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The Greater Detroit area is home to one of the largest, oldest and most diverse Arab American communities in the United States. Why Did They Come to Michigan? The first Arab Americans to immigrate to Detroit were the Syrian/Lebanese in the late 1880's. The early wave of Syrian/Lebanese sold goods door-to-door as peddlers and sought jobs in the auto factories when Henry Ford, the pioneering automobile entrepreneur offered $5.00 a day. A story has been told and passed for generations that a...
Mayor William Wild of Westland has been actively involved in public service for 20 years. Wild began serving on the city's Planning Commission in 1999 and after two years, he was elected to City Council. He served Westland residents there until 2007, when he was elected mayor of the 10th largest city in Michigan. Now in his 13th year as mayor, Wild guides a city that has enjoyed numerous successes and which has increasingly become more diverse over the past decade. Wild's tenure as mayor has...
On April 4, the Family Resource Center (FRC) hosted a community event called Stand Up, Stand Out, and Stay Sober. The free event was held at the Maplewood Community Center in Garden City. The event was directed at families and young adults to highlight the dangers of underage drinking. FRC Supervisor Kimberly Mitton-Hahn says the event was held at this time because April is Alcohol Awareness Month. "Over spring break we hold this event to help educate and bring awareness to the prevention of...
FLINT – Former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was reinstated today as a defendant in the class action lawsuit brought by victims of the Flint Water Crisis. Gov. Snyder, as well as other government defendants in the suit, face charges of violating Flint citizens' right to bodily integrity as protected under the 14th Amendment. In late 2018, the residents supplemented the facts alleging Snyder's wrongdoing and asked U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy to reconsider her decision removing Snyder as a defendant. In her ruling today, Judge Levy n...
Have you heard of Andreen Nicole McDonald of Texas? She's young, just 29 years old, pretty, married to a military husband and missing. Like thousands of other black females who've gone missing, there has been no national media coverage of her disappearance. Earlier this month, her husband, Andre McDonald, was arrested in connection to his wife's disappearance. Andreeen is still missing, but presumed dead. Police say that Andre McDonald bought a shovel, an ax, two five-gallon drums of gasoline,...
DETROIT -- The Detroit Branch NAACP has once again arrived at a historic moment. We are now on the eve of our 64th Annual Fight For Freedom Fund Dinner. The dinner is scheduled for Sunday, May 5, at 5pm, at the Cobo Convention Center, soon to be renamed the Chemical Bank Center. This year will be one of the most exciting years to date.. As you know, this is more than just a dinner. It is an assembly and networking opportunity to bring together persons from all walks of life. It includes...
Since General Motors announced the idling of five of its assembly plants late last year, residents, workers, and government officials have been crying, 'Foul!' In addition to plants in Ohio, Maryland, Ontario, and Warren, Mich., the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant is one of the operations proposed to be idled by January 2020. Hamtramck city officials called a Town Hall Meeting on Saturday morning, March 23, to discuss the ramifications of GM's decision and what options the city and its...
In early March, the Northwest Activity Center gave a symposium to promote awareness of the opioid substance abuse epidemic that is devastating southeast Michigan and the nation. The forum consisted of Darlene Owens, Director of Substance Use Disorder Services at the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority; Andrew Johnson, President/CEO of the Detroit Recovery Project; Tera Miller, a pharmaceutical industry researcher; and Karl King, an expert in opioid addiction recovery. The panelists spoke on...
In this 21st century world, even children as young as four spend a good amount of time each day glued to a video screen. Technology is everywhere, and while digital devices have made life easier, sometimes it's good to just set devices aside and let the mind wander-especially for children. It was with that idea in mind that Garret and Laura Dixon established the first Detroit Kid City in Southfield in 2012. The company's website boasts: Unplug and have some good old fashioned family fun. The...
LANSING, Mich.- To drive home Gov. Whitmer's call to lower the gender parity and skills gap, the Talent and Economic Development (Ted) Department of Michigan teamed up with National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) to highlight high-demand, high-wage Professional Trade career opportunities in Michigan during Women in Construction Week, March 3-9, 2019. The National Association of Women in Construction, founded nationally in 1953 by 16 women construction pioneers, to enhance the...
An old African proverb says that it takes a village to raise a child. The congregation of Broadstreet Presbyterian Church may have had that proverb in mind when they noticed a need concerning the children’s academic performance in their community. Five years ago, church members decided to step up to meet that need and initiated a tutoring program to be held each Saturday afternoon at the church. The program is organized by Sharon and Bernard Oglesby. Sharon Oglesby is the Director of C...
LANSING – Attorney General Dana Nessel has officially launched her new Hate Crimes Unit within the Criminal Division of the Department of Attorney General that is charged with investigating and prosecuting hate crimes. Assistant Attorney General Sunita Doddamani has been tasked as lead prosecutor in the unit and Special Agent David Dwyre has been named lead investigator. “Hate itself is not a crime and our civil liberties protect the right to speak about even the most terrible of things,” said Nessel. But when a criminal offense is committed ag...
