Absalom Jones Day celebration
Category: Youth Written by Courier Newsroom
The celebration of Absalom Jones was commemorated at Trinity Cathedral Church, Downtown. Absalom Jones (1746-1818) together with Richard Allen, were among the earliest ordained Black ministers in the United States. Jones was born in Delaware and sold to a Philadelphia storeowner at age 16. He later purchased freedom for both his wife and himself.
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| FRANK BOLDEN ESSAY CONTEST WINNER—From left: Nancy Bolden, widow of Frank E. Bolden; Al Mann, member of the Racism Commission; with Evan L.B. Berry, essay contest winner; and his mother A. Paige Berry. (Photos by Rossano P. Stewart)
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Jones and Allen were educated by Quakers in Philadelphia where they were students at antislavery activist Anthony Benezet’s school. Following the segregation of Blacks in an Episcopal church in Philadelphia in 1786, Jones and Allen founded a Black congregation, St. Thomas African Episcopal Church.
This was the “Mother Church” for what became, beginning in 1816, the African Methodist Episcopal Church movement. Jones functioned as a minister in the Philadelphia community until his death, becoming one of the major African-American figures to emerge from the 18th century. The Frank E. Bolden Essay Contest was a part of the program.
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Civil Rights Movement of IUP
Category: Youth Written by Courier Newsroom
INDIANA, Pa.—Graduate students in Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s communications media program have brought the American Civil Rights Movement to life in Second Life, an on-line, digital world.
Allen Partridge PhD, a professor of communications media developed the project with students in his Simulation of Games doctoral class.
Small groups of students in the 19-member class were charged with coming up with game topic proposals. Following presentations of proposed topics, the class chose “Civil Rights Movement Comes of Age in Second Life.”
An overview of the project is available on YouTube at http://bit.ly/faoIxz.
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NEED announces $1M in scholarships
Category: Youth Written by Courier Newsroom
Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and NEED President & CEO Sylvester Pace announced that $1 million in scholarships is being awarded to deserving students thanks to the early success of the 2010 fundraising campaign launched in March. NEED is the oldest minority community-based financial assistance program in Pennsylvania. It offers financial aid, counseling and internships to help young African-Americans overcome class, social, academic and cultural barriers to postsecondary education.
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Books for youth
Category: Youth Written by Terri Schlichenmeyer
‘Of Thee I Sing’
As you grow up, your parents and grandparents have many good ideas for you.
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First of all, they want you to remember that you’re a wonderful kid and that they’re happy to see you when you walk into a room. They hope you know that they’re really proud of you and that you’re loved very much.
But as you’ll see in the new book “Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters” by Barack Obama, illustrated by Loren Long, they also have lots of bigger ideas for you, too.
Are you a creative kid? Then your parents and grandparents want you to use your talents wisely, like Georgia O’Keeffe. She was an artist who moved to the desert so she could paint pictures of small, simple things.
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Clairton's youth shine for Christ
Category: Youth Written by Genea Webb
It was a night filled with talented young people giving praise for the gifts God has bestowed upon them.
United Youth Ministries presented the second annual "Bring Your Gift to Christ Night" on Dec. 19 at Morning Star Baptist Church in Clairton.
The United Youth Ministries is a group of Clairton-based churches that is dedicated to unifying the city by way of uniting its young people.
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