Today’s Communiqué – 7.29.21

For Immediate Release                                  

July 27, 2021  

Contact: Michael Cook

 Phone: 501-256-3032

(Little Rock) – Today, Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins announced that he is seeking re-election to another four-year term as sheriff. Higgins also announced that Pastor William L. Robinson of North Little Rock and Dawne Vandiver of Little Rock will serve as co-chairs of his campaign. Sheriff Eric Higgins, first elected in 2018, is the first African-American Sheriff in Pulaski County in its 200 year history.

“Together we’ve made great strides in protecting our families and making the Sheriff’s Office more responsive to the community, but there is still more to do to continue our progress,” said Higgins. “We’ve created new community policing programs, and restarted others, to reduce crime and re-engage citizens with our department. These successful programs have a positive impact on the lives of the people of Pulaski County.  We’ve strengthened our agency’s stability by increasing the salaries of our hard-working deputies and increased retention rates which ultimately protect our community by keeping experienced officers on the streets. It’s an honor to serve as Pulaski County’s Sheriff and I look forward to serving the community for another four years.”

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Janis F. Kearney President Celebrate! Maya Project [email protected]  (501) 772-2930

Celebrate! Maya Project announces 2021 Oral History Project,  

“Conversations: 50 Years of Memories in Lafayette County, the Place Maya Angelou Called Home”

LITTLE ROCK — The Celebrate! Maya Project, a 501(c)(3) youth literacy, arts and humanities project founded in 2014 in honor of the late Maya Angelou, closes out its 2021 activities with an oral history project in Lafayette County, Arkansas, the place Maya Angelou called home for much of her childhood. 

The Lafayette County Oral History Project is funded by the Arkansas Humanities Council’s African American History and Culture grants and is currently seeking a diverse field of participants. Participants must be current or former Lafayette County residents and/or have ancestors or family members who lived in the area and shared community history with them. Participants are asked to share their memories of growing up, residing or spending quality time in Lafayette County.