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WHAT’S INSIDE Shop Detroit Campaign (Page A-2) On Saturday, Nov. 29, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Detroit Branch NAACP will launch its Shop Detroit Campaign in conjunction with the Detroit Experience Factory. Shoppers, many not aware of their options, will be encouraged to visit retailers in several parts of the city.
Forgotten Harvest to advance (Page B-1) Since 1990, Forgotten Harvest has been diligently combating hunger in metro Detroit. But more can do done, and with Kirk Mayes as the organization’s new CEO, that is exactly what will be happening.
Confirm Loretta Lynch quickly (Page B-4) Julianne Malveaux states strongly in her editorial that there should be a speedy confirmation of Loretta Lynch as attorney general, replacing Eric Holder. “This history-making nomination should not be tarnished by partisan nonsense,” says Malveaux.
UAW-Ford Service Award Gala (Page C-1) More than 700 people gathered at Cobo Center on Nov. 22 to honor selected hourly and salaried UAW-Ford employees from around the country for their dedication to empowering national communities.
Strange hair, fun hair, and hair don’t’s (Page D-1) The hairstyles chosen for this week’s Entertainment front are unforgettable. Some will impress, some will make you smile, and still others will horrify. There is no limit to the imagination.
Harvard leadership project comes to Detroit Universities must help distressed neighborhoods
ual transformation of the city’s image before a different kind of national audience. Not the usual culpable national media that jets in and jets out, but rather leaders of industry from around the world who are coming next week to see for themselves firsthand the work that is taking place in the city.
By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR
Detroit has become a critical focus for urban revitalization and social innovation, and the world is taking notice of what is happening in the city whether you agree with how things are moving forward or not. The Bankole bottom line is Thompson that a city once considered “not good for business,” and the last place for real
Carol Goss innovation is now being viewed as an embodiment or study of innovation and social enterprise at work.
Also we are witnessing a grad-
These leaders are the 2014 fellows of Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative, which was created to “build knowledge about societal challenges requiring interdisciplinary leadership skills and to capitalize on demographic changes that create opportunities to educate and deploy accomplished leaders at later life stages in public service.” From Dec. 4-6, about 40 fellows, made up of highly accom-
plished men and women, will cap their one year fellowship at the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative with a visit to Detroit where they will tour the city and meet with various business and civic leaders as well as Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. Detroit’s own Carol Goss, former CEO of The Skillman Foundation, is among this year’s fellows. She noted, “As fellows we have taken various leadership-based classes and seminars and have also undertaken individual social justice projects that will affect communities throughout the world.” Some of the other fellows include Gillian Sorensen, assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and former senior advisor to the UN Foundation; Alber-
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Compassion for the homeless
Leaders slept out on cold streets to support cause By Donald James SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
With snow covered streets and an overnight temperature of just above zero, for most metro Detroiters these conditions would be the perfect time to stay home in a warm and comfortable setting. Yet for 42 metro Detroit stakeholders, including leaders in the civic, community, business, religious and educational sectors of the region, the cold and snowy night of Nov. 20 was the perfect time to unite and sleep on the streets. This act of solidarity was part of The Sleep Out: Executive Edition, which was hosted by Covenant House Michigan (CHM), in partnership with the Detroit Auto Dealers Association and Delta Air Lines. The goal was to raise funds and elevate awareness to the growing issue of homelessness among youth in Detroit and across the United States.
LESLIE MURPHY of Murphy Consulting and Andrea Fischer Newman of Delta Air Lines were among 40 executives showing support for eradicating homelessness in Detroit at Covenant House last week. DETROITERS, financial expert and author Gail Perry Mason and Michigan Chronicle chief operating officer Cathy Nedd preparing to bed down in their boxes on the cold streets of Detroit.
The evening began Gerry Piro, executive around 5:30 p.m., when director,CHM. the 42 leaders arrived at Covenant House Michigan, located on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., just east of the Jeffries Freeway on the city’s west side, for a candlelight vigil to reflect on youth homelessness. They were joined in solidarity by dozens of Covenant House Michigan’s residents who have at one time experienced homelessness. Following the candlelight vigil, the participants attended a reception, dinner, round table discussion on youth homelessness, as well as took a tour of Covenant House. At around 11 p.m., it was time for the leaders to bed down, on the ground, for a night’s sleep outside. Equipped with sleeping bags,
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Ferguson grand jury: Brown’s killer will walk free By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR
In light of the grand jury decision not to charge White Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of an unarmed 18-year-old African American teen, Michael Brown, many are reacting to the decision with deep disappointment. The decision to not bring charges against Wilson, who fired 12 shots at Brown is recasting focus on a criminal, justice system advocates say needs serious reform. "The Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict officer
Darren Wilson in “This decision the death of Michael seems to underBrown is a miscarscore an unwritriage of justice. It is ten rule that Black a slap in the face to lives hold no value; Americans nationthat you may kill wide who continue Black men in this to hope and believe country without that justice will preconsequences or vail,” said Ohio Conrepercussions,” gresswoman Marcia Fudge said. “This is Fudge, chairperson a frightening narraof the Congressional tive for every parent Black Caucus. Fudge and guardian of was among the first Michael Brown Black and Brown people to release children, and ana statement minutes after the other setback for race relations grand jury decision was revealed in America.” by St. Louis County Prosecutor In Detroit, Ron Scott, spokesRobert McCulloch Monday night person for the Coalition Against a little after 9 pm.
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Police Brutality, said the failure of the Ferguson grand jury to indict Wilson cast a shadow on the criminal justice system. “While the Missouri governor was attempting to fend off violent protests regarding the grand jury decision in the killing of Michael Brown, many around the world are asking, could there be a fair assessment of the facts around a young African American man shot by a White police officer? This question today is being asked throughout the United States and around the world,” Scott said. “The failure of the grand jury to indict casts a long, horrific shadow on the United
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Detroit People Mover to offer free rides on Thanksgiving Day Individuals coming downtown for the Thanksgiving races, parade and the Lions Game can ride the Detroit People Mover (DPM) free from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The free rides are courtesy of Michelin North America, Inc. People Mover passengers should note that the Grand Circus Park station is currently closed for renovation. People Mover service will return to its regular schedule on Friday, Nov. 28. DDOT BUS REROUTES As a result of street closures for Thanksgiving Day events and M-1 Rail construction, bus passengers can expect delays beginning at 6 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 27. The Detroit Department of Transportation
announced that east side routes will lay over at the Detroit People Mover’s Bricktown station on Beaubien north of Larned. Bus passengers are encouraged to ride the People Mover at no charge on Thanksgiving Day to continue their travels. East side bus routes will resume regular service to the Rosa Parks Transit Center after 6 p.m. The following routes will be affected: #7 Cadillac-Harper #10 Chene #31 Mack #34 Gratiot #48 Van Dyke In addition, bus passengers on the east side
routes may take #25 Jefferson/Fort to get to the Rosa Parks Transit Center or areas west of Woodward Avenue. Bus passengers who need to get to the east side routes from the Rosa Parks Transit Center may ride the People Mover to the Bricktown station.
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DDOT will operate a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day for all regular routes at regular fares. All DDOT administrative offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27-28 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. For more information, please call DDOT’s Customer Service Office at (313) 933-1300 or visit www.RideDetroitTransit. com.
Detroit Branch NAACP to launch Shop Detroit Campaign The Detroit Branch NAACP will launch its Shop Detroit Campaign on Saturday, Nov. 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in partnership with the Detroit Experience Factory (DXF) located at 1253 Woodward Avenue in Detroit. The campaign encourages support of Detroit based business during the holiday season. “The holidays are such a busy time of the year for retailers and restaurants and we want to encourage and remind people about the many options that are available right here in the city of Detroit,” said Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, president, Detroit Branch NAACP. “Detroit based businesses have something to offer to everyone.”
The Detroit Branch NAACP’s Shop Detroit Campaign will highlight several areas over the next few weeks. On Saturday, Dec. 6, shoppers will be encouraged to visit retailers and businesses on the Avenue of Fashions, on Dec.12 The Villages of Detroit and on Dec. 20 Southwest Detroit. Each week the Detroit Branch will announce special promotions and discounts from participating business via their website www.detroitnaacp.org This year the Detroit Branch NAACP is partnering with DXF to bring even more awareness to Shop Detroit. DXF and Build Institute are hosting their 11th annual Shop Detroit in partnership with American Express’ Small Business Satur-
day at D:hive Detroit. The event encourages people to shop at Detroit stores, not just for the holidays, but all year long with free shuttles to local retailers and a Build Bazaar popup marketplace at D:hive. For additional information and to sign up, visit www.weknowdetroit.com/ shop. The Detroit Branch first begin its efforts to increase in-store traffic for Black-owned and Detroit based business in 1988. “The Buy Black, Buy Detroit” Campaign provided a retail shop and services guide to assist holiday shoppers. For more information on the Detroit Branch NAACP please call (313) 871-2087 or visit www.detroitnaacp.org.
City’s First Side Lot Sales Fair to be Held Dec. 6
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan has announced the details of the first Detroit Side Lot Sales Fair, which will allow residents to purchase thousands of lots available through the Detroit Land Bank. Detroit residents who wish to purchase the vacant lot next door to them will be able to do so for just $100. Many attendees will be able to complete the purchase and receive a deed to the property on the same day, Duggan said. “This is a process that used to take months, even years in some cases,” the mayor said. “Now that the City Council has transferred some of the city’s vacant lots to the Detroit Land Bank Authority, the process can be completed almost instantly. It’s a huge improvement in customer service, one that residents have been asking for.” Currently, there are more than 7,000 side lots available for purchase through the Detroit Land Bank and its website, www.buildingdetroit.org. Homeowners wanting to buy the vacant lot next door can enter their address on the site and see if the property is eligible for sale.
Land Bank, the Wayne County Treasurer’s office and the Wayne County Register of Deeds will be on-site to help homeowners who wish to buy a lot. Attendees at each fair will be treated to refreshments, and can get ideas on how to transform their newly purchased side lot.
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Prime Politics Eds, meds and the feds How the federal government can foster role of anchor institutions in community revitalization By Tracey Ross
to be important partners in community and economic development work.
The growth of U.S. cities is largely rooted in the nation’s industrial past. As industry boomed, local governments constructed roads, sewers, and water systems, making it easier to live and work in densely populated areas. An increasing number of factories opened, public transportation expanded, and workers formed neighborhoods nearby.
Universities represent roughly 3 percent of U.S. gross domestic product and employ more than 3 million people annually. The hospital industry is even larger: 5 million Americans work for hospitals and, in aggregate, hospital-sector procurement is in excess of $600 million annually. According to the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, or ICIC, in 66 of the 100 largest inner cities, an anchor institution is the largest employer. Some 925 colleges and
In short, cities grew alongside their businesses, and these firms employed workers, paid taxes, and purchased goods and services from other businesses. Not only did businesses make economic contributions to these cities, their owners and management teams provided civic leadership that, in some cases, served as a powerful enabler for taking on visionary projects.
cused on their own goals and thus may not readily align their priorities with those of a greater community strategy. Furthermore, anchor institutions are no silver bullet for addressing the socioeconomic challenges that low-income communities face.
gram for service learning. The U.S. Department of Education should outline ways in which colleges and universities can better leverage the community service requirement to enhance educational and leadership experiences while benefiting the broader community.
Still, anchor institutions can play an important role in this work, and the federal government should help encourage it. This report proposes a number of recommendations for how the federal government can do this, including:
Ensuring a greater impact from the community benefit requirement under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. Federal leaders should expand the definition of community benefit and direct hospitals to work with local leaders to collaborate around the community health needs assessment, or CHNA, to ensure resources are spent on shared priorities.
