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Vol. 81 – No. 19 | January 17-23, 2018

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GMs’ Alicia Boler Davis Named 2018 Black Engineer Of The Year US Black Engineer (USBE) magazine’s annual BEYA STEM Conference recently named General Motors Company’s Executive Vice President, Global Manufacturing Alicia Boler Davis with the Black Engineer of the Year Award.

Aligned with the mission of USBE, one of the oldest diversity magazines for scientific and technical careers, and USBE’s BEYA STEM Conference that prom o t e s achievement and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and math Alicia Boler (STEM) Davis fields, Ms. Boler-Davis is active in providing inspiration and motivation for middle school girls who like math and science, mentoring at General Motors, and speaking to college students on leadership, and driving change.

Numerous organizations and publications have recognized Boler Davis for her community service. She serves on the board of directors at General Mills, is a member of the Northwestern University McCormick Advisory Council and a board trustee of the Care House of Oakland County. Boler Davis also serves as Executive Liaison for the GM WOMEN leadership board.

Alicia Boler Davis was named executive vice president, General Motors Global Manufacturing in June 2016. Her responsibilities include manufacturing engineering and labor relations.

She is a member of the GM Senior Leadership Team and the GM Korea Board

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DRIVEN VIII destined for NAIAS best in class

By Roz Edward Managing Editor

As Americans, our love affair with cars is legendary. As African Americans, our relationship with the auto industry is legacy. And as the North American International Auto Show, the greatest automotive show on earth, returns to the epicenter of the automotive manufacturing world, all eyes are focused on Detroit. The 2018 NAIAS will see more than 1,600 media representatives from around the world visit 31 automobile manufacturers who will show the crème de la crème in the realm of cars.

No other event in North America provides an international platform for this vast array of companies, organizations and thought leaders under one roof.

From the glitz and glamour of the prestigious Charity Preview Ball to the last day of the public event for car enthusiasts and potential buyers to sum up cutting edge vehicular design and engineering, visitors to the North American International Automotive show get an up-close and personal experience with the best the industry has to offer.

Three leading edge executives from Genesis Motor America, Volkswagen, and Ford Motor Company will serve as DRIVENExperience ambassadors for DRIVEN: A Tribute to Multicultural Achievement in the Automotive Industry.

“Real Times Media is very pleased that these prominent industry leaders will grace our DRIVEN publication with their insight into where the industry is heading, and their personal experiences and successes,” said Hiram E. Jackson, chief executive officer, Real Times Media. “Each of these individuals is a shining representative of companies that value diversity and a multicultural workforce.

Hyundai, Volkswagen and Ford Motor Company all have a commitment to diversity and when I look at the contributions of Raphael, Williams and Gayton, I know that these three companies are serious — not only about selling cars to a diverse audience, but promoting the best and brightest as well.”

Erwin Raphael is general manager at Genesis Motor America. Raphael is responsible for the entire manufacturing process and value stream with Genesis Motor, which builds the Hyundai brand. His role ranges from engineering and product development to manufacturing, materials and logistics, sales, marketing and corporate management. Raphael also has worked in the Toyota production system at Toyota Motor Manufacturing and as general manager with Chrysler at two plants — McGraw Glass and Jefferson North Assembly Plant where the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Commander SUVs are built.

Machelle Williams is senior director of Diversity and Cor-

porate Social Responsibility for Volkswagen Group of America.

In this role, Williams’ primary focus is to create sustainable diversity and inclusion practices that will help VWGoA reach its goals of becoming both a top employer and one of the most admired automobile company in the world. Williams regularly works with community partners to help VWGoA be a viable part of the communities where the company conducts business, and also foster the growth and retention of a talented multicultural workforce. Williams has worked with Volkswagen for the past 14 years.

Brad Gayton is group vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel, Ford Motor Company. Gayton is responsible for leading Ford Motor Company’s litigation, tax, corporate, transactions, compliance and intellectual property efforts.

He also advises the company’s board of directors and senior management on a wide range of legal issues and oversees its General Auditor’s Office. As chief administrative officer, his responsibility has expanded to include leading Ford Land and Corporate Services efforts.

Detroit remains synonymous with America’s car industry and since this world-class event takes place in the Motor City, the birthplace of the assembly line and the destination for hundreds of thousands of blacks during the Great Migration for good-paying jobs and the prom-

ise of better futures, it’s more than fitting that having arrived, black people have more of a stake in the well-being of the industry than any other ethnicity in the nation. These migrants were nothing short of driven.

And to that end, the DRIVEN Experience Vlll, a hallmark event showcasing the accomplishments of African Americans in the automotive industry and highlighting diversity and inclusion, provides car buyers an extraordinary opportunity to express and influence the direction of the automotive industry going forward.

The DRIVEN Experience, a tribute to multicultural achievement in the automotive industry, includes a youth symposium focused on careers in the industry, and an unveiling/awards celebration, has become an annual destination for industry leaders from around the country visiting the North American International Auto Show.

On Jan. 17, the Michigan Chronicle’s DRIVEN Experience Vlll will return to Detroit’s Garden Theatre to celebrate car companies and honor automotive experts for their accomplishments in creating and building an authentically inclusive environment that promotes a diverse workforce and more colorful C-Suites by insisting on: (1) recruiting that is more thoughtfully focused on identifying candidates using broader

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Educating students about high tech careers at an early age is critical to fueling the automotive industry’s talent pipeline.

On Tuesday, Jan. 16 approximately 160 Detroit Public School high school seniors convened at the Detroit Science Center to share in the excitement generated by and North American International Auto Show and explore opportunities for auto-industry related careers. The DRIVEN Youth Symposium, a STEM educational component powered by the Michigan Chronicle’s DRIVEN Experience Vlll in conjunction with DAPCEP, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting students with the best educational experiences in science, technology, engineering and math. The open forum symposium consisted of an introduction to employment opportunities in the world of automotive and breakout sessions with industry experts who use science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in their everyday work life.

a connector to internships for students interested in going further. We partner with several corporate offices and since internships are so pivotal at an early stage, but we now have corporate offices who are interested in having students intern while still in high school,” explained Williams.

Kory Woods photo “Participants at the DRIVEN Youth Symposium are focusing primarily on learning about E85 and H2O alternative fuel sources and their real-world applications,” explained DAPCEP executive director Michelle Williams.

‘There is a strong and concerted effort to develop sustainable fuels that are reliable and safe as part of the automotive industry’s ‘go green’ objectives.”

exposed eager and enthusiastic participants to hands-on demonstrations, a panel of automotive professionals and open discussions to inquire about futures in STEM dependent industries.

Students received instruction in DAPCEP developed curriculum from DAPCEP teachers, along with Ford and General Motors engineers who were once DAPCEP students themselves.

This half-day immersion also

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Both the DRIVEN Youth Symposium and DAPCEP are committed to working with African American students help them identify coursework for careers in STEM and navigate the path to high-paying positions through intensive learning experiences and professional interactions.

Technology and engineering industry experts emphasize the importance of black students interested in pursuing technical careers to meet and build rapports with other people of color working in the field.

“I want to be the one to tell you today, that the reason you all are here today is because you are not invisible to us,” said Tonya Matthews, Michigan

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Science Center president and CEO in addressing the group of eager participants. “I already see you and the amazing things you are about to do and that’s why you are here,” she concluded.

Dr. Tonya Matthews, president and CEO, Michigan Science Center

The DRIVEN Experience, a tribute to multicultural achievement in the automotive industry, along with the popular youth symposium, culminates with an unveiling and awards celebration January 17 at the Garden Theater in Midtown Detroit. The DRIVEN Experience has become an annual destination for industry leaders from around the country visiting the North American International Auto Show. A celebration of diversity, the culminating event takes place on Wednesday.

How does DRIVEN accomplish these ambitious objectives? By educating the world of NAIAS participants and purveyors on the unique journey to build character and enhance leadership and technical skills. In short, the DRIVEN honorees put their intellectual and financial resources where it counts.

The 2018 DRIVEN VIII awardees include:

Roy S. Roberts, retired vice president and corporate officer in charge of personnel development and development at General Motors Corp., is the deserving recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Michelle Sourie Robinson, president and CEO of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council, has earned the coveted Vanguard Award.

Piston Group, headed by beloved founder, chairman and CEO Vinnie Johnson, will be recognized as Minority Company of the Year.

Toyota Motor Corporation Company will be recognized as Company of the Year, and UHY LLP Certified Public Accountants will be honored with the DRIVEN Advocate Award.

DRIVEN VIII is the premier platform for forwarding the agenda of African Americans in the automotive space and promote professional pursuits while providing quality driving experiences for the black car buyer.

REGIONAL NEWS City crews ready to respond to weather-related pothole outbreak With winter temperatures going from deep freeze to balmy, potholes are popping up on city streets, and Detroit Department of Public Works crews are ready to repair them with the public’s help.

Residents and others can report potholes using the city’s Improve Detroit application available for free on smart phones through Google Play and the Apple Store, depending on your type of phone.

The app was launched in 2015 and, last year, users reported nearly 49,000 issues, ranging from abandoned vehicles to downed trees and missing or nonworking traffic sings and lights. Since Improve Detroit’s debut, the city has responded to more than 70,000 complaints reported through the app.

DPW crews responded to more than 3,100 pothole reports through the

app in 2017. The average time to fix a pothole reported through Improve Detroit was three days.

“When not performing snow removal activities, our roads repair crews will be working daily to repair potholes as quickly as possible,” said DPW Director Ron Brundidge.

“Major improvements to the worst City roads over the last four years, including 100 miles of City roads being paved last year, have gotten us to a position where potholes are not as plentiful and can be repaired in a shorter period of time.

We encourage our residents to use the Improve Detroit app to ensure that the pothole location is immediately sent to the Streets Division that performs the repairs.”

Residents without access to smart phones may report potholes through the web site www.seeclickfix.com

Southfield Human Services to hold CROP Hunger Walk meeting at LTU Southfield Human Services, in partnership with Lathrup Village, will host an organizational meeting for the annual Southfield/ Lathrup CROP Hunger Walk on Monday, Jan. 22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Room M218 of the Lawrence Technological University Buell Management Building, 21000 West Ten Mile Road.

The CROP Hunger Walk organizational meeting will allow members of the community to learn more about the annual Southfield/Lathrup CROP Hunger Walk. The 2018 Southfield/Lathrup CROP Hunger Walk will be held

on Sunday, April 22 at 2 p.m.

CROP Hunger Walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Service and organized by local groups to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world. Local organizations can receive up to 25 percent of the funds raised by each CROP Hunger Walk.

For more information or to volunteer, contact Rhonda Terry, Southfield Human Services at (248) 796-4542 or Sharon Hall, Southfield/Lathrup CROP Hunger Walk volunteer at (248) 633-3242.

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Uber teams up with Little Caesars Arena to provide safe, reliable rides Uber today announced an exclusive partnership with Little Caesars Arena. This partnership will make it even easier for fans to get to and from Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons home games, and other sports, entertainment and community events at the state-of-the-art arena.

As the official rideshare partner of Little Caesars Arena, Uber is making it easier to get to and from all events at the facility by setting up a designated pick up and drop off zone located on the West Fisher Service Drive, between Park and Woodward. With the dedicated zone just steps away from the arena’s entrances, guests have a seamless transportation option to get to and from events.

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Bank of America open enrollment for 2018 Student Leaders program Bank of America announces the opening of the enrollment period for its 2018 Student Leaders program. The Student Leaders program is part of Bank of America’s ongoing commitment to recognize youth who lead and serve in their own communities and beyond, connecting young people with the tools and resources that will help them make communities better. The program annually awards paid internships to high school juniors and seniors at a local nonprofit organization and participation in a national leadership summit in Washington D.C. The application for

the 2018 Student Leaders program is open until February 2, 2018.

It is open to high school juniors and seniors in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties.

“The Student Leaders program can be a pathway to success through meaningful and relevant experiences,” said Matt Elliott, Michigan Market President, Bank of America. “To advance economic mobility we need to develop a more diverse and inclusive society. Year after year, Student Leaders proves it can be done.”

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From page A-1 of Directors. She reports to GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra.

Prior to this assignment, Boler Davis was senior vice president, Global Connected Customer Experience since December 2014, where she led the company’s connected customer activities, including infotainment, OnStar and GM’s Urban Active personal mobility initiatives.

In February 2012, Boler Davis was appointed U.S. vice president, Customer Experience.

Later that year, her role was expanded to vice president, Global Quality, and U.S. Customer Experience. Under her leadership, GM improved vehicle quality and fundamentally redefined customer care and its interaction with customers through social media channels and Customer Engagement Centers.

Previously, Boler Davis was simultaneously the Plant manager of the Michigan Orion Assembly and Pontiac Stamping facilities, as well as vehicle line director and vehicle chief engineer, North America Small Cars, positions she held until January 2012. Prior to that, she was plant manager at the Lansing, Mich., Consolidated Operations and Arlington Assembly in Texas, where she was the first African-American woman to be a plant manager at a GM vehicle manufacturing plant.

Boler Davis began her GM career in 1994 as a manufacturing engineer at the Midsize/Luxury Car Division in Warren, Mich.

During her career, she has held many positions of increasing responsi-

bility in Manufacturing, Engineering and Product Development.

Boler Davis has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Northwestern University, a master’s degree in engineering science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Indiana University.

When Boler Davis accepts the torch as the thirty-second Black Engineer of the Year in the nation’s capital February 2018, she will be the sixth woman to receive this award from the Council of Engineering Deans of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which graduate more than 33 percent of all black engineers in the United States.

