The Illinois Arts Council Agency has awarded three grants totaling $26,900 to the Jackie Joyner Foundation, a center of community enrichment and youth development in the Metro East. The funds will serve to enhance and expand the foundation's visual arts,…
In 2020, Washington University in St. Louis joined St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) in a bold new experiment to turn around two of the district’s lowest performing elementary schools, Ashland Elementary in North St. Louis and Meramec Elementary in South…
Hiring events When African American employment fell to an all-time low of 4.7% in April 2023, Black workers finding employment in the hospitality industry was a factor, according to the Labor Department.
A federal trademark infringement lawsuit against developer Paul McKee, filed by the Homer G. Phillips Nurses Alumni Inc., challenging his use of the name Homer G. Phillips on a three-bed urgent care center on Jefferson Ave., is drawing closer to…
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) and Panda Cares decided to bear down and create the Center of Hope, a culinary and arts space at the Adams Park Club, 4317 Vista Ave. in Tower Grove.
Ladue community members gathered solemnly in Stacy Park in Olivette on the night if Sunday Sept. 10 to remember three Black teens killed in a car crash Wednesday.
Rebeccah Bennett made a simple request of the record-setting, sold-out audience who came to support the 2023 cohort during the St. Louis American Foundation’s 12th Annual Salute to Young Leaders Thursday evening at The Four Seasons.
After learning that the childhood obesity rate in the Metro East area was among the state of Illinois’ highest, Melody McClellan took steps to reduce the number – literally and figuratively.
St. Louis County Library will host the annual Little Readers Festival on Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the Florissant Valley Branch (195 New Florissant Rd. S.) This free event will feature activities, shaved ice,…
For decades, the former Carter Carburetor manufacturing building just south of the Herber Hoover Boys and Girls Club stood as a toxic eyesore along Grand Avenue.
Members of the Descendants of the St. Louis University Enslaved (DSLUE) have launched a petition urging the university to atone for its use of enslaved ancestors by developing a memorial/monument on the university’s campus.
The Little Bit Foundation cares about area kids in a big way and is seeking volunteers to help reach as many youths as possible during the school year.
Legacy Institute recently celebrated its inaugural award ceremony where “we had the pleasure of highlighting our fantastic youth and our program,” said Terran Rome, Legacy Institute executive director.
The Ville neighborhood in north St. Louis was home to several hometown heroes who have made their mark: educator and librarian Julia Davis and music superstar Tina Turner are just two. But over the past few decades, the neighborhood has…
The St. Louis American Foundation Young Leaders honorees were celebrated yesterday during its 12th annual Salute to Young Leaders Networking Awards reception Thursday, September 7th, 2023 at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona announced in St. Louis on Wednesday that his department will work to bring Medicaid services directly into public schools because “it’s obvious that schools are not just about education.’
Congratulations, Anthony "Redd" Williams, owner/artistic director, Code Redd! Williams will be honored as a St. Louis young leader at the St. Louis American Salute to Young Leaders Networking Awards Reception, presented by Midwest BankCentre, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, September 7 at…
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