Cold Water turns 150
Students from Hazelwood Central High School work on sketches of the Old Cold Water School during an art lesson. The Hazelwood School District commemorated the 150th birthday of the Old Cold Water School, a one-room brick schoolhouse on the grounds of the HSD Learning Center, on Oct. 18. Built in 1859, the Old Cold Water School as it stands today is not the original building. The first building was destroyed by fire in 1850. The Old Cold Water School is one of 13 schoolhouses that became the Hazelwood School District in the early 1950s. The buildings were Brown, Cold Water, Vossenkemper, Pea Ridge, Columbia Bottom, Prigge, Twillman, Black Jack, Elm Grove, Hyatt, Rosary, Garrett and Bonfils.
Free pro-bono legal workshop
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and its Pro Bono Committee, Washington University School of Law and the Gephardt Institute will co-sponsor a free workshop entitled “Pro Bono for the People and Justice for All” from 1-4:20 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 at Washington University School of Law.
Open to the public, the pro bono workshop will provide training on a variety of legal topics touched on in many pro bono referrals, including:
• Orders of Protection and Domestic matters (1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.)
• Immigration matters (1:30 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.)
• Introduction to Guardianships (2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.)
• Criminal Law Contempt in the Family Court (2:30 p.m. to 3:20 p.m.)
• General Issues in Property Foreclosures (3:30 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.)
• Pro Bono Mediation (3:30 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.).
Following the workshop, a reception will be held from 4:45-6:30 p.m. at Washington University’s Knight Center featuring Josh Kezer and Bryan Cave Partner Charlie Weiss. Kezer, who spent nearly half his life in prison for a murder he did not commit, was released from prison in 2009 thanks to the work of Weiss and his team of pro bono attorneys.
Cost of the reception is $15. For more information about the free workshop and the reception, visit www.bamsl.org or contact Alex Braitberg at 314-421-4134 or abraitberg@bamsl.org.
To learn more about pro bono opportunities with LSEM’s Volunteer Lawyers Program, contact Jim Guest at jhguest@lsem.org.
Parents as Teachers at Harris-Stowe
Harris-Stowe State University’s Early Childhood Education program and Parents as Teachers present BLOCK Fest on Saturday, October 24, 10 a.m.-2:45 p.m., in Emerson Performance Center’s Board of Regents Gymnasium.
Families with children ages 8 months to 8 years are encouraged to attend this free event where they will engage in interactive activities with building blocks.
Registration is not required; just show up to join in the fun! For more information, call HSSU’s William L. Clay Sr. Early Childhood Development/Parenting Education Center at (314) 340-5066 or Parents as Teachers at (314) 432-4330.
Social Welfare conference
The Missouri Association for Social Welfare is holding its 109th conference Friday, Nov. 6 at the J.C. Penney Building at the University of Missouri St. Louis. The theme of the conference is “Tools for Change: Awareness, Advocacy, Action.
A panel of expert speakers will include Dan Buck, St. Patrick Center; Andrea Routh, Missouri Health Advocacy Alliance; Alisha Warren, Missouri Commission on Human Rights; and Otto Fajen, Missouri National Education Association.
Margaret Connelly, director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the keynote speaker, will address advocacy. Rabbi Susan Talve, Central Reform Congregation, will close the conference with a focus on action.
Fourteen different workshops will focus on hunger, human rights, criminal justice, education policy, economic justice, asset development, health and mental health, affordable housing and homelessness.
Beginning at 8 a.m., with legislative “meet and greet” breakfast, conference attendees may speak to at least 14 legislators including state Sen. Robin Wright Jones and state Reps. Rochelle Walton Gray and Jeanette Mott Oxford.
For more information, contact Marcia Hayes-Harris at 314-348-5478.