The list includes Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Wanda Austin, former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, Lydia W. Thomas, former president and CEO of Mitretek Systems (now Noblis), and Stephanie C. Hill, senior vice president of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Lockheed Martin Corporation, a longtime corporate supporter of the annual BEYA STEM Conference.

As the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year, Boler-Davis is recognized as a global ambassador of goodwill for underrepresented minorities in science and technology, and for women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). She will keynote the 2018 Council of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities meeting at one of the historically black colleges and universities with ABET-accreditation.

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Gay-Dagnogo works to make all Detroit voices heard

State Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D-Detroit) today criticized political posturing that resulted in the need for a special election to fill the vacant 13th Congressional District seat during the 2018 general election. Former Rep. John Conyers, who held the seat for nearly 53 years, resigned on Dec. 5, 2017. According to Section 168.145 of the state election law, the governor is charged with calling for a special election “whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of representative in congress.” Gov. Rick Snyder has thus determined the special election to fill this vacancy will coincide with the regularly scheduled primary and general elections for 2018.

This will be perhaps the longest span of time between a vacancy and a special election for Congress, with Detroiters going 336 days without a congressperson.

Sherry Gay-Dagnogo Gay-Dagnogo will participate in and hold a series of Community Conversations in the coming months to ensure constituents are informed and have an opportunity to ask any questions about the special election process.

“The people of Detroit should not be disenfranchised or left without a voice because our civil rights icon chose to retire,” said Gay-Dagnogo, chairwoman of the Detroit Caucus. “That is why in the coming months, I am making it my mission to fill that void with the information and resources that Detroiters need. It is critical that residents understand how to make their voices heard, and I will support them in every way I can during this time.”

There will be two separate elections in November: one will be the special election, the winner of which will complete the remaining two months of Conyers’ two-year term; and the other will be the general election, whose winner will take office on Jan. 3, 2019, for the beginning of a new Congress. Candidates are able to run for both the special and general election.

The 13th Congressional District office remains open as a nonpartisan office under the supervision of the Clerk of the House.

Staff will continue conducting constituent casework and offering resource services, but will refer legislative matters to Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and/or Gary Peters (D-MI) for them to handle.

WSU celebrates 150 years Wayne State University will officially launch its yearlong Sesquicentennial Celebration Friday, Jan. 26, in the Community Arts Auditorium in Reuther Mall. The event begins at 2 p.m.

President M. Roy Wilson will help kick off the festivities, which will culminate in a showcase of WSU’s history through inspired student performances. The event will also include the debut of a commemorative video and the unveiling of “Wayne State University at 150” at the Walter P. Reuther Library. A special birthday cake will be served to all attendees.

“This will be an opportunity for the university community to celebrate the scholarship, research, innovation and creativity that Wayne State is known for,” Wilson said. “I look forward to seeing students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends at this watershed event celebrating our first 150 years.”

A predecessor of Wayne State University, the Detroit Medical College was founded by five Civil War physicians in 1868, marking the first milestone in WSU’s 150 years. Other significant moments in Wayne State’s history are shared on the university’s Sesquicentennial website, which also includes details about the Sesquicentennial Celebration.

“I look forward to imagining together what the next 150 years will look like for Wayne State, and how we can build on our academic and research excellence to continue to transform Detroit and surrounding communities as we move into the future,” Wilson said.

City Club apartments breaks ground on City Club — CBD Detroit Farmington-Hills based City Club Apartments broke ground recently on its City Club Apartments—Central Business District Detroit mixed-use apartment, furnished short-term and penthouse community. Mayor Mike Duggan and City Club Apartments Chairman, CEO and Detroit native Jonathan Holtzman were among the speakers at the event.

“We are thrilled to be breaking ground on a new community in the City of Detroit,” said Holtzman. “This is a site of great historical significance and we take seriously our responsibility to deliver a special community to the city.”

Located at the corner of Washington Boulevard and Park Avenue facing Grand Circus Park, the site was once home to the 18-floor, 800-room Statler Hotel. The historic hotel, which was built in 1915, hosted a who’s who list of business, sports, arts and entertainment and political guests for six decades. “Unfortunately, the beautiful building was torn down in 2005,” said Holtzman. “We cannot bring it back, but we plan to celebrate its great history while making our own.”

“When the Statler Hotel came down over a decade ago, we lost a great building on one of the most exclusive corners downtown,” said Mayor Duggan. “Now, thanks to City Club Apartments and our partners at the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, this corner will be redeveloped in a way that will allow Detroiters of a range of income levels to call it home.”

City Club Apartments—CBD Detroit will include approximately 288 apartments and penthouses and 13,000-square-feet of street level space, which will include a pet store, a restaurant and a gourmet market.

“City Club Apartments—CBD Detroit will combine the service and amenities of a five-star hotel with engaging and connected urban apartment living,” said Holtzman. “The look and feel both inside and out will be stunning. We will be certified, not just ‘say’ green. We will integrate advanced and high-speed fiber technologies. And, we will be immersed in the City of Detroit, as we have been since our company was founded here nearly 100-years ago.”

“DEGC, through public-private partnerships, is instrumental in driving development in the city that invite inclusive

spaces to live and shop,” said Kenyetta Bridges, DEGC director, Real Estate & Financial Services. “Our team connects the city, its boards and investors in a way that catalyzes development in the city — showcasing its rich history and the fresh opportunities it offers.”

From Club Rooms, Bark Parks and Sexy Bathrooms, to exclusively manufactured cabinetry and fixtures, City Club Apartments — CBD Detroit provides a hotel alternative. The list of amenities also includes movie theaters, engaging social programming, valet parking, 24/7 concierge services, along with wellness and exercise rooms. City Club Apartments’ CBD Detroit’s market dominant spaces and places will also promote green and fiber connectivity. The community will invite resident and neighborhood engagement with the seamless integration of great retail, an outstanding restaurant with outdoor seating and a gourmet market.

“There is a new American Dream in our country and City Club Apartments’ CBD Detroit is reflective of that paradigm shift,” said Holtzman. “We are experiencing demographic, economic and attitudinal changes. Millennials, professionals, empty nesters, baby boomers and shortterm corporate housing residents are seeking connection and active engagement in vibrant urban environments. We are at the forefront of reinventing those inspiring and amenity, hospitality and service-rich environments with our five guiding principles: customer centric; design driven; unparalleled amenities; green and social responsibility; and fiber

technology.”

City Club Apartment and Penthouse communities, which feature four distinct finish packages, are located in prime neighborhoods with great access to public transportation, arts and culture, parks and trails, sporting venues, retail, restaurants, and entertainment and central business districts.

Prior to launching CCA in early 2016, Jonathan served as Chairman, CEO and 50 percent owner of Village Green Holdings, a 50-year-old, $4.5 billion apartment company that evolved from a mixed-use development company founded by his grandfather Joseph Holtzman in 1919. In July 2016, Jonathan announced that he had sold his interest in Village Green’s operating companies to Dallas-based Compatriot Capital and entered into a partnership with Canadian developer and investor, Alan Greenberg.

While he sold his shares in the management company, Jonathan retained his ownership of 10,000 apartments in 30 communities with a combined real estate value exceeding $2 billion. Jonathan and Alan also have $500 million of new communities in various stages of development, construction and lease-up in downtown Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Chicago and plans for the east coast. Holtzman and Greenberg plan to start three new communities each year. CCA began transferring the management of its entire portfolio from Village Green to City Club Management in June of 2017 and will complete that transition in the first quarter of 2018.

Detroit Caucus Stands Against Efforts to Strip City of Judgeships Senate Bill 525 would remove a judge from 36th District Court

recommendations to increase the number of judgeships in the 36th District Court.

“Not only is the 36th District Court facing exorbitant caseloads, but many of the cases that it handles deal with incredibly complex issues that require judges to spend greater time on them, further exacerbating their workload,” said state Rep. LaTanya Garrett (D-Detroit). “The courthouse staff and personnel are smart workers who understand the need for them to get their work done right the first time in order to keep up with the court’s fast pace. However, reducing the number of judgeships assigned to the court would only make it more difficult for them to serve the people of Detroit, therefore, eliminating any judgeships within the 36th District Court would be preposterous.”

The Detroit Caucus stood in solidarity today against an attempt to strip the city of Detroit of one of its 30 district court judges. Senate Bill 525 reflects the July 2017 Judicial Resource Recommendations (JRR) to eliminate judgeships from the 36th District Court.

The Detroit Caucus stood adamantly opposed to this legislation since its introduction, citing the city’s dire need for maintaining its 30 judgeships.

“In the city of Detroit, the 36th District Court continues to undergo challenges with the incredible caseload that it manages,” said state Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D-Detroit), chairwoman of the Detroit Caucus. This legislation would only further disenfranchise city of Detroit residents who often have civil cases and landlord tenant issues beyond their control, who will now be forced to stand in long lines, and wait times, simply to have their cases heard, while fringing on their constitutional rights! This will serve as the detriment to all Detroit citizens.”

“As the city of Detroit continues to make its comeback, removing a judgeship from the 36th District Court would only work to slow the incredible

Tenisha Yancey progress we’ve seen over the years,” said state Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit). “The court is currently plagued by long lines and crowded courtrooms, and judges are already stretched thin by the sheer number of cases before the court. Reducing the number of judges at this court would be a disservice to the city.”

Joining the Detroit Caucus in opposition to this legislation is the city of Detroit and the 36th District Court judges themselves. These critics of SB 525 have called into question the formula used by the JRR to support its recommendations, which relies on average annual case filings. However, the court has clarified that new case filings do not comprise the entirety

LaTanya Garrett of their dockets: many of the cases that judges hear on a daily basis are stemming from older cases that have yet to be adjudicated. What’s more, in the last seven JRR reports, four of them have included

“It is not uncommon for judges to cover two to three dockets in a day, at times leaving residents in empty courtrooms waiting for their case to be heard while that judge is covering in another courtroom. This legislation will only make things worse for our city’s judges and residents,” said state Rep. Tenisha Yancey (D-Detroit), a former assistant Wayne County prosecutor. “This is the wrong move for Detroit, and the public deserves better than what this legislation has to offer.”

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Detroit needs real conversation about education

By Brian Love There are many conversations about how charter schools have ruined public education in the United States, particularly in Detroit. But most of these conversations have nothing to do with solving the actual problems of educating our kids.

Recently, Diane Ravitch shared her thoughts on improving Detroit’s schools. I agree with what she says about the need for improvements, but I disagree with how you get there.

Today, we live in a world that focuses on talking points and attack points that reinforce our different agendas. It doesn’t matter if it is education, politics or healthcare. The back and forth is crazy and clouds the Brian Love real issues that have to be solved. So I want to thank Diane Ravitch for motivating me to speak on this issue.

It is true that a large number of Detroit parents are putting their children in charter schools. The charters are not dragging parents to bring their children to these alternative schools. No one has passed legislation that demands that “certain” kids attend these schools.

Diane Ravitch is correct. Michigan’s public education system is failing all of our children across the state. But the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is not just competing against charter schools. It is competing against the suburban school districts that surround Detroit and want the per pupil allotment that follows each child every year.

Parents and guardians like my wife and me are making the decision to place their child in the school they feel is best for them. Also, parents who can afford it are moving to communities that provide

Where is the American Dream today?

Many people have been faithful to the promises of America, and yet they are in peril and struggling to pay the bills and protect and provide for their families.

Many have lost their jobs, cars, homes, and some have even lost their freedom.

We continue to struggle. We have been conditioned to accept our situation as normal and to medicate our predicament to cover up the symptoms without addressing the root causes.

The absence of segregation is not integration.

We need to look deeper to get to Ed Williams the root of our problems. We must recognize that our government cannot give us courage, a brain, or a heart that comes from within.

We continue the struggle, Fifty-four years after the March on Washington, many of our communities have high unemployment, poor education, and high crime and incarceration. In many communities we do not control our economics, media, land, resources, or distribution in order to make any credible impact on the sustainability of our communities. Many believe that integration was the cause of the disintegration of our communities. We are still segregated in many communities. It should be the business of government to make the playing field level. We should take every opportunity to promote equal opportunity, justice and peace in every community.

Where we live today in many instances still determines the quality of life and opportunities that we have. We still seek today “the riches of freedom and security of justice.” We are still segregated in our homes, places of worship, communes and too many of our schools.

We must know our leaders’ character. It is not enough to have leaders who look like you, it is important to understand their vision, agenda and motives.

How do our leaders affect our daily lives? Midway through the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. realized that the struggle for integration would ultimately become a struggle for economic rights.

In today’s world of globalization, can America continue to strive to provide opportunity to all without embracing diversity, integration, and immigration?

Embodied in the Declaration of In-

“It is the dedication to uncovering absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and injustice...I value the press more than ever before.”

Today, I live in Redford Township on Detroit’s border. I have two teenagers.

One graduated from a traditional public high school. My daughter attends a charter high school in Dearborn. When I was a young parent, my wife and I loved living on Detroit’s east side. But when it came time to enroll our child in school, we couldn’t find a school in our community that could service his needs.

Recently, Detroit charter schools have pooled their resources to outreach and empower parents by creating parent meetings and empowering them to be active in their schools and communities.

And I think with DPSCD Superintendent Nikolai Vitti, they will continually increase their numbers for student enrollment because they are dealing with the issues that affect their numbers and are what parents are looking for in a school district.

