Motown In The School Program

The “Motown In The School” Package The following programs are 5-year projection the Motown Alumni Association is proposing to administer as a directive to get 50,000 to 100,000 children back into the Detroit School System.

MISSION STATEMENT: The primary purpose of he Motown Alumni Association is to educate and provide scholarships to disadvantaged children.

To teach the cultural advantage of music, performing arts, and entertainment.

To lecture on the importance of Motown Record Company & teach their reliance to today’s youth.

Our purpose is to create workshops, performing arts programming, and compose celebrity speaking engagements, while leading the way in uplifting the emotional development of children in the communities, and focusing on the importance of education.

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

The “Motown In The School” Package

History of the Motown Alumni Association The Motown Alumni Association started as an idea Billy Wilson directed to Martha Reeves of Martha and the Vandellas on March 1, 1995. She had just come home from the funeral of comrade Melvin Franklin (bass singer of the Temptations). She was distressed that the only time she gets to see her former work mates was when someone dies. Billy Wilson who was working with her on a community program she created in Detroit, asked her “Why don't you put together an alumni association”? Reeves said “Where did you come up with that cockamamie idea”? Then she said, “Why don't YOU create an alumni association”? Not knowing anything of the politics, and or nature of any ones issues, Billy Wilson decided to put the organization together.

Wilson met Gladys Horton of the Motown group Marvelettes at an industry event, and stayed in communication with her via phone. Horton thought the Motown Alumni Association was a great idea, and allowed the MAA to use her name as an endorsement. Starting as a DBA based Internet only service, the Motown Alumni Association was created in 1995, but officially registered August 23, 1997.

The MAA has obtained a measure of growth since its conception:  25,000 members worldwide  26-branched around the world  Owner of MAA News Magazine (online only)  Co-owner of DBMA Magazine (Detroit Black Music Awards) - Online Only  Owner of the Email service MAA NEWSLETTER -5,000,000 email subscribers (unique and extended)  Owner of Motown Alumni Association @ Facebook – Over 3,288 subscriber  Owner of MAA NEWS Magazine @ Facebook – 2,034 subscribers  Owner of the Motown Alumni Association (Personal site) – 5,201 subscribers  Partnered with the Vocal Group Hall Of Fame in Sharon, Pennsylvania to facilitate a VGHOF Annex in the city of Detroit.  The MAA is sitting on the Advisory Board of the R&B Hall Of Fame & Museum, proposing to bring their facility to Detroit.  Advisory Board member/ consultant proposing to bring the Michigan Music Hall Of Fame to Detroit.

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

The “Motown In The School” Package

MAGAZINES AND PROGRAMS OWNED BY THE MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

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The “Motown In The School” Package

The following programs are a part of the “Motown In The School” Package.

Platform: Lifevision 3D Technology 8 (Middle School) to High School 

Director: Jim Fischbach (CEO of Intrepid Corp.)/ Billy Wilson

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MAA Service Grant Budget: $200,500 per year

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Estimated Revenue potential: Science grants (Foundation Center), Technology Grants (Michigan Foundation Directory), Celebrity Grants (Foundation Center), and Private donors (Detroit Corporations)

Intrepid Corporation presents: “Lifevision 3D” (without glasses), sponsored by Wayne State University Engineering & Technology Dept. for zoned schools in the Detroit Public School system.

All schools represented in this forum will be participants in an experimental Documentary filmed in Lifevision 3D Technology (without glasses). This platform was introduced to Pasteur Elementary School, and is slated to be the first to initiate the working model for the program. The Motown Alumni Association will film the documentary, and provide all filming equipment, 3D camera, and staff. The Project will have a public viewing in 3D (with glasses), and a presentation of the “new” technology of 3D (without glasses) will be presented by Wayne State University.

Far left front row: Jim Fischbach, Intrepid Management Group;

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

The “Motown In The School” Package

High School (zoned and optional)

Platform: Festival Of The Performing Arts 

Director: Kim Weston (Motown Recording Artist)

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MAA Service Grant Budget: $150,000 a year

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Estimated Revenue potential: Performing Arts Grants (Foundation Center), Performing Arts Grants (Michigan Foundation Directory), Celebrity Grants (Foundation Center), and Private donors (Detroit Corporations)

In the late 70’s, then Mayor of Detroit Coleman A. Young commissioned Motown recording artist Kim Weston (“Lift Every Voice And Sing”, “Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While”) to a program titled “Festival of the Performing Arts”. This program was a major hit in the city of Detroit; many of the students of the program went on to become major recording musicians, choreographers, and entertainment personalities. Artists such as Kern Bradley (musician for Lady Gaga, Usher, Beyonce, etc…), Al Mckenzie (Music director for Martha and the Vandellas, and The Temptations), Lisa McCall (World-renowned choreographer for Aretha Franklin, performed at the Alvin Haley Dance Theater) have all benefited from the teachings of the Ms. Weston. This multi-faceted program allows students to nurture their skills in the field of the performing arts, while being taught by a major professional of the entertainment business Motown icon Kim Weston.

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

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(Televised Motown Alumni documentary)

Select Schools K-12

Platform: MAATV/ DPS RADIO 

Directors: MAA staff & Motown celebrities

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MAA Service Grant Budget: $24, 000 a year/ per school

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Estimated Revenue Potential: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Performing Arts Grants (Michigan Foundation Directory), Celebrity Grants (Foundation Center), and Private donors (Detroit Corporations)

The MAATV Network is located on the MotownAlumniAssociation.com website. Students and facility will have the opportunity to sponsor their own radio/ TV shows while representing their individual school in their zone/ region. All schools that want to be a part of the program will have the opportunity to operate their own studio placed in their school and air their broadcast on MAATV located on the MotownAlumniAssociation.com website. The DPS Radio forum will be aired and embedded on the directly on the DPS website with each school having their own radio format on their own website. Conflict resolution, informative programming, DPS Board prerecorded broadcasting, and celebrity entertainment interviews will be the primary focus for programs.