“The role of businesses in cities has become markedly different over the past few decades. Suburbanization, technological innovations, and globalization have each shifted the idea that businesses are rooted in communities.”
The role of businesses in cities has become markedly different over the past few decades. Suburbanization, technological innovations, and globalization have each shifted the idea that businesses are rooted in communities.
universities—roughly one in eight—are based in an inner city, and about 350 hospitals —roughly 1 in 15 of the nation’s largest hospitals — call an inner city home. U.S. hospitals and universities spend a combined $1 trillion per year and employ 8 percent of the labor force.
Communities across the country continue to experience the devastating effects of factory closings, and many of the jobs lost during the 2007 Great Recession will not return as businesses are forced to adapt to a new economic climate. Furthermore, only about one-quarter of low- and middle-skill jobs are accessible within a 90 minute-commute in metropolitan areas.
Local leaders increasingly understand the critical importance of anchor institutions within their own cities’ economic development strategies. For example, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D) recently announced partnership agreements with Baltimore’s major higher-education and medical institutions to advance economic development, public safety, local hiring, local purchasing, and quality-of-life goals.
However, some institutions — including colleges, universities, and hospitals — maintain and foster strong connections to the places where they are located and serve many of the same functions as early industry leaders. They participate in local and national markets, employ hundreds — if not thousands — of workers, and purchase from other businesses.
As momentum gathers among mayors to leverage their cities’ anchor institutions, the federal government can help further this process. The federal government has a history of supporting the work of such institutions and has a vested interest in exploring strategies that harness the power of anchors to increase community revitalization and economic growth.
These institutions are often referred to collectively as “Eds and Meds,” or anchor institutions, as they are rooted in the communities where they are located. As entities that control vast economic, human, and intellectual resources, anchor institutions have the potential
While anchor institutions have many resources, they are still institutions fo-
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Giving greater weight to place-based grant applicants that have strong partnerships with anchors. Federal leaders should ensure that initiatives better outline the possible roles anchors can take and better assess the strength of these partnerships to spur greater anchor involvement. Rebuilding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s, or HUD’s, Office of University Partnerships, or OUP. This office should assist anchors located in communities that have been awarded federal grants for placebased work by providing research and technical assistance around their roles. Ensuring HUD helps develop tools to measure anchor performance. HUD should work to improve anchor performance by encouraging the creation of dashboard indicators that demonstrate community impact and can be reported to Congress and other stakeholders. Encouraging HUD to work with anchors to promote affordable housing development. OUP should engage anchors around HUD’s housing development goals and offer matching funds for employee-assisted housing and AmeriCorps and AmeriCorps VISTA housing.
Fostering small-business partnerships and mentoring. The federal government should encourage institutions receiving funding for research to implement programs that mentor local, disadvantaged businesses through additional funding opportunities. In addition, the Small Business Administration, or SBA, should support small-business intermediaries in identifying local and disadvantaged businesses that have the potential to work with anchor clients. Helping align community and technical college courses with apprenticeship programs. A previous Center for American Progress report recommends that the Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Labor work with policymakers, accrediting bodies, and colleges and universities to greatly expand the number of effective articulation agreements in place. This report provides an overview of how the federal government has worked with anchor institutions over the years, the potential roles anchors can play in communities, and how to measure the community benefits of this work. It concludes with detailed recommendations for federal officials to further enhance the role of anchor institutions in communities and to promote communities’ economic development. Tracey Ross is a senior policy analyst with the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress.
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to Mora, general counsel of Mars Inc., and former general counsel, Department of the Navy; Bruce Cohen, former chief counsel of the United States Senate Judiciary Committee; Jeffrey T. Gilling, former chairman of Diamond Antenna and Microwave Corporation; Luis Rodriguez-Ovejero, founder and CEO of Grupo Satec, a Spanish IT systems integrator in Spain; and Elizabeth Bruce, former executive vice president of Cablevision’s Madison Square Garden Division, among others.
a tourist visit. They need our universities to help provide some form of an economic capacity for them to grow.
On Friday, Dec. 5, from 10:30 am to 12 noon, the Advanced Leadership Initiative will host a forum at the University of Michigan Detroit Center that focuses on UM and its relationship to Detroit. The panel of UM faculty will consist of Scott DeRue associate dean, Ross School of Business; Elizabeth Moje, associate dean, School of Education; and Michael Spencer, associate dean, School of Social Work.
The key to urban revitalization lies in having a strong presence in the community and working to creatively provide a center of life and advancement. Detroit’s neighborhoods are expecting the ivory towers to come out to the streets.
I accepted the invitation to serve as moderator of this forum. I expect the conversation next week to identify specifically what is being done to address some of the concerns raised in Judith Rodin’s book, “The University and Urban Revival: Out of the Ivory Tower and Into the Streets.” Rodin, former president of the University of Pennsylvania, is widely praised for tearing down the Berlin Wall that once existed between the university she led and the neighborhoods. She gave the university an identity when she courageously launched the West Philadelphia Initiatives to reclaim and transform surrounding neighborhoods around the university. She did so and yet it did not water down the academic excellence and standards of the university. The work that Rodin, who is now president of the Rockefeller Foundation, did in refusing to insulate the university and herself from the challenges of poverty and crime in the community and instead confronting them by leveraging the resources of the university, has made her a standard bearer in the country. The lead of Rodin should be followed by any university or college that cares about making a serious impact on urban revitalization, and applying the very theories it teaches in the university to the streets. Not confining them to the ivory tower. The role of universities in the economic rebuilding urban centers has never been more significant than now, and especially in a place like Detroit, which is the largest urban center in the state. No university in our region should brag about an urban mission if it fails to show positive substantive and strategic involvement and tangible results with projects related to Detroit. Connecting with Detroit goes beyond dropping students in the city for a twohour visit or sightseeing like tourists. It means engaging Detroit through multiple result-oriented projects that at the core help to provide answers to some of the most basic and fundamental questions around social equity and innovation. Distressed neighborhoods in Detroit need the support of our universities, not
You can’t claim to have an urban mission as a mantra if you can’t identify ways in which to help neighborhoods that are physically declining rebuild. Universities cannot just dangle a community relations department as the answer to urban resurgence. That would amount to bringing a spin doctor to address a deeply inherent problem.
That is why it is refreshing to see that in an increasing globalized world, there are leaders who have chosen to be involved in projects that address what the Harvard leadership program itself identifies as “Systemic problems, such as poverty, global health, environmental degradation, and basic education (that) also have political and technical dimensions that cannot be solved by a simple one-off approach.” A 2010 report, “A New Paradigm for Economic Development,” produced by the Rockefeller Institute of Government at the University at Albany, part of the State University of New York (SUNY), listed four areas where universities can be effective in economic development: 1. Innovation. 2. Knowledge transfer. 3. An activist role in revitalizing the communities. 4. Core mission of producing the educated populace that is needed to build, run and work in the innovation economy. These four areas represent the challenge universities face today in seeking relevance. Terry Eagleton, the British literary critic and theorist could not have said it better when he described the role of the university in this way: “What we have witnessed in our own time is the death of universities as centers of critique.The role of academia has been to service the status quo, not challenge it in the name of justice, tradition, imagination, human welfare, the free play of the mind or alternative visions of the future. We will not change this simply by increasing state funding of the humanities as opposed to slashing it to nothing. We will change it by insisting that a critical reflection on human values and principles should be central to everything that goes on in universities, not just to the study of Rembrandt or Rimbaud.” Bankole Thompson is the editor of the Michigan Chronicle. His recent book, “Obama and Christian Loyalty,” deals with politics of the religious right, Black theology and Obama’s faith posture on issues. He is a political analyst at WDET-101.9FM (Detroit Public Radio) where he hosts a weekly program Thursdays 9-10am. He is a member of the “Obama Watch” Sunday roundtable on WLIB-1190AM New York. Email bthompson@michronicle.com or visit http://www.bankolethompson.com.
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The family of Brown, who was killed in August, said they were “profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions.” Congressman John Conyers, the highest ranking Democrat in the House Judiciary Committee, said he hopes that in the coming days attention will be paid to the issues and the fact that led to Brown’s shooting. “I hope that the troubling circumstances in Ferguson will serve to galvanize our national resolve to address the much larger history of adversarial relationships between the police and communities of color,” Conyers said. “Despite the fact that the majority of law enforcement officers perform their duties professionally and without bias — and we value their service highly — the issues of race and reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct are so closely linked in law enforcement practices that profiling bias has an impact on virtually every area of criminal justice policy. “In cases like Michael Brown, this specter of racial profiling runs the substantial risk of rendering young minority men suspect as potential perpetrators to be met with the deadliest of force.” Attorney General Eric Holder said the Justice Department’s investigation continues. “While the grand jury proceeding in St. Louis County has concluded, the Justice Department’s investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown remains ongoing. Though we have shared information with local prosecutors during the course of our investigation, the federal inquiry has been independent of the local one from the start, and remains so now,” Holder said. “Even at this mature stage of the investigation, we have avoided prejudging any of the evidence. And although federal civil rights law imposes a high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted forming premature conclusions.” Holder, who called Brown’s death a tragedy, said the Justice Department
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“will continue to work with law enforcement, civil rights, faith and community leaders across the country to foster effective relationships between law enforcement and the communities they serve and to improve fairness in the criminal justice system overall.” He noted that he will continue to “investigate allegations of unconstitutional policing patterns or practices by the Ferguson Police Department.” President Obama, in an address to the nation on the night the decision was announced, called for calm even though part of Ferguson was in flames after the grand jury decision. A dozen businesses were reportedly burned down as well as two police cars by some angry protesters. “We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation. The fact is, in too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color. Some of this is the result of the legacy of racial discrimination in this country,” Obama said. “And this is tragic, because nobody needs good policing more than poor communities with higher crime rates. The good news is we know there are things we can do to help, and I’ve instructed Attorney General Holder to work with cities across the country to help build better relations between communities and law enforcement.” A group of faith-based community groups, the PICO Network in Washington DC, said this about the prosecutor McCulloch: “St. Louis County Prosecutor McCulloch took a standard process designed to protect the public by determining whether there was probable cause in a murder case, and turned it into a charade to protect Darren Wilson from public accountability. In the face of this denial of justice, we say, Black lives do matter and as people of faith who stand on God’s word to love each other, we will not stand for the dehumanization of any of God’s children.” Email bthompson@michronicle.com.
DR. M. ROY WILSON (right), president of Wayne State University, and Jacqueline Wilson, first lady of the university, who served as honorary chair for the sleep out this year. Both slept in boxes. Mrs. Wilson is also pushing efforts to address student homelessness.