I believe Dr. Vitti understands what school choice is, and he is working to encourage Detroit parents to choose the Detroit Public School Community District.

So, whether you are a charter or a traditional public school, let’s deal with the reasons why people of color are in the situations they are in and let’s stop creating new fights that don’t solve the true problems that our kids and parents face every day.

Brian Love is a parent and advocate for students attending schools throughout Detroit and Michigan. He also blogs at Detroit School Talk.

Let freedom ring: Immigration, integration, diversity and opportunity

By Ed Williams

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safety, good housing and a great education for their child.

So we “shopped around.” We ended up finding a charter school for our son in the suburbs near my wife’s job. That was our good fit. This move led us down the road of looking for a new home closer to my son’s school and my wife’s job.

That process led us to Redford Township, where we live today. These are the factors that drive a parent’s decision to place their child in a traditional or public charter school.

dependence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Our question today is, will America continue to be open to the promise of immigration and opportunity to all that come to the land of bounty to those who follow the laws andwhere their only problem is that they were not born an American?

All over the world people want to be able to provide for their families, protect them, and to have respect among their fellow man. Those less fortunate want the same rules and laws to apply to everyone equally. Today, we have gerrymandered political districts and communities that are de facto segregated.

As individuals we should seek to participate in every level of our community and government to raise the expectations that we want to see. It is no longer good enough for us to except the status quo, and to allow anyone to be treated as second class citizens.

We should expect a high level of service in our communities. It is us who have to make this change. Everyone can change, and become a drum major in their own way, a role model for all to follow.

Dr. King, like many who came before him, went to places where they were not welcomed to spread the message of love, peace and justice.

At the center of the major religions are peace, and justice, and in the Christian faith, there is the concept of love and forgiveness. This was at the center of Dr. King’s belief that “darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

Everyone has to play a role in the American Dream. The media and press have to reflect the truth and cover our stories. We have to connect the schools with the police, teachers with the preachers, lawyers with the community activists, the business owners with the schools, and young people with the old, and we have to vote and hold our elected leaders accountable with connecting the community with the government and taking pride in the our communities.

Dr. King believed man is capable of change and that old traditions and prejudices can be transformed. So I start with the simple proposition so eloquently stated by George Bernard Shaw: “Other people see things and say why? But I dream things that never were and I say, why not?”

Ed Williams, Ed.D. Cchair, Concerned Citizens For Effective Government

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Is Donald Trump the worst president on minority issues in 50 years?

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

Donald Trump, a man best known as a “birther” with a reality TV show and a real estate empire who claimed that Mexico was sending drugs and rapists to the United States, was sworn in as president on January 20, 2017.

What happened next was predictable and we should expect more of the same in 2018.

Here are seven decisions from the past year confirming that Trump has been the worst president for African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities over the last 50 Lauren Victoria Burke years.

1.Trump picks Jeff Sessions to succeed Loretta Lynch as attorney general of the U.S. Trump went out of his way to make sure that his administration’s justice policy reflected 1940s America, when he selected Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III as his attorney general.

According to a Huffington Post article published in January 2017, Sessions not only supported gutting the Voting Rights Act in 2013, he also has “a record of blocking black judicial nominees.”

Sessions “unsuccessfully prosecuted black civil rights activists for voter fraud in 1985 including a former aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.” Since Sessions has taken over at the Justice Department, he has recused himself from an investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election and ordered a review of Obama era police reforms.

This is one time where the selection of Rudy Giuliani for attorney general may have actually looked like a more moderate choice.

2. Trump says “there were very fine people on both sides” at the Charlottesville white nationalists rally, during a Trump Tower press conference. Never mind that one of the largest gatherings of racists in America since the end of the Civil Rights Movement occurred only eight months into Trump’s presidency.

Put that aside.

Trump’s “both sides” comments on who was to blame for the public street fight in the college town was all anyone needed to understand regarding the thinking of America’s 45th president on the issue of race.

“I am not putting anybody on a moral plane, what I’m saying is this: You had a group on one side and a group on the other, and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch, but there is another side,” said Trump.

by NFL players who then locked arms on sidelines across the U.S. with many white players and coaches participating.

Even Rush Limbaugh found himself having issues with Trump on this one. “There’s a part of this story that’s starting to make me nervous, and it’s this: I am very uncomfortable with the president of the United States being able to dictate the behavior and power of anybody,” said Limbaugh. “That’s not where this should be coming from.”

4. Trump uses an executive order to block travel of refugees from majority-Muslim countries to the U.S. When you have former staffers for Jeff Sessions writing executive orders on immigration policy, you can expect what happened at the Trump White House on January 27, 2017.

With absolutely no warning, on the seventh day of his presidency, Trump signed an immigration and travel executive order. This order had Steven Miller’s fingerprints all over it, After a few days of chaos and protests at airports across the nation, federal judges applied an initial smackdown blocking the order. But Trump’s DOJ revised the order to pass some of those legal tests.

5. Trump launches sham voting commission to investigate “voter fraud.” Since many voting rights advocates agree that Republican-controlled state legislatures cook up the most egregious voting laws, it should have been surprising to no one that former Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach would be a fixture of the Trump administration.

Kobach is the vice chairman and “driving force” behind Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. Since he’s spent so much time rooting out voter fraud that is all but non-existent, Kobach was perfect for the job.

According to the Brennan Center, Kobach was the “driving force behind a Kansas law that included both a strict photo ID requirement to vote and proof of citizenship to register — which has blocked thousands of eligible citizens from the polls” and “has repeatedly made extravagant claims of in-person voter fraud or non-citizen voting with little or no evidence.”

After Trump kept repeating the falsehood that millions of fraudulent votes were cast in 2016, everyone knew this was coming. Hillary Clinton won 3 million more votes than Trump so a “voting integrity” commission was a given.

6. Trump pardons Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Bull Connor of his era, Arpaio was sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona for 24 years. According to one DOJ expert, Arpaio oversaw “the worst pattern of racial profiling by a law enforcement agency in U.S. history.”

“But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides.”

Trump was perfectly consistent in his anti-immigrant rhetoric of 2016 in pardoning Arpaio on August 25, 2017 from a conviction for criminal contempt of court. Trump just couldn’t resist another opportunity to give a wink of approval to the right wing.

Trump also said, “I’ve condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists by any stretch. Those people were also there because they wanted to protest the taking down of a statue Robert E. Lee.”

7. Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Instead of nominating a black woman to replace Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, President Obama picked someone whose nomination no one cared about or would rally around (the instantly unexciting Merrick Garland).

3. Trump calls for NFL owners to fire players over silent protests. Trump said NFL owners should respond to the players by saying, “Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired. He’s fired!”

With that, the deal was done. The selection of Garland easily allowed the Republican-controlled Senate to ignore Obama’s pick and run out the clock out, opening the door for Trump to select Neil Gorsuch, who has “voted 100 percent of the time with the court’s most conservative member, Clarence Thomas, according to SCOTUSblog,” NPR reported.

Just in case you missed it, Trump was back again to spoil the start of the NFL season by commenting on players who dared to silently protest racial injustice by kneeling during the National Anthem.

Trump called kneeling during the anthem “a total disrespect of our heritage” and a “total disrespect for everything we stand for.” The result was more protests

Lauren Victoria Burke is an independent journalist, political analyst and contributor to the NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com. She can be contacted at LBurke007@gmail.com and on Twitter at @LVBurke.

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Downtown Boxing Gym students’ math scores soar with ALEKS learning system Reaffirming its commitment to providing all students with the highest quality math instruction possible, learning science company McGraw-Hill Education announced that it is renewing its pro bono ALEKS partnership with Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym, a nonprofit organization that empowers Detroit students through education, athletics, mentorship and enrichment. Through this innovative partnership first forged in 2016, McGraw-Hill Education provides Downtown Boxing Gym students with free access to its adaptive ALEKS mathematics program.

Since implementing McGraw-Hill Education’s ALEKS in the 2016-17 school year, students at the Downtown Boxing Gym using the ALEKS program have demonstrated significant progress in math, averaging a 25.2 percent increase in math performance after using ALEKS for just nine weeks, with one 6th grade student improving as much as 60 percent. Approximately 90 Downtown Boxing Gym students benefitted from the program during the past school year, and as many as 130 students are expected to benefit from it this year.

“At the Downtown Boxing Gym, our motto is books before boxing,” said Jessica Hauser, executive director of the Downtown Boxing Gym. “Academics always come first, and we are extremely pleased by the terrific results we’ve seen after implementing ALEKS. Our students have made measurable gains, have stronger math skills and have

the confidence to tackle new mathematical concepts. We look forward to continuing to build upon these positive results, especially as new students continue to join our program.”

ALEKS (Assessment in LEarning in Knowledge Spaces) provides an individualized experience for K-20 students based on their unique strengths and weaknesses.

Through powerful artificial intelligence, ALEKS provides personalized instruction, delivering the precise information students need, when they need it. The ability to assist students at all levels using real-time feedback and inherent motivators results in significant improvements in retention, success and confidence.

“The remarkable results achieved by the Downtown Boxing Gym in just the past year demonstrate precisely the positive impact that well-implemented, purposeful education technology can have for students and teachers alike, even outside of the traditional classroom,” said Heath Morrison, president of McGraw-Hill Education’s School Group. “We’re incredibly proud to have played a role in this recent success within the Downtown Boxing Gym and we look forward to driving more positive results for other organizations and schools by helping to address individual learning needs.”

Several Downtown Boxing Gym students shared their feedback on the ALEKS program:

“I’m thankful for the ALEKS program because it opened my understanding to more math subjects for high school,” said Reynard, a ninth-grader who demonstrated a 35 percent growth in math knowledge over nine weeks. “ALEKS helped me to get an A in my high school math class.”

“ALEKS motivated me to do better, to move past my limits,” said Kenneth, a sixth-grader who demonstrated a remarkable 60 percent growth in math knowledge over nine weeks. “I am thankful for the ALEKS program because it helped me explore new topics.”

The Downtown Boxing Gym is a free, after school academic and athletic program currently serving 156 Detroit students ages 8-18. Founded in 2007 by Coach Khali Sweeney, the gym’s motto, we reiterate, is books before boxing. Each student receives top tier educational support, mentorship, transportation, and healthy meals, and participates in community service. The program has maintained a 100 percent high school graduation rate since its inception.

McGraw-Hill Education is a learning science company that delivers personalized learning experiences that help students, parents, educators and professionals drive results. McGraw-Hill Education has offices across North America, India, China, Europe, the Middle East and South America, and makes its learning solutions available in nearly 60 languages.

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Keep marching March because “darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.” March because “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” March because “hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.”

Comcast celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with an exhibit inspired by his words.

Take a virtual tour of the artwork created by Philadelphia area students by visiting VoicesOf TheCivilRightsMovement.com.

Personality rights and copyrights of Dr. King are used with the permission of The Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. Represented by Greenlight. © 2018 Comcast. All rights reserved.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dr. C.T. Vivian to speak at WCCCD Nationally renowned minister, author and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian, will speak at the Wayne County Community College District Downtown Campus at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25. The Downtown Campus is located at 1001 W. Fort St. in Detroit.

The event, open to the public at no cost, is part of the District’s Global Speakers Series and is presented in partnership with the WCCCD Student Services Division.

Dr. Vivian will discuss his history with Dr. King, as well as his Upper Bound Movement, a program that is focused on helping students attend college with scholarship opportunities.

Dr. Vivian, a prominent minister, author, and community organizer, was a close friend and member of the executive staff of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He has been at the forefront of the civil rights movement for the past 70 years.

Toyota and Salvation Army, setting the standard for community care

By Lee Claire

Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you ...

You are made by the struggles you choose.

— C.T. Vivian

In 2008, Dr. Vivian founded the Atlanta-based C.T. Vivian Leadership Institute, Inc., which developed a leadership model for the next generation of civil rights and global human rights leaders and organizers. In addition to the Institute, Dr. Vivian also founded the Black Action Strategies and Information Center, which became the nation’s oldest multiculturalism and diversity consultancy firm.

Dr. Vivian received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama in August of 2013. He has provided counsel to several former presidents, including Barack Obama, advised foreign Heads of State, has addressed the United Nations, and served many social and human progress causes.

WCCCD, the largest urban community college in Michigan, is a multi-campus district with six campus locations, including the Mary Ellen Stempfle University Center and the Michigan Institute for Public Safety Education (MIPSE), serving more than 70,000 credit and non-credit students annually across 36 cities and townships, and more than 500 square miles.

WCCCD is committed to the continued development of new programs, workforce transformation, hosting community-based training sessions, and improving student facilities and services.

For more information, visit www.wcccd.edu

In an emotionally driven corporate show of caring, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. stopped at The Salvation Army Detroit Harbor Light on Lawton St. on the way to Cobo Center to showcase the brand’s latest and greatest at the North American International Auto show on Saturday, Jan. 13. For the seventh consecutive year, the popular auto manufacturer stepped up to provide relief from the cold to Detroit area homeless and low-income families by donating Smartwool socks — the official socks of the U.S. ski and snowboard teams — and BOGS winter boots. The high-quality winter gear is guaranteed to weather harsh conditions.

Through its “Toyota Walk In My Boots” community outreach project, more than 150 residents of The Salvation Army Detroit Harbor Light/Booth Family Shelter, a homeless shelter for primarily women and single mothers and their children, and local families in the community received the donations.

As temperatures have dipped to all-time lows in Michigan this winter, one thing for sure is that cold, snowy and icy days are here through March and

warm winter boots and socks are a “must have” in Michigan.

