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By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor [Politicians] must edge closer to the public work already being done by lay citizens and community groups. | – Albert Dzur Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the […]
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Frederick Douglass Community Association celebrated 103 years of service to the Toledo area on Saturday, September 17, at the Toledo Museum of Art’s Glass Pavilion. The elegant affair […]
By Fletcher Word Sojourner’s Truth Editor In 2016, the Center for Community Progress prepared an Open Space Action Plan for the Junction neighborhood. The report noted, among other factors, that the Junction community, a neighborhood […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff Clifford Murphy, icon and legendary bassist in the group, The Murphy’s, was a major influence in both the local and international jazz communities. He played with some of the best musicians in […]
Special to The Truth In 1961, a young man and his wife got lost on their way to an interview in Toledo, Ohio. As they drove around downtown, what they saw while trying to find […]
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter Violence interruption is effective, but it takes intensive and sustained effort. David Bush is honored to lead the city’s interrupter program, a position that he has spearheaded since May. […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff On Monday, August 22, dozens of prominent community men greeted students of the Martin Luther King Jr Academy for Boys on the first day of school and, minutes later, a few blocks […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Pluralism isn’t supposed to be about policing the boundaries; it’s supposed to be about breaking boundaries down and acknowledging the fluid and interactive nature of all […]
By Fletcher Word Sojourner’s Truth Editor “We don’t want any students of color to feel they don’t have the opportunity,” says Angelica Johnson, recently appointed coordinator for the Lourdes University Like Me Program. This fall […]
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter It’s been at least five or six years since a youth survey has been done in Toledo. Last year local artist David Ross, along with Rev. Robert Culp of […]