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Rachel Ellis, a St. George resident and member of the Mama Dragons, an organization of mothers who have chil that's pretty spectacular," Snyder said. Snyder wasn't the only one surprised by the amount of support at the ; multi-da- y day night. The festival went from p.m. and was held at town square. Local bands played on one end of the field, while the other had booths from a wide variety of businesses including a henna tattoo booth, mul- 4-1 Choice club at DSU. and is the president of the Students for "Come out, come out whoever you are!" This was a common phrase written out on which multiple people were seen wearing around the St. George Pride Festival over the weekend. The festival was full of live music, food trucks and booths from local businesses. This was the first 747 N- -p major from St. George, has been working for Planned Parenthood for two years LENT r0 ral.nboixs e p. ride'. Flat sti - , 1 4, t , 44' ,,,,,,,,, i, 0'. ) ' 4.4 ',.Vc ,44 , tI 444' ,4 1 I ii 10. 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During the festival, people gather around the Equality booth to receive Snyder, a media studies free pins and information on how to continue the fight against homophobia. , 44 , s i., .1,000 , ? , j ., en 4. , , ,, '- - . 4 , - ec: , t, -, 1st , ) ., c.n k k . ) ,.. ., , ' , ) the nob ut re ( i ck c lieges finally get a BY WILLIAM ty DOUGLAS TNS for rior gh Johnathan Ho lifield, a consulting firm and former National Football League player, was named Monday to lead the Trump administration's initiative on ad on historically black colleges and universities. Holifield will be executive and director of an effort that's ment been stalled since President pin Donald Trump signed an off ssed Lo , executive order in February intended as a powerful statement that he viewed the health and g of the institutions as a priority. Holifield told III3CU leaders and advocates gathered at a two-da- y White House veil-bein- surmnit on black colleges, which began Sunday, that he looks forward to helping the schools with their mission to boost this country's competitiveness. He officially begins work Oct. 2. "There is no path to sustained new job creation, shared prosperity, and enduring national competitiveness without the current and increased contributions of historically black colleges and universities," he told the summit held on the White House grounds at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. HBCU advocates' reaction to the appointment was mixed. Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, said I Io lifield "has more than 20 years of multidisciplinary business and government experience, which will help lead the critical work of developing a robust policy and budgetary agenda to positiveThe fund ly impact HBC-Us.d publicly-funde47 represents HBCUs. But Marybeth Gasman, director of the perm Center for Minority Serving Institutions at the University of Pennsylvania, questioned Holifield's qualifications and Trump's commitment to HBCUs. "I have some concerns that Holifield doesn't have an HBCU experience," she said. "He does have experience working across a few organizations and his book is focused on inclusiveness. I wish him the best." Rep. Alma Adams of the Congressional Caucus Bipartisan and a critic of Trump's HBO. effort, called the appointment of Holifield a "first , co-cha- ir Mal step for the White House as they strive to repair their rela- tionship with 1113CIJ leaders and members of Congress." She extended an invitation to Holifield to come to Capitol Hill "to learn more about the (HBCLI caucus) and our legislative priorities," said Adams, who is also a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Trump vowed to outdo the nation's first black president, Barack barna, in supporting the nation's historically black colleges when he signed the executive order. It placed oversight of the schools directly in the White House. But black college leaders were dismayed after the administration failed to quickly follow through. Several FIBCLI leaders and lawmakers, including members of the black caucus, security for the event and works with a group called Allies on Campus at Southern Utah University. He said there wasn't any picketing or protesters, and it was a "huge relief." "We've been excited because there have not been any problems at all," Meisner said. "Everybody's been super friendly; people seem really happy. It's nice to just hangout and have a good time." Meisner also said the festival has been growing. Not only was this the first multi-da- y festival, but town square was a bigger venue than it ever had. In past years, the events had been held in a Il i smaller park near Legend Solar Stadium. Although there was some confusion about when the festival was and what events were happening, due to multiple Facebook pages with differing information, the festival still seemed to be described as a success given. St. George is surrounded by larger cities with bigger pride festivals, but Meisner is confident the community is headed in the same direction. se voice ite the United Negro College Fund and the Thurgood Marshall fund, called for the White House to postpone this week's event. Traditionally, the executive director has ning back at West Virginia University, scoring 14 touchdowns and collecting 1,808 yards from 1983 to 1986. He played three games for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals in helped plan the meetings. Ho lifield is the author of "The Future Economy and Inclusive Competitiveness," a 2017 book that explains how demographics and innovation can help boost the nation's 1989. economy. A graduate of the West Virginia University and the University of Cincinnati's colleges of law and education, Ho Held Scale Up Partners in 2011. Its website describes the consulted ing firm as providing "experienced insight and expertise to unleash a diverse pipeline of qualified workforce and entrepreneurial talent." Holifield was a star run HBCUs are any black college or university established before 1964 with the principal mission of educating African American students. Collectively, they enroll nearly 300,000 students and receive money from the federal government through grants, contracts, appropriations and financial aid. They received $4.7 billion in federal financial assistance in 2013, according to the latest report available. That sum accounted for 2.8 percent of federal dollars awarded to all higher education institutions. (c)2017 McClatchy Washington Bureau. f |