Without adequate clothing, often low-income families and people experiencing homelessness have a much higher risk than the general population of developing exposure-related conditions such as hypothermia and frostbite. “With the need greater than ever because of the extreme cold winter months this year, we are truly grateful to have support from good corporate citizens like Toyota, who are ‘Doing the Most Good’ by raising awareness of our mission to feed, shelter and clothe those who are less fortunate,” said Lt. Colonel John Turner, divisional commander, The Salvation Army of Eastern Michigan.

The Salvation Army Detroit Harbor Light/Booth Family Shelter provides residents with emergency shelter for up to 90 days for single women and single mothers and their children who have become victims of unfortunate life circumstances such as house fire, job loss, foreclosure or domestic violence. Through the shelter they can receive emergency assistance, case management and pastoral care and worship and special services such as utility assistance, down payment as-

sistance toward first month’s rent, food and clothing assistance.

“At Toyota, we want to build more than just great cars and trucks,” said Al Smith, group vice president and chief social innovation officer, Toyota Motor North America, Inc. “We believe furthering the success of our communities is key to our success. We want the work that is being done at The Salvation Army Harbor Light/Booth Family Shelter to continue for years to come. And, we hope that our donation of winter boots and socks to the families will help to enrich their lives, one step at a time.”

While many programs offer winter coat, hat and glove giveaways, a person’s feet are often left vulnerable to freezing temperatures and even frostbite. The timing of the winter boots and socks giveaway was a comfort to many as freezing temperatures hit Michigan in the recent weeks.

“Don’t be discouraged by where you are right now, surround your children with love no matter what,” said Greg Jackson, a community supporter and Prestige Warren Toyota dealership owner as he encouraged families to endure and

raise their heads and hearts.

Ronnie McNeir of the famed vocal group the Four Tops told them to “get up early, get out and do what you need to do to take care of your children,” as he sang a rendition of “Be Thankful For What You (’ve) Got” and “Family Reunion.”

Munson Steed, CEO, Steed Media Group, publisher of Rolling Out and author of a new children’s coloring book geared toward African-American children, signed his book for all the children at the event.

Toyota continues to demonstrate exemplary public service and use its distinct platform to improve the quality of life for people in need. Toyota also donated $15,000 to The Salvation Army Harbor Light/Booth Family Shelter, helping them to continue to provide refuge for children and families in times of crisis. They also treated the families to a Thanksgiving-style buffet luncheon by Unique Food Management. In its seventh year, through this program, Toyota has donated over 1,200 pairs of winter boots and contributed nearly $100,000 in cash to distressed populations in Detroit.

Detroit Phoenix Center provides shelter for youth in need

By Branden Hunter The temperatures in Detroit have been dangerously cold since the start of the new year, especially for those less fortunate or living on the streets.

And there seems to be no letup in sight. But thanks to the warm hearts at the Detroit Phoenix Center, youth in need of shelter will have somewhere to go.

The Rise Emergency Shelter will be in operation from February 3 to March 31 and will house 20 young adults, ages 18-24, on any given night. The emergency shelter is in partnership with Breakers Covenant Church International, located at the old Temple El Beth Jewish synagogue on Woodward.

“After the stories broke about the homeless men dying in the cold, I felt we had to do something,” said Detroit Phoenix Center founder Courtney Smith.

“And the warming shelters are always overcrowded around this time, so, we thought this would be an opportunity to open space for those centers

Courtney Smith (right) is the founder of the Detroit Phoenix Center. and fill a need for the unique group we serve.

Smith, who is just 27, founded the Detroit Phoenix Center in 2017, with the goal of improving the lives of teens and young adults in the city. It was the first and only asset-based resource center providing dropin services to at-risk teens and young adults experiencing homelessness.

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Legal Assistance Clinic opens at Detroit’s U.S. District Court The United States District Court for Eastern Michigan and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law have created a Pro Se Legal Assistance Clinic to provide legal advice to low-income citizens who seek to represent themselves in federal civil lawsuits. The program is aimed at helping those who have legitimate claims but who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.

The clinic opened on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in Room 463 of the Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse in downtown Detroit. A ceremony and open house was held there on Jan. 16 from noon to 2 p.m.

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Distinguished new documentary, ‘Black White & Blue,’ to premier at the Wright

By Roz Edward “Black, White & Blue,” an insightful and thorough examination of race in America, will have its world premier at the Charles H. Wright Museum on Feb. 2, and all signs point to the documentary ranking with the best and most comprehensive works on the subject of race relations in recent history.

Not your garden variety documentary, the film features candid conversations with some of the most respected and controversial political commentators of our time, including nationally renowned academics, rappers, lawyers, social activists.

Of special note to Detroiters are weighty segments painting a picture of the state of race relations in Detroit (and Flint) as told by radio hostess Karen Dumas, evangelist Leslie Mathews of Michigan United and Senator Coleman A. Young discussing issues affecting the city’s majority-black residents. “Detroit is a preview of what awaits black America,” says the film’s executive producer, Curtis Scoon, adding, “It is also ground zero for where the fight to stem the tide begins.”

Scoon credits the use of social media to galvanize the #Blacklivesmatter movement during the 2016 presidential election for providing the impetus to tackle a project to analyze the complexities and impact of social issues of grave concern to black — and white — Americans. “I didn’t feel like what was being discussed [on that platform] really encapsulated the entire story … It was a

one-dimensional narrative and as serious as police brutality is, there are other factors we need to look at that contribute to the issue,” explains Scoon.

The shortcoming with other films of the genre has been the tendency to identify a onesize- fits-all solution to a complicated condition and hand the audience these pre-determined solutions neatly packaged and tied with a bow. But as the players involved with “Black, White & Blue” discovered more fully as the project evolved is that for the documentary to be a defining work it would have to take a Webster’s like-approach and offer a range of measures for defining the contributing factors racial violence and police brutality blazing across the nation.

“The film begins with looking at race brutality because police brutality is a symptom of a greater sickness in society,” said Scoon, adding “It’s almost like a history lesson on the Reconstruction Era to the Trump presidency and what that has meant for black Americans.”

“Black, White & Blue” is a profound discourse on the diversity of opinions and beliefs Americans, in particular African Americans, hold.

Scoon emphasizes that the film is a composition of assorted voices and views and does not promote any single set of solutions as the best course for redress to repair relations between the races or to promote any one approach to social healing as a permanent remedy.

tinguishes itself among documentaries with its evenhanded handling of opposing voices and its relentless commitment to remain objective and unbiased on such a passionate subject matter.

Among the film’s storied participants are: William Murphy Jr., Esq., a former judge in Baltimore; Lorenzo Dechalus, hip-hop artist and social commentator; Michael Dowd, a former NYC police officer; Toure Neblett, a much-recognized writer, political analyst and television personality; Michael (“Killermike”) Reader, an actor, rapper and social activist; Michael Eric Dyson, scholar, author and radio host; and James David Dickson, a reporter at the Detroit News The 76-minute independent film, which has not yet been rated, will be shown at 7 p.m. on Feb. 2, at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History. The screening is free and open to the public, but those interested in attending must register. A second screening is scheduled for Feb. 7 in the Washington, D.C. area.

“Black, White & Blue” is the first full-length film by Curtis Scoon, a Washington, DC-based author, screenwriter and founder of Top of the Food Chain Films. The film’s director, Asia Norris, lives in Baltimore and is currently studying electronic media and film at Towson University. “Black White & Blue” is also her first full-length film.

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The law school is contributing an adjunct law professor – Plymouth attorney Kevin Carlson – to supervise eight law students who will help pro se clients. The U.S. District Court is furnishing office space and supplies for the program.

The clinic operates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 1-5 p.m.

Law students provide free, limited legal research and advice for pro se clients whose income does not exceed twice the federal poverty threshold.

Students will not represent the litigants in court and the program will not apply to prisoners who have filed pro se cases.

The program is designed to give students valuable legal experience; litigants will learn whether their claims have merit and how to pursue them in federal court.

The project is the brain-

“We didn’t have the resources to do it alone,” said Smith.

“So we wanted to partner with a faith-based community to meet this need. They (Breakers Covenant) are pillars in the community and since we are in the same building, the relationship was organic. Pastor Hinds is really focused on helping youth in the community.”

The plan is to house those in need overnight from February 6 to March 31 from 7-7 p.m., as well as expose them to the opportunities that both Detroit Phoenix Center and Breakers Covenant Church offer.

“We’re going to launch a crowd-funding campaign because of course, we need people

The one-year pilot program is being underwritten with $34,000 in grants or gifts to the University of Detroit Mercy from the Michigan State Bar Foundation, the Oakland County Bar Foundation, the Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C. law firm and several individual donations from attorneys at Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn, L.L.P. The Detroit chapter of the Federal Bar Association also received a $4,000 grant to support the clinic.

“Our students learn what it means to work in service to their neighbors as they experience firsthand the challenges and rewards of legal practice,” said Phyllis L. Crocker, dean of Detroit Mercy Law.

ing others, after experiencing her own housing issues. Partner that with space and resources Pastor Aramis Hinds and Breakers Covenant have to offer, and it was a match made in heaven.

There will be two separate rooms for males and females where they will be able to sleep, take a shower and do laundry.

The project is a large task for everyone involved, so Smith needs all hands on deck.

“This is a historic moment for our court because this program will provide low-income citizens who can’t afford to hire a lawyer a more effective way to seek redress in civil lawsuits,” said Chief U.S. District Judge Denise Page Hood. “Pro se litigants often lack the legal training to effectively pursue legitimate claims.”

Courtney Smith receives recognition for her good works. to give monetary donations,” Smith said. “Our goal is $10,000, to buy beds, food, clothes, blankets and other things. And because this program is completely volunteer-driven, we are going to need a lot of volunteers. We need volunteers to prepare meals, to rotate shifts in the 12

hours that we will be operating, and to maybe be an inspiration to the youth we serve. We’re not going to turn anyone away.”

Smith insists that this emergency shelter program is to react to a crisis in the city. But if they receive an abundance of monetary and other donations to serve those in need beyond the seven weeks, then they will gladly continue the program beyond the winter months.

“I have faith in my community that we will be able to raise the necessary funds and supplies to support our cause,” said Smith. “We do this kind of program on the regular, so hopefully we garner enough to support to help those in need.”

Drop-off times to support the Rise Emergency Shelter are from 8 to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday at 8801 Woodward Detroit.

For more information, please contact Courtney Smith at csmith@detroitphoenixcenter.org.

child of U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts who has advocated for improved access to the courts for low-income residents since serving as president of the State Bar of Michigan in 1996-97.

Roberts, a member of the law school’s advisory board, suggested at a board meeting in October 2016 that students be assigned to assist pro se litigants at federal court. Court employees are not permitted to provide legal advice.

Anne Yantus, director of the law school’s clinical program, proposed creating a clinic in which students could provide legal assistance to pro se litigants while acting under the direct supervision of a clinic attorney. The new Pro Se Legal Assistance Clinic becomes one of 11 legal clinics the school operates. Every Detroit Mercy Law student is required to participate in a legal clinic before graduation.

“There is a need for this type of work, and a pro se clinic will bring value to litigants, the court and our students,” Yantus said.

Judge Hood, who also had been searching for ways to improve access to federal court for low-income residents since becoming chief judge in 2016, embraced the project.

In the months that followed, Roberts studied and visited a similar program in Brooklyn, N.Y., and wrote a proposal that Eastern District judges approved last June.

“The amount of money someone has should not dictate whether they have access to the court system,” Roberts said. “Providing legal services to the poor gives them a passport to the justice system. I feel very strongly that people often have legitimate claims, but don’t know a lawyer or have the money to access the system.”

During the 2016 fiscal year, 427 new federal civil cases – 10 percent of all new civil cases – were filed in the Eastern District of Michigan by non-prisoner pro se litigants. Most of those cases involved civil rights disputes, employment discrimination, Social Security appeals and contract issues.

The Clerk’s Office has distributed program fliers to 70 current pro se litigants. The federal court Clerk’s Office will refer new pro se litigants to the clinic. The litigants also may make an appointment by stopping by Room 463 of the courthouse, by calling 313-234-2690 or by sending an email to proseclinic@udmercy.edu.

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Black Economic Forecast for 2018: Fight back with dollars and votes

By Hazel Trice Edney Galvanizing people to spend money with black-owned businesses, make deposits in black-owned banks and voting for a mid-term election result that would cause Black Caucus members and Democrats to chair U.S. House and Senate committees are the necessary keys to maximize black economic growth this year, according to top financial experts.

“The year 2018 can be the year when African Americans became serious about taking control of our economic destiny. We should feel an urgent need to close the racial wealth gap that continues to widen,” said Michael Grant, former president of the National Bankers Association who is now regional president of a Tennessee-based mortgage banking company and a spokesman for the Black Wealth 2020 movement for support of black businesses, banks and homeownership.

“We must actively seek out and support black businesses, do more deposits and loans with black banks, and do everything within our individual and joint capacities to secure homeownership for our people. I will be praying to almighty God for our success.”

As socially conscious people become intentional about their spending and financial habits, they must also target political candidates who will push for and establish federal policies that protect and undergird black economic justice, said Rev. Jesse Jackson, president/CEO of Rainbow Push.

“This year is a big vote year. We have the power to take Congress back, the power of black congressmen and congresswomen to become chairs of committees,” Jackson said.

“Politically, that is worth dealing with — our dollars and our votes.”

