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WHAT’S INSIDE Please Mr. President (Page A-3) According to Jesse Jackson, President Barack Obama should make a point of going to Ferguson, Missouri, to get a better understanding of the situation and help cool the atmosphere. “Ferguson is too important to be treated on the margins,” said Jackson.

Credit scores used wrongfully (Page B-4) Congressman John Conyers, Jr. explains how many people are hurt when potential employers make a decision based on a person’s credit score. “Credit checks were not designed to measure a person’s character, ability or suitability for employment,” he said.

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Can Duggan reform insurance in 2015?

By Bankole Thompson

down rates in Detroit will bring a huge sigh of relief for residents even though such action will be met with stiff challenges and opposition should Duggan aggressively push for it in 2015.

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Last month, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan applauded the Detroit City Council for approving in an 8-0 vote a key contract that officials say will move the city one step closer to possibly creating a city-sponsored auto insurance company. The legislative body approved the deal to award $75,000 to Pinnacle Actuarial Resources to study “the feasibility of creating a city-sponsored insurance company.” Duggan’s office said the study will provide the administration with information in determining the next steps necessary to bring down auto insurance rates for Detroiters. The high cost of insurance was a top issue in the

Mike Duggan 2013 mayoral campaign during which Duggan vowed to create a D-Insurance to address what some residents call “ridiculous” high insurance rates in the city. Adopting measures to bring

If the mayor decides to make auto insurance one of his biggest priorities next year, he will be waging a battle with the Insurance Institute of Michigan, the most influential public affairs voice of insurance companies in the state. The oranization has long maintained that there is no such thing as insurance redlining in Detroit. In 2014, the group took issue with a front page article in the Michigan Chronicle, “Mr. Mayor, Stand Your Ground on Redlining,” regarding Detroit Mayor

Mike Duggan’s call for insurance reform in his first State of the City Address. “It is not justified. It doesn’t matter if you have a perfect driving record and never been in an accident. Most Detroiters are paying more a month for car insurance than the car payment itself,” Duggan said bluntly in his speech. In a protest letter sent to the Chronicle, Pete Kuhnmuench, executive director of the Insurance Institute of Michigan, said, “When ‘redlining’ is used to mean discrimination based on race, this is illegal and is condemned by the insurance industry. However, many times the term ‘redlining’ is used in-

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GOP launches preemptive strike against Detroit ordinance By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR

While Michigan lawmakers are seemingly reluctant and at times scrambling to find ways to fund broken roads, the lame duck session appears to have an appetite for an issue that resonates in the Detroit business community as well as in the neighborhoods. The lame duck session is taking a swipe at a proposed ordinance, the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA), which has been the focus of recent heated debates on the Detroit City Council ensuring that businesses getting tax abatements from the city identify ways in which the community can benefit from business deals including hiring practices.

Health care fact finding (Page C-1) Linda Alexander, chief clinical officer of Total Health Care, recently traveled to Madrid, largely to gain an understanding of why that city, the largest in Spain, has such a successful health care system, of which the people are “engaged, well informed and proud.”

The first Black superstar (Page D-1) The legendary Josephine Baker did not invent glamour, but she took it to new levels. Starting out long before the development of the Civil Rights Movement, when racism was blatant and never apologized for, Baker moved to France from which she emerged as a superstar and a worldwide sensation.

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Holder’s Nation of Equals Police reform, voting rights key to legacy of first Black attorney general

By Bankole Thompson CHRONICLE SENIOR EDITOR

After his departure, America will perhaps not have another attorney general like Eric Holder in a long time. Maybe the standard he set at the Justice Department will inspire or force succeeding presidents after Barack Obama to choose an AG who is rooted both in the notion and the history that has informed this nation’s continued fight for equal Bankole Thompson justice under the law. Very few leaders across this land have been as consequential with all deliberate speed as Holder. I can’t think of that many leaders in our government and in this dispensation, like Holder who has been so forceful with professional integrity, honest with nobility and willing to tackle the daring question of race and justice head-on in a way no other preeminent law enforcement official or political leader has done in recent history. Holder has used his powerful office as a platform to educate those who are reluctant to accept the fundamental truth that we are a nation still in transition seeking to make whole wounds from a sordid past. Wounds that have created two Americas. Wounds that open up whenever a Ferguson takes place. And in doing so he has faced his critics, incensed by his audacity to abandon political expediency in interpreting the law, and instead stand on the letter of the law. Even as some of his critics, whether in orchestrated public relations driven congressional hearings or in right wing attacks and smear campaigns, think to themselves “crucify him, crucify him!” and venomously attack his credibility, Holder, has not relented as the first African American enforcer of the law.

