Sojourner’s Truth Staff “I just want to bake,” Laveda Wright told Olivia Holden, executive director of Assets Toledo upon their first meeting some years ago. As a fledgling entrepreneur and proprietor of a bakery business, […]
By Fletcher Word Sojourner’s Truth Editor The Greater Toledo Community Foundation is preparing a second round of grants for distribution in 2021 to non-profit organizations located in northwest Ohio that are providing services for local […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff It wasn’t an easy journey, nor a particularly speedy one, but on Father’s Day 2021, Barbie and Herman Harrison were finally ordained as ministers at United Missionary Baptist Church by Pastor Robert […]
The Lucas County Citizen Levy Review Committee unanimously approved the sales tax levy proposal presented by the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority (TARTA) at the Committee’s meeting on June 22, 2021. TARTA’s proposal is to […]
By John Jones, HOPE Toledo President Guest Column Over the past two years, a broad group of organizations and individuals have been working collectively together to lift up and bring to life a “comprehensive, community-based […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff The Toledo African American Chamber of Commerce hosted a meet and greet on Friday, June 25 for Chamber members and guests at the newly constructed Glass City Metropark. The attendees had an […]
Black history is an essential part of the history of our nation, our communities and our company. Black associates have been key members of the Rudolph Libbe Group team since our earliest years. In a […]
Sojourner’s Truth Staff The National Youth Sports Program is back at the University of Toledo after a year’s hiatus – the same hiatus that affected so many programs here and around the world during the […]
As recovery stalls, state still has 321,000 fewer jobs since COVID-19 struck Special to The Truth The numbers: Seasonally adjusted data released today by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) show Ohio […]
Social Security Column By Erin Thompson Social Security Public Affairs Specialist in Toledo, OH Guest Column Celebrating our nation’s independence every year on July 4 is a point of joy and pride. For more than […]