Posts Tagged ‘Missouri’
The Real Victims of Kansas City Massive Schools »
By: Charles S. Mombo Despite the anger and frustration expressed by parents, students and teachers; Kansas City’s school board has decided to go ahead and close 29 of the district’s 61 public schools, according to them, “to try to prevent bankruptcy”. According to the school board, the closure will go ahead to help in [...]
Heather Ellis and the Bizarre Walmart Incident »
By Charles S. Mombo CNN News reported last night that Heather Ellis, a 24 year-old African American Xavier University graduate could face fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after she cut the line at Wal-Mart store in Kennett, Missouri. On Nov. 18, her case went to trial in Dunklin County, Mo., on two [...]
An Interview with RENT’s Actress, N.K Gutierrez »
By: Charles Mombo Despite her busy schedule between practices and managing her Bridal Stylist business, N.K Gutierrez found the time to meet and have a cup of coffee with me at Caribou Coffee shop in Oak Park, Illinois – a suburb of Chicago. We talked about RENT and her other aspirations. Find out what’s in store for this beautiful, [...]
Hard Work U – A FREE Alternative to »
by: Charles Mombo With overwhelming problems and consensus to overhaul our ramshackle economic system from every direction, comes skyrocketing tuition, cuts to aids programs and massive student loan debt. The need for more financial aid options must be address as a very urgent problem. The College of the Ozarks (C of O) seems to be one of [...]
Call Me MISTER – Increasing African American »
Call Me MISTER (acronym for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) National Initiative is to increase the pool of available teachers from a broader more diverse background particularly among the State's lowest performing elementary schools. Student participants are largely selected from among under-served, socio-economically [...]
