Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

I grew up surrounded by people who loved their community and dedicated their lives to make things better. That was when it took a village to raise a child. A time when a neighbor knew their neighbors and a neighbor could correct a child and the parents would say "thank you". It was a time when teachers bought less fortunate students' clothes and pulled together to send them off to college. I was trained to serve during a time when there was a great divide between the northside and the southside, and the southside pulled together, stood together, fought together, and won together. Those less...