About the Magazine
The magazine celebrates the city’s status as the birthplace of brilliant scholars; economic and financial experts; decorated military leaders; award-winning musicians; world-class athletes; gifted artists, authors and poets; entertainment icons; successful entrepreneurs; and amazing public servants who are respected and admired, and have reached the highest levels in their respective fields of work.
Mission
I Am East St. Louis, The Magazine presents a positive media image of East St. Louis and the broad spectrum of East St. Louisans, well-known and unsung, who make us proud to say, “I Am East St. Louis”.
Vision
The vision of I Am East St. Louis, The Magazine is to invoke a sense of pride in current and former residents; change the minds of those who believe negative contemporary legends about East St. Louis; and attract new residents, businesses, investors, and developers to the city.
The magazine celebrates the city’s status as the birthplace of brilliant scholars; economic and financial experts; decorated military leaders; award-winning musicians; world-class athletes; gifted artists, authors and poets; entertainment icons; successful entrepreneurs; and amazing public servants who are respected and admired, and have reached the highest levels in their respective fields of work.
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The founder and editor of “I Am East St. Louis,” Charmaine (Bell) Savage, died Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019 after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 51 years young.
Savage, a retired U.S. Naval Commander, and her Husband Lorenzo D. Savage, Sr. moved back to East St. Louis in 2014. Not long after, she founded I Am East St. Louis, The Magazine, a free community publication that covered positive news out of East St. Louis, where she was born and raised.
“Charmaine exemplified excellence and much care in the City of East St. Louis, Illinois,” a statement from East St. Louis Mayor Emeka Jackson-Hicks. “We will greatly miss her presence and dedication.”
