Mannie Jackson Center suspends all operations immediately
Cites academic, financial issues
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Visitors enter the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities at the historic former Lincoln School on Main Streert in Edwardsville in December 2015, just after it opened.John Badman | Hearst Ilinois
EDWARDSVILLE The Mannie Jackson Center for Humanities Foundation (MJCHF) announced an immediate suspension of all operating activities Friday.
“Without financial and academic support, the center projects an inability to effectively fulfill its mission,” read part of a statement from Mannie Jackson. Reached by telephone Friday from Nevada, Jackson’s frustration was evident.
Since its opening in 2015, the Mannie Jackson Center for Humanities Foundation has provided a gathering place for scholars and other individuals from across the disciplines to meet, discuss and plan educational activities/program around the various aspects of the humanities, including visits of di
Shamar Wright scored 14 points including a putback dunk with under a minute to go, Lamar Wright added a last-second free throw and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville edged Tennessee State 67-65 Thursday night. The game was SIUE's first in 33 days as COVID-19 issues forced a lengthy pause. The coronavirus hit especially close to home, claiming the life of John Best, father of the Cougars senior guard and Edwardsville native, Jackson Best.
Illinois lawmakers comment on Biden Inauguration
Bipartisan call issued to work together
Jan. 20, 2021
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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. More coverage of the inauguration is found online at thetelegraph.com. and inside Thursday’s issue of The Telegraph. Show MoreShow Less
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WASHINGTON Local lawmakers on Wednesday welcomed the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
“We’ve learned again that democracy is precious and democracy is fragile,” Biden said. “At this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed. This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day in history and hope, of renewal and resolve.”
Our Education: SIUE virtually hosts 38th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
The Telegraph
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CSDI Director Lindy Wagner, left, and Assistant CSDI Director Tarsha Moore
EDWARDSVILLE The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s sentiments and words of “struggle” to affect positive, moral change are truer today than ever before, agreed several speakers at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s 38th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Tuesday hosted by SIUE’s Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion (CSDI).
About 100 people participated in the celebration via Zoom and Facebook Live. It featured Timothy E. Lewis, PhD, assistant professor in the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Political Science, as the guest speaker, with Southern Illinois University (SIU) System President Dan Mahony, PhD, providing the welcome.
Despite worries of a repeat of the storm on the Capitol, President Joe Biden was inaugurated Jan. 20. With his inauguration came promises to reunite a divided nation and undo many actions of the previous administration.
Some people at SIUE are looking forward to a new start in 2021, starting with the inauguration of a new president.
Senior Community Outreach Chair for College Democrats of SIUE Evan Senat, of Belleville, Illinois, said she is looking forward to what Bidenâs administration has planned for the country.
âI think he [President Biden] has enough of the world watching that everyone is holding him to a higher standard than they did Trump,â Senat said. âI really just hope he is taking that seriously, but I have hope that he is.â