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Every Belief, Every Application: Why FAFSA Matters
October is College and Career Awareness Month, and I am honored to shine a light on the futures of our students. Each child in our classrooms deserves to see a clear path leading to success after high school.
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AF-AM NEWS bits
I lived in Washington, D.C. in the sixties as a student at Howard University and I can tell you with certainty that Trump’s claim to have cleaned up crime in the city is pure puffery, especially when he focuses his claims on the downtown area, which has been thriving for a long time with crime…
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THE REST OF THE STORY
Since the editor, Marjorie Hurst, and I have different creative inclinations based on our decidedly different temperaments and on my well known inclination to tell the “controversial” truth along with the “noncontroversial,” rather than trying to push Marjorie into writing the controversial truth about her rocky journey to becoming a member of Springfield School Committee,…
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Passing The Torch To Denise Hurst
In the Spring of 2009, it was with mixed feelings that I decided I was not going to run for re-election to the Springfield School Committee. I had been privately agonizing over my decision for several months. On the one hand, I felt I had served long enough and had accomplished several significant achievements of…
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HCC Holds First-Ever Campus Police Pinning Ceremony
HOLYOKE — About 10 years ago, when she was promoted from campus police officer to sergeant, Jacqueline Robles remembers her boss basically sliding her new badge across a table to confer her new status. “I had taken an exam,” she said, “went through the interview process, and then, after it was announced that I got…
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Pregnancy is a Family Affair: Community Support in Maternal & Child Health
A community-centered approach to maternal health is more important than ever. Massachusetts continues to experience persistent disparities in maternal morbidity and infant outcomes, with families of color disproportionately affected (MA DPH, 2024). For many expectant mothers, particularly Black, Brown, and immigrant women, culturally grounded support systems play a crucial role in bridging gaps created by…
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