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Detroit - The Urban League of Detroit & Southeastern Michigan (ULDSEM) will hold its 55th Annual Guild Gala Luncheon on Saturday, December 5, 2020. This annual event recognizes individuals with Community Service awards and celebrates the accomplishments of youth in the community with our "Do the Right Thing" recognition. This year's Gala will be held virtually beginning at 12:30 p.m. Individuals or interested companies can visit https://www.deturbanleague.org/guild-gala purchase tickets and...
Detroit, MI – On Tuesday November 24th at 4:30 PM members of two Community Advisory Councils (CAC) held Detroit's first CAC Summit. They gathered in front of the Spirit of Detroit to demand recognition of Detroit government's most ignored elected bodies. Like most members of the Detroit City Council and the Board of Police Commissioners, CAC members petitioned for ballot access, fulfilled residency requirements, and were elected by their Districts. Unlike other elected bodies, there has been n...
The Buffalo Soldiers contribution to the history of the United States is often overlooked when reviewing the westward expansion of the nation in the 19th century. In 1866, Congress enacted legislation to create all-African American Army Units, the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the 24th and 25the Infantry Regiments. During the westward expansion, these military units built infrastructure and escorted settlers across the plains. "They initially started out as somewhat of a police force; they built...
Each year the Telegram Newspaper gives people from the community an opportunity to express what they are Thankful for. I am thankful for all of you. 2020 has been a journey. GOD has given us His love, the love we need to serve our communities with dignity. With His grace we were given the concern, foresight and patience to join energy recognizing service is our common goal. His mercy has blessed us with enough health and stamina to serve. We have grown through it all and are not finished yet...
Over the last few months, I have been making an attempt to create a counternarrative to 2020. One thing after another has made this quite a challenging year. As I look back over the last 11 months through a different lens, I then begin to see things much clearer. The clarity of it all initially hit me like a ton of bricks when my wife and I traveled to Belle Isle and viewed the Covid-19 memorial. Watching the news and listening to social media can provide some information, but to see those...
Hello Telegram News readers, As we all know, this year, has taken us by surprise. From the coronavirus pandemic to police brutality, violence and the killing of unarmed Black people and even the elections. This year, will certainly be forever etched in our memories and written in the history books. Even with all that has transpired, in the season of Thanksgiving, we all have something to be Thankful for! There’s a verse in the bible that can be found in I Thessalonians 5:16-18, that says, ...
The year 2020 has become almost synonymous with awfulness. From impeachment to pandemic to structural racism and disputed elections, and then back to pandemic, many of us have undoubtedly been crossing our fingers and waiting for it to end. I lost my father in May of 2020, to the same unforgiving illness that later claimed John Lewis. Both were born in the year 1940, during the Second World War. On the surface they had little in common. One was born in the American South in the era of Jim Crow,...
DETROIT – "Posterity! You will never know how much it costs the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it." These are the words of President John Quincy Adams. Today, the freedom of the people in the state of Michigan has been preserved. Let the votes count and certify every vote! The attempt of President Donald Trump and his cohorts to overturn the election of 2020 was brought to a halt in the state of Michigan. After failure in the courts, elimination o...
As a Trump supporter, I hate to say this, but I think that the President should concede the election and set his eyes towards 2024. After four years of Biden/Harris, we might be ready to go back to Trump. Or a Trump supported candidate. The mainstream media is making Trump look foolish as he fights to find out the actual results. Even though if it was Biden fighting for the result, the media would be supporting the fight. There are still two weeks before certification of the election. Remember,...
In- light of the extreme uncertainty that our world is facing right now, covid-19, social unrest, racial disparities, economic challenges, all having an unprecedented impact on our daily lives and communities. I look at this period in history as a valley moment. What is a valley moment you ask? It is a process, with steps and principles designed to raise our consciousness and our spiritual and emotional well-being. The last nine months have truly made us think, re-evaluate our lives, look at our social and family well-being. I look at the...
