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🌱 How Ferguson’s new midwifery school could change Black maternal health

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Ferguson's new midwifery school could change Black maternal health
  • Which Ferguson roads remain closed after last week's train derailment?

Also on today's calendar: Battle Of The Decades Trivia Night and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 83 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 69. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 82 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Missouri's first midwifery school in Ferguson teaches African and modern birth methods (stlpr.org) — A new midwifery school has opened in Ferguson, giving local residents access to Missouri's first program blending African Indigenous and modern birthing methods. Based at Jamaa Birth Village, the school aims to reduce Black maternal health disparities, offers scholarships to its first 13 students, and prepares graduates for professional midwife certification while serving families across the St. Louis region.
   

• Clean-up continues 1 week after train derailment in Ferguson (firstalert4.com) — Cleanup is still underway more than a week after a train derailed in Ferguson, leaving part of Ferguson Avenue between Elizabeth and Centre closed while crews stabilize the embankment. Trains are running again at slower speeds, but residents and city leaders remain concerned about track safety, especially since a similar derailment happened nearby in 2020 and the cause of this incident is still unknown.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 29
  • Leads Group 3 Meeting
    Greater North County Chamber of Commerce GNCC Office 420 W. Washington Florissant, MO 63031
    8:30 am
  • Louie's Closet Thrifting Pop-Up
    Millennium Student Center and Student Services (MSC), The Nosh
    11:00 am
  • Bookmarks & Buttons
    Thomas Jefferson Library
    12:00 pm
  • Study Skills Bootcamp
    Lucas Hall (LH), 107
    2:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Florissant

  • Cross Keys Baptist Church, Florissant, hosts fourth annual Back to School Bash • Pathway (mbcpathway.com)
  • Alton Art Expo highlights art's healing power for mental health (thetelegraph.com)

Hazelwood

  • KinderCare Honors 25 Teachers With Educational Excellence Awards (businesswire.com)

Ok Ferguson! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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