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Ferguson job fair attracts 5,000
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^ | September 14, 2014 | Stephen Deere and Joel Currier

Posted on 09/14/2014 9:14:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

FERGUSON • In less than half an hour, thousands of people arrived, dressed in jeans and suits, with their résumés in hand.

The line to get into a room where dozens of potential employers sat waiting was at least 45 minutes long.

A job fair sponsored by the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis on Saturday drew about 5,000. The event, held at St. Louis Community College’s Florissant Valley campus, was supposed to end at 2 p.m.

But it ran more than an hour long just so everyone who had waited in line could interview.

Damon Williams, 38, said frustration with the high unemployment rate among African-Americans — roughly three times higher than for whites — was always boiling beneath the surface. But after Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9, the anger over his death coupled with a profound sense of alienation spilled into the streets.

“It just seems like we are stuck,” he said. “People are getting fed up.”

That was why the Urban League hosted the fair, said league president Michael P. McMillan. The fair was held about three miles from where Brown was shot.

McMillan, who had spent time talking to protesters, said certain themes ran through his conversations.

“They didn’t have jobs,” he said. “They didn’t have educational opportunities. They needed skills and they needed resources ... We would get right in the middle of it, right away.”(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blacks; darrenwilson; economy; employment; ferguson; jobs; michaelbrown; unemployment
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s interesting that liberals believe poverty creates crime, but conservatives tend to believe crime creates poverty. Think about it.


21 posted on 09/14/2014 10:11:53 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Negotiating with Democrats is like negotiating with Hamas)
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To: 11th_VA

I believe neither. I think that evil thoughts create evil actions and wealth, or a lack of, has little or nothing to do with it.


22 posted on 09/14/2014 10:18:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
“Voter Registration, Free Groceries and Free Toiletries?” There’s the problem right there? This wasn’t a job fair. This was a vote for me and get free stuff fair.

Bingo! I'd bet 99% were there for the freebies.

I'd like to know just how many were actually hired and how many showed up to work at the appropriate time.

Excuse me, but every minority there had the same exact educational opportunity as the next guy. Don't blame someone else that you dropped out of school, popped out 6 babies by 6 different guys and have done nothing with yourself but wear dirty pink bunny slippers and watch tv for the past decade. And NO! This has NOTHING to do with that stupid punk Brown so don't use it as a crutch.

23 posted on 09/14/2014 10:20:26 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Cubs Fan

Loot and burn then be rewarded .Society is upside down


24 posted on 09/14/2014 10:39:11 AM PDT by ChiMark (America no more)
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To: dfwgator
Fergusonlooting photo Fergusonlooting_zps47b04b9c.jpg
25 posted on 09/14/2014 11:04:39 AM PDT by Col Freeper (FR: A smorgasbord of Conservative Mindfood - dig in and enjoy it!)
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To: ChiMark
Loot and burn then be rewarded .Society is upside down

Another freeper showed me the perfect term for it. anarcho-tyranny

http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Anarcho-tyranny

Samuel Francis... introduced the word “anarcho-tyranny”... “we refuse to control real criminals (that’s the anarchy) so we control the innocent (that’s the tyranny).”

the ferguson fiasco, illegal immigration, gun laws etc. All perfect examples.

26 posted on 09/14/2014 11:06:16 AM PDT by Cubs Fan (If you're on the same side of ferguson as Al and Jesse then you f-ed up somewhere, rethink it dummy)
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To: freeangel
He should thank his slavemaster, obama, the liberal progressive fundamentalist (d)Marxists, for that.

Fixed for completeness.
27 posted on 09/14/2014 11:23:24 AM PDT by 98ZJ USMC
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To: bgill

I used to do job fairs for the corporation I worked at. Only about 1 in 10 were actually interested in getting a job. The rest were there for the freebies.


28 posted on 09/14/2014 11:36:54 AM PDT by sheana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How does this work?

You loot and burn down the businesses in your community and now you host a job fair?

Guess a temp job might be available for sweeping up the rubble.


29 posted on 09/14/2014 11:59:31 AM PDT by bobo1 (progressives=commies/fascists)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Home buying information.


30 posted on 09/15/2014 1:25:47 PM PDT by JLS
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