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The University of Missouri System is halting the use of diversity statements in its hiring practices. UM President Mun Choi said in an email Monday that officials will now send a “values commitment” to job applicants instead of DEI statements.
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The St. Louis American, a Black newspaper focused on telling the stories of Black people in the region, turned 95 this year. It’s known for being the single largest weekly newspaper in Missouri.
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The International Institute of St. Louis wants health care providers to make sure they’re able to communicate with an expected surge of new arrivals from other countries. The institute’s leaders say it can often be difficult for refugees and immigrants to understand the country’s health care system.
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Black students at Eureka High School are upset that the Rockwood School Board eliminated its diversity and inclusion programs and want the school board to replace their programs or implement new ones. The students say that racist incidents at their school are weighing on them and that they need more diversity programs, which are safe spaces for them.
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Left beneath bridges and inside parking garages, Native American memorials in St. Louis draw advocates' ire.
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Community leaders in St. Louis are determined to keep fighting developer Paul McKee’s use of Homer G. Phillps’ name for a north St. Louis health center.
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The Medical Humanities program at Washington University in St. Louis is hosting a forum Saturday on Medicine, Race, and Ethnicity in St. Louis. Scholars and doctors will discuss racism in health care in the St. Louis region, the well-being of Asian and Hispanic communities, and how activism and art can create change within the medical field.
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Ana académica en St. Louis quiere ayudar a compartir las historias de mujeres inmigrantes Mexicanas sobre la inmigración, hogar y familia para informar mejor informes académicos, leyes y pólizas gubernamentales.
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A recent study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis found that racial discrimination is linked to depression among college-educated Black Americans.
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A researcher in St. Louis wants to tell Mexican immigrant women's stories about home and family to better inform academic research and public policy. Jocelyn Moylan, who is pursuing a doctorate at Florida International University, said the data could inform local officials on the challenges Mexican immigrants face in St. Louis and the support they need to feel at home.
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The Belleville News-Democrat published its first story on the issue in February 1993. By 2002, the diocese, which covers 28 counties in southern Illinois, had removed 15 priests and one deacon from ministry.
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The International Institute of St. Louis opened the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Community Center on Friday to help promote entrepreneurship among Afghan refugees in the region.