Compassion for homeless From page A-1 the group volunteers crawled into cardboard boxes centrally located in the middle of Covenant House’s complex. Some of the outside sleepers included such metro stakeholders as M. Roy Wilson, president of Wayne State University, along with his wife, Jacqueline; Cathy Nedd, chief operating officer of the Michigan Chronicle; Conrad Mallett, Detroit Medical Center’s chief administrative officer; and Gail Perry Mason, first vice-president, investments, at Oppenheimer & Co. and noted author. “This (sleeping outside in the winter) will be a new experience for me,” said Wilson. “But I’m warmly dressed and ready to experience what so many homeless youth experience every night in Detroit and across the nation. I believe by doing this, much needed awareness will be focused on youth homelessness, something that my wife and I are very passionate about.” Jacqueline Wilson, who also served as the event’s co-chair, added, “I established the HIGH Program at Wayne State, which is a program to help homeless and precariously housed students pursue their goals of earning a degree from Wayne State. Therefore, it was important for me to partner with Covenant House Michigan for this sleep out tonight.” She established the HIGH Program so that students do not have to choose between basic necessities and earning a degree. Some students at Wayne State are homeless, some are precariously housed, and some must choose between paying school bills and paying for other necessities. According to Covenant House Michigan officials, The Sleep Out: Executive Edition is part of an event which takes place in 15 cities across North America. The mission is to bring awareness to the issue of youth homelessness and to raise funds
TOM WATKINS, CEO of the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority, also took part in the sleep out. to combat it. This is the first time that Detroit has participated. Covenant House released statistics that indicate that more than 5000 youth under the age of 24 in metro Detroit are homeless. In 2013, Covenant House Michigan served 8,513 homeless and at-risk youth through its Street Outreach Program, community centers, 90-Day Crisis Center, two-year Transitional Living Program, and Educational and Job Readiness programs. While Covenant House has become a safe haven for many young people, there are still thousands more who sleep under viaducts or in abandoned buildings every night, including during the harsh winters. “This was truly a worthwhile cause,” said Nedd, following the night of sleeping outside. “It was very cold sleeping on the ground, but it gave me a much better perspective of what thousands of homeless youth experience every night, just to survive. It was a real eye opener for me and should be for every leader that slept outside on the ground on such a cold night. We have to raise awareness and raise money to help eradicate youth homelessness in metro Detroit and across the nation.” Mason, author, financial coach, and founder of Money Matters for You, said, “I’m excited
to be a part of the Covenant House movement, especially as it relates to stopping youth homelessness. I was in foster care growing up, so it’s important that I provide support. “We need to make people aware that there are lot of youth on the streets. By sleeping out here tonight, we will make a difference because of the awareness that we are bringing to youth homelessness. I’ve never slept outside before, but I’m doing to help invest in our youth. The love that I have for helping these youth will keep me warm.” Last year, 450 business leaders across North America spent one night on the street and collectively raised over $3 million to support Covenant House’s life-saving programs for homeless youth. This year, Covenant House Michigan has encouraged metro Detroit and beyond to take a stand against youth homelessness. The sleep out was part of a similar nationwide event in 15 North American cities where Covenant House has a presence. These students may be reluctant to seek help, may lack family and community support and may face low expectations. Sometimes a helping hand, a few dollars or consistent housing can mean the difference between earning a college degree and dropping out.
Pioneer Detroit businessman Odis Rencher dies at 97 Longtime Detroit businessman, pharmacist and owner of Rencher Drugs, Odis Rencher, has passed away after a long illness. He was 97. Mr. Rencher, a 1951 graduate of the Wayne State University School of Pharmacy, opened his first Rencher Drugs on 12th Street in 1951. He opened a secnd location in the Gotham Hotel in 1959. Although being totally burned out at the 12th Street location during the 1967 rebellion, Mr. Rencher reopened at Davison and LaSalle in 1968 and operated that store for more than 30 years. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and mentored many business people in the African American community. He is survived by his two daughters, Patricia and Joy. His wife, Dariel, who he was married to for 62 years, preceded him in death last December. Arrangements are being handled
Odis Rencher by Thompson Funeral Home. Services will be on Saturday, Nov. 29, at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, 18700 James Couzens Fwy., Detroit. The family hour starts at 10 am, with the Kappa Alpha Psi service starting at 10:10. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 am.
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Working to end youth runaways and homelessness By Celia Thomas, MPA Matrix Human Services, Off The Streets Program Director November is National Runaway Prevention Month (NRPM) and Matrix Human Services, through its Off The Streets (MOTS, established in 1986) program wants to raise awareness of the issues surrounding youth runaway behaviors and youth homelessness as well as the availability of resources for youth and families in crisis. Runaway and homeless youth (RHY) are not “bad kids.” They are typically good kids caught in bad situations. Kartier (age 12) ran away from home twice before arriving at MOTS. His mother is struggling to make ends meet with her family of five and he is feeling the stress of living in poverty. Danielle (age 16) first ran away a year ago when her guardian physically disciplined her because of a bad report card. After that, she was subject to constant berating for getting Child Protective Services involved in the family’s life. She eventually figured that staying away from home was better than experiencing emotional abuse.
Celia Thomas RHY often do not look like the stereotype of an adult homeless person, as they try to hide their situation and therefore their issues/needs remain invisible. Willis (age 15) attends school every day and is getting passing grades but he always seems so sad, tired and disheveled. It turns out that he and his family are homeless and they were sleeping in an abandoned house. For the past four months he has been living out of a backpack with two pairs underwear, two pairs of socks and two outfits. He is self-conscious and peer pressure makes him think about dropping out of school. There is a positive social return on investment such as decreased utilization of social programs and decreased health care costs\expenses for those
of us that are willing to devote time to catching a young person before they turn to a lifetime on the streets. At Matrix, the Off The Streets RHY team embraces youth in crisis using approaches such as positive youth development, trauma-informed care and the Matrix-developed Transition To SuccessTM (TTSTM) model. TTSTM is an innovative, promising and scalable system of care that integrates all services, programs and supports in and outside of Matrix to create a holistic coordinated approach with defined outcomes. For example, TTSTM, like health care models, incorporates comprehensive case managers to work with RHY to identify and coordinate all resources and services essential for the youth to develop and maintain a pathway for physical health, emotional stability and academic success. Shelly (age 17) was homeless until she lived at MOTS for the last nine months of high school where she was supported in all aspects to graduate and attend college. She is now a sophomore. In another instance, a young lady was seated at the bus stop with her two
young sons (about eight months and three years) and a young adult man. Initially, I drove by the little group. Then I realized that I knew them so I stopped, and as I reversed I could see the young man pick up the baby and step further back on the sidewalk while the young lady stepped in front of her three year old. Once I pulled up beside them they recognized me and immediately started laughing. The young man seemed very relieved and said “Oh, I’m really glad its y’all!” He helped the young lady and her boys get into the van, said caring words to them, thanked me for stopping and went on his way. As we drove off, the young lady said that the man was her three year old’s dad and that he often accompanies them at the bus stop while she waits to go to school. She revealed that for a minute they were not sure who we were when we stopped the van and started to reverse. She confirmed that they moved into protective modes to try to ensure they were not facing a challenging situation. She also said that she was glad to see us and thankful for the ride to school.
1. It was just before 8 am yet the little group was alert and doing what they were supposed to... waiting on the bus to go to school because Nita is determined to get her high school diploma. 2. The boys were warmly dressed and seemed very comfortable with their caregivers 3. As a strange van stopped and reversed to them, the young adults move into protective modes with the boys. 4. The young man (the three year old’s dad) was kind and communicated positively with Nita and her sons. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act (aka Runaway and Homeless Youth Act). RHY programs in Michigan and across the country have accomplished a lot over the last 40 years but the need still exists. At Matrix, TTSTM outlines specific steps for youth to achieve educational, physical and social milestones leading to their preparation for economic self-sufficiency as adults. TTSTM incorporates collaboration across multiple systems of care, engaging an existing, already funded
human services delivery system. For example, the MOTS program works with teens and the family to promote family re-unification; averts youth/young adult homelessness, and encourages volunteerism\ community service as necessary tools on the path to economic self-sufficiency. On average, the MOTS emergency shelter provides short-term housing for male and female youth ages 12 to 17 and meets the basic needs of 120 RHY annually. The MOTS transitional living program serves an average of 12 youth/ young adults annually with longer-term housing and comprehensive supports to help them to create the “Map of My Dreams” a personalized “map” that defines and supports their specific path to making their dreams become reality, driving physical, social, educational and economic goals and objectives. MOTS is a non-profit organization located in the City of Detroit. For NRPM MOTS is accepting donations of Winter Coats, Hats, Gloves and Gift Cards for Teens.
Wayne County Lightfest grand opening kicks off holiday season With the flip of a switch, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano and Santa lit up more than four miles of Hines Drive, officially ushering in the 21st Grand Opening of Wayne County Lightfest. Hundreds of parents and children crowded the Hines Park – Merriman Hollow area in Westland to share in this free annual holiday kickoff. This year’s special ceremony featured music, entertainment, refreshments and a fireworks show. Concluding the celebration, guests re-
turned to their vehicles and drove through the enchanting Hines Drive light show. “Lightfest is a holiday staple in Wayne County and beyond,” said Ficano. “I look forward to this every year. I encourage everyone to come out and enjoy the sights and scenery of Lightfest as well as experience all of our great family-oriented events offered by Wayne County Parks.” This year, several new displays have been added and all displays have been
converted to energy efficient LED lights. As the Midwest’s largest and longest drivethrough light show, Lightfest features more than 55 giant animated holiday themed displays, with an estimated total of 100,000 illuminated lights. Now through December 31, Lightfest hours of operation are from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Christmas Day. Visitors enter Lightfest at Hines Drive and Merriman Road in Westland and exit onto Warren Avenue near Telegraph Road in Dearborn Heights. There is a $5 fee per vehicle. Hines Drive closes to traffic at 6:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at 5:00 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
December 2, 9 and 16 are Toy Nights. On these three nights, the community is invited to bring a new, unwrapped toy in Lightfest is closed onT:10”lieu of the $5 vehicle fee.
Toys will be donated to the Wayne County Family Center. Remember to visit Santa’s Workshop at Warrendale Park at the end of the Lightfest drive. Santa will be there starting November 21 until December 23, concurrent with the Lightfest hours of operation. Don’t forget to bring your letters to Santa. Outside of Santa’s workshop there will be a giant mailbox where kids of all ages can drop off their letters to Santa.
Wayne County Lightfest sponsors include Friends of Wayne County Parks, DTE Energy, ITC Holdings, Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters, Zeal Credit Union, Entertainment Express Limousines, McDonald Modular Solutions, Inc., Consumers Energy, Beatthetrain.com and Motor City Mountain Biking Association. For more information on this or any other Wayne County Parks event, please call (734) 261-1990 or visit www. parks.waynecounty.com.
