Springfield Chamber of Commerce is trying to attract new business to the area so they have made promoting diversity a top priority. The Chamber’s push toward diversity comes after it received the results of its 2009 Competitive Assessment, a study the Chamber had done by a consulting firm, to identify factors needed to keep business [...]
If you lost your job during the economy’s downturn or you’re looking to give yourself a raise to make your ends meet better, you are not alone in Springfield. Becoming or staying employable is challenging, but not impossible, for many job hunters during these tough economic times. “What it means to be employable is totally [...]
In a recent radio show Glenn Beck raised the question, “Is the Term Colored such a bad thing?” During that show he said that colored was an acceptable term and one that was preferable to African Americans. Beck said that using the term colored in 2011 is “completely fine”. He said “we have been made [...]
Dr. Kenneth “Ken” Coopwood has accepted the position as the first permanent Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion at Missouri State University. Coopwood comes to MSU from University of Indiana Northwest in Gary, Indiana where he spent 8 years as the director of diversity programming, assistant to the chancellor and an adjunct faculty member in [...]
On any given day you might find Rev. Larry Rice, founder of New Life Evangelistic Center, at one of his 13 homeless shelters. He has been involved in helping the homeless for more than thirty years. Currently, Rev. Larry Rice and New Life Evangelistic Center are in a legal dispute with the City of Springfield [...]
Springfield City Manager Greg Burris said he is assisting the local Occupy Wall Street movement in finding locations to demonstrate during the day as well as a location where protesters can stay overnight. Burris said during the day the City has agreed to allow Occupy protesters to use Phelps Grove Park as long as they [...]
I’m Mia Jackson a senior majoring in Journalism and minoring in Communications. I enjoy traveling and meeting people. I am enthusiastic about story telling and aspire to be a full time journalist upon graduation.
