I love you I love You I’m Carmen Cannon and I’m here with cdss Community Development Sustainable Solutions and today we have Mr Barry Malloy with us and how are you doing Barry doing great kman thanks so much for having me very good very good so we’re here with the black history month
And we knew you were doing some great things here in the city and we thought we’ interview you okay so starting out I hear you are a minister in our community yes I am I am a associate minister at Mount Si Missionary Baptist Church uh been there for over 20 years
I’m also over our youth ministry at the church and also I’m the camp director for our summer youth camp that’s held at so you do a lot with the youth then yes yes very good very good and I hear that Mount Si church has been in existence over 100 years over 100
Years and we just celebrated that and so uh we’re very very excited about the future of our church uh our mission uh evangelism uh of course everyone knows about the new homes that have been built in sin Village we have a 36 more homes coming and we have a community center
That sits at the corner of uh 9th in Martin Luther King that uh we’re re rehabilitating that facility and it will has a grocery store and some uh banquet rooms and some educational facilities we’re really really excited about that very good so we’ll be able to do some
Things here in East St Louis in absolutely there’s nothing like coming back and giving back to our city making our people of our city homeowners and giving our children a safe place to have fun and to grow and to develop very good very good very good Barry um also I hear
That you are um teaching in our school district here in District 189 or as I should say the 89 blocks 89 blocks of greatness and of Excellence uh I am the juvenile transition coordinator for our school district I’m the Leon between our district and the uh JTC Academy juvenile
Transition Center Academy and so uh I’m responsible for making sure that those students who have had a troubled pass uh that have to by state law come into our school district because it’s the closest school district to where their facility is that they get a quality Ed education
That they enjoy the experience of of of uh Middle School in high school just as any other student would do very good uh now I see you dressed in your blue and white uh representing five Beta Sigma blue F five beta none greater yes so we’re going to turn to our
Audience my name is Thomas I’m also with cdss and I would like to know what school did you gr away from and how did you choose your uh glad you asked that question uh I left High School Lincoln Senior High School in 1982 and I went to Arkansas
State University and that’s where Al joner the 1984 Olympic triple Olympic gold medalist and the triple jump Al joner and several other uh athletes from East St Louis were there and so I went there for 2 years didn’t like it at all so I transferred to Southern University
In Baton Rouge Louisiana that’s where I got my bachelor’s degree from in speech communication radio television but while at Arkansas State I pledge F Beta Sigma fraternity uh it is the epitome of all fraternities uh our motto our vision is about Brotherhood scholarship and Serv service we give countless um
Scholarships and things like that to our youth uh helping the community uh building stronger bonds of Brotherhood and fatherhood within our community so uh I wouldn’t I wouldn’t change the thing and love every minute of being blue fire all right I like that Blu as well thank you so
Much also we’re going to um have um one of our audience members to ask you about your Ministry yes hi my name is Rachel Rosco um I’m also a cdss I was just wondering what for you is the best part of being in the Ministries or working
With the ministry the best the best part about being in the ministry is you get a chance to meet the needs of people and so that’s really what evangelism is uh you’re meeting the needs of others being able to not only the physical needs but help helping them with the emotional
Psychological those type of things and because I work with youth it’s even more rewarding to see our youth who come and give their lives to Christ and the impact and difference that uh you see on these young people once they have given their lives to Christ and they continue
To spiritually develop and grow and to become productive proud citizens that’s the most rewarding experience for me thanks thank you this now and Mr malloyd also I understand that you are coach of the year and with that being Coach of the Year through the national Federation of high schools um
Here in Illinois track and field coach of the year for the state of Illinois yes it was definitely a great honor to have been chosen as the uh national uh coaches association because that’s only a national level and you can imagine all of the coaches uh that are in the nation
Track and field coaches and to be selected as the coach of the year for the state of Illinois was huge and then the Illinois track and field coaches association also voted me as coach of the year for ihsa class 2A state championship team so it was just an
Honor but I’ll tell you Colman uh I receive the honor but it’s really the athletes and my coaching St staff who puts in the work M um and I would never be where I am without my coaching staff very good uh and so I give them all the
Credit so when I accept any award I accept it as well on their behalf as well as my athlete well congratulations from cdss thank you and you continue to work with those students we’re going to turn to our audience now H my name is Jessica Robinson one of your fellow students yes
Jessica school well I just want to know with the love that you have for the sport how soon after your experience on the field did you decide you wanted to coach well believe it or not Jessica I never wanted to coach uh I can never imagine a day in my
Life or remember a day when I said I want to be a trackco but what happened was in 2000 uh I had returned home but in 2000 uh they asked me would I become the head boys track coach at Lincoln Middle School school yes sir so I’m like what but
Because I saw a need I knew that I could help but make a long story short that was the start of it all we won seven state championships over at Lincoln put us back on the mar um so uh I have to say now that it was God directing my
Foot path because again I did Ne I never thought I would be a coach but now that I have embraced the calling of coaching that um and see the rewards the benefits and it’s not just about the athletic it’s about getting these young people to the next level getting them in school
