Commentary: With police reform, better lives for all Brenda Thibault FacebookTwitterEmail Protesters march downtown last summer, calling for police reform. A year later, those calls persist.Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News I am a Quaker now, but I was born and raised in a military family. As the saying goes, I got to Texas as soon as I could, some 14 years ago. As a child, I moved often. But as an adult, Georgia was my home of many years. It was there, in 1988, I learned that nearby, new neighbors found a cross burning on their front lawn. I came to know that within the white power structure, Southern hospitality has its limits.
As per their estimates, packaged snacks sales returned to pre-Covid levels in January-February period, while ice-cream sales increased 30% year-on-year during the same period and beverages are up by 10-11%.
New Leadership At Guilford College Gets Vote Of Confidence by David Ford Guilford College campus in Greensboro, North Carolina. Photo courtesy of Guilford College.
Update your browser or Flash plugin New Guilford College Interim President Jim Hood is being embraced by faculty, staff, and Save Guilford College, a grassroots organization of alumni and friends of the school. The show of support comes as the college seeks a viable path forward following years of fiscal challenges. This is the second leadership change for Guilford College in less than a year following the early departure of Interim President Carol Moore. Under her leadership, the school considered cutting some 20 tenured faculty positions and related majors. But critics said the proposal ran counter to the principles touted by the Quaker tradition school. Save Guilford College engagement committee clerk Daniel Summers says Jim Hood’s decades-long experience at Guilford as both student and teacher provides a welcome change.
I feel blessed : Young homeless Oakland and Berkeley residents get colorful tiny homes FacebookTwitterEmail 1of12 Youth Spirit Artworks raised nearly $1.3 million to build the homes from scratch and operate the site. Each one cost $12,500 to build. Oakland leased a 2-acre city-owned property to the nonprofit for free.Sarah Ravani / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of12 The 8-by-10-foot homes have electricity and heated floors. Each has a bed that can fold into the wall and become a desk. Williams-Sonoma donated rugs and sheets, and artists painted murals on the tiny homes.Sarah Ravani / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of12 4of12 Youths moved into the Youth Spirit Artworks village in Oakland on Friday. A total of 26 young people will live at the site. The village, the first sanctioned tiny home encampment in Oakland, will be home to young people who have experienced homelessness.Sarah Ravani / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
Charlottesville Fire Dept. mourns the loss of K9 Quaker Photo provided by the Charlottesville Fire Department (Source: CFD) By NBC29 Newsroom | February 17, 2021 at 10:14 AM EST - Updated February 17 at 10:14 AM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Charlottesville Fire Department is mourning the passing of âQuaker,â an accelerant-detection canine. According to CFD, Quaker passed away at his home Tuesday, February 9. He was with Chief WA Hogsten and his family on their farm in Barboursville. Quaker served the community for six years and was one of around 60 ATF-certified Accelerant Detection Canines in service in the U.S. The department says Quaker responded to more than 400 fire scenes, helping to find the origin and cause of fires that lead to arrests and subsequent convictions.
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Black Seminoles made their mark on Texas history FacebookTwitterEmail 1of11 Blas Payne stands under the big West Texas sky where he spent his life cowboying. His grandfather won the Medal of Honor while serving as a Buffalo Soldier during the Indian wars.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less 2of11 Cowboy Blas Payne and his dog outside his old fort home in Texas.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less 3of11 4of11 True to his Black Seminole heritage, Blas Payne was a superb horseman and cowboy.Joe Holley / ContributorShow MoreShow Less 5of11