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Brownwood News – The Revitalizing Our Community (ROC) organization held it’s ninth Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration event this morning in Cecil Holman Park.  Good weather and a larger venue resulted in the largest crowd in the event’s history, as approximately 500 persons attended.  For the first eight years the event was held at MLK Plaza on West Commerce.  But the larger crowds, and the need for more space for COVID distancing, necessitated the move.  Event organizer and Mayor Pro Tem Draco Miller said future MLK Day events would also be held in Holman Park. The theme for th...

(by Mike Blagg) The Revitalizing Our Community (ROC) organization held it’s ninth Dr. Martin Luther King Day celebration event Monday morning in Cecil Holman Park.  Good weather and a larger venue resulted in the largest crowd in the event’s history, as approximately 500 persons attended.  For the first eight years the event was held at MLK Plaza on West Commerce.  But the larger crowds, and the need for more space for COVID distancing, necessitated the move.  Event organizer and Mayor Pro Tem Draco Miller said future MLK Day events would also be held in Holman Park. The theme for thi...

They needed to do it virtually, in light of the COVID pandemic. But the Eighth Judicial District’s Coalition of Blacks in the Courts hosted their annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy Friday afternoon. This year's theme was “The Time is Always Right to Do What is Right.” The centerpiece of the program was a screening of the documentary film The First Rainbow Coalition, which features Black, Latino and White activists who worked together to protest police brutality in Chicago half a century ago. State Supreme Court Justice Paula L. Feroleto, Administrative Jud...

Customer Behavior is Driving Pandemic Distress for Grocery Store Workers, Report Finds Twenty percent of Arizona grocery store workers surveyed said they have experienced severe levels of mental distress during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Lori Harwood, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dec. 14, 2020 Holiday shopping season is ramping up while COVID-19 cases are rising nationwide, presenting increased risk for essential retail workers – not just physically but mentally. A new report by University of Arizona researchers finds that 20% of Arizona grocery store workers surveyed...