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Faith leaders pray for Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner -
UMSL’s Black Business Student Association hosted HER-Story, an annual discussion panel featuring local black female professionals, on March 7 to celebrate Women’s History Month.
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Volunteer Kesha Kent and speaker Kenecia Lashae during the Keisha & Friends MastHERclass day-long business seminar presented by St. Louis resident and author Keisha Mabry on Friday, March 8 at the Westin Hotel.
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Community Women Against Hardship: Shirley Dye, Clarice Evans, Sherondia Elliott, Rosalyn Fulton, Arlecia Stamps, Vince Glass, Marilyn Gooch, Kay Gage, JoAnn Reese, Myrtis Spencer, Taria Dyson, Cynthia Clay and Gloria Taylor
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Lauren Collins, an associate at Sandberg Phoenix and a member of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL), read to students at Stix Early Childhood Center on March 1 during the National Education Association’s annual Read Across America event. More than 40 BAMSL members and staff volunteered to read to approximately 2,000 preschoolers, kindergartners and first graders in more than 30 schools throughout the Saint Louis City Public School District. The BAMSL Read Across America Committee is part of its Young Lawyers Division. Bring Me a Book St. Louis (www.bringmeabookstl.org) partnered with BAMSL to provide a book for each child to take home.
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To complete his Eagle Scout requirements, Parkway South High School senior Elijah Edwards (center) approached Assistance League of St. Louis about building  Little Lending Community Libraries for deserving schools. On March 1, Ritenour School District’s Iveland Elementary School opened one of six new Little Lending Community Libraries being installed by Assistance League of St. Louis, along with Sue Long (left), who chairs the Books From Friends initiative.Â
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Reverend Dwight Andrews of First Congregational Church in Atlanta will perform with Cliff Aerie and the Oîkos Ensemble and St. John’s Chancel Choir at St. John United Church of Christ in Collinsville 7 p.m. Friday, March 29.
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Phyllis and Pamela of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.’s East St. Louis Chapter welcomed R&B veterans Keith Washington and Tony Terry for a special night of music Saturday night at The Ambassador.
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Missouri’s Cierra Porter, Sophie Cunningham and Jordan Roundtree are going dancing. The Tigers will face Drake on Friday at 3:00 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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Flyers soar to first state title -
Michael McMillan, left, president of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, and Rep. Lacy Clay listen as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talks about the importance of voting rights at the Ferguson Community Empowerment Center on Monday.
CAROLINA HIDALGO | ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
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Koreyon Harris earns Eagle Scout at 14 -
Mariah Carey gave an impressive performance when her “Caution” Tour landed at the Stifel Theatre Saturday night.
Photo courtesy of Live Nation
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Akhenaten and His Daughter Offering to the Aten
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, ca. 1353-1336 BCE
Made for a temple in Hermopolis Magna, Egypt
Limestone, pigment, 8 15/16 × 20 5/16 × 1 1/4 inches (22.7 × 51.6 × 3.2 cm)
Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.6.
Photo: Brooklyn Museum
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Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner speaks about her office’s diversion programs at a press conference on January 30, with the St. Louis NAACP leaders and black ministers standing behind her.
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Blake Strode of ArchCity Defenders holds up the Close the Workhouse campaign’s report during a panel discussion at the Deaconess Center for Child Well-Being on Thursday, March 7. Joining him on the panel were St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Michael Milton of the Bail Project, St. Louis Public Defender Mary Fox and (not pictured) Kayla Reed of Action STL.
Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
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2019 Salute to Excellence in Health Care -
March 29 deadline for Money Smart Kid Essay Contest -
STLMade kicks off on 314 Day