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UAW-Ford Proudly Honors The 2014 UAW-Ford Community Award Recipients Leontine Allison-Poplar Larry Amy Linda Anderson Pamela Benson Chuck Burns Mark Busa Denise Childers Kathleen Clark Angela Clifford Ian Cole Wayne Connor Michael Copeland Teresa Couts Angela Crew Virl Dare Cathy Davis Charles Decoster Terrence Dupree Angela Elston Chad Erickson Dennis Farrell Matthew Fast David Firkins Jim Fischer James Ford Bennie Fowler
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Forgotten Harvest’s CEO vows to improve organization’s mission By Donald James SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
“No child, no family, no individual in metro Detroit should have to go hungry with food literally in sight.” — Kirk Mayes, CEO, Forgotten Harvest Kirk Mayes, Forgotten Harvest’s new CEO, knows the history and worth of the storied organization that has been driving hunger from metro Detroit communities since its inception in 1990. Yet, he knows that sometimes, even greatest can be improved upon. Thus, as Mayes settles into his new position
with Forgotten Harvest, he is confident that the organization can still improve in its quest to better feed those in need of food. “Forgotten Harvest is a mature organization with a rich history and culture, so my role as CEO is not to turn around this great organization,” said Mayes, who is Forgotten Harvest’s first African American CEO. “It’s time for Forgotten Harvest to transition into a new phase of becoming better and more efficient to the people we serve. When we celebrate our 25th anniversary in 2015, there will be new partnerships and improved logistics of how we
pick up and deliver food. We want to continue to be the best Forgotten Harvest that we can be.” Mayes cites new and ongoing conversations and partnerships with such entities as UPS, DTE, Kroger and other companies as springboards in crafting better ways to pick up and deliver food, store food more effectively and efficiently in warehouses, and to overall improve its business model. Mayes also points to Forgotten Harvest Farms that was established in 2013 as a progressive way in which to improve services. According to company statistics, almost 900,000 pounds of fresh produce were harvested from Forgotten Harvest Farms in 2013. Founded by Dr. Nancy Fishman 24 years ago, Forgotten Harvest’s mission is to simply rescue good food that might otherwise go to waste and use it to feed people who would otherwise go hungry. To accomplish its goal, Forgotten Harvest continues to rescue food from more than 800 food donor locations in the region, including farms, food manufacturers, dairies, food distributors, grocery stores, restaurants, and entertainment venues. In 2013, Forgotten Harvest rescued 48.8 million pounds of food at a multiplicity of donor locations. The organization’s reach includes picking up and delivering food throughout Wayne, Macomb and Oakland Counties. While Mayes could have taken several jobs prior to accepting Forgotten Harvest’s top position, he felt that his passion to help others in need through empowering acts matched the organization’s services rendered. Born and raised on Detroit’s west side, Mayes inherited the values of giving back from his parents, who came to the United States from Jamaica more than
Kirk Mayes, Forgotten Harvest’s new CEO four decades ago. He credited his parents for being the strong foundation that he stands on today, after being instilled with their lessons of humility, integrity and developing the strong desire to serve people less fortunate. After graduating from Brother Rice High School in Birmingham, Michigan, Mayes attended Michigan State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in communications. Following
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worked briefly as an educator in the River Rouge public school system, where he began to grow professionally to empower people in search of answers. “My work as an educator in high school was a transforming experience,” Mayes said. “I was fresh out of college and looked young enough where some students thought that I was a student. It was, however, the first job that I had where I didn’t
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have to use an alarm clock to get up. “I looked forward to getting up and going to work, where I could reach and teach young people from the perspective of someone that really looked like them. I could talk with them with total honesty, which allowed me the chance to make a positive difference in their young lives.” With a renewed interest in making a positive difference in the community,
Mayes began working with numerous organizations whose missions were to empower the underserved through exposing them to educational, social, and economic initiatives. In 2008, he joined the National Community Development Institute and The Skillman Foundation, where he worked in support of the Good Neighborhood Initiative in the Brightmoor community, an impoverished neighborhood located on the far west side of Detroit. He continued to pour out his passion to empower this community by serving three years as the executive director of Brightmoor Alliance, an organization dedicated to the revitalization of the Bright-
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moor neighborhood through the vision of its stakeholders. Just prior to taking over as Forgotten Harvest’s CEO, Mayes worked for the City of Detroit, where he was the deputy group executive of jobs and the economy in Mayor Duggan’s administration. While he was impactful in this position, Mayes felt that he could better serve greater Detroit communities through the mission and goals of Forgotten Harvest. Through Forgotten Harvest, Mayes fully understands the critical importance of finding food for youth, adults and families every day.
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“A billion pounds of food goes to landfills every year. We rescued 48.8 million pounds of that food and got it to people in need,” said Mayes, who also serves as a board member for such community-based organizations as Detroit Community Schools, The Heat and Warmth Fund (THAW), and Global Detroit. “That is major, but we can do more. While Forgotten Harvest has accomplished much over the last 24 years, there’s much more work to be done to keep people from going hungry. No child, no family, no individual should have to go hungry with food literally in sight.”
Karmanos Cancer Institute’s Hayley Thompson, Ph.D., awarded $1.8 million grant to improve access to cancer survivor resources Hayley S. Thompson, Ph. D., associate professor, Population Studies and Disparities Research Program at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, and Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, was recently awarded a $1.8 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which will be given over the next four years. The grant titled “eHealth Activity among African American and White Cancer Survivors” will study the use of Internet-based and mobile technologies by cancer survivors once their treatment has ended. The study will compare how African American and White cancer survivors access health resources electronically and the impact that has on their cancer survivorship.
Hayley S. Thompson Interviews will be conducted with a sample of approximately 1,230 African American and White breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer survivors from the metropolitan Detroit area to assess general eHealth activity, as well as specific eHealth activities, such as searching the
Internet for health information, purchasing medication online or emailing one’s physician. There will also be a select subsample of 144 participants who will receive in-home visits from the study team to observe personal health information management in the home and examine the role of technology in the context of health information management. The results will guide the development of a prototype of a mobile app focused on cancer survivorship resources that can be accessed digitally. “There are more than 14 million cancer survivors in the United States today. By 2024, this number is expected to increase to 19 million,” said Dr. Thompson. “While it is good news that more people are surviving cancer, many of these individuals face different health related issues. Working with
eHealth technologies to help improve the cancer survivor’s access to needed services could help address and prevent some of the overwhelming needs and stresses that cancer survivors’ experience, as well as assist in the ever-changing healthcare arena. “Having access to this technology also has the potential to help close the gap on health disparities.” Objectives of this study of African American and White cancer survivors and their use of eHealth technologies are to: • Examine racial differences in general eHealth activity • Examine racial differences in specific categories of eHealth activity • Explore the role of eHealth in the broader context of personal health information man-
agement • Use the data collected to develop a mobile app for cancer survivors The study will also compare cancer survivors who have Internet access against those without to better understand the factors that determine such access. Dr. Thompson is the principal investigator on this study. Her team from Karmanos and Wayne State University School of Medicine includes: Deborah Charbonneau, Ph.D.; Tara Eaton, Ph.D.; Judith Abrams, Ph.D.; Jennifer Beebe-Dimmer, Ph.D.; Elisabeth Heath, M.D.; and Ke Zhang, Ph.D. For more information on cancer services or ways to help, call 1-800-KARMANOS (1-800527-6266) or visit www.karmanos.org.
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America’s Thanksgiving Parade 9:00 am Woodward Ave., Downtown Detroit The 88th annual America’s Thanksgiving Parade comes down Woodward Avenue from Midtown to downtown with a “Walking on Sunshine” theme. For more information visit www.TheParade.org.
A New City Christmas concert at Grace Gospel Fellowship in Pontiac
6:00 pm Plymouth United Church of Christ 600 E. Warren Ave. Detroit,
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November 28 Unveiling the Hidden Story of Black Burlesque at the Charles H. Wright Museum in Detroit 6:00 pm Charles H. Wright Museum 315 E. Warren Ave. Detroit The International Black Burlesque Performers present the second workshop of “Unveiling the Hidden Story of Black Burlesque.” Includes lessons on sensual movement taught by Sinnator Charlotte, founder of IBBP and The Detroit Burlesque Academy. $20-35 For more information call 313-494-5800.
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December 5 A Swinging Christmas with Dee Dee Bridgewater 8:00 pm Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tony Award-winning jazz vocalist, performs seasonal favorites at Orchestra Hall and kicks off the Billie Holiday centennial celebration featuring music from her Grammy-winning album, “Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959), To Billie With Love From Dee Dee.” Cost: $18-$99 For more information please call 313.576.5111.
November 29 Operation Give Foundation Birthday Celebration 6:00 pm MGM Grand Detroit Casino 1777 Third St. Detroit
December 5 DYNAMIX at the Music Hall Jazz Cafe in Detroit 8:00 pm
Enjoy dinner, a silent auction and live entertainment from the Detroit Academy of Arts & Sciences choir to celebrate the eighth birthday of Operation Give. Cost: $150
For more information call 313-580-2261
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Poet Cherrie Amour at Plymouth United Church of Christ in Dertroit
Spoken word artist/author Cherrie Amour will read from her first book of poetry, Free to Be Me: Poems on Life, Love and Relationships at Plymouth United Church of Christ (PUCC) (600 E. Warren Ave. Detroit) at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014.
Music Hall Jazz Cafe 350 Madison St. Detroit, Pop-soul singer Dayna Davis will perform covers from artists such as Etta James, Stevie Wonder, Jill Scott and more. $12 in advance; $15 at the door
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Holiday Home Tour Preview Gala in the Historic Boston-Edison neighborhood in Detroit 6:00 pm until 10:00 pm
Grace Gospel Fellowship 65 E. Huron St. Pontiac
Historic Boston-Edison neighborhood
Grace Gospel Fellowship presents “A New City Christmas” concert. The evening features Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Mark Lowry, vocal trio The Martins and pianist Stan Whitmire. All proceeds benefit Grace Gospel Fellowship to continue renovations to the children’s ministry and Sunday school rooms. Complimentary valet parking is included with all ticket purchases.
For more information call Grace Centers of Hope 855-435-7424ext1137
The Historic Boston-Edison Association is holding their 40th annual Holiday Home Tour and VIP Preview Gala. The gala will take place at the Edward Fisher mansion, and include a tour of other homes decorated for the holidays. There will be valet parking, complimentary gourmet delights, and live music by the Marvin Jones Trio. Guests can visit the homes via motor coach or on their own. Semi-formal attire required. $75 in advance only For more information call 313-883-4360
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December 13 Girls Creative Bazaar for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Philanthropic Awareness
Home Alone with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall
2:00 to 7:00 pm The Mid 313 7650 Second Ave., Detroit
3711 Woodward Ave. Detroit
The Connection Network Organization presents the holiday edition of The Gazelle Series— the Girl’s Creative Bazaar for Entrepreneurial Leadership & Philanthropic Awareness. The Gazelle Series provides a “pop-up” space for established and budding female entrepreneurs to sell their products while giving back to the community. Products on sale will include vintage resale apparel, natural cosmetics and gourmet desserts. The event will also include complimentary cocktails.
Home Alone, one of the most beloved holiday films of all time, will be projected onto a giant screen in high definition accompanied by the world-renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra live in the Orchestra Hall. For more information call 313-576-5111
A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Torch of Wisdom Foundation’s Learning Network program. The event is free. For more information call 248.943.5279 or email theconnectionnetworkorg@gmail. com.
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Loretta Lynch deserves swift confirmation
By Julianne Malveaux
African American women were excited about President Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as attorney general of the United States. Since she has sailed through two Senate confirmations, her current confirmation ought to move quickly and without controversy. But Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Tenn.) and his crowd seem to want to drag the process along, insisting on their “right” to question Loretta Lynch, and to make a spectacle of this confirmation.
confirmation for secretary of labor in President Clinton’s second term. Prominent African American women, including Dorothy Height and C. Delores Tucker, rallied their supporters. The message: Don’t mess with Alexis.
Dems did not invest wisely in Black candidates
By Lauren Victoria Burke
A total of $172 million. That was the record amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised in 2013 and 2014. But that money was poorly spent, which helped account for such a decisive midterm defeat.
gressional candidate in Georgia. You know, Georgia, right? It is a state that’s 30 percent Black, the third most Blacks in the U.S. That Georgia. Georgia’s 1st district was open for the first time in 22 years.