Jackson was referring to the midterm elections on Nov. 6, 2018. Political observers believe it to be possible to overturn Republican majorities in both the House and Senate.

Democrats, overwhelming supported by black voters, are viewed as more sensitive to racial disparities than Republicans. All 435 House seats and 33 of the 100 Senate seats are up for election.

Economic justice advocates say small and black-owned businesses are also key to helping to close the racial gap in the unemployment rate.

The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which defines an independent small business as having fewer than 500 employees, also says small businesses comprise more than half of the nation’s new employees every year, according to the SBA’s Office of Advocacy.

Therefore, as black businesses grow, black employment will grow.

Ron Busby, president/CEO of the U. S. Black Chambers, Inc. has both good news and bad news in that regard.

“2017 proved to be an interesting and challenging year for African-American business owners. The good news was we grew the number of African-American businesses to a new height of over 2.1 million,” Busby said.

That means a growth of more than 500,000 new black firms.

But he adds, “The bad news is that the average revenue for all black firms was less than $77,000 annually.”

This low revenue is largely because of a dearth in access to capital for black businesses, a factor that remains an obstacle for growth — and “our options remain bleak,” Busby said.

“The U. S. Black Chambers established new credit vehicles with one of the country’s largest Black banks [Liberty Bank] to provide affordable, accessible credit. But we lost two of our black banks.”

Seaway Bank in Illinois and First State Bank in Virginia both closed their doors in 2017, leaving fewer than 20 black-owned banks across the nation.

Further declines in black banking could continue to erode access to capital as major banks have been proven to discriminate against African Amer-

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Greg Jackson, owner and CEO of Prestige Automotive Group.

Minority-owned dealerships sell at a higher percentage to minority communities

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iversity is not just a buzz word when it comes to automotive companies. Not only do they want a diverse workforce which allows them to properly market and sell their products, but also a diverse dealership network which helps ensure that they are building and strengthening communities where they do business, as well as reaching a multicultural group of drivers.

Statistics say that people like to support businesses that are in their neighborhoods rather than leaving their particular area for a purchase.

This is what automakers were banking on when they created minority dealership programs.

Marc Bland, vice president of diversity and inclusion at IHS Markit said that the presence of minority dealerships is critical if automakers want to reach diverse consumers. Data by IHS Markit data shows that minority-owned dealerships sell a higher percentage of their inventory to minority customers than nonminority stores.

While ethnic consumers accounted for 28 percent of new vehicle sales in the U.S. through April, they made up 40 percent of sales for minority dealers.

Minority dealers also sell a higher proportion of new vehicles to customers of the same ethnicity. For instance, African Americans represented 8 percent of new vehicle sales in the U.S.

through April but 16 percent of sales at African-American-owned dealerships. Hispanics made up 14 percent of U.S. sales but 33 percent of Hispanic-owned dealerships’ sales.

dustry in 2016 with 17 net additions to its minority dealer base, surpassing its goal of 10. The automaker closed 2016 with 248 minority rooftops, the most of any brand.

Those numbers carry extra weight given minorities’ growing share of the U.S. population.

GM’s minority dealer roster accounts for 22 percent of all minority stores. While minority consumers accounted for 28 percent of new vehicle sales in the U.S. through April 2017, they made up 40 percent of sales for minority dealers.

“It’s in their best interests to adopt diversity as a business imperative because they want to increase their market share,” said Damon Lester, president of NAMAD (National Association of Minority Auto Dealers) in an interview with the Michigan Chronicle. “It makes good business sense.”

There are approximately 18,000 new car dealerships in America of which about 1,200 are minority owned and operated by African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.

Greg Jackson, owner and CEO of Prestige Automotive Group, specifically remembers many dealerships suffering and shuttering their doors during the downturn in the automotive industry around 2008 and 2009.

Thankfully, minority ownership has steadily recovered since the recession, according to the National Association of Minority Auto Dealers 2016 census, with half of all ethnic minority-owned dealerships in the U.S. selling Detroit 3 vehicles. General Motors led the in-

And with those figures, other automakers are taking note and taking action. In 2011, Hyundai ranked seventh among automakers in terms of minority-owned dealerships in the U.S. At that time, Hyundai had 48 minority-owned dealerships and then decided to increase emphasis on the influential segment.

By the end of 2016, Hyundai had vaulted to 78 minority-owned dealerships and catapulted ahead of the likes of Toyota, Honda and Nissan. Hyundai is now fourth in the industry, trailing only the Detroit 3 in sales.

“There is tremendous buying power as it relates to minority consumers purchasing new cars and trucks,” said Lester. “But, in order to continue to get a large uptick of progress, our collective voices must get and remain aggressive. There’s a tangible push when our voice is aggressive.”

City of Detroit to add deputy district managers for business to Department of Neighborhoods Mayor Mike Duggan announced today that Detroit will create seven new deputy district managers for business, one in each City Council district, to build and improve the relationship between neighborhood-based businesses and the city. With the approval of City Council, the seven positions will join the Department of Neighborhoods and are expected to be filled by the end of January.

The deputies will help achieve the administration’s goal of increasing economic opportunity and reducing intergenerational poverty by breaking down barriers for neighborhood-based business owners and find new opportunities for entrepreneurs in every City Council district.

The new deputy managers will be tasked with building relationships with the business owners in their districts, making between 350 to 400 visits to local businesses in their districts each year. They will help businesses navigate city services like permitting, licensing, zoning and others and connect them to city programs and other resources to grow and enhance their operations, and improve their bottom line.

“Hiring deputy managers for business was a suggestion that initially came out of a community meeting, where

Milton Manufacturing small business owners said they wanted a point person to help them work through the city’s programs and services,” said Mayor Mike Duggan. “These deputy managers are going to help business owners in our neighborhoods work through any red tape and get connected to programs that will help them grow.”

Deputy managers will also help businesses apply for city programs like the Motor City Match grants program and Motor City Restore façade improvement program. They will direct them to relevant city requests for proposals and

help identify other resources to improve business operations, all with the goal of increasing funding and revenue to these businesses. The deputy managers will compile and share data and stories of success to document results and promote their district’s businesses.

“Milton Manufacturing has been in business at the intersection of 7 Mile and I-75 for 70 years. In that time, we’ve seen our neighborhood go through dramatic change,” said Milton Manufacturing CEO Shelly Green. “Feeling like the needs of businesses in our neighborhood are on

the radar of the Mayor’s Office, and having a way to communicate and work with the Mayor’s Office, is something of considerable value to businesses like ours.”

Another key responsibility will be identifying new entrepreneurial opportunities in each district to attract or start new businesses or expand existing ones. Deputy managers will keep track of prime locations for new businesses, connect new businesses to established businesses in the community and work to create a stronger business community across their districts.

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Pancho D. Hall

Chief Operating Officer and Group President, TAG Holdings, LLC

By Damon Autry Pancho D. Hall projects a distinct, yet understated contemplative aura, as if he’s trying to solve a problem that has yet to present itself. Perhaps his pensive disposition is the result of his naturally curious mindset. Or maybe it stems from his introspective business acumen. Whatever the reasoning, Hall has demonstrated throughout his career a sweeping knowledge of how best to lead a business, culminating in his current role as chief operating officer and group president at TAG Holdings, LLC. It’s a skillset Hall forged as a toddler in Kansas City, Missouri. His dad was a butcher and he would often bring two-year-old Pancho to work. “I would talk to the customers while my dad cut meat,” he remembers, a slight smile creasing his face. “That was my job.” By the time he reached age 14, Hall was cutting meat as well, followed by a stint working at the neighborhood grocery store.

He says he learned to appreciate the virtues of work early on. “I love work. I’ve loved it for as long as I can remember. I don’t care if Pancho D. Hall I’m sweeping the floor, conducting a meeting or closing a deal. Work is work and I love it all,” he said.

Hall’s appreciation for work is but one of the many principles he gleaned from his dad. Another was the notion that no one man was better than the young Pancho Hall, regardless of that man’s position in life. “My dad always told me, ‘You’re no better than John F. Kennedy, and he’s no better than you. You’re both men and put your pants on the same way. The difference is your economic situation doesn’t put you in the same place.’

It wasn’t necessarily a manhood issue he was talking about, nor was it a race issue. It was more of an economic issue and what being in a good economic situation can allow you to do.”

Armed with a desire to put himself in a position to succeed economically later in life, Hall began a journey that would ultimately lead him to several major companies in various industries, including General Motors, AT&T, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, T-Mobile and Constellation-Exelon. Serving in senior leadership with the aforementioned companies is, as an African American, a particularly noteworthy accomplishment, one that Hall is immensely proud of. At each stop, he gained experience that positioned him for his next role. Engaging in various industries was a deliberate strategy for Hall, as he wanted to broaden his marketability and insulate himself from volatility within a given industry.

His professional voyage led him to TAG Holdings, LLC in January 2016, where he is accountable for supporting all TAG company operations and directing and supporting the activities of company leaders to build and execute growth plans.

Hall received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the General Motors Institute (GMI) in 1983, was awarded a GEM Fellowship through Fermi Lab earning a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (MSME) from the University of Michigan in 1985, and later earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Executive Program.

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From page B-3 icans and predominately black communities while African Americans are the dominate customers and black-owned banks.

Busby says that moving forward in 2018 and beyond, African Americans can fight against the damages of discrimination with strategic activities within black communities.

“With the current administration pushing for tax reforms for the rich and loopholes for large businesses, it is crucial for African Americans to be diligent in our spending habits and our business activities. As businesses owners, we must provide the products and quality services that our customers seek and as advocates, we must continue to push the dialog of inclusion as well as self-reliance.”

Economist Dr. Julianne Malveaux says the 2018 black economic forecast appears a bit foggy given the insensitivity of President Donald Trump toward black people.

people and the wealth gap, the income gap or the unemployment rate gap,” Malveaux stated.

The upside, she points out, is that “an expanding economy helps everyone,” although African-American unemployment rates remain double that of whites.

Malveaux explained, “If growth rates remain at 3 percent, we can expect to see even lower unemployment rates than now — currently 4.1 percent overall, 3.7 percent for whites, and 7.4 percent for African Americans.”

Malveaux also noted that an additional economic challenge may come for African-Americans if there is war, prompted by the Trump administration.

National Urban League President/CEO Mark Morial agrees that although the black unemployment rate has fallen along with the overall rate, the African-American struggle for economic parity must remain fervent in 2018, especially as it pertains to wages and homeownership.

“The continuation of wage stagnation means “It is challenging to that the average African predict what will happen American’s paycheck to African-American peo- does not purchase what it ple in this economy, given purchased in 2000. Same the unstable leadership for whites and Latinos,” we have in this country.

Morial stated.

For all his bragging about “The caveat is that far economic expansion, a rising stock market, and fewer African Americans lower unemployment are in the top 20 percent rates, Mr. ‘What Do You whose earnings and inHave To Lose?’ has done comes have not been nothing to specifically stagnant,” Morial stated. target African-American creases in rents and you

They might be blue collar, but they are spending green dollars

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and high-impact minority consumer. I expect the space to become even more competitive.”

With overtime, veteran boilermaker Ronald Gentry made nearly $70,000 last year. Because he’s made wise decisions with his earnings, he plans to buy a 2018 Lexus to replace his seven-year-old Jeep Grand Cherokee. But despite his good-paying job, Gentry can’t recall seeing a blue-collar worker featured in a luxury vehicle ad campaign.

According to recent IHS data, the top three luxury vehicles for African Americans were Cadillac SRX, Lexus ES and the MB C-Class.

“I never thought about it, but I know a lot of dudes drive a work truck to the job but have a sweet ride in the garage,” said Gentry, 53. “We work hard, and we do all right, a lot of us. Maybe they should pay more attention.”

Wages are on the rise for these jobs, which typically involve manual labor and hourly compensation. Beginning in early 2016 to the third quarter, working-class wage growth for those in industries like manufacturing, building and construction easily surpassed that for professionals. In some fields, blue-collar wage growth is now more than 4 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Unemployment has also fallen, from 6 percent in mid-2014 to around 4.1 percent at the end of October.

Many of these jobs are held by black men. According to the U.S. Census, 36 percent of African-American men have blue-collar occupations.

And African Americans have the highest brand loyalty in the nation, said Marc Bland, president of diversity and inclusion at IHS Markit, a global information and analysis company. NewMediaMetrics data show that blacks are more attached than whites to brands such as Lexus and General Motors. For a lot of blacks, historically, that’s meant Cadillacs.

“Cadillac is trying to redefine its brand, and based on that, it still wants to capture African-Americans’ hearts and minds, but at the same time wants to increase that scope to include affluent Hispanics, Asians and Caucasian men and women,” Bland said.

“There is a group within General Motors that’s working with the Cadillac brand to make sure they get it back to the brand of choice not only for African Americans but for others, too.”

Still, Gentry said GM shouldn’t take blacks for granted. These days, there are many more luxury marques to choose from.

“We might like Cadillac but we don’t have to buy one,” he said.

Bland said the luxury vehicle market is as competitive today as ever “Traditional brands like Mercedes-Benz, Lexus and Cadillac are doing really well,” Bland said. “Then you have newer entrants like Infiniti, Acura and the Genesis from Hyundai. There’s a focus on the fast-growing

Car companies are increasingly taking note. Mazda is tripling its investment in Hispanic marketing, for example, while Nissan is adding Spanish-language videos with each car posted online.

