmed of Better Family Life, Inc. led a ceremony to open its new Cultural, Educational and Business Center, located at 5415 Page Blvd., last Wednesday. The agency began its capital campaign for the center in 1999. While raising funds to complete the $13 million renovation of the former Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School, the agency operated its programs out of more than 10 satellite sites.
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Royce Sutton, vice president of Fifth Third Bank, presented the bank’s donation of $100,000 to Better Family Life, Inc. to fund business development programs at BFL’s new Cultural, Educational and Business Center. Fifth Third Bank also purchased $13 million in tax credits for the center.
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On Saturday July 20, Benjamin Ola. Akande, dean of the George Herbert Walker School of Business at Webster University, hosted and facilitated a day-long professional leadership retreat for the first cohort of Consortium for Leadership Development, which is made possible by the African American Black Leadership Council in cooperation with Harris Stowe State University. The retreat followed 10 consecutive months of focused training workshops conducted by corporate leadership experts David Price (CEO of Birdet Price) and Sharilyn Franklin (executive director of CLD). For more information about the program, visit www.consortiumforleadershipdevelopment.com
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John Vatterott, chairman of ACCESS Academies and trustee for the Vatterott Foundation, and Brandon Ramsey, NativityMiguel graduate and student presenter for the NativityMiguel Scholarship Dinner.
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U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay and Karl Brooks, regional administrator for EPA Region 7, discussed the EPA’s new settlement with the polluters of the former Carter Carburetor building in North St. Louis on Monday during a press event held at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, 2901 North Grand Ave., which is adjacent to the site.
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Sylvia Jackson of the Woman’s safe House joined a national rally movement in protest of the George Zimmerman verdict across the street from the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse on 10th Street at Walnut Street on July 20, answering a call from the National Action Network.
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Malik and Deborah Ahmed of Better Family Life, Inc. enjoy the ceremony to open the organization’s new Cultural, Educational and Business Center last Wednesday.
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Kirkwood High seniors Marcus Griggs (left) and Eric McWoods (right) were instrumental players for the St. Louis-based Lou Fusz GoldGeerling U17 team that won the US Soccer Club U17 National Championship in Aurora, Colorado. The lifelong friends and teammates pose with the championship trophy.Woods was one of the leading offensive players on the team with four goals and three assists during the national tournament, while Griggs was a big part of the defense that recorded two shutouts.
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EPA Regional Administrator Karl Brooks poses with children from the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club Monday morning after it was announced that the old Carter Carburetor plant would be cleaned up. Photo by Wiley Price
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TGT (known individually as Tank, Ginuwine and Tyrese) made their group debut in St. Louis as the headliner for the All-White Affair concert Saturday night at Chaifetz Arena. Photo by Lawrence Bryant
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Better Family Life prepares to cut the ribbon on it’s new Better Family Life Cultural, Educational and Business Center located in the old Emerson Elementary School in the 5400 block on Page Boulevard. Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
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