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Vindy.com stories: Ernie Brownhttp://www.vindy.com/news/ernie-brown/Vindy.com stories: Ernie Brownen-usCopyright Vindy.com 2013. RSS use policy: www.vindy.com/about/use_policy/#rssSat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400Testing for prostate cancer is vital http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/04/testing-for-prostate-cancer-is-vital/You know your day, your year and the rest of your life will be impacted when a doctor informs youSat, 04 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/may/04/testing-for-prostate-cancer-is-vital/Group helps young, black mothers obtain education goals http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/apr/06/women-hand-in-hand-helps-educate/Since 1986, Women Hand In Hand has provided some financial aid to 125 young women to obtain their bachelor’s degrees, and some have gone on to graduate school.<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/apr/06/women-hand-in-hand-helps-educate/Plague of racism continues http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/02/plague-of-racism-continues/While perusing news websites CNN and Fox News, I read some things that sadly reminded me that<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/mar/02/plague-of-racism-continues/Honoring Valley residents who have made a difference for people of color http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/feb/02/honoring-valley-residents-who-have-made-/Black History Month again will bring forward the names of these people who have changed the fabric<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/feb/02/honoring-valley-residents-who-have-made-/Ebony Lifeline aims at addiction prevention, recovery among minorities http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/jan/05/ebony-lifeline-aims-at-addiction-prevent/Many people begin a new year resolving to better themselves. If you have decided this is the year<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2013/jan/05/ebony-lifeline-aims-at-addiction-prevent/Apply Kwanzaa principles all year http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/dec/01/apply-kwanzaa-principles-all-year/There will be five significant celebrations this month. The first four, most of us know well.<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/dec/01/apply-kwanzaa-principles-all-year/Area native joins Cleveland TV station http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/nov/03/area-native-joins-cleveland-tv-station/Another Youngstown native has reached a significant milestone. Lydia Esparra, a graduate of<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/nov/03/area-native-joins-cleveland-tv-station/Remembering 2 trailblazers http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/oct/06/remembering--trailblazers/Last month, death took two more longtime Mahoning Valley black trailblazers — Margaret Linton-<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/oct/06/remembering--trailblazers/Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/sep/01/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month/The culture and contributions of Hispanics, and their impact on American society, will be on display<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/sep/01/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month/Fighting AIDS in black community requires educating our young http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/aug/04/fighting-aids-in-black-community-require/One of my best friends died from complications of AIDS in San Diego, Calif., three years ago. He<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 04 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/aug/04/fighting-aids-in-black-community-require/Deal provides compensation to former baseball players http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jul/07/deal-provides-compensation-to-former-bas/Major League Baseball’s annual midsummer exhibition, the All-Star Game, is Tuesday. Millions will<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jul/07/deal-provides-compensation-to-former-bas/A role model for overcoming the odds http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jun/02/a-role-model-for-overcoming-the-odds/Some of you may remember the name Leon Stennis, The Vindicator’s former religion editor and<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jun/02/a-role-model-for-overcoming-the-odds/It’s time for Latinos in Valley to exercise political muscle http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/may/05/its-time-for-latinos-in-valley-to-exerci/Today is the Mexican holiday known as Cinco de Mayo — the 5th of May — which commemorates the<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 05 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/may/05/its-time-for-latinos-in-valley-to-exerci/Friendship knows no color http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/apr/07/friendship-knows-no-color/This is a short story about two boys — one black, one white — who grew up together on Youngstown’s<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/apr/07/friendship-knows-no-color/Exercise your right to vote Tuesday http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/mar/03/exercise-your-right-to-vote-tuesday/Tuesday is the primary election, and I remind you again to get out and cast your ballot for theSat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/mar/03/exercise-your-right-to-vote-tuesday/Tuskegee Airmen blazed the trail for black pilots http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/feb/04/tuskegee-airmen-blazed-the-trail-for-bla/The movie “Red Tails,” the George Lucas-financed film about the triumphs of the Tuskegee Airmen,<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/feb/04/tuskegee-airmen-blazed-the-trail-for-bla/Honoree is a woman of firsts http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jan/07/honoree-is-a-woman-of-firsts/There are a few sure things I know that take place every January. First, this publication will<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/jan/07/honoree-is-a-woman-of-firsts/Black men seek community solutions http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/dec/03/black-men-seek-community-solutions/I received an email that had this statement in its subject line: “Black Men Across America<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/dec/03/black-men-seek-community-solutions/City residents working to improve neighborhoods http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/05/city-residents-working-to-improve-neighb/One of the positive things I am seeing in Youngstown is people coming together to make their<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/nov/05/city-residents-working-to-improve-neighb/Conference aims to encourage adoption of black children http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/oct/01/conference-aims-to-encourage-adoption-of/Over the years, neighborhood churches have served many purposes besides being a house of prayer.<StaffMember: Ernie Brown>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/oct/01/conference-aims-to-encourage-adoption-of/