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Help the homeless
by Bill Knight • • Comments Off on Help the homeless
“… bring the homeless poor into your house.” – Isaiah 58: 7 February is Black History Month, so it’s tempting to see emotional objections to the Peoria Housing Authority’s investigation into relocating Taft Homes as racism. However, if giving the…
Changing Peoria with portraits
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Changing Peoria with portraits
Bad ink and quick news bites fuel fear and people end up labeling entire areas of a city as dangerous. An arbitrary boundary is created that people are afraid to cross. Because of that label, people see only streets of…
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Income Inequality at Root of Ferguson
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Income Inequality at Root of Ferguson
The verdict rendered regarding officer Darren Wilson is not only a sickening moral decision on behalf of the people of Ferguson and its citizens, but a fraudulent disgrace of injustice on American people, the Brown family, African American parents and…
‘Turkey season’ kicks off with family friendly fare
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‘Tis the season of the turkey, both theatrically and gastronomically. A theatrical turkey is a family-friendly show produced between Thanksgiving and the New Year and stuffed with spectacle, music, dance, comedy and sentimentality. One could say the turkey season kicks…
Neighborhood notes for December 2014
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Neighborhood notes for December 2014
There are many ways for residents to work toward better neighborhoods, and the City of Peoria is encouraging two actions: organization and engagement. To be recognized as a neighborhood association by the City, organize thusly, according to Neighborhood Development Specialist…
8 simple ways to shop local this Christmas
by Billy Dennis • • Comments Off on 8 simple ways to shop local this Christmas
If you are like me, you loathe the idea of spending money at chain stores. I figure, if you spend money at a locally owned spot, you are giving cash to a family that is going to shop and pay…
Congressional leader keynoting NAACP banquet
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U.S. Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) will be the featured speaker at NAACP’s 52nd Nov. 22 Freedom Fund Banquet at Par-A-Dice Hotel and Conference Center in East Peoria. The event – “All in for Justice and Equality” – will start…
Straight Talk for November 2014
by Roger Monroe • • Comments Off on Straight Talk for November 2014
TOO SOON! It was a shock, a disappointing shock, when the announcement came that well-known Manual High School and University of Illinois basketball coach, Wayne McClain had died at the young age of 60. While initial news reports said he…