Trade school military getting them exposed to a whole another world of responsibility in life and when they graduate from college or they come back and they uh military uh Personnel it just does my heart proud to just know that track was just track was just one Avenue a way of
Reaching them to get them where they needed to be so I just look at track and field now not as a burden but as a blessing to be able to give and pour into these young people just as my coaches in high school poured into me
And so now that everything has come full circle uh I had one of my High School coaches actually was on my coaching staff and so uh I didn’t know how to fuss at him or get on him because this was my coach but nevertheless it’s
It’s it’s it’s all good and uh I’m just grateful very very grateful okay very good Mr Malloy well last but not least our Black History Month um we’re interviewing different people and you were one of our top people to interview oh and just just give us a vision of
What you think about Black History Month what I think of black history month uh is too short I think that black history is 365 days very good I think that uh in our city black history itself is not remembered regarded and it’s not celebrated enough
Just like in these 89 blocks we have a plor of people who have come through this city who are doing outstanding amazing things all over the world but we don’t know about them our children don’t know about them it used to be a time Black History Month in the schools you
Would see posters and pictures and and video films and black history programs and it was a big celebration but that seemingly has diminished now and consequently what has happened our young people who do not understand the Excellence of our people that’s why they don’t see it in themselves
And so I think that we must continue to teach black history 365 days just not 28 days uh and I think that our young people we have to connect them to who we are so they’ll know who they are and so when we do that uh we celebrate everything else we
Celebrate um birthdays holidays and and and these young people love to celebrate but what about celebrating your history who you are and uh I think that’s what we need to get back to very good well Mr Malloy that brings us to an end and I just like to thank you for
Coming here to cdss and giving us a little bit about your black history and Corman I want to end this by saying uh this is Black History Month what a legacy you have left your family has left um you should be celebrated your family should be celebrated because
These young people who are in the audience I don’t think they really know your greatness Your Excellence what you contributed to not only Lincoln Senior High School tiger Rett track and field history but to this city you’ve worked with in the schools with jjk you’ve helped countless and thousands of young
People get in school and you did these things not wanting to be rewarded you did these things because that’s who you are your mother your father their excellence in this city Educators and your mom with k uh kov Channel 4 uh uh television personality these are his
This is history that’s not told and your young people probably doesn’t know so I challenge you Each one teach one and we’re going to make it very good thank you Mr Malloy and at that point we’re going to come to an end and once again thank you Mr Malloy for visiting here
With cdss thank you so much you got some Chicken Well we’re here with cdss and we just thought we would stop in with Black History Month being here and uh just do a little interview with you thank you you guys are welcome anytime I see you have a lot here in your store and I know that you um help
Out with the students in the in the high school here um my son was one of your uh students that you helped out amen uh to go off to college he finally graduated but um just wanted to ask you about what do you think about black history black
History is very important to us because it uh identifies where we come from um we’re still making first okay and even in our families uh we first graduate some from high school some college and some uh even to open our own business I was the first to open my own business
Out of my family okay so we’re still making first even in Corporate America very good we’re making first very good but uh it begins with some with some place it begins so it begins with us I know when you started out you were selling out the trunk of the car pulling
Down had them on the sidewalks and it has paid off yes uh hard work pays off and I knew that uh one day I had a vision I had a vision that uh this will come to full fruition and it has with the support of the community okay
Because I can’t can’t do it without you guys supporting me very good thank you okay well we have Mr Maxwell and we’re just going to take a look around the store and see some of the things you have and maybe someone may see something on this show and come on out and and
Support you and I really appreciate it we’re here from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday okay our phone number is 618 271 466 all right thank you Mr ma appreciate it see how quick that was be right here yes sir and I really
This yeah this is the place to be that’s nice yeah I like this that purple is nice too I You good morning I’m Carmen Cannon and I’m here with cdss Community Development Sustainable Solutions and today we’re here interviewing Mr sioban Wilson welcome Siobhan how are you today I’m pretty good thank you for having me Miss Canon you’re welcome we’re here today um working with Black History Month in the
Community and I just like to know what do you feel about black history in your community favorite time of the year every year uh really think that we should expand black history year round as been stated by a lot of our powerful figures you know and not just emphasizes during the month of
February but uh because it is only in February you know we do look forward to hearing cdss celebrating it uh highly with high regards each year so um I really get mve by the month because it is a time that we do emphasize our history black American history in the
Classrooms and we get the opportunity to teach our students uh things that they may not have been presented with uh typically we do learn about Martin Luther King Malcolm X uh George Washington cor very powerful people very influential when in regards to our you know history and our outcomes that are
Uh presented before us today but you know there’s so much uh other history that that is out there to learn and you know hopefully each month of uh each February of each year we get the opportunity to you know share that knowledge with our students okay very
