/tags/minorities Minorities en-US Copyright © 2024 �������� Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-02-20/minority-homeownership-rates-are-rising-but-black-rates-still-below-the-national-average Homeownership rates have increased for minorities over the past few years, according to the National Association of Realtors 2024 Snapshot of Race and Home Buying in America Report. Just 41% of Black Americans own homes in Missouri, which is below the national average. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:00:00 GMT /economy-business/2024-02-20/minority-homeownership-rates-are-rising-but-black-rates-still-below-the-national-average Andrea Y. Henderson /education/2022-03-30/siue-researchers-experimenting-with-ways-to-better-support-minority-grad-students The university received about $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to study sustainable watersheds and implement different ways to support graduate students involved in the research. Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:32:23 GMT /education/2022-03-30/siue-researchers-experimenting-with-ways-to-better-support-minority-grad-students Eric Schmid /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-02-01/dr-ashley-denmark-aims-to-normalize-success-among-minority-underserved-children Ashley Denmark is a family-medicine physician with BJC Healthcare. A black woman, she grew up in Jennings, Missouri, and at an early point in her life,… Fri, 01 Feb 2019 23:01:09 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2019-02-01/dr-ashley-denmark-aims-to-normalize-success-among-minority-underserved-children Lara Hamdan /health-science-environment/2018-10-25/a-launchcode-graduate-makes-it-her-mission-to-diversify-the-tech-industry As a gay black woman with working-class roots, LaShana Lewis doesn’t look like a typical computer programmer.Lewis spent the better part of two decades… Thu, 25 Oct 2018 06:28:00 GMT /health-science-environment/2018-10-25/a-launchcode-graduate-makes-it-her-mission-to-diversify-the-tech-industry Eli Chen /arts/2018-04-05/its-about-recognition-in-islandborn-junot-diaz-writes-for-immigrant-children For more than 20 years, novelist Junot Diaz has explored the immigrant experience.From his debut 1996 novel, “Drown,” a semi-autobiographical work on the… Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:14:46 GMT /arts/2018-04-05/its-about-recognition-in-islandborn-junot-diaz-writes-for-immigrant-children David Cazares /economy-business/2018-03-05/st-louis-companies-universities-encourage-leaders-and-employees-to-check-their-bias Dozens of people visited a mobile museum dedicated to educating the public about unconscious bias at the Express Scripts headquarters in north St. Louis… Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:27:51 GMT /economy-business/2018-03-05/st-louis-companies-universities-encourage-leaders-and-employees-to-check-their-bias Ashley Lisenby /government-politics-issues/2016-10-07/local-faith-leaders-work-to-build-alliances-between-minorities-in-st-louis What exactly is an “inter-minority" dialogue?For Vince Lee Bantu, it’s a space for where people of color can come share their common cultural experiences… Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:25:12 GMT /government-politics-issues/2016-10-07/local-faith-leaders-work-to-build-alliances-between-minorities-in-st-louis /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-06-15/first-of-its-kind-all-girls-stem-charter-school-to-serve-minority-students According to studies, minorities are the most underrepresented when it comes to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Hawthorn Leadership… Mon, 15 Jun 2015 22:11:47 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2015-06-15/first-of-its-kind-all-girls-stem-charter-school-to-serve-minority-students /economy-business/2015-04-20/new-program-offers-job-and-life-skills-to-minorities-and-women Unemployed minorities and females looking to enter the construction industry in the St. Louis region now have a new training option.MOKAN Construction… Mon, 20 Apr 2015 23:53:45 GMT /economy-business/2015-04-20/new-program-offers-job-and-life-skills-to-minorities-and-women Kae M. Petrin