National Peach Month
By Patrice Powers-Boothe, OSU Extension Lucas County The Truth Contributor August has been known as National Peach Month since 1982. This is the month of peak-time for fresh peaches in Ohio. In Ohio, it is […]
Year: 2021
Your Wellness Starts Here
By Pierrette “Petee” Talley, Convener/President Ohio Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Ohio Unity Coalition And Amber L. Currie, MPH, CHES Hospital Anti-Racism Project Coordinator www.ohiounitycoalition.org Last year, racism was the news cover story for most […]
Walls: A Novel by L.M. Elliott
c.2021, Algonquin $19.95 / higher in Canada 352 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Hold on. Get a good grip on that climbing system and don’t let go. Hang by your fingertips, swing your […]
The Politics of Crime
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Many of today’s problems in the inner-city crime, dissolution of family, welfare – are fundamentally a consequence of the disappearance of work. […]
The Seventh Annual Naturalista PhotoShoot – Natural Women . . . Elegant in Style
By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor Now entering our seventh year, the Naturalista Photoshoot is a much-anticipated event where we set time aside to highlight African-American women and girls, who proudly embrace the natural hairstyle. […]
Battling a Pressure Fighter
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, D.Min. The Truth Contributor The most effective [leadership]…is provided by people who work behind the scenes for quiet victories. – Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz finds himself in […]
How Prison Education Programs Transform Lives and Communities
Special to The Truth In 2014, Benito Castro was sentenced to six years in prison for passing bad checks as a result of a gambling habit he’d developed. Today, he’s the director of operations for […]
City of Toledo and the Bureau of ATF Collaborate for Second “Operation Clean Sweep”
Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, Toledo Police Chief George Kral, and Roland H. Herndon, Jr., Special Agent in Charge for ATF’s Columbus Field Division, announced on Monday a second Operation Clean Sweep, a combined federal, state […]
City Council Candidate Announces Gun Violence Prevention Program
Sojourner’s Truth Staff Michele Grim, PhD, a first-time candidate for Toledo City Council, released a 10-point program to reduce gun violence on Monday, July 26 during a press conference in front of the Lucas County […]
Statement from Carty Finkbeiner
RE Mayor Kapszukiewicz’s comments on “failed effort” by The Movement to increase minority community COVID vaccination rates. The Blade reports that Mayor Kapszukiewicz criticized The Movement for failing to “increase Lucas County’s vaccination rate, especially […]