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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Monumental protest: Activist Percy Green's battle for fair hiring at the Arch

Monumental protest: Activist Percy Green's battle for fair hiring at the Arch



July 14, 1964: CORE demonstrators Percy Green (top) and Richard Daly on the Arch. They stayed on the Arch for five hours.
CREDIT PAUL OCKRASSA | ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT | COURTESY ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST. LOUIS.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Normandy school officials wanted public comment at community forum. They got it.

Normandy school officials wanted public comment at community forum. They got it.

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/16/one-year-later-ferguson-schools-poised-for.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news1

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/16/one-year-later-ferguson-schools-poised-for.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news1

Messenger: School collaboration points Ferguson report forward : News

Messenger: School collaboration points Ferguson report forward : News

St. Elizabeth alumnae organize charter school : News

St. Elizabeth alumnae organize charter school : News

'Laser focus' helps St. Louis charter school succeed : News

'Laser focus' helps St. Louis charter school succeed : News

Adolph Reed: Identity Politics Is Neoliberalism

Adolph Reed: Identity Politics Is Neoliberalism

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Teach For America Rejected & Slammed At Professional Standards Board Meeting Last Night **UPDATED**

Teach For America Rejected & Slammed At Professional Standards Board Meeting Last Night **UPDATED**



(This happened in Delaware -- STL still drinking TFA kool-aid)

Ferguson Documentary Screening, and more: October 3 at 2 PM

Arts in Struggle: An Afternoon of Creativity, Community, and Dialogue on the Struggle for Racial Justice in St. Louis Greater St. Louis Humanities Festival Event, organized by the Center for the Humanities October 3, 2 pm Satori Art Studio, 3003 Locust St., St. Louis, MO 63103 RSVPs appreciated; please follow this link. Join us for an exciting afternoon of art, poetry, film and conversation. The exhibit features the works of Damon Davis and De Andrea Nichols, a poetry performance by Cheeraz Gormon, and a screening of documentary filmmaker Katina Parker’s “Ferguson: A Report from Occupied Territory.” Following the film, the audience will have the opportunity to engage all four artists in a roundtable discussion about the intersection between art and activism and struggles for racial justice in the wake of Michael Brown’s death. Jonathan Fenderson, assistant professor of African and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, will moderate the discussion. Washington University in St. Louis (314) 935-5576 cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu

Saint Louis University builds teacher pipeline for urban schools

Saint Louis University builds teacher pipeline for urban schools