Still, African-American consumers like Melody Stewart say that even when blacks are depicted in luxury-car ads, they usually appear as entrepreneurs or white-collar types. “It’s like we can’t get past the old ideas,” said Stewart, 48, a Chicago resident who works in a tool and die shop and drives a 2008 Jaguar. “We like nice things, too, and just because we don’t wear a dress or suit and tie every day doesn’t mean we can’t afford them.”

Too often, stereotypes prevent automotive brands from seeing certain segments within ethnic groups, Bland said. For example, of the five vehicles most purchased by African Americans through May of this year, the Ford F-150 pickup came in at No. 4, according to registration data.

“But you don’t see blacks in those commercials,” he said, adding that decision making should be more nuanced. “You have to be open to what’s going on now, as opposed to monolithic perceptions.”

Michael Bernacchi, a marketing professor at University of Detroit Mercy, has a different viewpoint. Targeting professionals, he said, is smart business.

“It’s their key to success. You cannot market downscale to success,” he said. “But you can market upscale, and the fact that these vehicles are being promoted to white-collar types only enhances the likelihood that blue-collar folks, if they can afford the vehicle, will buy it and be put in a whole different class and neighborhood.”

Bernacchi said the luxury car market is meant to be aspirational, a segment to shoot for. That alone makes it attractive to the working class without companies having to try.

“The companies aren’t overlooking blue-collar workers, but staying within a target market and making sure they can appeal to that market. And that appeals to blue-collar people who can afford the vehicle.

That’s part of the appeal.”

Still, Gentry said the industry would be wise to not lose sight of those who might work up a sweat during the week, but come the weekend, get dressed up and go to nice places.

“Believe it or not there are a lot of us out here,” he said. “We might not look the part every day, but looks can be deceiving,” he said.

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Lisa Howze, a former state lawmaker who served as Mayor Mike Duggan’s chief governmental affairs officer, will leave the City of Detroit to pursue a top leadership position in higher education. Her last day is Feb. 2.

Patrice Neal was promoted to the position of development director for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF). In this role, she will be responsible for the implementation of action plans developed with the national office and assist in reaching the Michigan $1.5 million campaign fundraising goal by engaging donors and leveraging relationship.

Jacqulyn Hippe recently joined LGBT Detroit as a counselor and community advocate. She will be responsible for client-centered counseling, support group facilitation and community outreach. She has extensive experience in trauma-related social services throughout the Detroit area.

Howze was Duggan’s first chief of staff before being appointed chief governmental affairs officer in May 2014.

While serving as a state representative, Howze helped build support in the legislature for a law that made it harder for illegal scrappers to operate in Detroit.

Howze is a Detroit native and received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and a master’s in finance from Walsh College.

Neal, who has worked with the UNCF for 19 years, was previously a development associate. Her responsibilities included variance analysis, providing cost-saving recommendations and acting as a point person for all vendors.

Neal has a Bachelor of Science in Management from University of Phoenix.

Prior to joining LGBT Detroit, Hippe was a volunteer coordinator with Turning Point in Mt. Clemens.

She received her Bachelor of Arts in Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in social work from Wayne State University.

Hippe resides in metro Detroit and is a Lansing native.

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Small business financing: Securing a loan At some point, most small businesses owners will visit a bank or other lending institution to borrow money. Understanding what your bank wants, and how to properly approach them, can mean the difference between getting your money for expansion and having to scrape through finding cash from other sources.

tion. Preparation for and thorough understanding of this evaluation process is essential to minimize the stressful variables and optimize your potential to qualify for the funding you seek.

Understand the basic principles of banking

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Your chances of receiving a loan will greatly improve if you can see your proposal through a banker’s eyes and appreciate the position that they are coming from. Banks have a responsibility to government regulators, depositors, and the community in which they reside. While a bank’s cautious perspective may be irritating to a small business owner, it is necessary in order to keep the depositors’ money safe, the banking regulators happy, and the economic health of the community growing.

Each banking institution is different Banks differ in the types of financing they make available, interest rates charged, willingness to accept risk, staff expertise, services offered, and in their attitude toward small business loans.

Selection of a bank is essentially limited to your choices from the local community. Typically, banks outside of your area of business are not as anxious to make loans to your firm because of the higher costs of checking credit and of collecting the loan in the event of default.

Furthermore, a bank will typically not make business loans to any size business unless a checking account or money market account is maintained at that institution.

Ultimately your task is to find a business-oriented

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bank that will provide the financial assistance, expertise, and services your business requires now and is likely to require in the future.

bankers trust and loyalty, and he or she will consider your business a valued customer and make it easier for you to obtain future financing.

Build rapport

Provide the information your banker needs to lend you money

Building a favorable climate for a loan request should begin long before the funds are actually needed. The worst possible time to approach a new bank is when your business is in the throes of a financial crisis. Devote time and effort to building a background of information and goodwill with the bank you choose and get to know the loan officer you will be dealing with early on.

Bankers are essentially conservative lenders with an overriding concern for minimizing risk.

Logic dictates that this is best accomplished by limiting loans to businesses they know and trust. One way to build rapport and establish trust is to take out small loans, repay them on schedule, and meet all requirements of the loan agreement in both letter and spirit. By doing so, you gain the

Lending is the essence of the banking business and making mutually beneficial loans is as important to the success of the bank as it is to the small business. This means that understanding what information a loan officer seeks–and providing the evidence required to ease normal banking concerns–is the most effective approach to getting what is needed.

pected source of repayment is reliable?

■ What alternative source of repayment is available if management’s plans fail?

■ What business or personal assets, or both, are available to collateralize the loan?

■ What evidence is available to substantiate the competence and ability of the management team?

Even a brief examination of these points suggests the need for you to do your homework before making a loan request because an experienced loan officer will ask probing questions about each of them.

A sound loan proposal should contain information that expands on the following points:

Before you apply for a loan here’s what you should do:

■ What is the specific purpose of the loan?

Your loan request should be based on and accompanied by a complete business plan. A business plan is more than a device for getting financing; it is the vehicle that makes you examine, evaluate, and plan for all aspects of your business.

Once you’ve put the plan

■ Exactly how much money is required?

■ What is the exact source of repayment for the loan?

■ What evidence is available to substantiate the assumptions that the ex-

1. Write a Business Plan

together, write a two-page executive summary. You’ll need it if you are asked to send “a quick write-up.”

2. Have an accountant prepare historical financial statements.

You can’t talk about the future without accounting for your past. Internally generated statements are OK, but your bank wants the comfort of knowing an independent expert has verified the information. In addition, you must understand your statement and be able to explain how your operation works and how your finances stand up to industry norms and standards.

3. Line up references.

Your banker may want to talk to your suppliers, customers, potential partners or your team of professionals, among others.

When a loan officer asks for permission to contact references, promptly answer with names and numbers; don’t leave him or her waiting for a week.

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Property is Power

Seven Beginner Questions About Real Estate Investing It is no secret that real estate in Detroit is Hot! Reasonably priced real estate investment can effectively generate more revenue than the cost of the money used to finance it. Investors who have held onto homes for 10 years or more, have built up substantial amounts of equity. It is still an excellent time to purchase real estate in Metro-Detroit and become a stakeholder.

Anthony O. Kellum

Here are 7 beginner questions for real estate investing.

1. What is Flipping?

Flipping real estate means buying a property and then increasing its value in order to eventually profit from its sale to a retail buyer. The common mistake new investors make is relying too much on the renovation to create the profit margin… it’s how you buy the property in the first place that really gives you the leverage to make a larger spread. TV shows never show the holding and maintenance costs of not selling the house fast enough once the renovation is complete. Successful flippers make sure the numbers are crunched before buying, never get emotionally attached to a property, and have a EXIT strategy.

2. What’s a Bird Dog? A bird dog is someone who hunts for deals (undervalued properties and motivated sellers) and refers it to a flipper or wholesaler for a finder’s fee. Many new investors start at this stage first, getting to know the marketing end of finding motivated sellers.

3. What is Real Estate Wholesaling?

Wholesaling simply means that you never renovate or buy the house yourself... instead, you put in “under contract”. Wholesalers are like next-level bird dogs: they can hunt for, find, AND “lock down” deals for higher profits. Wholesalers don’t don’t flip houses, they flip contracts.

4. How Real Estate Deals Really Work?

Of course, no deal gets done without some money… but it does not have to be yours.

When you become experienced at finding and securing real estate deals “the money will find you”. There are many different ways to finance a deal that do not require cold bankers, intimidating lenders, or ever risking your own future.

5. What is an Income Property?

Not all deals have to be “flipped”. You can generate monthly income from properties and build a real estate portfolio for long-term wealth. This is the purest form of real estate “investing”.

6. What is Cash Flow?

The main way a rental property can make money is through cash flow. Simply put, this is the difference between the rent collected and all operating expenses. For example, let’s say you buy a house for $80,000 and rent it for $1,400 per month. If you get a great interest rate and put 20% down payment, your “PITI” (Principal, Interest, Taxes, Insurance) would be about $799 per month. This leaves you with a $665 difference between the rent you collect and the monthly “PITI” payment.

7. What is Net Operating Income?

Net Operating Income (NOI) is the rent you collect, minus all operating expenses. The most common operating expenses are: • Vacancy (when your property sits empty) • Repairs (when your property needs fixing) • Management fees (for finding/evicting tenants and paying attention to the details) • Delinquency (when tenants pay late, or stop paying altogether) I firmly believe in the American dream of homeownership and you should too. There is amazing power in owning a home, and then expanding on those boundaries with further community investment. The path to real estate success might be a hard-earned one, and every winner’s story might be different, but that success begins by seizing a momentous opportunity like the one our own city offers right now. Investors from around the world are already capitalizing on the tremendous potential in Detroit – but why should outsiders reap all the benefits?

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Anthony O. Kellum, President of Kellum Capital Group, LLC and Kellum Mortgage, LLC Power by Hull Funding Anthony can be reach 888-4-Kellum or anthony@kellummortgage.com Please connect with me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/propertyispower. Anthony O. Kellum has financed and/ or played a key role in several transactions.

He is committed to making the American Dream GREAT for everyone. Serving underprivileged families and distressed communities remains my chief focus with the launches of my new “Property is Power” speaking series.

JOURNi empowers Detroiters through coding and technology

By Branden Hunter Richard Grundy had a decent paying job working for AT&T, but he wanted more. He needed a way to generate income outside of his everyday job. So he packed up all of his belongings and used his savings to move from Atlanta to New York City in 2014.

The move was expensive, but the gamble paid off. The knowledge he gained from the three-month coding boot camp allowed him to learn how to code and build websites in a short period of time. His new experience in coding and technology led him to co-found JOURNi, an organization dedicated to educating Detroiters through coding and tech education, helping to mold them into entrepreneurs and obtain employment.

“I was working for a boutique agency that was based out of Washington D.C. when I got my JOURNi team together,” said Grundy. “They had an office in New York and I got them to volunteer in this coding program, where I met Quiessence Phillips, one of my co-founders. I grew up with Brian McKinney and he is one of my co-founders as well. At that program is where we began to talk about the idea for JOURNi.” The camp in New York City Grundy attended cost $12,000, which obviously is not feasible for underprivileged residents in Detroit.

So the JOURNi founders set out to make their program similar to the one Grundy attended, yet reachable for the demographic they wanted to serve.

“JOURNi is focused on empowering Detroiters with all of these tech opportunities that are happening in Detroit,” said Grundy.

“Our community is going through a revitalization right now. There are a lot of different opportunities in technology coming to Detroit. And I think it is important that the people of Detroit are able to compete and be prepared for these jobs and opportunities.”

A highly successful program that the JOURNi team offers is its partnership with Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, a citywide summer jobs program. Every year they put 8,000 kids to work, several which were through the JOURNi program last year. Since 2016, a total of 30 students have participated in the Grow Detroit Young Talent initiative through JOURNi.

web developers, business analysts, and all types of people our students can connect with.”

“That program is where we teach coding and bring in mentors that look like our students,” said Grundy. “We want to show them that there are people in the world that look like them, that are making serious moves. So we bring in founders that have started companies and made millions of dollars in revenue,

“Every Monday and Wednesday, these high school students and one college student come to Bamboo Detroit to meet with me,” said Grundy.

“We build websites and we work for about 3-4 hours.

My Mumford kids take the bus downtown and sometimes they take it home.

But they’re learning a lot of

The program was so successful that JOURNi was able to continue it with an additional eight students throughout the school year. Four of the students are from Mumford High and they are making websites for small businesses already.

good skills and getting paid to do it.”

The program ends in March and Grundy said his students are already comfortable enough with making websites on their own and generating income.

That is the ultimate goal for JOURNi, which is how they sustain their non-profit, by building websites for small businesses.

“It’s incredibly important that these high school kids have this program that we offer,” Grundy said. “At the end of the day, what we want to do is build their confidence so they can create. They’re going to have a portfolio of all of their work, so they’ll have the necessary tools needed to compete for any job in Detroit, or wherever they go.”

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North American International Auto Show

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Out of Africa: The African Origin of Humanity and ­Civilization Join Historian and Tour Leader Jamon Jordan for a monthly African & African American Tour Series at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American ­History. This first tour of 2018 begins at the beginning - AFRICA. Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, 315 East Warren Avenue, Detroit, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

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Meridian Winter Blast

Experience winter in Detroit like never before at Meridian Winter Blast. Meridian Winter Blast returns to Campus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit! Meridian Winter Blast features winter activities, live entertainment, and delicious local restaurants for the whole family to enjoy.

