Reginald Spears News Today

Minority Health Month is recognized annually during the month of April, and for many years, the WIU Minority Health Month Planning Committee has collaborated across the University and community to schedule programs and events to raise awareness for minority health issues.

Reginald Spears attributes his success as a teacher to the fact it combines two things he showed an affinity for early in life: music, and helping others figure stuff out. That, and his mother pushing him years ago to apply for a Golden Apple college scholarship for future educators. Spears would go on to receive that scholarship and, on Thursday, he was named one of the 2021 winners of the ...

Reginald Spears of Chicago's Bronzeville Classical School is one of 10 Golden Apple winners.

She lost 3 loves ones to COVID-19. Now this Black pastor is on the front lines of vaccination effort Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com\r\r\r\r\r\r\r/Hartford Courant/TNS Bridgeport, CT- 3/ 11/ 21- Rev. Brenda Barnes is the senior pastor of Faith Gospel Assembly Church in Bridgeport. She lost her father and her uncle to COVID-19 in January and has since become involved in the effort to encourage Black residents of Bridgeport to...

She lost 3 loves ones to COVID-19. Now this Black pastor is on the front lines Connecticut’s vaccination effort. Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant © Photo by Brad Horrigan | bhorrigan@courant.com\r\r\r\r\r\r\r/Hartford Courant/TNS The Rev. Brenda Barnes is the senior pastor of Faith Gospel Assembly Church in Bridgeport. She lost her father and her uncle to COVID-19 in January and has since become involved in the effort to encourage Black residents of Bridgeport to get vacc...