Empowerment center to open in Ferguson at burned store site

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(AP) – The president of the National Urban League says he’s seen
“steps in the right direction” in Ferguson, Missouri, in the three years since
Michael Brown’s death, and he’s hopeful the new Ferguson Community Empowerment
Center will help even more.The $3 million center was built on property where a QuikTrip convenience store
was burned during rioting after the 18-year-old Brown, who was black and
unarmed, was killed by a white police officer on Aug. 9, 2014. The center that
will house a job training and placement service opens Wednesday – the same day
the Urban League starts its national conference in St. Louis.National Urban League President Michael Morial says the events in Ferguson
after Brown’s death highlighted challenges many communities face, including
poverty and disparities in education and health.

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