800 Woodward Ave, Detroit, Friday 4pm - 11pm | Saturday 11am - 11pm | Sunday 11am - 8pm

CitizenDetroit Assembly FREE EVENT at the IBEW in Corktown and be a part of creating a 2018 CitizenDetroit Action Agenda to hold elected & appointed leadership accountable to equity & opportunity for all Detroiters in every neighborhood. Learn about historic policies that have shaped our City and identify your key issue for the Public Accountability Scorecard.

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American Black Journal Roadshow | African Americans: Telling Our Story

By Detroit Public TV. American Black Journal celebrates its 50th year on Detroit Public Television, the show goes on the road for a frank conversation on the opportunities available for African Americans to tell their story. Host Stephen Henderson takes a look at where we stand today --- 50 years later.

Are there more minority journalists?

What is the state of the Black Press?

What avenues are African Americans using to tell their own stories?

We’ll talk with past, current and aspiring journalists and organizations that were created to give Blacks a voice. William V. Banks Broadcast Museum & Media Center, 3146 East Jefferson ­Avenue, Detroit, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Free

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President Winfrey?

Why not!

As seemingly the whole world knows, Oprah Winfrey gave a powerful, riveting, inspirational acceptance speech after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

And she had never looked better.

There was something majestic about the speech. Some say she came across as “presidential,” and an “Oprah Winfrey for president in 2020” movement immediately began.

Oprah Winfrey Winfrey is smart, highly accomplished, well-versed and exceptionally popular, in addition to being an empire builder. She would make a great president — five million times better than the disgusting. unqualified person currently in the White House.

It flashed through my mind that Winfrey could become corrupted somewhat by politics, but that never happened to President Barack Obama. Eight scandal-free years, and he is still the same great person.

If Oprah Winfrey did actually decide to run, I would not hesitate to support her. Gayle King says her best friend is “intrigued” by the thought.

A lot of people are.

ONE OF the most enduring relationships in the world of show business is that of Tempestt Bledsoe (Vanessa Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” 1984-1992) and Darryl M. Bell (Ron Johnson on “A Different World,” 19871993).

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They have been a live-toDarryl M. Bell and gether Tempestt Bled­soe couple for 24 years and most people are not even aware of them being together. And time flies — Bell is now 54 and Bledsoe is 44.

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When there is passion in a vocal performance, sometimes a language difference is not a barrier. Mary J. Blige recalled, “I heard Nina Simone sing a song in French. I didn’t know what she was saying, but I started crying.”

She was probably referring to “Ne Me Quitte Pas.”

Ahead of his performance at the culminating event, Eric Roberson chopped it up with City.Life.Style. on his return to Detroit.

Tina Turner will be honored for lifetime achievement when the Grammy Awards airs on Jan. 28.

No one is more deserving. She made her recording debut in1960.

“SHAFT” just keeps resurfacing. The original starring Richard Roundtree came out in 1971 and the remake starring Samuel L. Jackson in 2000. Now, New Line Samuel L. Jackson Cinema is working on a third “Shaft” movie with Jackson reprising the role of John Shaft. Roundtree will be in it too.

And by the way, Samuel L. Jackson has been in over 100 movies.

Martha Reeves’ first encounter with Michael Jackson was not a pleasant one. The Jackson 5 had just become a sensation and on one occasion happened to be on the same plane as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Little Michael said to Reeves bluntly, “I don’t like your group because you try to be better than the Supremes.”

If you are a fan of Eminem, be sure to pick up his new release, “Revival.” (Eighty minutes of music!) Now 45, much of the time he shows a lot of growth and shares a lot of insecurities. The

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DRIVEN: A Tribute to Multicultural Achievement in the Automotive Industry returns for its eighth year with an experience that includes the publication, a youth symposium focused on careers in the industry, and an unveiling/awards celebration of diversity.

“Detroit is one of the first cities to embrace me as an artist. Not only have I gotten the chance to perform on countless stages there, but I have also had great people show me how amazing Detroit is. So I am looking forward to enjoying Detroit again on and off stage,” said Roberson.

DRIVEN is more than an event, it’s an experience for those who work within and appreciate the auto industry

and Eric is ready to give the audience something to remember.

“They can expect for me to add to their excitement. I plan to sing my heart out, dance, laugh and have a great time. The goal is to get everyone in the room to match my effort,” he said.

Roberson’s recent albums include the Billboard charting “Tigallerro” with Phonte and his most recent album, “Fire,” released in October 2017. But that was last year, and fans are eagerly asking, “what’s next?”

“That’s a good question. More songs and more shows of course, but I live each day prepared for the left and right turns of life. Just know that whatever it is, I will be going at it at 100 percent,” he said.

The DRIVEN 2018 unveiling awards celebration and afterglow featuring Eric Roberson and Kid Capri takes place, Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Garden Theatre.

continues domination into 2018 with ‘Bartier Cardi’ 2017 was an absolutely explosive year for Cardi B. Claiming the No. 1 single in the country, becoming the first female rapper in history to place three consecutive entries in the Top 10 (achieved by collaborations), getting engaged to Migos member Offset, landing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, nabbing two Gammy nominations and a host of performances and television appearances. It is fair to say that Cardi B is winning. Now that we are fresh into the new year, Cardi B is out promoting her second single “Bartier Cardi,” the follow-up to her smash hit “Bodak Yellow.” Will it find success or will it fall prey to the sophomore jinx?

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From page C-1 “Bartier Cardi” featuring 21 Savage was released late December 2017, six months after her debut single hit the charts. Even though Cardi was a featured artist on other highly successful singles (“No Limit,” “Motorsport”), fans were eager to hear more solo material from her. Instead of quickly releasing singles to piggyback off the success of “Bodak,” she chose to let the mega song ride its wave. Cardi stated in many interviews that she was indeed a little nervous to release new music and that she wanted to make sure to release quality work. Waiting to release her second single in hindsight was a very smart move.

With her debut single being such a success, other songs released immediately afterwards might have not received their fair share of recognition and radio play.

“Bartier” was released at a time when the buzz of “Bodak” is lessening and the public can now give full attention to something new.

So what is “Bartier Cardi” all about?

The song finds Cardi B celebrating her success. She is feeling herself but in a good way. She knows that she is on top of her game and wants everyone to respect that. At the start of the first verse, Cardi offers a little call and response exercise. She asks questions like, “Who gets the party started?” or “Who be as fly as a Martian?” What’s the answer for each question? You guessed it, Cardi!

She shouts out her fiancée Offset several times in the song, even giving the audience a sneak peek into the couple’s… we’ll just say, love life. Hey, she’s in love. Throughout, she drops brands like Givenchy and Fendi, letting her haters know that she has come a long way from her days working as a stripper.

“Cardi got rich, they upset,” she says.

Since its release, people all over social media have been asking, is “Bart-

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While “Bartier” may not be as easy to memorize and to recite as “Bodak,” it definitely holds its own. The song gives you pure Cardi B. She’s raw, tough and freaky. She lets us see the world from her point of view. “Bartier” has a fasttalking, aggressive flow like its predecessor. Plenty of catch phrases and a beat that is sure to keep cars rattling.

It has already become one of the most streamed songs on Spotify and iTunes.

Cardi B did, however, receive some backlash after fans called out similarities between “Bartier” and a song called “Tommy” by rapper Tommy Genesis. Details are still forming on the authenticity of this claim.

Though it may not become as big as “Bodak Yellow” (it is too early to tell), “Bartier Cardi” is a total BOP. Make sure to support the artist by purchasing and streaming the song on all digital music outlets.

sive, unusual vocalizing of Andra Day. No surprise that she is into Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Dinah Washington, even though she is only 33.

Obviously, 66-yearold Peabo Bryson is still “feeling the fire.”

He and his wife, Tanya, just had their first child.

Peabo Bryson Bryson, by the way, says Detroit was the first city to embrace him and his music.

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January 17-23, 2018

Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church puts youth on positive path!

Living is giving: On Detroit’s North End, Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church is serving youth in a way that is true to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

On Detroit’s North End, young members stay busy and positive “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?”

…Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle

As this edition of the “Best of Young Detroit” was being prepared, events were taking place across our region and beyond to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The educational tributes and the many acts of community service were indeed uplifting. However, equally inspiring and perhaps even more beneficial to our city in the long run are the year-round efforts that quietly carry out the service to humanity that Dr. King advocated. And such an example can be found at Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church nestled in Detroit’s North End (7432 Oakland), which has made youth development, a never-ending mission.

“It is often said that the youth are the church of tomorrow; I believe that they are a part of the church today,” said Mt. Carmel’s pastor, Marvin “Rudy” Youmans. “The Bible tells us to train up a child in the way that they should go and when they are old, they will not depart. At Mt. Carmel the youth are very involved in all aspects of the church’s ministry.”

LaCynthia Murray Dorman, a dear friend to the “Best of Young Detroit,” piqued our interest roughly a month ago when she informed us that Mt. Carmel’s scholarship committee was putting on portfolio building and writing workshops for youth members. As it turns out, those impactful programs are just a small part of Mt. Carmel’s overall youth initiatives, which also include recognition and incentives for high academic achievement; carrying out important roles during Sunday services and Sunday School; youth-led holiday and Black History Month programs; a spiritual dance ministry; Christian Camps and Vacation Bible School; field trips that provide exposure while promoting personal growth and enrichment; financial literacy seminars; etiquette workshops; tutorial services; scholarships for college-bound students and more.

“The youth ministry is focused on building strong leaders and committed followers,” said Pastor Youmans, who has worked with and served our North End community for more than 40 years.

Pastor Youmans added: “I am extremely proud of our youth.

They are loving, respectful and excited about working in the church. To God be the glory!”

In describing the size of his congregation, Pastor Youmans humbly used the word “small.” However, the potential community impact of Mt. Carmel’s many youth initiatives is quite great. A study of history reveals that young people, including the involvement of many school-aged children who were members of small churches, fueled the historic Civil Rights Movement, which Dr. King spearheaded. Through the church, these young people were developed and inspired; agendas and action plans were made; and then the young activists made substantial contributions to the dynamic Civil Rights Movement.

Many of these same young people went on to great success as educators, attorneys, politicians, and leaders of their own

‘Education is No. 1’ says former U-M two-sport great Harlan Huckleby Harlan Huckleby scored 25 TDs for the University of Michigan During football season, the “Best of Young Detroit’s” “Where Are They Now” installments are heavily populated by studentathletes from Cass Tech that are playing college football across the country. These young men are following in the footsteps of many greats that came before them including Harlan Huckleby, a 1975 graduate of Cass Tech, where he starred as a running back and state champion sprinter. He continued to shine as a two-sport athlete at the University of Michigan, which included being a part of powerhouse teams that went to three consecutive Rose Bowls. Mr. Huckleby also had a six-season NFL career before making his mark in the workforce as an account executive in radio and television.

communities and other social justice movements. With that said, the “Best of Young Detroit” looks forward to staying in close contact with Pastor Youmans and the entire Mt. Carmel family to provide ongoing reports on the congregation’s youth and the specific ways they are positively impacting their North End community, as they continue to develop as young people.

We also look forward to getting to know and reporting on other members of Detroit’s faith-based community that are positively engaged with youth, as we continue our positive, constructive dialogue throughout 2018.

With the help of our good friends Mike “Tiger” Price and Tony Austin, the “Best of Young Detroit” is honored to share a few golden nuggets of wisdom targeting youth provided

by Mr. Huckleby during an interview with “Tiger” Price. The interview was done on behalf of the Detroit Sports Zone’s Detroit High School Hall of Fame.

What is your advice for young people preparing for their future?

Harlan Huckleby: “Education is number one because once you become educated people cannot take it away from you. And you can utilize education in different ways. It doesn’t have to be a degree from the University of Michigan, or Michigan State, or Eastern or Central; it may be an education in some vocation or a particular area that you are interested in. As long as you educate yourself in that area and strive to be the best, you will be successful. It’s not always the same formula for everyone—you have to find your own way.”

For a young person finding his or her way, what are some of the ABCs for goal setting?

Harlan Huckleby: “Basically you have to figure out what it is you want to do, and then set your mind to it. Find out what it takes to achieve that goal, but you can’t let other people tell you what you can and cannot do. Sometimes people want you to stay in your same position. They don’t want you to achieve, they want you to stay right on that level where they’re at, because they don’t want to do the extra work. So you have to make up your own mind about what it is you want to do, and you may have to change a few friends or run with a different crowd to achieve the goals you want to achieve.”

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Following are some of the top performers in recent high school basketball games involving teams in the Detroit Public School League.

BOYS Davon Allen, Frederick Douglass, registered 10 points and 11 rebounds in a 47-38 victory against Central on Jan. 12.

Jaylen Benning, Pershing, contributed 10 points and 11 rebounds in a 59-55 victory against King on Jan. 12.

Pierre Brooks II, Frederick Douglass, registered 20 points and 10 rebounds against Central on Jan. 12.

Clifford Darrow, Communication & Media Arts (CMA), scored 27 points in a 53-39 loss against Mumford on Jan. 12.

David DeJulius, East English Village, the standout senior guard scored 41 points in a 76-63 victory against Edison Public School Academy on Jan. 12.

Antonio Green, Henry Ford, scored 24 points in a 63-60 victory against Cass on Jan. 12.

Brandon Green, Mumford, contributed 14 points and eight assists vs. CMA on Jan. 12.

Anthony Johnson, Southeastern, scored 17 points against Leadership Academy on Jan. 12.

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Anthony Roberts, Henry Ford, contributed 19 points against Cass on Jan. 12.

Rozell Robinson, Delta Prep contributed 22 points and three blocked shots against Davis Aerospace on Jan. 12.

