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A Public Open House was held on Thursday, October 17, to address the status of the River Rouge and Southwest Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Area-Wide Plan (AWP). The open house was held in the city council chambers at River Rouge City Hall. The event was presented by Wayne County and its consultant in the plan, ECT Environmental Consulting and Technology, Inc. Attendees included interested residents, community activists, and local government officials. Representatives from Wayne County, DTE... Full story
Fall 2019 marks a new beginning for the Catholic Church in SW Detroit, Ecorse, and Melvindale. Fr Cornelius Okeke of St Andre Bessette in Ecorse has been named Pastor of Ss Andrew & Benedict in SW Detroit and St Mary Magdalene in Melvindale. The process of putting parishes together is called clustering. To aid Fr Okeke with his three parishes, the diocese has assigned Fr Paul Onyebuchi to be the assistant pastor. Fr John Sullivan will remain in residence at St Mary Magdalene. The combined... Full story
The Salvation Army of Metro Detroit is currently accepting applications for Christmas assistance from residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties at all metro Detroit Salvation Army corps community centers. The application period is Monday, Nov. 11 through Wed.y, Dec. 11. Families with children up to age 14 may apply to receive toys from The Salvation Army corps community centers' toy shops. Families up to six will receive a food box of non-perishable items to prepare a holiday meal and a... Full story
BALTIMORE - The NAACP hosted a special tele-town hall with Senator Cory Booker and Senator Kamala Harris, along with Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO, and Bradford M. Berry, NAACP General Counsel to call attention to the Comcast Supreme Court Case. The case that sits before the Supreme Court is an outright attack on Black contractors and hinders the progression of Black businesses. Over 6,000 attendees heard about why the Supreme Court must protect one of the country's longest-standing... Full story
On November 1, Reverend Jesse Jackson spearheaded the 20th Global Automotive Summit at the Motor City Casino conference room in Detroit. This year's theme is entitled, "Expanding the African American Opportunity Pipeline." The theme is inspired by information gained from a review of the Automotive Diversity Scorecard which graphically illustrates the progress (or lack of progress) of inclusion efforts of auto manufacturing in the United States. The categories range from employment, dealership... Full story
DETROIT – Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) sent a letter to the chairmen of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, and the Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to request they hold investigative hearings into whether political campaign contributions influenced the designation of opportunity zones in her district and across the country. Opportunity zones were created by the T... Full story
SAVE THE DATE - 23RD ANNUAL MILLION WOMAN'S MARCH - OCT. 25, 2020 - PHILADELPHIA Sharon Carpenter, North Westside Cood, Basiymah Muhammad Bey, Philadelphia MWM National Coord., LaShonda Jackson-Bartell, Michigan MWM Event Coord. Tenisha Yancey, State Representative-Dist. 1 Rena Lampkin, Eastside MWM Coord.... Full story
(StatePoint) November is Native American Heritage Month, a great time to honor the legacy and service of Native American veterans of the U.S. military. Here are a few ways to do so this month and beyond. Learn the History Today, American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians (AIAN) serve in the U.S. military at one of the highest rates per capita of all population groups, according to the Smithsonian Institution. In fact, the AIAN veteran cohort served in the Pre-9/11 period of service... Full story
African American teenagers in the United States historically have had lower suicide rates than their white counterparts – until now. A new study analyzing suicide among American teens by a team led by researchers at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University have uncovered several troubling trends from 1991 to 2017, among Black high school students in particular. Researchers discovered that between 1991 and 2017, there has been an increase in the number of A... Full story
5 year-old Black man, Ramone Jackson, has spent most of his life living in Detroit and he is intense when discussing how city government has failed the people it is supposed to represent. Jackson is convinced that, given the nearly $825 million dollars Detroiters contribute to the budget every year[1] along with hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants the city has received during mayor Duggan's administration[2], its residents should not be living in such destitution and squalor. Jack... Full story
Former U.S. Congressman John Conyers, whose 15-year fight to pass legislation that would make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a federal holiday, has died. He was 90. The longtime Michigan Democrat represented what is now the state's 13th Congressional District (which includes parts of western Detroit) for more than 50 years. Conyers resigned in 2017. Conyers was born in Detroit in 1929. He was elected to Congress in 1965 and immediately became a forceful voice in the Civil Rights... Full story
“Hey, Cop!” the boy would call. Ecorse Deputy Public Safety Director Narda Bruno recalls the young boy she had befriended years ago while making rounds in her patrol car. “Every time I rode past him, he’d say,’Hey, Cop!’ and I’d stop and talk to him,” she recalls. The boy later died, and Bruno is reminded of the pain of having lost a young friend. Sworn into her position on September 10, Narda Bruno is the city’s first female Deputy Public Safety Director. The position gives her authority in bot... Full story
New York (CNN Business)Negotiators from General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative deal to end a 31-day strike by nearly 50,000 workers. Details of the agreement were not immediately available. The deal was confirmed by Terry Dittes, the UAW's chief negotiator with GM. The tentative agreement needs the approval of both union leadership as well as the rank-and-file union members at GM before it can take effect. UAW officials from across the country were already set... Full story
