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03/26/2024

COLLABORATION IS KEY 🗝 These are the representatives of six collaborative projects — involving more than 20 organizations — that received Jewell Schweitzer Collective Impact Grants today. The program funds innovative solutions to address Blue Ribbon and Red Flag issues identified in the Community Focus Report for Springfield and Greene County.

The recipients are:
🌟 CASA of Southwest Missouri, in partnership with the Greene County Juvenile Office and Missouri Department of Social Services’ Children’s Division
🌟 Generations Village, in partnership with FosterAdopt Connect and Missouri State University’s Center for Ozarks Poverty Research
🌟 League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri, in partnership with Leadership Springfield and the Springfield chapter of the NAACP
🌟 PFLAG Springfield, in partnership with the GLO Center and Sarah Fry Counseling
🌟 Springfield Center for Dyslexia and Learning, in partnership with CoxHealth and Springfield Public Schools
🌟 United Community Change, in partnership with Central High School and Study Alternative Center, MU Extension, Hamra Enterprises, U.S. Department of Agriculture and several urban farms

Learn more about the grants at https://www.cfozarks.org/resources/collectiveimpact2024.


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03/13/2024

02/07/2024

Dona Drake was a black actress, dancer and singer. However, Hollywood had know idea that she was black. In my research, I came across an article which gives more detail regarding Drake’s story.

“Dona Drake was a black actress, singer, and dancer who was famous in the 30s, 40s, and 50s. However, publicly, her fans would not learn of her African ancestry until years later after studio publicity inaccurately claimed that she was born Rita Novella in 1920 in Mexico City, giving the impression that she was of Mexican heritage. In actual fact, she was born November 15, 1914 in Florida to Joseph Westmoreland (of Arkansas) and Novella Smith (of Alabama) and they named her Eunice Westmoreland. U.S Census reports of her family history show her grandparents were one Black couple and one couple that was Black/White. Because of her features and dark curly hair, film makers often cast her when they needed to fill the role of an ethnic character that looked native, gypsy, or middle eastern.”
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