The foundation of another mobilization is present and opposition to the highly qualified Loretta Lynch sends a 3. (Minn.-3) Sharon Sund vs. Erik signal to African American women, and Paulsen (R) – This is the case of a “lean to others, that this is a hostile Senate. Look at the record. On Oct. 26, the Dem” seat that Democrats haven’t bothThis is not new information, but is the DCCC spent $242,421 on a media buy ered to compete in. This seat went 51 kind of information that repels many to assist conservative Dempercent to 47 percent for from the Republican Party. Obama in 2008 and 49 ocrat John Barrow get percent to 48 percent for There are dozens of vare-elected. It didn’t work – Maybe Republicans don’t Obama in 2012. You undercancies in the ambassadocare. Maybe, after their No- Barrow lost. It wasn’t until stand there is always some rial ranks, among others, four days before the election vember rout, they feel no need reason not to try to win a because Republicans have to play nice with the president that the DCCC dropped monseat with an incumbent R blocked Senate consideration ey for Rep. Steve Horsford or with the people who didn’t sitting there — unless there of these appointments. Many (D-N.V.), who was targeted support them. Memo to Reisn’t. Sund is a progressive Republican senators keep by Karl Rove’s Crossroads publicans: Two years from candidate in a progressive saying they want to work with GPS. Horsford narrowly lost now you will have to defend leaning district. But watch the administration. One way and the episode provides a your record. What will your carefully: DCCC went after to show it is to move some of classic lesson in campaign vote on the Loretta Lynch incumbent Republican Lee the appointments out of gridspending and timing. confirmation say about you Lauren Victoria Burke Terry in what is a red seat. lock. That’s right, in a year feaand your party? Republicans Perhaps the gamble will pay Loretta Lynch would be Julianne Malveaux were the winners in the 2014 turing a record number of African Ameroff but why not go hard after seats that the first African American elections, but in some cases icans running for Congress and state- lean blue? woman to hold the position. This his- they didn’t win by much (neither did wide, not a dime was spent on a Black 4. (Fla.-16) Henry Lawrence vs. Vern tory-making nomination should not be Democrats). The electorate is divided, candidate for Congress until the 11th Buchanan (R) – Arkansas-2 went 54 pertarnished by partisan nonsense. If Re- and angry enough to simply stay home. hour. cent to 42 percent for Romney in 2012. publicans are really trying to reach out Both parties need to activate their base If you dare look at FEC.GOV at the Florida-16 went 54 percent to 44 percent to the African American community, so that more people are excited about way millions were spent on some of the for Romney in 2012. Which seat are the conducting a non-hostile hearing this participating in elections. Low voter races, do it sitting down – preferably Democrats spending millions on? That year would signal their willingness to with a stiff drink in your hand. turnout signals “none of the above.” would be the Arkansas seat and not the “do the right thing” by African AmerHere are five worthy candidates who Florida one. There is no African American woman icans. President Obama is entitled to his choice for attorney general. She has in the Senate, and precious few in the didn’t get a dime, but should have: Henry Lawrence is a former NFL playbeen fully vetted by the White House House of Representatives. Undoubtedly, 1. (La.-5) Jamie Mayo – Remember er who played for the Oakland Raiders and has an exemplary record trying cas- these women will speak up for Loretta the time Rep. Vance McAllister (R-La.) in the 1970s. Lawrence played in Super es that range from police brutality to Lynch, perhaps walking from the House was caught kissing a staffer on vid- Bowl XI, Super Bowl XV and Super Bowl corporate fraud. This is a piece of cake offices to the Senate as they did in sup- eo and it exploded into a big scandal? XVIII, giving him three Super Bowl rings. for the woman nominated attorney gen- port of Anita Hill. The confirmation of Well, McAllister pulled a David Vitter Come on Democrats you couldn’t mareral. Why would the Senate not choose Loretta Lynch is likely to be a watershed and forgot to resign and is still in Con- ket that? Soon-to-be former Republican to fonfirm this woman? Simply to flex moment for the Senate. Will they act out gress. McAllister should have been an Congressman Jon Runyun has no rings their partisan muscles and flaunt their of integrity or ignorance? Loretta Lynch easy mark for Democrats. With a district and he was in Congress for four years. power? deserves to be confirmed sooner rather that is 34 percent African American and Lawrence’s opponent was do-nothing I might remind the Senate of the than later, and the senators who talked a Senate race in Louisiana, who knows fatcat Vern Buchanan. While Democrats mobilization that Black women when bipartisan cooperation on the campaign what would have happened if the Dems knocked themselves out to elect Gwen had invested in the race. Mayo is set to Graham in Florida’s 2nd district, there Alexis Herman had a rocky road in her trail need to practice what they preach. win the “jungle primary” in December wasn’t a dime for NFL star Henry Lawand then everyone assumes he’ll lose. rence. But once again, the DCCC rolled the dice (SC-7) Gloria Tinubu vs Tom Rice (R) on other candidates who were running – One of the mysteries of the Democratic in red seats. Why not invest in the may- Party’s strategy is why did they give up or of Monroe, La.? on seats with large Black populations
Are Republicans ready to welcome Blacks?
By Raynard Jackson Since the Republicans takeover of Congress on Nov. 4, I have received numerous emails and phone calls from many of my friends who are Democrats indicating that they are ready to join the Republican Party. My dilemma is that I am not quite sure the Republican Party is ready to receive them. I began to call these friends one at a time to discuss what made them come to the conclusion that they are ready to join the Republican Party. The common theme sounded was that they were never so much in love with the Democrats. Rather, Republicans made it clear that there was no room in the party for them.
to for a Black Republican to get attention in the Republican Party is to be a Black Democrat. Just look at what happened in the Mississippi Senate and Illinois governor’s races. Each campaign spent more money with Black Democrats than they did with Black Republicans. I challenge you to name me one instance where a Democrat ever hired a Black Republican to work on or to be a consultant for one of their campaigns. It doesn’t happen. If you don’t take care of known Republicans, why would anyone in their right minds stick their neck out and publically associate themselves with the Republican Party? Republicans have no appreciation for the pitfalls of Blacks being publically aligned with them. Businessmen lose contracts, preachers lose members and students are ridiculed.
This goes to what I have written about in the past: It doesn’t matter how much Raynard Jackson a person agrees with you if they feel like you don’t care about them So, if the party wants Blacks to publior that you don’t want them to join your cally associate with them, what are they group. prepared to do to protect them from When you see Republicans or Repub- their liberal detractors? By publically lican events on TV, you see a crowd of promoting Blacks who are ashamed of nothing but White faces in the audience. their Blackness, over time the public Because of these optics, many Blacks will see that it is OK to be Republican. feel that the party has absolutely no inIn other words, treat Blacks like you terest in Blacks being involved in their treat your White Republican friends. events on any level. When you need consultants, you pick Republicans and Blacks agree on the up the phone and call your White friends need to address the high unemployment and direct business opportunities to within our community. Republicans and them. Why is it that this doesn’t happen Blacks agree on the need to promote to Black Republicans? more opportunities for Black entrepreWhen you are looking for staffers, neurs, noting that under Obama, SBA you call your friends from the country loans are almost nonexistent and fed- club to get recommendations. When eral procurement opportunities have all was the last time you called a Black for but dried up. Republicans and Blacks recommendations for a job opening? agree on the need to promote school When you are looking for someone to choice and vouchers for those who are stuck in non-performing schools. Re- create your website, you call one of your publicans and Blacks are united in their lobbyist friends. Have you every aggresopposition to Obama’s pro-homosexual sively sought a Black vendor to provide any type of professional services to your agenda and amnesty for illegals. campaign? But Republicans have not taken adI find it fascinating that with all the vantage of what they have in common with African Amerians. Instead they Republicans organizing their campaign have given the spotlight to Blacks who for their 2016 presidential runs, I am run away from their race and serve as not aware of one Black that’s part of the nothing but official mouthpieces for the inner circle of any of the campaigns. I party. These characters have no ties to am fed up with speeches about diversity the Black community. They use incendi- that is not reflected in reality. ary rhetoric that alienate Blacks rather I am not convinced the party is ready than win them over. to shift its thinking. What a shame if The party must also stop hiring Democrats as their consultants for their campaigns. I often say that the best way
the Republican Party, once again, blows a great opportunity to grow the party into a true governing majority.
2. (Ga.-1) Brian Reese vs. Buddy Carter (R) — The unwritten rule for Democrats appears to be: All money spent on anyone running for Congress in Georgia must go to John Barrow. Even though Barrow was helped by Democrats to the tune of $2.3 million, he lost. In a year where there is a governor’s race, a Senate race, five Black women on the ballot and big fat spending by DSCC on Black turnout, one would think Democrats might catch a clue that 2014 may have been be a good time to fund a Black con-
in an era of mega-voter registration and GOTV efforts. South Carolina’s 7th district is 30 percent Black. Nick Rahall sits in a seat that went 65 percent to 32 percent for Romney and next thing you know millions are spent to save him. It’s just interesting that Tinubu is on her own against a relatively new Republican with not much to say for himself in a 30 percent Black seat and that doesn’t spur a challenge. And Democrats are mystified by how they lost?
The legacy of Marcus Garvey By Benjamin Chavis This year marks the 100 anniversary of the founding of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) by the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey. I believe it is important for all people, especially for 45 million Black Americans, to remember the leadership and legacy of Marcus Garvey.
primarily because there is a significant opportunity once again for Black people in America, the Caribbean and in Africa to unite around issues concerning economic development and self-sufficiency as a result of Pan African consciousness. The strategic international emergence of the African Union in Africa that recognizes the inclusion of Black American leaders is an important advance. In addition, Congressman Charles H. Rangel (D-N.Y.) plans to reintroduce a bill to officially restore the good name of Marcus Garvey in the United States. We should support Rangel’s legislative initiative to clear Marcus Garvey of the framed-up charges that led President Calvin Coolidge in 1927 to order Garvey to be deported and permanently banned from the U.S.
At this time across America, in the Caribbean, and in Africa, Black people are facing both the prolonged realities of multiple inequalities and new opportunities to strive forward on a global scale. Our long struggle for freedom, justice and equality has had many different twists Benjamin Chavis and turns. Historically, we have always found ways not to permit the forces of oppression to break our spirit or determination to achieve liberation. During the last century, Black Americans have witnessed and supported the establishment of numerous local, national and international organizations. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909. The National Urban League (NUL) was established a year later. Garvey started the UNIA in 1914 to instill racial pride and economic self-sufficiency for Black people in America and throughout the Pan African world. Garvey supported complete independence of Africa and the unity of African people internationally.
In fact all of us should contact members of Congress, especially member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and let them know of our support of the Rangel ill. Beyond that, our young people should be encouraged to study the organizational methods of Garveyism. There are so many young leaders in our communities who could be inspired by tenacious views of Garvey.
I was fortunate recently to spend some time with the son of Marcus Garvey, Dr. Julius Garvey, recently at the 9th annual Caribbean Business Conference in Nassau, Bahamas. The younger Garvey is an accomplished surgeon and leading medical scientist who now resides in New York. We discussed the Though he seldom receives credit for public and legislative campaign to renit, Marcus Garvey organized the largest der justice to the name and legacy of mass movement of Black people in the his father. We do not have to repeat the world. One hundred years later, no one past. But we should certainly learn from else has been able to match that feat. our past so that we can change the fuThis is the perfect time to remind every- ture to help transform our world into a one Marcus Garvey’s accomplishments, better place for all.
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EAA uses innovation to foster STEM learning Make a stop at Southeastern High School and you’ll see students inside the school’s SmartLab developing projects in robotics, digital media arts, computer programming and more. Step inside Nolan Elementary-Middle School and you’ll see students tackling global issues like environmental conservation and food security inside the school’s EcoTek Lab. These are just two examples of how the Education Achievement Authority (EAA) supplements its science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instruction by introducing its students to real-world applications. They offer students the opportunity to showcase what they’re learning in the classroom and how they can apply it.
digital media arts and other academic topics through applied technology. Students have access to a wide range of industry-standard software such as Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk Inventor and Final Cut Pro. Haley Hart, the district STEM coach, said the labs are designed to give students control of various projects through a gradual release of responsibility. “The labs are completely student-centered, as students work in pairs to complete unique projects of their own design,” Hart said. To measure the effectiveness of the labs, data from the projects are collected throughout the school year.
