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Dr. Deborah Rogers, principal of Patrick Henry Elementary School cuts the ribbon on a new SPIRE in-school resource market that offers fresh and non-perishable foods, clothing, hygiene supplies and toiletry items at no cost to students and their families. The resource market is a collaboration of multiple organizations. Spire donated a freezer, shelving and other materials. The Diamond Diva Empowerment Foundation donated hygiene and toiletry products.
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Elizabeth Danielle representing the Diamond Diva Empowerment Foundation looks at the items that will be offered to students and their families at no cost in the new in-school resource market. The center is at Patrick Henry Elementary School opened Wed. Apr. 6, 2022.
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Hundreds attended the home going services for 14-year-old Tyre Sampson Sat. April 9, 2022 at Busch Center of the campus of St Louis University. Family, friends and former teammates said goodbye to the teen who was killed in March after falling from a thrill ride in Orlando, Florida.
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Larry Thompson 9, a student at St. Ann Elementary watches the move of Ryen Day 10, from Mary Institute Country Day School Sat. April 9, 2022. Behind them are Terran Rome, executive director of the Legacy Institute and board member Dr. Darryl Bradley.
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Karen Helm the Community Development Officer for Montgomery Bank teaching a financial literacy class during the Legacy Institute Sat. April 9, 2022. For ten weeks youth attend classes from 9am to 2pm where they are exposed to a litany of subjects including chess, black history, politics, journalism, technology and Credit 101.
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Okunsola M. Amadou, a Fulani-American Midwife, is the Founder and CEO of Jamaa Birth Village. The agency made an announcement regarding its plans to expand and build Missouri’s first Black-owned birth center in Ferguson, MO. In addition, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones presented a proclamation to Jamaa Birth Village in honor of Black Maternal Health Week which is April 11 -17th.Â
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Okunsola M. Amadou, a Fulani-American Midwife, is the Founder and CEO of Jamaa Birth Village. The agency made an announcement regarding its plans to expand and build Missouri’s first Black-owned birth center in Ferguson, MO. Monday April 11, 2022. In addition, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones presented a proclamation to Jamaa Birth Village in honor of Black Maternal Health Week which is April 11 -17th.
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Okunsola M. Amadou, a Fulani-American Midwife, is the Founder and CEO of Jamaa Birth Village. The agency made an announcement regarding its plans to expand and build Missouri’s first Black-owned birth center in Ferguson, MO. Monday April 11, 2022.
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Okunsola M. Amadou, a Fulani-American Midwife, is the Founder and CEO of Jamaa Birth Village. The agency made an announcement regarding its plans to expand and build Missouri’s first Black-owned birth center in Ferguson, MO. Monday April 11, 2022. In addition, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones presented a proclamation to Jamaa Birth Village in honor of Black Maternal Health Week which is April 11 -17th.
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Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, the Director of Health for the City of St. Louis.talks with Okunsola M. Amadou, a Fulani-American Midwife, and the Founder and CEO of Jamaa Birth Village after the agency made an announcement regarding its plans to expand and build Missouri’s first Black-owned birth center in Ferguson, MO. Monday April 11, 2022. In addition, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones presented a proclamation to Jamaa Birth Village in honor of Black Maternal Health Week which is April 11 -17th. P
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Dr. Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, the Director of Health for the City of St. Louis.talks with Okunsola M. Amadou, a Fulani-American Midwife, and the Founder and CEO of Jamaa Birth Village after the agency made an announcement regarding its plans to expand.
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The Food Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center in East St. Louis, IL hosted a ribbon cutting and kick-off ceremony, Monday April 11, 2022 to help celebrate the club’s expansion.
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The Food Agriculture and Nutrition Innovation Center at the Jackie Joyner-kersee Center in East St. Louis, Ill hosted a ribbon cutting and kick-off ceremony, Monday April 11, 2022 to help celebrate the club’s expansion.
