Founding members of the Springfield-Decatur chapter of Delta Sigma Theta include Norma Holland, left, Clemmie Webster, Edyth Cole and LaVon Wilson. “Each of you should look not only to his own interests, but also to the interest of others” (Philippians 2:4, English Standard Version). This could have been the root Bible verse that inspired some […]
LaVern McNeese
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Young reenactors learn history and life
Back row, left to right: Makari Robinson-McNeese, Vincent Hill, Rhinodda Webb, Patricia James-Davis, Betty White, and Betty Waters. Front row, left to right: Cydney Williams, Clinton Horton, Jr., Danielle Gibson, Miracle Drake-Smith and Amir Upshaw. Not pictured are: Cheynnne Banks, Denise Gibson, Caleb Crawford, Jonathan Davis, Zakiya Hill and Cameron Smith. Photo by DAVID HINE […]
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A farm for teaching schoolkids
Agri-education is a word not found in the traditional dictionary, but Indian Creek Farmstead in Petersburg offers a vivid interactive definition. With the goal of teaching schoolchildren about life on the farm, Indian Creek offers presentations, exhibits and other focused activities. John Lyons, co-owner of the farmstead, defines agri-education as the education and knowledge sharing […]
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Summer grandparenting. There’s so much to do.
“What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life and, most importantly, cookies.” That quote by former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani characterizes what grandmas and grandpas freely give to their children’s offspring. They do so in ever increasing […]
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Africans lived here first
Historians credit Christopher Columbus for finding the Americas, but Kaba Hiawatha Kamene declares that African descendants lived in what is now the United States many years prior to 1492. Kamene, a staff developer at Harriet Tubman Charter School in the Bronx, New York, who has master’s degrees in art history and in Science of Education […]
