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French joins Clinton campaign New deputy director of communications in Missouri talks strategy for primary By Chris King Of The St. Louis American When 21st Ward Alderman Antonio French texted that he had accepted a position with the Hillary Clinton campaign as deputy director of communications in Missouri, we took this as a sign that Clinton seriously intends to mobilize the black vote in St. Louis and Missouri for the March 15 presidential primary – and immediately interviewed him about the campaign.
Alderman Antonio French: After a few calls picking my brain on a few issues, they asked me if I would be interested in formally coming on board. I said yes. I believe that this race is too important to just sit on the sidelines. Hillary Clinton is by far our best candidate to take on the Republicans in November and beyond. I want to make sure that Missouri is on the right side of history. The American: Are there other African Americans with important positions on the Missouri campaign?
The American: How did this come about?
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Antonio French is the deputy director of communications and Ken Franklin the political director for the Hillary Clinton campaign in Missouri. The primary election is March 15.
People’s to break ground on health center $6M facility will incorporate behavioral treatment for children and adolescents By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
STEM in SLPS
Dwayne Butler’s expertise was in business and finance, not health care, when he took over as president and CEO of Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Centers from his mother, the organization’s founder and namesake, in 2008. And he has brought the skill set of a businessman, as well as compassion, to bear upon the federally qualified health center, effecting a series of mergers. People’s is now a community conglomerate of six businesses touching areas such as housing and community development that impact its core mission of improving health outcomes. It has more than 500 employees and
Carver Elementary School students Shanjauh Strickland, Alicia Nsoah, Katwan Davis, Tamara Brooks, and Kamari Sykes in Mrs. Ingrum’s 4th grade class do STEM work on their iPods.
STL pours out love for Flint Thousands of bottled water cases headed to victims of lead contamination By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American
Kenny Hunter, a former resident of Flint, Michigan, helped to load bottled water onto a truck for delivery to Flint on Saturday, February 20. Project Compassion NFP, Radio One St. Louis, The Korey Johnson Foundation and Beyond Limits organized the water drive in Ferguson.
n “It was something that aligned perfectly with the national mission of Radio One.”
On Saturday, February 20, in Ferguson – the city that sparked a global conversation about the broken relationship between the black community and law enforcement – hundreds of residents showed up to donate thousands of cases of water to Flint, Michigan. The predominately African– Gary Gunter American metropolitan area has been in the headlines in recent months as they face a contaminated water crisis due to short-sighted – See FLINT, A6 Photo by Wiley Price
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Art McCoy to succeed Tiffany Anderson Former Ferg-Flor superintendent to start as deputy super March 14 By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American “It feels great to be back home,” said Art McCoy, after he was introduced as the successor to Jennings Schools Superintendent Tiffany Anderson at a press conference on February 19. “My heart is drawn back home – to the community that has given so much to me and to show the same love to the students that I’ve been shown,” said McCoy, who previously spent 14 years in the district. See McCOY, A6