The labs are an example of how the EAA, a district tasked with changing the direction of Detroit’s schools, melds personalized instruction with interactivity.
“The labs engage and invest students in their learning by allowing them to create their own relevant projects, while directing them towards an almost infinite number of content and career connections,” Hart said.
“Putting cutting edge technology into the hands of our students gives them an advantage when it comes to being college and workforce ready upon graduation,” said Veronica Conforme, interim chancellor of the EAA. “I’m excited to see the opportunities these labs will create for our students.”
In addition to the SmartLabs, two EAA schools are equipped with ECOTEK labs. ECOTEK, a concept developed in Detroit’s Tech Town, places students in a discovery-based environment allowing students to study scientific problems that impact policy making at a global level.
The EAA operates 15 schools in the city, 12 of which it runs directly.
Lastly, Applying the skills gained in the classroom, EAA’s high school students have the opportunity to join their school’s robotics team. They will design a robot to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition with support from the University of Michigan Detroit Center.
Seven of the EAA’s schools — six high schools and one K-8 school — are equipped with SmartLabs. The labs incorporate scientific and media equipment that are designed to explore STEM,
Elementary students at Nolan Elementary-Middle School interact with the SMALLab inside their school.
WSU appoints associate provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer Marquita Chamblee has been appointed Wayne State University’s first associate provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer. Chamblee — whose appointment is effective Feb. 2, 2015 — has spent more than 30 years in higher education, with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
Wayne State’s primary values and is seen as essential to its urban mission of preparing students from varied backgrounds and experiences to excel in an increasingly complex and global society. With students from 60 nations and nearly every culture, Wayne State is Michigan’s most diverse public university.
She joins Wayne State from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, where she has served as director of the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Multicultural Education since 2012.
Prior to joining George Mason University, Chamblee worked as a consultant in the San Francisco area and was director of the Dismantling Racism Program at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. She has also held faculty and administrative positions at Michigan State University and Penn State University.
“We are extremely pleased that Dr. Chamblee will be joining us in this highly visible and influential new role,” said Margaret E. Winters, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. “Throughout her career, she has served in newly created positions, helping to shape and launch new initiatives. We’re confident that she will bring strong and varied
Students at Southeastern High School work on a project inside the school’s SmartLab.
Marquita Chamblee experience here to Wayne State.” Chamblee was selected for the position following a national search seeking someone to lead the university’s efforts in all aspects of diversity, inclusion, educational opportunity, cultural understanding and competency, and civil and human rights. As chief diversity officer, Chamblee will serve as a member of the president’s cabinet and report to the provost. Diversity
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Chamblee earned a Ph.D. in agricultural education from Penn State, a master’s in animal industries from Penn State and a bachelor’s in animal science from Purdue University.
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Detroiter receives degree from University of Michigan Dearborn On June 7, 2014 300 plus guests gathered at the MGM Grand Detroit (Grand Ballroom) to celebrate the graduation of Evan Lamar Hall from the University of Michigan Dearborn. Evans sister Aleasia and brother Eddie III are U of M alumni, a family that bleeds blue. Evan
has joined his father Eddie Jr. and brother Eddie III at Royal Oak Ford. His mother Synevia and sister Aleasia are community leaders at Moms and Babes Too, contracted to provide WIC and MIHP services in Detroit
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Bill Dirkson, vice president, labor affairs, Ford Motor Company.
Education Achievement Award winners: Cathy Davis (left), Anthony Talbert, Leontine Allison, Angela Crew and Theresa Couts. —Andre Smith photos
UAW-Ford holds First Annual National Community Service Award Gala By Donald James
A native Detroiter, Settles, in 1968, began his career as a trade union activist. Even though he was just 18, many saw leadership qualities as a member Local 600, while working at Ford Motor Company’s Dearborn Iron Foundry and Michigan Casting Center. At the age of 20, Settles served in various Local 600 elected union positions. For the past fourplus decades, he has continued to climb the union ladder to take on some of the organization’s highest offices.
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More than 700 people gathered at Cobo Center on Saturday, Nov. 22, to honor selected hourly and salaried UAW-Ford employees from around the country for their dedication to empowering national communities. Among a pool of more than 72,000 union employees from across the United States, a UAW-Ford selection committee chose to recognize 56 individuals. The selections, according to UAW-Ford officials, were based on the unselfishness and commitment of various UAWFord workers who have dedicated themselves to improving lives and communities across America. With UAW-Ford’s executive director of national programs, Kevin Tolbert, serving as cohost, along with WXYZ-TV News personality, Erin Nicole, the awards of excellence were presented in numerous categories, including Sports & Athletics, Youth Mentorship, Military Heroes, Veterans Support, Cause Awareness, Animal Enthusiasts, Health & Fitness, Educational Achievement, Diversity & Inclusion, International Activists, First Responder, Helping Hands, Next Generation, and Community Outreach. In each of these categories, multiple individuals were honored. All of those honored have been featured in the UAW
At the Union’s 34th Constitutional Convention in 2006, he was elected to a vice president position. He was re-elected to the vice presidency at the Union’s 36th Constitutional Convention in Detroit in June 2014.
Jimmy Settles, UAW-Ford vice president, National Ford Department. Ford’s nationally distributed publication, Community magazine. The magazine debuted in the spring of 2013. “The selected UAW-Ford employees not only exhibited outstanding work performances, but exceeded their job descriptions to improve the lives of their fellow coworkers and community,” said Tolbert. “Tonight we honored the men and women of UAW-Ford who have embodied the true spirit of community involvement. They have given of themselves, which often has meant time away from their families, and in some cases, they have given of their own financial resources
to help others.” “I want to thank the UAWFord for this outstanding award,” said David Hill, who in addition to working at Romeo Engine Plant (Local 400) in Romeo, Michigan, also coaches and mentors members of the Sterling Heights Nationals, a youth baseball team. “It’s been an honor for me to give of my time to coach and mentor these young people, not only to be better baseball players, but to become better young people.” The last honoree of the evening was Jimmy Settles, UAWFord vice president, National Ford Department. The longtime union activ-
Bennie Flowler, quality control manager, Ford Motor Company.
ist was presented with the first ever “Jimmy Settles Lifetime Community Activist Award”, which will be given annually. “I’m deeply honored by this award,” Settles said. “However, I would like to thank our great partner, Ford Motor Company, because you can have great ideas and visions that can help people, but it takes a partner in order to make things happen. We would be here for a week if we talked about all the things that we’ve done (UAW-Ford and Ford Motor Company) outside of building cars; there are things that we do in communities all over the country that help people live better.”
“Jimmy is one of those labor leaders that everybody knows and greatly respects,” said current UAW president Dennis Williams in a video presentation that honored Settles. “He is deserving to receive this award, and for it to be in his name going forward. Jimmy is passionate about everything that he does to empower people and communities to have a better quality of life. I’m honored to work with Jimmy, and honored to call him my friend.” Tolbert summed up all of the night’s honorees. “The people that we have honored here tonight did not do what they’ve done for pats on the backs or for congregations,” he said. “They do it because it is who they are.”
Angelique Peterson-Mayberry, UAW representative.
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Attorney Joseph Conrad Smith admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers Attorney Joseph Conrad Smith has become a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. The induction ceremony was held at the 2014 annual meeting of the college in London, England.
Joseph Conrad Smith
“Induction into the American College of Trial Attorneys is the most coveted professional honor a trial lawyer can achieve,” said Smith. “It is grounded in the testimonials of judges and opposing counsel that you have represent-
ed your clients with skill and tenacity, without losing sight of the moral imperatives upon which the law is based. I am exceedingly gratified and deeply humbled by my induction into the college.” Smith is the founder of Joseph Conrad Smith & Associates, P.C and has represented clients in litigation matters for more than 30 years. He received his Juris Doctorate from Harvard University Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also a member of
the Michigan Bar Association-Litigation Section, The Michigan Association of Justice and The American Board of Trial Advocates. He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, The United States Court of Claims and more. Founded in 1950, the college is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada. Fellowship in the college
is extended by invitation only and only after careful investigation, to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality. Lawyers must have a minimum of 15 years in trial experience before they can be considered for fellowship. There are currently 5,763 members in the United States and Canada.
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African-American owned WHPR TV/ Comcast Cable 90 highlights broadcast expansion with an open house celebration R.J. Watkins, CEO of Watkins Broadcasting and WHPR TV and Radio, has a lot to celebrate these days. His company has a brand new look and a brand new reach due to its expansion and much more. A special anointing of the new broadcast tower will be presided over by Rev. Dr. Robert E. Garner.
On Nov. 22, R. J. Watkins hosted an open house and a small concert to celebrate the new upgrades and happenings with a fantastic launch celebration. On hand, were celebrities such as BernNadette Stanis from “Good Times,” famed vocal group Enchantment, Carl Carlton of “She’s a Bad Mama Jama” fame, Stan-
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one, which launches in November, the factory team will begin learning the printing process for dials for The Runwell, the brand’s popular watch. This operation will use 700 square feet of the facility; the remaining 1,300 square feet will be allocated to phase two, scheduled to launch by January 2015, when capabilities will be expanded to include metal-stamping and painting of dials for The Runwell. “Our long-term goal is to create Shinola watches that are predominantly American made,� said Heath Carr of Shinola. “This development also gives Shinola the opportunity to be part of work-force development in the local community. The phased approach allows us to master the detailed steps in manufacturing dials one stride at a time to ensure quality standards are met at every stage.�
Shinola proudly announced the opening of a new dial manufacturing operation in Detroit. The brand is teaming up with the Taiwanese company BAT Ltd, expert makers of dials for more than 30 years. BAT will train Shinola’s Detroit-based craftspeople in the art of dial manufacturing through a rigorous coaching program and meticulous hands-on instruction. Shinola is
excited about this evolution of the brand, as watch dial manufacturing at scale left our shores several decades ago. The build-out of the watch dial production facility will consist of two phases, allowing Shinola to consolidate fabrication locally while focusing on producing world-class dials for its timepieces. During phase
Shinola has taken a “cut-no-corners� approach in developing the dial manufacturing facility with a brand new state-of-the-art facility that includes all new equipment and ventilation and filtration systems, in addition to a glass- enclosed workroom that allows visitors to Shinola’s flagship Detroit store a view into the domain of dial manufacturing. Ten employees will be trained on dial manufacturing practices. This facility will reside inside the original Shinola flagship store, which, incidentally, is where Shinola bicycles are assembled by hand. This store is being expanded in 2015 to accommodate other innovations to come. For more information, please visit Shinola.com.
