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The Ecorse High School Marching Band, the Ecorse Mighty Marching Raiders, have been invited to participate in parades during Mardi Gras in New Orleans in February. Mr. Lord'Amani Cooper is in his second year as the school's band director and has succeeded in gaining the band some recognition as they perform at football games around the area, and even in Canada.. The band recently played as an opening act for the performance of the UniverSoul Circus in Detroit. In September, the Ecorse Mighty...
Inkster, MI—The Unity in the Community Service Corp celebrated the work and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by feeding the less fortunate and homeless in their city and providing each person reached with a personal care kit. The service activity was a collaborative event participated in by the Inkster Task Force, Inkster Housing Residents Council, Hearts That Care, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Eta Iota Omega Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta’s Zeta Nu Zeta Chapter, Middle Park Manor Block Club, Community Up, National Christians in Action, the Michi...
On January 16th, the Dearborn Heights Community and Cultural Relations Commission held its 2nd annual Walk Of Service for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This event started at one o'clock in the afternoon in Annapolis High Schools' gym. They had a handful of speakers, such as Superintendent of District 7 Dr. Ty Weeks, President of Western Wayne County NAACP Gina Wilson Steward, and keynote speaker Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden. All these fantastic speakers talked about... Full story
On Saturday, January 21, the River Rouge Schools hosted an Open House and Grand Opening event to showcase the district's Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) Program. The celebration was held at the River Rouge STEM Academy on Burke Street and included a luncheon, raffles, a brief presentation about the Animal-Assisted Interventions Program, a ribbon-cutting, and an opportunity for guests to tour the Pup Culture Lab, the new home for the district's service-trained facility dogs. The origins of...
Every third Monday of January Martin Luther King Jr day is celebrated. Although the nation first recognized it as a holiday in 1986, opinions, and practices have always varied on the holiday. Depending on the job, employees are granted an off day. My generation will always remember it as a day off of school. Lastly, for purposes of context. There is a large portion of people who were thriving when the third Monday in the month of January, was simply the third Monday in the month of January....
What constitutes a healthy learning environment for primary school children? And will race-based admissions and President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan survive Supreme Court scrutiny? Education rights are under attack, especially for children of color and transgender students, said a group of panelists, exhorting Congress and the courts to step in and ensure equal access to quality learning. Panelists discussed several issues which are being challenged in the courts: whether race should...
