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CAC Audited JUNE 7 – 13, 2018
Vol. 90 No. 11 COMPLIMENTARY
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‘We’ve got to put the neighbor back in the ‘hood’
Wentzville sluggish to act on charges of student racism NAACP sues Trump’s Dept. of Education for new, lax civil rights policy By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
Hundreds marched from St. Alphonsus Ligouri “Rock” Catholic Church to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis on Saturday, June 2 in the #WearOrangeSTL march against gun violence organized by Radio One St. Louis, Crimestoppers and Better Family Life.
#WearOrangeSTL brings hundreds together to march against gun violence By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American On the morning of Saturday, June 2, gloomy clouds looming over St. Louis looked ready to burst. But there was a bright spot along Grand Boulevard thanks to a sea
of orange T-shirts as hundreds made their way from St. Alphonsus Ligouri “Rock” Catholic Church to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis. They were part of the #WearOrangeSTL march against gun violence organized by Radio One St. Louis, Crimestoppers and Better Family Life.
“To see senators, U.S. and state representatives, the community and people formerly from the streets come together – people who wouldn’t normally be in the same room – and stand against gun violence shows that this is a start of a movement,” said Christina Bailey, Radio One St. Louis sales manager. She is the lead of the Radio
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Church gives free help obtaining IDs and birth certificates By Ashley Jones For The St. Louis American “Official identification is necessary for accessing so many things and basically navigating life,” said Christine Dragonette, director of Social Ministry at St. Francis Xavier (College) Church. “Everything from employment, housing, social services, education, health services – a lot of time it’s a barrier that’s overlooked. It’s a gateway to all these other resources that are necessary for just living life.”
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Photo by Wiley Price
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Krewson appoints Conway chief of staff Green: ‘Betrayal of progressive values the mayor sometimes pretends to hold’
On May 30, Joyce Clark received free counseling from volunteer John Meyer on how to obtain needed documents as part of St. Francis Xavier (College) Church’s Social Ministry Outreach Program, 3628 Lindell Blvd. in St. Louis.
Valid state ID now needed to vote in Missouri
Ever since the third grade, Dorothy Coleman’s twin daughters, now 15, have been called the N-word and bullied within the Wentzville School District – and harshly punished when they fight back, Coleman said. Her adoptive daughter who is going into fifth grade has been President Donald Trump called the N-word and U.S. Secretary of since she was in Education Betsy DeVos kindergarten. “It’s been so much,” Coleman said. “I have cried and gotten down on my knees and begged God to get some kind of help. It’s not just my kids; it’s other students too. But they just move out of the district instead of fighting back.” When Donald Trump became president, things only got worse. “My daughter says, ‘It’s not just that they call us the N-word,’” Coleman said. “‘Mama, it’s the way they are saying it to us. They are saying it so dirty
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis Mayor St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s chief of staff, Tim O’Connell, is leaving his position, the mayor’s office confirmed on Friday, June 1. Krewson will replace him with City Assessor Steve Conway, previously alderman of the 8th Ward for almost three decades and Krewson’s longtime ally. The mayor’s spokesman Koran Addo said the transition will happen in the next few weeks. O’Connell, whom Krewson hired shortly after she was elected in April 2017, is leaving to go back to practicing law, Addo said. “That is something he wanted to do,” Addo said. “The mayor is sad to see him go. No one was forced out. This is an amicable split.”
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