Black Lives Matter, its Meaning and its Mission
by Andre Gee
Posted on 16 June 2016
In April, New York Activist Tony Herbert sarcastically referenced the Black Lives Matter organization in a video about 17-year-old Ta'Jae Warner, who was beaten to death in New York by “people that look just like her.” In March, football legend and unlikely social commentator Ray Lewi ...
Read MoreBlack or White, All Lives Matter, Part II
by Andre Gee
Posted on 15 June 2016
Part one of this piece--printed in Impact magazine--focused on Black community organizations who misconstrue the purpose of the Black Lives Matter movement. Also lost-in-the-sauce are people who think the term Black Lives Matter implies other lives don't. The circumstance has given rise to the #A ...
Read MorePamela Meanes: powerbroker of community advocacy
Posted on 23 June 2016
Standing firm and standing tall. Pamela Meanes has seen it all in her career.
Growing up in East St. Louis, Meanes always wanted to use her education and career to give back to the community. Wherever she went, she wanted to be part of the change.
“I wanted to become a sc ...