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‘The community must begin to mobilize’ BFL works to get Black St. Louis on ‘The Move’ By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American About 15,000 people marched to end gun violence in downtown St. Louis at the March of Our Lives last month, but only a small minority of them was black. On the same day in North St. Louis, a few thousand took to the streets for Better Family Life’s “The Move” silent march to
end gun violence, as they have many times before – and the marchers were almost all black. “It really shows that there is a racial reality to gun violence,” said James Clark, vice president of community outreach for Better Family Life (BFL). “I mourn with the families who have lost loved ones. I’m happy to see that level of organization. But why not organize when black kids kill
each other?” That is what the Move project is all about. That is what the group’s Resourcing Ground Zero Initiative is all about, along with its conflict de-escalation centers. Clark, who has been doing this work for 30 years, said he is calling on the black community to prepare this upcoming See BFL, A8
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Better Family Life’s “The Move” initiative led a march to end gun violence in North St. Louis on March 25.
AKAs honor founder at Sumner St. Louisan Ethel Hedgeman Lyle memorialized at Central Regional Conference By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. just completed its 84th Central Regional Conference in St. Louis April 5-8. The weekend of activities began with a cleanup of Tandy Park, located across the street from Charles H. Sumner High School in the historic Ville neighborhood. It was followed by lasting honors to the AKA sorority’s principal founder, St. Louis native Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, a 1904 graduate of Sumner. A commemorative program was held in the auditorium of the legendary school, attended by selected students and sorority members and presided by Peggy Lewis LeCompte, program chair. Brief comments were made by Faye B. Bryant, 21st international president; Dorothy See AKA, A9
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Ex-offenders job fair draws hundreds Saint Louis University and Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis drew hundreds of people to its “Partnership for Success Career Fair” for ex-offenders on Tuesday, April 10 at Chaifetz Arena.
‘Racism is much more overt than it has been in recent years’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson visited St. Louis to offer reflections on the history of the Civil Rights Movement and what its legacy means for America today. Robinson appeared at the Missouri History Museum on Tuesday, April 10 for an event titled “Shattered Nation: A 50-Year
Retrospective of the Assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy.” King, America’s most iconic civil rights activist, and Kennedy, then a U.S. senator and presidential candidate, were both assassinated in 1968. At the event, Robinson discussed how the legacy of their lives and deaths can still be felt today. “Dr. King’s resonance, I think See ROBINSON, A9
Angela Clabon is Stellar Performer in Health Care By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
WashPost columnist talks civil rights in St. Louis By Jessica Karins For The St. Louis American
‘A voice for the voiceless’
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Eugene Robinson was interviewed by moderator Aisha Sultan at “Shattered Nation: A 50-Year Retrospective of the Assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy” at the Missouri History Museum on April 10.
Angela Clabon could never let her North St. Louis city community down, and that loyalty fuels her mission to provide health care services for her neighbors. “The people who reside in this community, they know me as someone who grew up with them,” said Clabon, the CEO of CareSTL Health, formerly Myrtle Hilliard Davis Comprehensive Health Centers, Inc. “I would hate to see a look in their faces and see disappointment that I did not Angela deliver. For that reason, I Clabon work very hard to make sure that they can continue to trust me to be a voice for the voiceless.” When her community was hurting after the Ferguson unrest, Clabon made the decision to provide behavioral health services to students in the surrounding area. “We started providing those services without a funding stream, but the need was so great,” See CLABON, A8