What started as a college capstone project has spiraled into a full-scale public awareness campaign for Valparaiso resident Alexis Brown.
Brown â a senior public relations student at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois â is working to empower young black women in Lake County with the tools needed to take charge of their health care.
In 2017, Lake Countyâs infant mortality rate surpassed the state average but showed a widening gap particularly among minority women, according to data from the Indiana State Department of Health.
Lake County reported an average infant mortality rate of 10.5 per 1,000 live births among women of all races and of 22.5 per 1,000 live births among black women in 2017, according to the ISDH. Thatâs compared to state averages of 7.3 per 1,000 live births of all women and 15.3 per 1,000 live births of Black women.
The Indiana State Board of Education continued its discussion of a reworked school accountability system Wednesday with board members bringing suggestions ranging from a new, multi-tiered system to the implementation of individual school dashboard to publicly track and monitor academic progress.
âWe have a majority opportunity to build a trusted and transparent system with transparent data for our families, for our educators to use,â new Indiana Education Secretary Katie Jenner said Wednesday.
The discussion follows more than six months of research and feedback collected to overhaul the stateâs current system after studentsâ low performance on the stateâs new ILEARN exam showed more than half of Indiana districts would have seen declining A-F accountability grades for the 2018-19 school year.
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Vigil for Wydallas Tobar
Friends and family release balloons at a Wednesday night vigil in Lake Station for Wydallas Tobar, who was killed a year ago in Gary. John J. Watkins, The Times
Vigil for Wydallas Tobar
Balloons carry messages of remembrance for Wydallas Tobar, who was killed a year ago in Gary. Friends and family held a vigil for the 37-year-old Gary man on Wednesday night in Lake Station. John J. Watkins, The Times
Vigil for Wydallas Tobar
Avori Austen, 15, one of Wydallas Tobar s daughters, signs a balloon as her mother, Jamie Austen, keeps them from flying away at Wednesday night s vigil in Lake Station on the anniversary of his death.
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