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John Hayden picked for St. Louis police chief Said at forum he wants independent investigations of police shootings, anti-racism training By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American For the first time in more than 150 years, St. Louis had the chance to pick a police chief from outside of its own department. But after a nationwide search, a 30-year veteran of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department – who was born and raised in St. Louis – came out on top. Major John Hayden, who is African American, has been chosen as the city’s next police chief,
Mayor Lyda Krewson and Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards announced on Thursday, December 28. Since September 2015, Hayden had been commanding the North Patrol Division, which patrols “the most dangerous streets in the city,” he said at the December 14 community forum with the police chief finalists. He has held several administrative positions,
John Hayden was chosen as the next police chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.
‘People person’ pursues human resources Jovan McBride is Suggs Scholar at Webster University
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Damonie Brown and Demarion Brown sat quietly as they remembered their uncle Ivory Newbern, who was found dead on the riverfront on July 4. The sisters attended Families Advocating Safe Streets’ 26th annual New Year’s Eve Candlelight Service to remember local homicide victims at Williams Temple Church of God in Christ.
By Sophie Hurwitz For The St. Louis American
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Naming the victims Candlelight service commemorates more than 200 killed in 2017
Jovan McBride was within a week of graduating from Hazelwood Central High School when he found out that he had been awarded a $75,000 Dr. Donald M. Suggs Scholarship at Webster University, facilitated by the St. Louis American n “I love Foundation. “I was jumping up and to talk to down with my dad,” he people. said. “I was like, ‘Oh my I love to god, I got the scholarship, see what’s and now I’m going to wrong, how graduate. Everything’s can I help.” working out. Yay!’” He said his family’s support is vital to – Jovan everything he has McBride achieved. It was his mother who encouraged him to apply to Webster University. “I loved the study abroad program they have, and how they make it affordable for students to actually study abroad if they want to,” McBride said. Right now, he is considering studying abroad in either London, Vienna, or Thailand. Moving from Hazelwood Central to college has been a difficult adjustment for McBride, but he has learned to function in his new environment. See McBRIDE, A6
Black and Jewish allies in action
By Jessica Karins For The St. Louis American
Cultural Leadership now accepting applications
Every year for 26 years, the organization Families Advocating Safe Streets (FASS) has hosted a candlelight service commemorating the year’s n “We’re going victims of murder in St. to curb violence Louis. On New Year’s Eve in this city. That 2017, with a homicide toll in is the least I can St. Louis city and county that surpassed 200 for the year, do for you.” the pain of those losses was especially sharp, as were the – Police Chief calls for change. John Hayden The service at Williams Temple Church of God in Christ (COGIC) was hosted by COGIC bishop Lawrence Wooten and attended by St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards and newly appointed Police Chief John Hayden, who received a warm reception from those in attendance. Many of the others assembled were family members of
By Hannah Davison Of Cultural Leadership
n Sophie Hurwitz said Cultural Leadership gave her the confidence to take herself seriously at such a young age, comfortably talk to a wide variety of people, and listen to other perspectives.
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Kimburly Brown held a portrait of her son, Jacques Combs, at Families Advocating Safe Streets’ 26th annual New Year’s Eve Candlelight Service to remember local homicide victims at Williams Temple Church of God in Christ. Combs was shot and killed on December 2 at age 25.
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This past summer, Cultural Leadership alumnae Sophie Hurwitz and Mariah Doze championed a historical alliance between blacks and Jews that inspired Karen Kalish to found the social justice program in 2004. For almost seven months now, Hurwitz – a young Jewish woman – has reported for the black community’s leading newspaper, The St. Louis American. And Doze, a young AfricanAmerican woman, interned at the Jewish Community Relations Council as part of Cultural Leadership’s College Internship See CULTURAL, A6
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