DPS Radio will allow teachers and students to broadcast a USB Internet radio based forum in their school with the possibility of using most of the equipment already in the school (computers, webcam, microphones, etc). Rosalind Holmes & Annette Helton of the Original Vandellas, the background vocalists for Martha and the Vandellas (“Heat Wave”, “Dancing In The Street”, “Jimmy Mack”), and MAA Staff members will oversee this program.

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

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K - High School (zoned and optional)

“Change Detroit For Good”/ PERFORMING ARTS SERIES 

Directors: Billy Wilson/ Misty Love

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MAA Service Grant Budget: $20,000 (Per year/ 100 schools)

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Estimated Revenue potential: Performance revenues, Performing Arts Grants (Foundation Center), Performing Arts Grants (Michigan Foundation Directory), Celebrity donations, and Private donors (Detroit Corporations)

Detroit leaders and leaders will kick off a new musical campaign in 2013 called "Change Detroit For Good."

Leaders from the Detroit Police Department, the Motown Alumni Association, the Detroit Lions Club, the Black Women Lawyers Association, the Better Detroit Youth Organization and 3rd Circuit Court Judge Deborah Thomas are supporting the cause.

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The “Motown In The School” Package The CDFG program is aimed at creating a more positive relationship between Detroit youth and law enforcement officials.

"At this very critical time in our city, it is imperative that we engage, encourage and empower our youth, who are our leaders of tomorrow," Judge Deborah Thomas said.

As part of the effort, a musical competition was created to challenge young Detroit residents between the ages of 8 and 22.

Judge Thomas said the contest is open to all types of musical creations.

“We are going to accept sounds everywhere from reggae to jazz to blues to spoken word to gospel,” said Judge Thomas.

Contestants are to write and perform a piece on how to make Detroit streets and schools safer.

Fifteen finalists will be chosen by local Motown music artists, and then the public will have the chance the final three.

The winners are given a chance to perform live at the Detroit Black Music Awards slated for the first Sunday in August 2013, with a major music star. Receive guidance from a nationally-known producer.

The secret to family bonding is the relationship between the parties involved.

The “Select 100” program allows fathers & daughters, Mothers & sons, sisters & brother, and other family members to come together for happy and lifetime memorable moments. The events involve the Father & Daughters Ball, Father/ Son Camping Outing, and Son & Daughter Honor Ceremony. Select 100 coordinators will come to your school and coordinate the fund raising event that suits your need. “Select 100” will prepare the promotion, marketing, and creation of tickets or raffles.

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- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

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Carl Carlton gives insight on going being a music star to the dark side of life, then finding his true place in life.

Six of the best female singers in Detroit have come together to honor the Divas Of Motown. The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, the Marvelettes, and others is honored in this 2-hour stage production.

Michigan’s most renowned etiquette masters Rena Sullivan from the Protocol School of Michigan, and Shanithia Shahid of 3 phases To A Lady Etiquette School have joined forces with the Motown Alumni Association to empower children with self-respect and culture. The first workshop of its kind in Michigan, the MAA Etiquette Workshop takes personal grooming to another level.

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

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MAA GPA School Competition: The MAA GPA Competition is a cheap and inexpensive way to encourage schools to improve their children grades. The top 10 schools with the most improved GPA average by the end of the school year will be invited to a special Hip Hop concert created by the Motown Alumni Association. The MAA will invite one of today’s current artists to perform a private concert for the 10 schools and their family. The school with the best GPA average of the 10 will get a personal appearance from that same artist.

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

The “Motown In The School” Package Optional Revenue Sources for DPS: 

Michigan Music Hall Of Fame – Kevin Hill (Curator)

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Vocal Group Hall Of Fame – Bob Crosby (Curator)

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R&B Hall Of Fame & Museum - Lamont Campbell (Curator)

These three organizations want to move their facility to Detroit. This revenue sharing venture has the potential of drawing hundreds of thousands of tourism dollars within the 5-year spectrum the Motown Alumni Association is proposing.

The companies will run as a separate business venture, independently operated. DPS will negotiate a shared revenue plan with each operation. The Motown Alumni Association will administrate and manage the facilities on behalf of DPS to monitor the revenue sharing. DPS revenue potential will rely on tourism dollars. All promotion, marketing, and sale will rely on the organization and their method of financing their associations.

DPS Hall Of Fame & DPS Walk OF Fame/ DPS Education & Research Center In the future one of the closed schools can be converted into a DPS Walk Of Fame honoring the legacy of everyone that went on to become scholars, politicians, and entertainment personalities that went to a Detroit Public School. The Motown Alumni Association will administrate, facilitate, and management the project on behalf of DPS. By adding a DPS Alumni Association then adding all alum to the register of the DPS-Hall of Fame, this will encourage pride and dignity amongst teachers of the past and present that have felt unappreciated by the DPS. The Lifevision 3D (without glasses) technology will participate in the program also.

You can contact the Motown Alumni Association at: MOTOWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Contact: Billy Wilson 15821 Stout St. Detroit ▪ Michigan 48223 Main office (734) 972-7582 Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com Billy Wilson DBA Motown Alumni Association For-Profit - Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261

15821 Stout St. Detroit, ▪ Michigan 48223 ▪ Main office (734) 972-7582 ▪ Facebook @ MotownAlumniAssociation Email: MotownAlumniAssociation@gmail.com ▪ Website: MotownAlumniAssociation.com ▪ DBA

- Michigan EIN#: 45-4462261