D’Juan Seal, Pershing, registered 24 points and nine rebounds against King on Jan. 12.

Anthony Taylor Jr., Mumford, registered 16 points and 14 rebounds against CMA on Jan. 12.

Keyana McCraney, Southeastern, scored 12 points in a 44-40 victory against Leadership Academy on Jan. 11.

Zamaria Polk, Mumford, registered 20 rebounds and 18 points in a 53-38 victory against Cody on Jan. 11.

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Rachel Robinson, Leadership Academy, scored 29 points against Southeastern on Jan. 11.

Nikiya Cordell, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, scored 17 points in a 52-34 victory against Western on Jan. 11.

Del’Janae Williams, King, registered 18 points and six steals against Osborn on Jan. 11.

Kailee Davis, Renaissance, scored 17 points in a 54-47 victory against Cass on Jan. 11.

Markise Brown, Frederick Douglass, contributed 15 points and five steals against Central on Jan. 12.

Lamar Kearney, Denby, scored 18 points in a 63-26 victory against West Side Academy on Jan. 12.

Keron Carter, Delta Prep, registered 21 points, five rebounds and three steals in a 7028 victory against Davis Aerospace on Jan. 12.

Antonio Marshall, King, scored 17 points against Pershing on Jan. 12.

Sapphire Dawson, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, registered 10 points and 14 rebounds against Western on Jan. 11.

P.J. Mitchell, Edison Public School Academy, scored 18 points against East English Village on Jan. 12.

Ajanae Horton, Detroit Collegiate Prep at Northwestern, scored 19 points against Western on Jan. 11.

Cody Currie, Southeastern, registered 13 points and 14 rebounds in a 68-38 victory against Leadership Academy on Jan. 12.

Jordan Lewis, King, contributed 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a 57-15 victory against Osborn on Jan. 11.

“Best of Young Detroit” Nurtured in Detroit, Spencer Haywood went on to make history

The date was January 6, 1969 and within that week’s issue of Sports Illustrated was a feature story about a young man playing basketball in Detroit. The young man was Spencer Haywood, and the article, written by William F. Reed, further introduced a basketball phenomenon to a national audience. At the time the article was written, Haywood was in the process of absolutely destroying virtually every opponent he faced while playing for the University of Detroit. In his lone season as a member of the Titans, Haywood scored a whopping 32.1 points a game and led the nation in rebounding with an average of 21.5.

If Spencer Haywood’s basketball story had ended at the conclusion of that 1968-69 collegiate season, he had already done enough to be regarded as a local, if not a national legend in the sport. The summer before he joined the Titans, Haywood led the gold-medal winning 1968 U.S. Olympic basketball team in scoring and rebounding at the Mexico City Games. Press rewind again, to 1967, and there is Haywood winning a high school state championship for his coach and mentor Will Robinson, on a Detroit Pershing

squad that many experts regard as the greatest high school team ever assembled in Michigan.

Indeed, Haywood’s basketball journey had taken him to great heights by the time he reached the University of Detroit campus as a student. It was a journey that was even more amazing given his Silver City, Mississippi roots, where he began helping his mother pick cotton when he was all of fiveyears-old. Coach Robinson would play an enormous role in introducing Haywood to a different life in Detroit. However, his life would change again drastically following the 1968-69 collegiate season. Instead of returning to the University of Detroit, Haywood signed with Denver Rockets of the American Basketball Association under a so-called “hardship” exemption. Playing for Denver, Haywood continued to dominate, earning ABA Rookie of the Year, ABA Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Player of the ABA All-Star Game.

There was no question that Haywood was one of the best basketball players in the world at that time, but the National Basketball Association was not opening its doors to him due to a rule at the time that said a player was ineligible for the NBA draft until four years after his high school graduation.

Haywood, the native Mississippian who had been nurtured and refined in Detroit, found the strength and fortitude to challenge the rule in a 1971 lawsuit: Haywood v. National Basketball Association. In 1971, after many appeals and injunctions, the Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 in Haywood’s favor and he would join the NBA as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics.

The landmark court ruling and Mr. Haywood’s strength of conviction should always be respected, because it provided a level of freedom to elite young basketball players—primarily young African American males—that did not exist before.

However, his body of work in the NBA should not be minimized either, as he was selected to four NBA All-Star teams.

For his entire professional career, Haywood averaged 20.3 points and 10.3 rebounds, and he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2015. The title of Mr. Haywood’s biography: “Spencer Haywood’s Rise, Fall, Recovery” speaks to a man that took on challenges far greater than his NBA court battle head on, and because of his character and humanity, he remains a genuine role model for today’s youth.

International Sensation A former standout at Michigan State and the number five overall pick in the 2016 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings, Detroit native Aerial Powers is now displaying her talents to the world. Competing in EuroLeague Women, the highest professional basketball league in Europe for women’s clubs, Powers had a 31-point, 11-rebound performance for the Fenerbahce (Turkey) sports club on Jan. 3.

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Division 1 East English Village at Osborn King at Denby Henry Ford at Cass Renaissance at Cody

Detroit products score big in recent college basketball games The temperatures outside across the country were cold, but the college basketball play inside was heated, particularly contests involving players from Detroit high schools. Our latest “Where are they now?” installment features two career-high scoring performances from student-athletes with local ties.

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Branndais Agee, Michigan State University/Cass Tech, the redshirt senior guard contributed five points, five rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot in an 82-68 victory at Maryland on Jan. 11.

Darrell Davis

Darrell Davis, University of Dayton/Frederick Douglass, the senior guard tied a career-high with 28 points to lead the Flyers to a 10679 victory against Virginia Commonwealth on Jan. 12.

Siyeh Frazier

Siyeh Frazier, Penn State University/Renaissance, the sophomore guard contributed 10 points, five rebounds, a blocked shot and a steal in a 91-71 defeat against Minnesota on Jan. 10.

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Noah King

Jeorgia Jones, University of Michigan Dearborn/ Renaissance, the sophomore forward scored a career-high 27 points and also contributed nine rebounds in a 65-57 victory at Lourdes University (Ohio) on Jan. 13.

Noah King, Ferris State University/University of Detroit Jesuit, the senior guard/ forward scored 14 points, including a trio of threepointers, in a 74-71 victory against Northern Michigan on Jan. 13.

Ja’Nae Williams, Wayne State/Martin Luther King, the junior guard contributed eight points, four rebounds and a steal in a 59-57 victory against Northwood on Jan. 13.

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Division 2 Davis Aerospace at Leadership Academy Detroit International Academy at Southeastern Western at Central West Side Academy at DCP at Northwestern Monday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m.

Division 1 Pershing at East English Village Denby at Osborn Henry Ford at Mumford Cody at Cass Division 2 Davis Aerospace vs. Delta Prep at King Leadership Academy vs. Detroit International Academy at Southeastern Communication & Media Arts at Central West Side Academy at Western

VARSITY BOYS GAMES Friday, Jan. 19, 4 p.m.

Division 1 King at East English Village Osborn at Pershing Cass at Western Henry Ford at Renaissance Division 2 West Side Academy at Davis Aerospace Southeastern at Denby Leadership Academy at Delta Prep Frederick Douglass at Mumford Cody at Central Tuesday, Jan. 23, 4 p.m.

Division 1 Osborn at East English Village Edison Public School Academy at King Renaissance at Western Cass at DCP Northwestern Division 2 Davis Aerospace at Denby Delta Prep at Southeastern Leadership Academy at West Side Academy Cody at Mumford Communication & Media Arts at Frederick Douglass

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The city currently doing it his truck Green Light effectively returned. he will be cameras has more “For too installed with Project at frequent than a dozen using video and with this initiative cations around borhoods long, people have technolog dumping used our as dumping we are y to conduct lo­ tions neigh­ tember, Chief the city. By the could get end of Sep­ ing that begin with reports investiga­ Craig said away with grounds because dozens made “As with he expects they it,” said Mayor of cameras of illegal to the city a dump­ to have Detroit at known Duggan. tions, where erated in lot of things that app. I believe through the Improve dumping video this used to be partment loca­ MEDIA the Detroit not tolerating town, like illegal tol­ staff at his Real will be reviewed TIMES is going Police REALdaily by other departme to be the our neighborh people who wantgraffiti, we’re total cost of the Time Crime ED BYCenter. trendsette De­ $1.00 nts around cameras POWER to dump oods anymore.

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LAMP SPECIALIST AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Plant Management

Responsible for routine maintenance of all lighting fixtures on campus which may include replacing lamp outages in buildings (classrooms, offices, hallways, restrooms, etc.), exterior lighting outages, cleaning of ceiling lighting diffusers and changing of lighting ballasts. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Performs physically active work requiring frequent standing, reaching, walking, bending, pull and pushing. Ability to lift 70 lbs.

Six months to 2 years’ experience working with a multi-meter and live voltage under a Master Electrician or six months to 2 years at an electrical Trade School or Community College. Requires a valid Michigan drivers’ license acceptable to the University’s insurance carrier. Salary is $18.79 per hour/$19.35 per hour after 90 days.

See online posting for additional position requirements. First consideration will be given to those who apply by January 22, 2018.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu

Senior Software Engineer in Southfield, MI. Dürr Systems, Inc. has an available position of Senior Software Engineer in Southfield, MI. Although the Senior Software Engineer will work in Southfield, MI, the Senior Software Engineer will be required to travel 45% of working time to customer sites in North America, South America, Europe, & Asia as well as to parent company in Germany. Position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or Computer Science & 60 months experience as a Software Engineer.

Position also requires: Exp. must include 60 mos. of exp. developing controls software for process & motion controllers for multiaxis robotic paint & sealing systems for automotive industry. Job duties: Lead design & development software teams responsible for developing controls software for process & motion controllers for multi-axis robotic paint & sealing systems for automotive industry. Coordinate specifications & engineering activities with parent company in Germany. Supervise the commissioning of software at customer facilities. Software teams will be made up of two to six software engineers depending on specific project need. We are an equal opportunity employer & all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender (sex), religion, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, the presence of a medical condition or disability, height, weight, or any other protected status. We maintain a drug-free work place & perform pre-employment drug & alcohol testing. Qualified applicants should send resume & verification of reqs. to Kristy Summers, Human Resources Assistant, Dürr Systems, Inc., 26801 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI 48033.

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The successful candidate will become part of a skilled trade’s team responsible for the campus-wide maintenance activities. This individual will be called upon to perform a variety of tasks associated with maintaining building plumbing, HVAC, and mechanical systems. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Journeyman’s card or master plumber license from the State of Michigan and proof of six years of continuing job related experience dealing specifically with a variety of commercial, industrial and residential plumbing systems. Candidate must also possess a working knowledge of other trades including electrical and mechanical installations as these may impact plumbing installations and repairs. Valid Michigan vehicle operator’s license and a driving record acceptable for coverage by the university’s insurance carrier. Salary is $27.16 per hour/$30.55 after 90 days.

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Senior Financial Analyst – Global Customs, Origin Team General Motors, Detroit, MI. Analyze &forecast General Motors impact on income statement from importation of vehicles, productive components, machinery &eqpt, &aftersales parts, from free trade eligible countries to U.S., incldg import value, duty cost, &free trade import status (incldg country of origin, Harmonized Tariff Classification Schedule code), &consolidate financial information using Oracle Hyperion Legal Entity Profitability Analysis (LEPA) system.

Lead cost reduction &parts classification projects &implement strategic duty drawback initiatives in customs, partnering with tax, finance &other business functions. Lead 2 external professional services providers to track imports &maximize free trade agreement benefits primarily for U.S. imports from eligible countries. Analyze &advise mgmt on import duty cost trends, risks &opportunities, providing financial anlys, consultation &decision-­making support to customs &logistics. Coordinate cross-­functional teams to track import duty costs (actual versus budget) for U.S. imports, mainly from NAFTA countries, Korea, Australia, Singapore &other dvlpg countries (part of the Generalized System of Preference list). Advise executives in tax, customs &logistics by dvlpg &presenting key performance metrics, using IBM Cognos, Tableau, Microsoft Access &Microsoft Power BI data analytics &financial models to identify trade inefficiencies. Master, Bus.Admin. or Finance. 12 mos exp as Financial Analyst or related, consolidating, forecasting &analyzing income statement for domestic &export sectors incldg vehicles, productive components, machinery &eqpt, &aftersales parts, using the Oracle Hyperion LEPA system. Mail resume to Ref#1114-­222, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­C32-­C66, Detroit, MI 48265.

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Identify, track, &facilitate external dvlpmt dependencies with other teams. Coordinate issue identification &resolution for infotainment connectivity features like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi &phone projection (CarPlay, Android Auto &Baidu CarLife). Create sanity test case &test plan for telematics &infotainment systems based on system reqmts, specs, defect escape reviews & FMEA. Create &execute vehicle level test plans in testing vehicle fleet after every infotainment software release to evaluate &calibrate performance of infotainment connectivity features. Work with validation team &integration team to triage issues, log issues in software internal system &assist in communicating status of open key issues to mgmt. Master, Electrical Engrg, Computer Engrg, Electronics Engrg, or related. 6 mos exp as Engineer, setting up HIL test bench for telematics &/or infotainment systems, &creating test case &planning for telematics system based on system reqmts, specs, defect escape reviews &FMEA. Mail resume to Ref#1869-202, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-C32-C66, Detroit, MI 48265.

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Keeping up with the classmates is often like keeping up with the Joneses. Having the latest educational tools can mean a better learning experience.

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