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Day: December 9, 2021

New Efforts Are Helping Close the Eye Care Gap for Children

December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

Special to The Truth Healthy eyesight is critical for educational success. Studies show that children with vision impairment can experience lower educational achievement and self-esteem levels than their normally-sighted peers. This is why it’s important […]

Health

Wilberforce University Connects with Penn National Gaming

December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

Students from the nation’s first, private historically Black university college (HBCU) will soon benefit from a new science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) program sponsored by Penn National Gaming, Inc. The casino company announced that […]

Education

Join the Toledo Library StoryWalk Challenge!

December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

Build a love of reading, enjoy a walk, and earn free gloves or mittens for chillier days ahead – participate in the Toledo Lucas County Public Library (TLCPL) StoryWalk® Challenge (https://www.toledolibrary.org/storywalk). There are StoryWalks at […]

Education

Ella P. Stewart Academy for Girls, November 2021 Student of the Month:  Amya Roberson

December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

By Diana Patton, Social Justice Advocate The Truth Contributor The sixth-grade students at the Ella P. Student Academy (“Ella”) were asked “Which Wolf They Are Feeding?” and they were read this poem: A Cherokee elder […]

Health

Local Alzheimer’s Caregiver Mission is to Let Other Caregivers Know They are Not Alone

December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

Pamela Anderson has been a caregiver for a large part of her life. Her primary mission is to keep her mother, who is in the final stages of Alzheimer’s, healthy, happy and safe. Another mission […]

Health, Top Stories

NeighborWorks’ Weatherization Program Brings Much Needed Relief to So Many Area Residents

December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

By Fletcher Word Sojourner’s Truth Editor For Penny Peace and her family, the NeighborWorks Weatherization Program is a Christmas present of immeasurable value. The Peace family home on north Ontario Street received a heater and […]

Headline, Top Stories

Avoiding the Holiday Blues

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

By Alphonso Gibbs, Jr., LCSW-C, LICSW, Advisory Board Member Men’s Health Network Guest Column Well, here we are again, the last few weeks of the year. Those weeks that include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s—collectively […]

Health, Top Stories

Watch, For You Know not the Hour

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column It is said that if you place a lobster in a cold bucket of water and turn on the gas jets, little by little, mind you…the lobster will remain […]

Editorial/Opinion

Prince: A Portrait of the Artist in Memories & Memorabilia by Paul Sexton, foreword by Susan Rogers

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

c.2021, Welbeck Publishing $24.95 / higher in Canada 143 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor The cover promised greatness. Just a whisper over 12 inches square, you knew there was magic inside; even its […]

Book Review

Misguided Assumptions

December 9, 2021December 9, 2021 Sojourner’s Truth

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   How poor they are that have not patience! What wound did ever heal, but by degrees? – William Shakespeare Last week’s Blade editorial chided Mayor Wade […]

Editorial/Opinion

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