On Saturday, October 12, the Garden City Fire and Police Departments each hosted an Open House for the community. The free family event ran from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and gave the public a chance to tour the fire house and the police department. Light refreshments were available and the Garden City Lions Club, who co-hosted the event, provided cider and donuts. The event was held at the city's public safety campus on Middlebelt Road just north of Ford Road. The fire department's Lt. Steven Rhea has... Full story
MELVINDALE, MI – Today, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (MI-13) kayaked the Rouge River to highlight environmental cleanup of the river since it first caught fire 50 years ago. The kayaking began at the Melvindale Civic Arena and finished at Belanger Park in River Rouge. The representatives passed through both of their Congressional Districts and the Ford Rouge Plant, AK Steel, Marathon Oil, and Great Lakes Steel. Both representatives were amazed at the w... Full story
During an election, many wonder what rights a convicted felon has, especially when it comes to voting. In a heated election, each vote makes a difference, and understanding the rights that a convicted felon has is important. Each state deals with a felony conviction and their rights different from the other. This causes the laws to vary drastically from state to state. For states like Maine and Vermont, a felon never loses their right to vote. That means even when a person is in prison they can... Full story
ALLEN PARK, MI – The NAACP Western Wayne County Branch will host their 2019 NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner on Sunday, October 20, 2019 from 5:00pm – 7:00 p.m. (Seating will begin at 4:30 p.m.) The dinner will be held at The Prestige Banquet Hall at 6600 Allen Rd in Allen Park. A Meet & Greet Soiree will take place from 7:00pm – 8:00pm. NAACP Western Wayne County Branch is pleased to announce that Lt. Governor - Garlin Gilchrist II will be the Keynote Speaker and Keith Crispen – CEO of the Crispen... Full story
Detroit, MI – District Four will be the second of Detroit's seven districts to establish a Community Advisory Council (CAC). This is thanks to the effort of community college professor and local activist Scotty Boman who spent his summer collecting 1,570 signatures on a petition to create a Community Advisory Council for Detroit's fourth District. Only 1,141 signatures must be validated for the petitions to be approved. Boman, filed the petitions on Tuesday October 1st following a brief news c... Full story
DETROIT - Members of the Democracy Defense League drove down from Flint, Michigan because they say this environmental justice thing is critical. They call themselves the Water Worriers of Flint. They take everything into account; from the PFAS, land, water and air. They have been in Federal Court fighting for the rights of the people. We have been 'Boots on The Ground' for five years, since day one when the water problem stated in Flint. Flint is still broken because the infrastructure is not... Full story
DETROIT - Detroit is known as one of the most poverty stricken large urban areas in the United States. And according to the 2000 U.S. Census, Detroit has the highest percentage of Black people in cities with a population of 100,000 or more. The racial fears and hatreds which culminated in defacto and dejure segregation and redlining has its genesis in the institution of chattel slavery which was legal in the U.S. for most of its history. In the first three decades of the 20 th century, Blacks tr... Full story
U.S. Rep. Harley Rouda (CA), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Environment, along with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (MI), Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Environment, convened a field hearing in Detroit on September 16 at the Kemeny Recreation Center in Detroit. The hearing began at 2:00 p.m. and featured a gymnasium packed with residents eager to hear subcommittee member and witness testimony. The hearing was titled, "Environmental Injustice: Exploring Inequities in Air and Water Quality in Michigan... Full story
Wayne County Commissioners on Thursday adopted a $1.63 billion county operating budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year. The new budget represents a decrease from the current year's $1.66 billion amended budget, which expires Sept. 30. The budget is balanced for the fifth consecutive year and includes a surplus of $5.7 million. The 2019-20 budget reflects an increase of just under $11.5 million in property tax collections and an expected increase of $2.1 million in state revenue sharing. "The good ne... Full story
WASHINGTON – Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-43) issued the following statement on the formal impeachment inquiry of Donald J. Trump: "I am supportive of the leadership of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who has united the Democratic Caucus and has formalized an impeachment inquiry of the current President of the United States. Donald Trump has admitted to abusing the power of the presidency by asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an investigation into his political opponent in order to g... Full story
A "complex and punitive regulatory scheme." These are the words a federal judge used this past week when she issued an injunction to stop implementation of a Tennessee law that would have made voter registration drives unnecessarily burdensome. The ruling was in response to lawsuits supported by the NAACP's Tennessee State Conference that challenged the law for what it is-state-sanctioned voter suppression. This victory is a major win in our ongoing fight to protect Black voters and voters from... Full story
When Tasha Green was elected to Westland City Council in 2017, she vowed never to vote against the interests of constituents and to always bring their voices with her to city hall before making a decision or voting on an issue. She is a politician for the community, and the community of Westland is telling Green that her proposal to have city council members elected by districts is a good one. Rather than having all seven councilpersons elected at-large, as is the current process, Green says ele... Full story