STEC USA locating in Madison Heights, adding 176 new jobs STEC USA, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), is establishing a new facility in the City of Madison Heights with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced today. The expansion is expected to generate $15 million in new private investment and add 176 new jobs. “STEC USA’s decision to establish its North American headquarters in Michigan tells global companies that Michigan holds great opportunities for growing their business,� said MEDC President and CEO Michael A. Finney. “Michigan leads the country in new manufacturing jobs creation, and the new jobs resulting from this investment will keep us moving in the right direction.� STEC USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai SIIC Transportation Electric Co., Ltd. (STEC), which is a subsidiary of China’s largest automotive OEM, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation. Shanghai-based STEC produces power window regulators, electron-
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ic horns and other electronic parts for China’s auto industry. STEC USA has been awarded several General Motors programs and needs to establish a presence in North America. The company plans to establish a new headquarters and manufacturing operations in an existing facility in the City of Madison Heights. The operations will include research and development, warehousing and assembly in addition to manufacturing window regulator components. The project will generate a total capital investment of nearly $15.1 million and create 176 jobs, resulting in a $700,000 Michigan Business Development Program performance-based grant. Michigan was chosen over a competing site in Missouri. The City of Madison Heights has offered support to the project in the form of locally established programs including “I-Connect� and/or the use of local brownfield grant funds. Individuals interested in career opportunities with STEC USA should visit www.mitalent.org. Gov. Rick Snyder first discussed Michigan’s advantages as an expansion location with SAIC leadership
in Shanghai, China during trade missions to China in 2011 and 2012. Snyder is leading a state delegation on a seven-day investment mission to China this week to promote tourism to Michigan and build upon recent successes in attracting new job-creation business investments during meetings with government officials, business leaders and news media in that country. The Michigan Business Development Program provides grants, loans and other economic assistance to qualified businesses that make investments or create jobs in Michigan, with preference given to businesses that need additional assistance for deal-closing and for second stage gap financing. The MSF considers a number of factors in making these awards, including: out-of-state competition, private investment in the project, business diversification opportunities, near-term job creation, wage and benefit levels of the new jobs, and net-positive return to the state. Business retention and retail projects are not eligible for consideration of these incentives.
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Air and Liquid Systems, Inc. (paint finishing) – Rochester ATCO Industries (automotive) – Sterling Heights Coffee Beanery (coffee franchises) – Flushing Corrigan Air and Sea Cargo (logistics) – Romulus Global Electronics (auto electronics) – Southfield
“China is an important and viable market for a wide range of products and services,â€? Snyder said. “This trade mission will open doors for these companies by helping them identify and enter into new relationships there. These Michigan companies, with products ranging from architecture services to automotive components, will have a never-before-seen opportunity to reach new customers in the fastest-growing economy in the world.â€? Delegates from the export mission are attending one-on-one matchmaking meetings in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai. The meetings will include customized appointments with prospective partners, distributors and buyers in each region. The participants will also receive an orientation on exporting and doing business in China. The mission participants will also join several of the governor’s trade mission events. Business leaders and economists estimate large potential growth opportunities for Michigan in China: • China is Michigan’s third largest export market. Michigan companies exported nearly $4.1 billion in goods and materials to China in 2013, up 28 percent from $3.3 billion in 2012. • Transportation and auto-related equipment was the largest export item, at more than $2.6 billion in 2013. • In 2013, Michigan ranked eighth
Huron Technologies (chemicals) – Leslie KC Jones Plating (chemicals) – Warren SmithGroup JJR Incorporated (architecture and engineering services) – Ann Arbor Tranor Industries (automotive) – Detroit
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Muskegon-based Lorin Industries, a manufacturer of coil anodized aluminum finishing solutions, has participated in two of Snyder’s trade missions to China and has seen an increase in sales as a result of those trips. “The two trade missions that we were included in really gave us an understanding of the potential for Lorin to do business in China,� said Lorin President Park Kersman. “This mission is an opportunity to have access to people who have a good understanding of international business. They learn about your company so they can help identify opportunities, really shortening the process that would otherwise be very arduous and challenging.� The trip marks the Snyder administration’s fourth mission to Asia and 11th investment mission since taking office in January 2011. Other missions led by Snyder or Lt. Gov. Brian Calley have been to Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Israel and Canada.
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Detroit Women’s Forum celebrates 40 years of the Thinking Women’s Network Forty years ago, American women were just beginning to attain high level positions in business, the professions, academia, and labor unions. Networking opportunities were limited in 1974 as women were not yet welcome in most traditionally male clubs and organizations. So a group of Detroit-area women, led by Ruth Kroll, associate director of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), then based in downtown Detroit, established the Detroit Women’s Forum. Their goal was to learn about and discuss important contemporary issues, especially those affecting women, and to encourage community involvement. “They were very progressive and very diverse with African American, Jewish and Christian women. Everyone there
has been relatively active and most have been in a leadership role,” remembers B. Jane Everhart, a member for 25 years and former controller of the Economic Growth Corporation. The late Mildred Jeffrey, who was head of the UAW’s Women’s Bureau and a founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus, was an early member. The American Jewish Committee, which was dedicated to developing bridges between racial, religious and ethnic groups, provided staff support during the Forum’s first ten years. Lunchtime programs were organized in downtown Detroit, featuring women presenters who have tackled a broad range of political, social, economic, and cultural issues. The organization is volunteer-run without any paid staff. Today, Detroit Women’s Fo-
rum has 124 members. Attendance at monthly programs, held at The Whitney, is usually about 50 members and guests. Some members also attend a Detroit Women’s Forum feminist seder, a modern version of the traditional Jewish Passover celebration which is held in the spring. Membership is open to all women, most of whom learn about Detroit Women’s Forum from a friend or colleague who belongs to the group. “Membership cuts across all disciplines and levels of experience,” said Jeanne Vogt, current chair of Detroit Women’s Forum, and retired president of the Accounting Aid Society. Delphine Palkowski became involved with the Detroit Women’s Forum in 1974 as a representative of the Archdiocese of Detroit, which was engaged in
an interfaith program with the American Jewish Committee. A retired educator, Palkowski continues to find the Detroit Women’s forum relevant because “there are always going to be these challenges for women—equal pay, immigration.” Recent program topics have included human trafficking; the plight of abused women who are incarcerated; the renewal of Belle Isle; and a local nonprofit that employs homeless women to make coats that also serve as sleeping bags. Forum members have so many ideas for programs that choosing topics for the eight annual meetings is challenging. While some of the early members have retired, many continue to be active in the Forum. “I’ve learned a lot and met a lot of interesting women. I appreciate the longevity
and togetherness of the group,” said Kathleen Strauss, chair of the 40th Anniversary Advisory Committee, and a member of the Michigan Board of Education. “It is a marvelous exchange of ideas. I think it should be called the questioning women’s network,” says Arlene Frank, who served as the Forum chair for 13 years. She is the coordinator of Oakland Community College’s Womancenter Program. “We still want to change the world. It’s more than socializing; I learn new things,” explained Tess Tchou, a member for the past several years. She formerly worked in higher education and now serves as a court interpreter for speakers of Tagalog, the Philippine language.
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Cosby I hate the fact that some women have accused Bill Cosby of forcing them into unwanted sex. I don’t know what he did or didn’t do, but somehow he doesn’t seem like he is or ever was that type of man, but seldom do we know what anyone is capable of doing, sometimes including ourselves. Bill Cosby is such a monumental star, a legend, an icon, a groundbreaker on so many levels and, of course, a comic genius. His image being tarnished is Bill Cosby disheartening, although it is difficult to understand why some people take years (or decades) to make their serious accusations that could alter someone’s life. These women are coming out of the woodwork.
Badu-ism There is very little that Erykah Badu will not do for attention, including walking down the street naked in a video (although we strongly suspect it was altered in the studio). This hair — no, she doesn’t buy it by the pound — is indescribable.
Coolio but not cool Rap star Coolio, whose biggest hit was “Gangsta’s Paradise” in 1995, loves to “get crazy” with his hair. “Yuck” is a word that comes to mind to describe this look.
Fun, fun, fun Through the years, soulful Christina Aguilera, a woman of many looks, has often given the media and the public “something to talk about.”
Also, Cosby is one of the most pleasant people I have ever met. Our 1996 interview was a lot of fun and a career highlight for me. He was completely down to earth, no affectations whatsoever. Plus, unlike so many other famous entertainers, he traveled without an entourage — no guards, no public relations people, no hangers on, etc. Bill Cosby — present circumstances notwithstanding — is still a monumental star, a legend, an icon, a groundbreaker and a comic genius. At the age of 77, he had to have gone through all kinds of adversity in his life. This is going to continue to hurt, tongues will to wag, mean-spirited media people will stay on the attack, but I doubt that this will break “the ’Cos.”
Gospel gold The Ward Singers are iconic in the world of gospel music. They sang in churches and standard gospel concert venues, but also nightclubs and jazz festivals. They loved flamboyant hairstyles, such as this “torpedo look.” (Clara Ward is not in this 1950s picture.)
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I wonder how his wife, Camille, feels about all this. MARY J. BLIGE and her husband, Kendu Isaacs, who is also her manager, have been married since 2003 and Blige says one reason for their success is something they agreed on right from the start. That is, Mary J. Blige and Kendu each has no Isaacs. close friends of the opposite sex.
Shaun T, the reigning exercise guru, probably annoys the manufacturers of exercise equipment. They are always trying to get people to Shaun T buy some sort of machine or gadget, but Mr. Thompson says nothing is needed but your body.
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Queen Latifah’s first album was titled “All Hail the Queen,” but there is nothing “royal” about this look. Hopefully, the multitalented artist only wore this blond wig once.
Dennis Rodman has had some of the most outrageous looks the world has seen, both on and off the basketball court. (Often he looks kind of “nasty.”) But then, this is the man who said he was going to play his last NBA game naked.
All eyes on me Not the right look Some women, like Halle Berry, just look better with short hair. So it is with Fantasia. The season three “American Idol” winner made a bad choice here.
Nicki Minaj, who has toned it down lately in some respects, is fearless when it comes to her unique sense of style and “fashion intrigue.” This is wild, even for her.
Worst toupee Not sure who this is — we think he has something to do with the NFL — but in a “Horrible Toupee” competition he might win hands down.
It’s not unusual
Well, that’s Cher Really big hair Diana Ross is famous for wearing lots and lots of hair. It long ago became a trademark. But for this photo shoot she decided to go the distance.
He also went Top 20 with “Gonna Give Her All the Love I’ve Got” in addition to four other national chart entries. But tired of the fickleness of U.S. record buyers, radio stations and concert-goers, Ruffin moved to England in the 1980s although he eventually returned to the states. Believe it or not, a company is launching “the first global brand of marijuana,” called “Marley Natural,” featuring accessories, creams, etc. One of reggae king Bob Marley’s many children, Cedella, who used to sing with Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers, has no problem with her father’s name being used. And she said, “Weed is for the healing
Not a regal look
Crazy
I saw an hour-long concert on the Bounce network starring comedian-actress Kim Coles. I didn’t know she was that funny on stage. JIMMY RUFFIN was a great singer although he was never allowed to advance to Motown’s “A” list. Sorry to hear about his recent passing. The younger brother of David Ruffin had two Top 10 hits in Jimmy Ruffin the ’60s, “I’ve Passed This Way Before” and the classic “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?”
Rock star Tommy Lee may have been partaking of a non-legal substance when he, or someone close to him, envisioned this very much out of character look.
Our guess is that Macy Gray didn’t have to do much, hair-wise, to get ready to go on stage. This is essentially a roll-out-of-bed look.
This is not to defend any wrongdoing on his part, but kicking someone when they are down is not my style.
Some people would say that is insecurity on both their parts, but Blige doesn’t see it that way and says bluntly, “All females for me, all guys for him.” As for anything else: “Not in my marriage. I’ve never seen that work.”
Cultural experiment?
Knowing her long-established penchant for the daring, the unexpected and the sure-to-be-talked-about, Cher wearing an Afro wig is pretty much par for the course.
