Poverty, family instability, growing up around violence cited as factors in recent rise in violence among youth
Shay Bankston, a licensed independent social worker, says many families and kids live with daily trauma such as poverty, ongoing violence and family issues. Author: Michael Tatar (WTOL) Updated: 12:21 AM EDT July 18, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio Gun violence in Toledo is affecting families, kids and adults alike.
Shay Bankston is a licensed independent social worker. She s taught at Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo and most recently, Lourdes University. But she said she got tired of teaching theories on current social issues while seeing the same problems and issues in the community.
Black tech entrepreneurs get $1 million boost from Pharrell Williams
By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN
Entrepreneur Justin Turk knew his start-up was special, but a $1 million prize from Grammy award-winning singer and producer Pharrell Williams came as a shock.
On Tuesday, Williams announced the winners of his Black Ambition prize competition and Turk and his business partner, Andre Davis, are in the national spotlight.
Williams’ non-profit was founded in December to help Black and Latino business owners close the wealth gap through entrepreneurship.
Turk and Davis, co-founders of Livegistics, took home the top prize of $1 million. The Detroit-based entrepreneurs run a cloud-based material management software company, which eliminates paperwork in heavy civil construction and demolition. The company also provides data and metrics that construction experts can use for efficiency.
Ohio University suspends frat after anti-hazing law enacted
By Farnoush Amiri - Report for America/Associated Press
A gate with a historic marker is shown on the Ohio University campus in Athens, Ohio. A week after the state enacted an anti-hazing law in honor of an Ohio University student who died in 2018, the university suspended another fraternity for allegedly violating hazing rules. The southeast Ohio university sent the school’s Beta Chapter of Delta Tau Delta a notice July 13 that it will be suspended for four years.
AP Photo/Joe Maiorana
COLUMBUS, Ohio A week after the state enacted an anti-hazing law in honor of an Ohio University student who died in 2018, the university suspended another fraternity for allegedly violating hazing rules.
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