Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter’s book “How I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories” explores the damaging effects of the “whiteness mindset” on mental health and how to combat it through education.
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IN MEMORIAM: Colin Powell Remembered as a ‘Good Man,’ and ‘Great American’
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19,” the former General’s family wrote on Facebook. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family wrote. They reported that Powell had been fully vaccinated.
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Terence Blanchard at The Met!
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ is the first work by a Black composer to be presented at the Met. Based on Charles M. Blow’s moving memoir of the same name and featuring a libretto by Kasi Lemmons, the new staging is co-directed by James Robinson and Camille A. Brown. Brown, who is also the production’s choreographer, becomes the first Black director to create a mainstage Met production. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts a stellar cast, led by Will Liverman as Charles, Angel Blue as Destiny/Loneliness/Greta, and Latonia Moore as Billie,” according to the Met’s press release.
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Nine-year-old girl previously reported missing, found
The Will County Sheriff’s Office was contacted earlier this week and has announced that the 9 year old, they were attempting to locate has been found. In the late afternoon hours of Sept. 21, she was checked by a local law enforcement agency.
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Will County Sheriff's Department seeks help in finding missing 9-year-old girl
The Will County Sheriff’s Office is requesting help from the public regarding a missing 9-year-old female named Nalaya S. Patterson-Dean. Nalaya has been reported missing by extended family members due to family not having contact with Nalaya since Sept. 15. Nalaya has also been absent from her elementary school since that date.
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Schumacher Family Farm exhibit on display at Joliet Historical Museum
Hundreds of people visited the Iron Bridge Trailhead at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie over Labor Day weekend, and two of those visitors grew up at the historic site. Alvin (“Al”) and Robert (“Bob”) Schumacher brought together four generations of their extended families to what is now the Iron Bridge Trailhead on Sept. 4 to share their stories of growing up on the Schumacher family farm – “Fairview Farm.” For some of the children, it was the first visit to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie to hear family stories about farm life in Illinois in the 1930s.
