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Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib reaches out to the community with some information. This past Saturday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency in Wayne County to help address threats to public health and safety related to heavy rainfall, which resulted in widespread flooding, power outages, flooded roadways, stranded motorists, flooding of homes, and displaced residents. A critical step in being approved for FEMA disaster relief funds is each of our local cities/township MUST...
The Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA) today announced the resignation of CEO Donna Murray-Brown, whose departure is prompted by a spousal job change that will take her family out of state. Murray-Brown will stay on through Dec. 31 and provide consulting services as needed through the first quarter of 2022. MNA has already begun the establishment of a search committee, headed by Incompass Michigan CEO Todd Culver, to begin its hiring and recruitment efforts. Both internal and external...
As a young woman, La'Gina Washington became caregiver to her elderly grandparents. The role nurtured the characteristics of compassion and patience within her, she says. It also taught her a bit about seeking our services for vulnerable populations. Now years later, Washington is using those abilities to give back to her hometown of Inkster, where she was born and raised. In November 2019, Washington was elected to Inkster City Council to serve the city's second district. Washington says her...
NNPA NEWSWIRE – President Biden gets credit for signing this legislation, just as he gets credit for going to Tulsa at the hundredth commemoration of the destruction of Black Wall Street. While both these things are primarily symbolic, these are symbolic gestures that he did not have to make. If Biden doesn’t “get” race and racism (and honestly, what white person does), he’s spent enough time with Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond and Vice President Kamala Harris to communicate his affinity for Black people and his commitment to some progress....
Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Darius Evonte Lanier, 19, (DOB: 10/21/2001) and Eugene Meredith Hubbard, 21, (DOB: 06/01/2000), of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of two year-old Brison Christian, and the non-fatal shooting of his nine-year-old brother BJ, both of Dearborn. On June 17, 2021 at approximately 9:39 p.m. the children and their mother were being driven from BJ’s basketball practice on I-75 and McNichols by their father Brian Christian. Mr. Christian heard multiple gunshots and his car began to malfunction. When h...
Juneteenth (officially a federal holiday [17 June 2021] in the United States and known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day and Black Independence Day) is the date June 19th commemorating the emancipation of enslavement. Festivals, parades, cookouts and other events such as popup shops, brunches and plenty of outdoor activities were featured to celebrate the day. This Juneteenth, six young ladies Dejanea "DJ" Wilson, Brittney "BritBrat" Newton, Kim Byers, Mikaylia "KayKay" Holland, Myisha "Missy"...
City of Detroit officials asked for residents’ input on how to spend funds through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), and Detroiters have spoken. Under ARPA, Detroit will receive $826 million, with $400 million designated for COVID-19 relief funding to restore the City’s budget. Residents were asked to weigh in on the remaining $426 million. A total of 3296 residents attended 60 in-person, conference calls or zoom meetings to hear the ARPA presentation in May and June, with 584 residents taking the survey. For details on the survey res...
NNPA NEWSWIRE - The state Supreme Court ruled that Cosby's deal with former prosecutor Bruce Castor should have been honored. In a phone call with Cosby attorney Jennifer Bonjean, she states, "I am thrilled! I haven't made my way through the entire opinion yet, but it seems that the court agrees with what we knew all along, that Mr. Cosby never should have been prosecuted in the first place. If a prosecutor's word is not his bond, then we as a society - and the entire criminal justice system -...
On Wednesday morning, June 23, a collection of non-profit and community organizations, along with industrial partners, volunteers, and community members descended on the Fort Street Bridge Park in Detroit to observe National Pollinator Week by planting some native pollinator-friendly plants in the park's rain garden. This year National Pollinator Week was observed June 21 to 27. Brian Yopp, Director or Programs and Operations for Motor Cities National Heritage Area, a non-profit corporation...
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe. (There’s nev...
