Village Life Section :: Page 63

• Leading while Black in Yellow Springs

  By Audrey HackettAugust 5, 2020

  

  In this week’s article, the third in the News’ current series, “Facing Race,” we take a closer look at the interplay of race and representation in the village, based on interviews with six Black villagers in elected and other leadership roles locally.

• Blood Drive this week

  By YS News StaffAugust 3, 2020

  

  Community Blood Center will hold a mobile blood drive on Thursday, Aug. 6, noon–6 p.m., at Mills Lawn. Donors must bring a photo ID and wear a mask. Physical distancing will be practiced.

• Remembering Phyllis Jackson

  By Audrey HackettJuly 29, 2020

  

  Yellow Springs resident Phyllis Jackson, 95, died on July 11 after a long and rich life of service to the community she loved. A memorial service was held for Jackson on Saturday, July 18, at Central Chapel AME Church, where she’d been a member since 1943.

• Masks required by law downtown

  By Megan BachmanJuly 22, 2020

  

  Council unanimously passed an emergency ordinance mandating facial coverings downtown and on Village-owned properties when physical distancing of six feet is not possible.

• Institutions adapt to COVID-19

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The News spoke with leaders at a variety of local institutions who are adapting to a new normal in the fifth month of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Yellow Springs Senior Center, Friends Care Community, Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center, Antioch College Wellness Center and the John Bryan Center/Youth Center.

• Youth take lead in challenging racism

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 9, 2020

  

  For many local teens and young adults in their early 20s, the accumulating deaths feel personal. Young people of color see themselves and their families being treated differently, and they feel under threat within the national culture; while their young white allies see disparities in privilege and safety that negatively affect the lives of their Black peers.

• COVID–19 update— After Ohio restart, virus is spreading again

  By Megan Bachman

  

  The trend holds true for Greene County, which saw its per capita case rate more than double over the last month, even as the county remains relatively better off than the rest of the state and country. As of July 6, there were 99 active COVID-19 cases in Greene County, up from 58 on June 18.

• Parade canceled after alleged KKK protest threat

  By Megan Bachman

  

  All the organizers interviewed this week also said the decision was influenced by the voicemail from a man purporting to be affiliated with the KKK, a notorious hate group with a long history of violence against Black people.

• Racism in village often covert

  By Carol SimmonsJuly 3, 2020

  

  Facing Race: This is first in a series on the impacts of racism in Yellow Springs and local anti-racist efforts and activities.

• Solidarity on Stonewall anniversary

  By Mandy KnaulJune 29, 2020

  

  What happened at Stonewall in NYC 1969, was a riot against the police. It wasn’t in answer to just a few homophobic police officers targeting our social havens in one city. This was a manifestation of our rage against the socially, politically, legally sanctioned nationwide assault on our culture.