Effective March 29, 2019, Michigan’s minimum wage will increase from $9.25 to $9.45 per hour. A copy of the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (Public Act 337 of 2018) and related resources – including the required poster – can be found here. Overtime requirements remain the same under the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act; non-exempt employees should be paid 1.5 times their regular rate of pay for hours worked over 40 in a 7-day work week. Employees 16 to 19 Years of Age An employer may continue to pay minors 16 to 17 years of ag...
The stated Mission of The United Communities of America (UCOA) is to reduce crime and violence through the promotion of peace and positive change. UCOA's Vision is to create a new consciousness to communities in crisis. On Friday, March 22, 2019, the organization will bring its mission and vision to the city of Ecorse. In addition to celebrating the efforts of the students of Ecorse High School to promote peace through the Students for Peace Program, the event will call on community members to j...
The 2019 Winter Jamboree hosted by the Norwayne Community Citizens Council was held last month. On Saturday, February 23, local families were treated to a free event held at the Jefferson Barnes Community Center in Westland. The event ran from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and featured a scavenger hunt, crafts in the community center library, and a paper airplane flight contest and dodgeball with the Westland Police Department's Community Police Officers. A free lunch of tacos and a school supply giveaway f...
AHRC calls on Attorney General Dana Nessel to investigate the over-concentration of hazardous waste storage and dumping of radioactive waste in Wayne County: The American Human Rights Council (AHRC-USA) calls upon AG Dana Nessel to conduct an immediate open, objective and transparent investigation related to the "Out of State" radioactive waste coming to Michigan and the overconcentration of hazardous waste storage and processing in Detroit and Wayne County. This concentration of hazardous...
DETROIT - The recent firing of a White Detroit police officer after he posted a racist snapchat video of a Black woman forced to walk home in freezing temperature has stirred controversy about the screening policy of the city's police department. Officers Gary Steele and Michael Garrison of Detroit's sixth precinct stopped driver, Ariel Moore for expired license tags in late January. Although police under Michigan law can tow vehicles with expired tags, motorists are usually ticketed for this...
State Senator Stephanie Chang had an appointment at the Telegram to have coffee, and discuss issues with the people of the community. Chang visits so she can put her ear right on the problems and concerns of the district. She wants the voices from District One to be projected to Lansing with ease and she wants to play interferance for the residents. The issues seem to focus on health and financial concerns that impacts the residents. The upcoming EPA public hearing was discussed and Chang asked...
The city of Inkster is pleased to announce the arrival of D'Shawn Williams as the city's new Animal Control Officer. The city has been without an animal control officer since the retirement of Officer Ron Thomas in 2011. The position was not filled due to city budget restraints. Following Thomas' retirement, regular patrol officers were assigned to handle issues with animals in the city. The city was short on resources and cases of vicious or loose-running dogs were handled by officers with no...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – NAACP – was founded 110 years ago after a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, Illinois. "Because of the riots in Springfield, that brought about serious conversations and meetings about starting an organization, a national organization, that would try to address racial issues," said Nell Clay, Springfield and central Illinois African American History Museum president. The Springfield race riots took place in Aug...
By the end of today, almost 50 young Americans will contract HIV, and 2,500 will have become pregnant. In fact, three out of ten teenage girls will become pregnant by the time they reach the age of 20. The Westland Youth Assistance Program, in conjunction with Beaumont Hospital's Taylor Teen Health Center and the organization Parent Action for Healthy Kids, is presenting two programs in March designed to get parents and teens talking about the sensitive-and sometimes embarrassing-subject of...
The president's former personal attorney and so-called "handler" was expected to testify Wednesday before Congress to in part confirm what most of America already thinks of Donald Trump: that he is racist. Michael Cohen, who once stood loyally by Trump's side for decades - until he didn't - was set to sit down before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform just weeks before he was scheduled to report to federal prison for several financial crimes, including one linked to the president's...
LANSING. -- Governor Gretchen Whitmer today encouraged young women in Michigan high schools to take advantage of an opportunity to explore their aptitude for cybersecurity and computer science by trying to solve the challenges of the 2019 Girls Go CyberStart program. The cybersecurity industry is one of the fastest growing professions in the country, with the demand for skilled candidates outpacing the current supply. There is also a large gender gap in the workplace where only 11 percent of...
New York, NY– The Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund will host its 22nd Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit, February 20 – February 22, 2019 at The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, 811 7th Ave., 3rd Floor in New York City. The Wall Street Project Economic Summit is themed, "400 Years Later: Closing the Wealth Gap, Expanding Opportunity." It will feature sessions on closing the wealth gap, consumer protection, the state of telecom, the tech industries, div...
Victoria Shaw, a Black girl approximately 15 years old, went missing Monday, Feb. 11, in West Hartford, Connecticut. Teandah Slater, Black and also only 15 years old, was reported missing on Thursday, Feb. 7, from Noble Square in Chicago. Areall Murchinson, a 16-year old Black girl, was last seen near the 200 block of West 111th Place, according to a community alert from Chicago police. The three are the most recent to make the dubious and heart-breaking list of missing Black girls – p...
