Month: June 2016

Sisterhood and Legends Luncheon – A Celebration of Love and Recognition By Dr. Francesca A. Armmer

In the stillness of a Saturday afternoon on April 16, 2016, the Women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Peoria Alumnae Chapter, initiated an atmospheric breeze of love and harmony that had never been created in the city of Peoria. On that day, the first Annual Sisterhood and Legends Luncheon was held at the Carver … Continue reading Sisterhood and Legends Luncheon – A Celebration of Love and Recognition By Dr. Francesca A. Armmer

Community That Grows Together Stays Together By Lilly Maples

Imagine, if you will, a grandmother with her six beautiful grandchildren planting collard greens and okra in the community garden at the local branch NAACP office; An aunt and uncle with their two gregarious and brilliant grand-nephew digging clay out of the raised beds to replace with composted soil at the GWCC Community Garden in … Continue reading Community That Grows Together Stays Together By Lilly Maples

Common Place Family Learning Center to recongize two community leaders for their “Love in Action” June 21, 2016

Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis and PPS Superintendent Dr. Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat will be honored with the Common Place Love In Action Award at the 10th Annual Common Place Love in Action Award Reception at The Warehouse on State Street on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Common Place’s Love in Action Award was first created in 2007 to … Continue reading Common Place Family Learning Center to recongize two community leaders for their “Love in Action” June 21, 2016

Intervention methods of stroke need to focus on prevention for blacks to reduce stroke mortality / University of Alabama at Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In a study recently published in the Amer­ican Heart Association Journal Stroke, investigators in the Rea­sons for Geographical And Racial Differences in Stroke Study, or REGARDS, found that blacks are four times more likely to die of stroke at age 45 than their white counterparts because blacks have more strokes, not because … Continue reading Intervention methods of stroke need to focus on prevention for blacks to reduce stroke mortality / University of Alabama at Birmingham

Black Veteran Coalition Grant Legendary Buffalo Soldier Colonel Charles Young the Honorary Rank of Brigadier General

Legendary Buffalo Soldier Colonel Charles Young was posthumously presented with the honorary designation of Brigadier General at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center on behalf of the Coalition of Black Veterans on June 1, 2016.  Charles Blatcher, III, Chairman of the Coalition said, "The honorary titles of "Golden Buffalo" and Brigadier General are being bestowed … Continue reading Black Veteran Coalition Grant Legendary Buffalo Soldier Colonel Charles Young the Honorary Rank of Brigadier General