Lady Gaga — her real name is Stafani Germanotta — has taken outrageous hair and attire to unprecedented levels. So in that sense, this is not really out of the ordinary. Still, we wanted you to see it.
Rastafarian Dreadlocks this long are an extreme rarity. They belong to music artist Damian Marley, one of the dozen-plus children of reggae icon Bob Marley. One has to wonder how this much hair is kept clean.
It figures
A Black thing
Courageous
Everyone knows that singing R&B comes almost as natural as breathing to Justin Timberlake, and he is accepted by the Black community. But no one ever expected him to wear cornrows.
In the realm of jazz vocalists, Dee Dee Bridgewater ranks among the best. Although we prefer her with hair, she is to be commended for having the guts to go bald.
Phil Spector, one the most famous and influential producers in the history of the music business, has always been extremely eccentric, but that evolved into dangerous madness. He wore this oversized Afro wig in court where he faced murder charges, and lost.
Experiment Chris Brown, the singer who has a great deal of trouble controlling his temper, decided to do “a blond thing.”
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of the nations, for meditation, for higher vibrations.” Imagine my surprise when one of my coworkers, who is only 22, said that even though he has a substantial amount of new artists on his iPod, “most of today’s music is garbage.” (Two of his favorite songs are “Through the Fire” by Chaka Khan and “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes, the latter from 1961!) Well, I don’t agree with his assesment, but there are few artists of the caliber of Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin and Luther Vandross out there today. Had to chuckle when I came across this Queen Latifah quote: “I am not one to turn down macaroni and cheese, even late at night. A refrigerator full of water and Gatorade? That’s just not gonna happen.” BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW…that as a teenager, Diana Ross busted tables at the Hudson’s basement restaurant. As a precursor of things to come, she said, “I
From page D-1 was always beautifully groomed.” MEMORIES: “Love Come Down” (Evelyn “Champagne” King), “You’re the First, the Last, My Everything” (Barry White), “Every Little Bit” (Millie Scott), “Tired of Being Alone” (Al Green), “Fire and Desire” (Rick James and Teena Marie), “Twilight Time” (the Platters), “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore?” (Stephanie Mills), “Ask the Lonely” (the Four Tops). BLESSINGS to Elena Farmer, Eric Hunter, Andre Smith, Chuck Bennett, Aretha Watkins, Darren Nichols, Karen Dumas, Alisa Giddens, Greg Giddens and Cliff Russell. WORDS OF THE WEEK, from Mark Twain: “Always tell the truth. That way, you don’t have to remember what you said.” Let the music play! Steve Holsey can be reached at Svh517@aol.com and PO Box 02843, Detroit, MI 48202.
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PISCES A spirit of competition may be troubling you. Let it go. Celebrate differences and get on with the work of creating new hope in the world! Your tendency to speak without considering the full impact on others should be checked this week. Soul Affirmation: I seek the lighthearted flavor of love this week. Lucky Numbers: 3, 18, 19
CROSSWORD PUZZLE: US STATES ka, ____ P. Savage 7. Myrna of Hollywood 8. Warm down-slope wind 9. Lady in Spain 10. Not in favor 11. ____ Spelling 12. “We ___ Family” by Sister Sledge 15. Sounds like donkey laugh 20. Kelly Clarkson and Phillip Phillips, e.g. 22. Pre-college challenge 24. Handicapped person 25. *This state name has one syllable 26. Illegal firing 27. Lucius Flavius _____ Nonius Bassus, Masada conqueror 29. *”Field of Dreams” state 31. Stumblebums 32. A predominant religion of Middle East
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Magic Johnson, Bishop Vann feed the children Second Ebenezer By April Edwards On Saturday, Nov. 22, basketball icon and business baron Ervin “Magic” Johnson joined to Bishop Edgar Vann at Second Ebenezer Church to provide coats and food to more than 400 local children and families. He was in Detroit to accept Legacy in Motion honors from the Michigan Chronicle. The Magic Johnson Foundation and volunteers from Michigan State University, Omega Psi Phi, and community neighborhoods passed out coats from Souls4Souls, turkeys from Meijer and holiday dinner trimmings donated by Coca-Cola, Sam’s Club, Nestlé, Grocery Outlet, Bektrom Foods Inc. and Starkist. Johnson and Vann along with an enthusiastic volunteers loaded the goods into cars for delivery to over four thousand pre-indentified families and children who gleefully accepted the gifts.
Throngs of Detroit children spent the
day at Second Ebenezer’s distribution site cultivating their artistic sides making arts and crafts, face painting and playing with donated toys from Mattel. With too many children and families struggling to put together a decent Thanksgiving meal, participants said they were grateful for the assistance and excited that Johnson, a beloved hero, was there to provide support. “It is a blessing to have supporters like Magic Johnson and the Magic Johnson Foundation here to make this happen for families in need,” said one food recipient. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” added Michigan Chronicle publisher Hiram Jackson, “I was driving over here and the traffic was so backed up that I thought there was a car accident. But when I arrived at Second Ebenezer I realized just how great the need actually is.”
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The Word Network to support Gleaners Food Bank by donating 60,000 meals The WORD Network, which is the largest African American religious TV Network in the world, has joined hands with Gleaners Community Food Bank in Detroit and is asking its viewers to help feed needy people in Metro Detroit. Beginning Wednesday, October 15 and running through the end of December, The WORD Network will air LIVE programming throughout the day, promoting this important fund drive. Viewers will be advised on air how to contribute. For each dollar raised, three meals will be provided, so even a small gift has a big impact. The WORD Network’s goal is to raise $20,000, or 60,000 meals for hungry men, women and children in Detroit.
Gleaners Community Food Bank, which was started in 1977, distributes nearly 100,000 meals per day to hungry people through a network of churches, temples, food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and other agencies that depend on Gleaners to feed their clients and or congregants.
“Despite a recovering economy, many working families are still having trouble making ends meet,” said Gerry Brisson, president of Gleaners.
Food is both donated and purchased at deep discounts, allowing Gleaners to provide three meals for every dollar raised.
“I’m so grateful to the WORD Network for rallying behind our mission to get much-needed food to those who need it.”
Last year, Gleaners distributed 40 million pounds of food. While many temples, churches and pantries in Metro Detroit will benefit from this three-monthlong event, one such temple is the Judah Temple COGIC located in Detroit.
“Too many households are still choosing between buying food and taking care of other basic needs.
The WORD Network, launched in February 2000, is seen in more than 200 countries and has a worldwide viewership of more than 3 billion people. For more details please visit thewordnetwork.org or gcfb.org.
Russell Street Missionary Baptist upcoming events Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church will be joining New Prospect Baptist Church, located at 6330 Pembroke in Detroit, for Christmas service on Dec. 25, at 8:00
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Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church will be holding Watchcare services on Dec. 31
at 10:00 p.m., located at 8700 Chrysler Fwy. Service Drive, Detroit. Once again all are welcome.
Remembering Rev. Dr. Ron Coleman Sr. The Rev. Dr. Ron D. Coleman Sr., founder and senior minister of God Land Unity Church in Detroit and host of “Touching and Agreeing Radio” on WCHB-AM (1200), died unexpectedly Nov. 21. He was 68.
country and abroad. Rev. Coleman and Commissioner Clark-Coleman were married for 16 years, and five children, 18 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren survive him. He enjoyed boating, fishing and spending time with his family and loved ones.
He was the husband of Wayne County Commissioner Irma Clark-Coleman (D-Detroit). Rev. Coleman founded God Land Unity Church, 22450 Schoolcraft Road, in 1995 after serving as minister of West Side Unity Church in Detroit from 1993-95, senior minister of Unity Church of Truth in Houston from 1988-93 and senior minister of Unity Church of Champaign in Urbana, Ill., which he founded, from 1983-88. He also served as president of the Brightmoor Pastoral Alliance, past vice president of the Brightmoor Alliance and past president of Unity Urban Ministerial School.
Rev. Dr. Ron D. Coleman Sr.
Rev. Coleman, also known as Rev. Ron, grew up in Detroit and graduated from Western High School, Wayne County Community College District and Unity Urban Ministerial School. He successfully owned businesses in Detroit before receiving his call to the ministry in 1982 and being ordained in 1983. Rev. Coleman was known as a moving and motivational speaker who was invited to speak at churches across the
Carolyn Bowden Services for Carolyn Bowden were held on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 at Second Ebenezer Church with Bishop Edgar L. Vann officiating. She made her transition on Nov. 10. Carolyn Bowden was born on May 9, 1953 to Eddie and Julia Willis, the fifth of eight children. She was educated in the Detroit Public Schools. After graduating from Alma’s Beauty College she worked as a cosmetologist for several years, but changed career paths into health care. She found great satisfaction working as a caregiver for Expert Care and RGRPS Inc. She
was known for having a loving spirit, which made her caregiving a labor of love. Mrs. Bowden loved to cook, host family gatherings and just enjoy life and help others do the same. Left behind to cherish the memory of Carolyn
Bowden are her children, Marcia Alexander, Anthony Gary Jr., Mary Topp and Oscar Brown (a fifth child, Orlando Gary, preceded her in death); two stepchildren, Charles Bowden and Dawn Bowden; parents, Eddie and Julia Willis; siblings, Mildred Griggs, Patricia Knight, Sandra Willis, Deborah Ann Washington, Eddie Willis Jr. and Michael Willis Sr.; and many other relatives and friends. Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements. Interment was at Lincoln Memorial Park.
Calante Felder-Evans Services for Calante Felder-Evans were held on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. Charles G. Adams officiating. She made her transition on Oct. 10.
ried Roosevelt Evans. Left behind to cherish the memory of Calante Felder-Evans, who is remembered as a kind and strong woman, are her husband, Roosevelt; children, Michael, Jeffrey and Dorian; siblings, Fernandez, Julia, Martinez and and Charles; and many other family members and friends.
Mrs. Felder-Evans was born in May of 1936 to the union of the late Felix and Marie Felder in Perry, Georgia. She attended schools that were part of the Perry-Houston system and later attended Albany State University. She earned a bachelor of arts degree at the
Viewing will be at God Land Unity Church from 2-8 p.m. Nov. 28, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. On Nov. 29, the family hour will start at 9 a.m., followed by the funeral at 10 a.m.
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Celebrating Eight Years of Excellence Among African American Women in Southeast Michigan Nomination Form Women of Excellence 2015
NOMINEE INFORMATION Name of Nominee
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Each year in character, in manner, and in style, the Michigan Chronicle celebrates phenomenal women who have demonstrated exceptional courage, unwavering conviction, and extraordinary grace during our Women of Excellence program. The Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence Awards celebrates local African American women who inspire others through their vision and leadership, exceptional achievements, and participation in community service. Women of Excellence honorees are women who exemplify extraordinary stature, poise, and grace. These women do it all while maintaining the delicate balance of filling the roles of helpmate, mother, teacher and professional. The women who are chosen for this award are champions of our economic empowerment, the backbone of our religious and educational organizations, and driving forces in politics and community service. The selected honorees will join an exclusive society of 350 professional women who have previously received this distinction. The deadline for nominations is Friday, January 16, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. The induction celebration will take place in March 2015. Email your nominations to events@michronicle.com or for more information call Jasmen Jackson at (313) 963-5522.
CRITERIA Proven success within her profession/industry. Positive role model whose contributions encourage others.
Active in community service or organizational involvement. QUESTIONS TO BE COMPLETED Describe specific accomplishments that demonstrate nominee’s excellence.
Describe nominee’s community service activity/organizational involvement.
How has the nominee mentored others?
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