Good very good well I know that you are the program specialist and the director of program Services here with cdss can you talk a little bit about that programming uh programming here first of all I’d like to say it’s been a wonderful opportunity to be able to serve the surrounding communities and uh
Work with Mr and Mrs Taylor it has been just nothing short of a blessing but our programs we do try to cover the complete Spectrum from um attending to our students in the classroom all the way to helping our parents obtain certain certifications like prayer professionalism uh prayer professional uh
Certifications um helping them you know build their resumés construct career Pathways help them with just social awareness our programs are very diverse and here we try to make sure that there’s nothing that we miss or nothing that we can’t accommodate our students and parents with okay very good now I
Know we worked together when we worked with the or weather’s projecting with the Intel computer Clubhouse yes ma’am and I really enjoyed working with you and you asked me to come over and help out a little bit and so I have enjoyed working here at
Cdss but you also do a lot of things out in the community with the kids and the people and you have something called uh it’s something tonight I’m not sure the beginning of it but it’s something dealing with we’re out in Lincoln Park National light out National light out
That’s it talk a little bit about that okay well I want to go back a little bit yes we did work together and we’re going to continue to work work together because every Batman needs his Robin uh it was great then it’s still great now but National Night Out is um a night
That particular cities in across the country celebrate a night of nonviolence um here in East St Louis we identify some of our most troubled neighborhoods by working with local law officials they help us identify those areas we go into those areas and campas those areas begin to build relationships
With some of our citizens that may have th just frequent that area and we talked to them about promoting nonviolence how to make them better people um how to construct Futures and just be more productive now with national night over the last couple years we did housing at
East St Louis Lincoln Park wonderful event wonderful once again work with law official the local school districts other community centers uh local activists uh politicians some judges it’s wonderful when you come out it is a Citywide effort we speak about the changes that we about to make some of
The changes that have been made we issue um school supplies household supplies personal toiletries they get the opportunity to speak and learn um some of the how can I say it the day-to-day interactions inside of City Hall as well as the school district uh they they learn other historical facts and be
Relationships of learn historical facts about their City excuse me and get a chance to be a relationship with people from the city that they never even met sometimes uh we had the helicopter the land they they love it when the K9 unit comes out uh the mayor is th it’s
Wonderful okay very good very good so that means you guys need to come on out to celebrate us with us when we do that National Night Out now I also see here that you have a program or you’re working with the juneth tell us a little bit about
The juneth pageant coming up uh Jun team pageant is one of our token events it’s like National Night Out that we could def it go to put it on the table we would each year uh but I would like to start off saying that we we are here at cdss we do
Head the Illinois Jun teth committee uh Mr Mrs Taylor serve as the President and Vice President and I myself serve as the state director for the Jun team committee this is uh our third year that uh we have had the opportunity to host the state pageant to where we get our
Local females ages 15 and 19 with a 3.0 average that is already involved in our communities to come out and showcase their talent present themselves as the queen that they are they get a chance to have a voice because it is about youth recognition they are our future um we
Make make sure that we have those connections through our entire State over the last couple years we’ve had support and participation from Poria Pinker key trevu Heights swans East St Louis Kia Heights Granite City speaking of Granite City we most definitely want to thank them our reigning Queen uh Miss Kyla Gart she
Resides in Granite City and as a u high token of recognition she was awarded her own day which October 18th is now graned City Kyler Gart day so the Jun pageant is something that’s awesome and is most is most definitely giving our young ladies a voice and a place in Jun black
History okay very good if I could interject a little um we’re working with the sororities fraternities and different organizations to come out and support bring some young ladies in that may want to be a juneth queen so if you want to come on out you can contact us at your number 618 857
201018 okay so just remember bring those young ladies out let them get familiar with being a queen because they are Queens all right and one other thing here I want to ask you about um black history 28 days I think we celebrate that 365 days a year though so
What do you feel about just bringing up black history in one month again well I like to correct you it is a leap year so we get 29 29 uh I do agree with you it should be recognized respected Tau present in the households as well as the classrooms 365 days days
Per year uh it needs to start at home uh we have to build that Foundation we have to open those books we have to make that first connection to the internet okay to uh teach our youth the foundation of where we are standing at now okay uh if we don’t know where we
Come from we don’t know where we’re going and there’s a lot of times we walk around and we celebrate days out of school uh we celebrate just certain events and we don’t know the history we don’t know the education behind it so yes it is a time that we do take that we
Should we supposed to we need to take out and educate our children our youth our students and make sure for that 29 days they learn something different every day and every day we test them and we quiz them to make sure that they’ve obtained what is being taught on a
Day-to-day basis very good well folks we’re coming to an in and I would just like to thank Mr Wilson for being with us here at cdss and remember Black History Month is more than just 28 days it’s 365 days a year thank You Do How love you how love You I love you I love You
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