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How ironic that the man the right wing and some congressional leaders would want to crucify after repeated failed attempts to smear his character, Holder is made to bear his own cross as attorney general. To be precise, he has more

painfully borne the cross of standing for equality as attorney general than any other we know of in history. But to understand Holder is to know his roots in the struggle for human and civil rights and his penchant for affirming the dignity of Black students by leading sit-ins at Columbia Law School in the 1970s “It is an honor to be back at Columbia Law School, although it’s something of a miracle that I ever got into this esteemed school in the first place. During my undergraduate years here in Morningside Heights, I was one of many students on this campus who felt strongly about, well, nearly everything. It was the ’70s. During my senior year, several of us took one of our concerns — that Black students needed a designated space to gather on campus — to the dean’s office. This being Columbia, we proceeded to occupy that office,” Holder said in his 2010 commencement address at Columbia Law School. Since his appointment in 2009, Holder has been firm in upholding the voting rights of African Americans and other minorities. We became more aware of the Justice Department Civil Rights Division under Holder than any of his predecessors in recent memory. Unlike other federal bureaucratic agencies, the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ did not get lost in bureacracy. Instead, it was crisscrossing the nation targeting violators of voting rights. Under Holder we saw the Civil Rights Division become a crusader for justice with officials demonstrating publicly their concern for voting rights violations and working to address it. “In the last eight years, vital federal laws designed to protect rights in the workplace, the housing market and the voting booth have languished. Improper political hiring has undermined this important mission. That must change. And I intend to make this a priority as attorney general,” Holder said at his confirmation hearing.

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The Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) warned against a CBA, indicating that it would drive business away instead of making the city inviting to an investment group. On the other hand, advocates of a CBA believe to the contrary, noting that the city has a history of business deals that have failed neighborhoods and in some instances scanty jobs were provided after the deals were pushed through. Now, Republican Earl Poleski, state representative from Jackson, has introduced HR 5977, David Nathan which passed in the House Competitiveness Committee in an 8-7 vote to basically stop any city from adopting a community benefits agreement. It is without doubt that the legislation introduced as a bill “to limit the powers of units of local government to adopt, enforce, or adRashida Tlaib minister certain local mandates for employers; to prohibit local minimum wage, benefit, or leave requirements; to prohibit certain ordinances regulating the development of real property within units of local government; and to void local requirements that are Earl Poleski adopted in violation of this act,” was inspired by the ongoing fight at city council over the CBA. It has supporters of a benefits ordinance riled up over the issue. “I am convinced that my colleagues in Lansing are being used and worse, being lied to by a group that is manipulating them on behalf of very controlling and greedy people. House Bill 5799 is setting a dangerous precedent that allows special interest groups, like Detroit Regional Chamber, to run to Lansing to stop actions being taken by city councils across the state that may not always agree with their position on various issues,” said outgoing State Rep. Rashida Tlaib. “Lansing’s meddling is going to take us through the same path that led Detroit to bankruptcy and population decline. Lansing will never see that they played a significant role in the challenges our city faces today. They paralyzed us back then and ae trying to do it again. But I guess it’s easier to blame the mayor in jail.” The Detroit Regional Chamber has not gone public in supporting the legislation and communication director Jim Martinez had not returned a request at press time. However, Tlaib said Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones have been working on

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City of Detroit extends yard waste collection to Dec. 12 Collection of yard waste for Detroit residents will be extended to Friday, Dec. 12. Residents can put leaves in biodegradable paper bags only at the curb on their regularly scheduled collection day that falls between now and Dec. 12.

a.m. to 4 p.m. Residents with proper identification may use the drop-off locations to discard yard waste, bulk items and recyclable items.

If residents miss their collection day during this period, yard waste can be taken to any of the five drop-off locations listed below.

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These hours are in effect from now through the end of March 2015 for the drop-off sites: 12255 Southfield Service Drive Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Residents are reminded that yard waste in plastic bags will not be collected.

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In addition, the Department of Public Works has switched to its fall/winter hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at its four drop-off locations. A fifth location, J. Fons Transfer Station at 6451 E. McNichols, is open weekdays from 8

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Davison Yard Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. State Fair Yard

Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. 5840 Anthon (bet. Cavalry and Campbell) Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. J. Fons Transfer Station 6451 E. McNichols Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Closed from noon to 1 p.m. The city will also collect Christmas trees from Jan. 2 through Jan. 16. Residents should leave the trees at the curb for collection. Collection of yard waste will resume in midApril 2015.

There are three key variables that contribute to a customer’s bills: the cost of the natural gas used by a customer, the amount of natural gas used and the severity of the weather, which impacts energy use. DTE has identified ways to keep natural gas costs down and is working with customers to help prepare for the frigid temperatures. “We are constantly looking for ways to make energy more affordable for our customers, and take the stress out of making payments,” said Mark Stiers, president and COO, DTE Gas. “To keep prices relatively low and stable, we utilize a strategy that calls for buying natural gas far in advance of the winter and then storing significant quantities of natural gas underground during the summer months when

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demand is low. This practice results in a savings, which is passed on to our customers.” Since the weather can be unpredictable, DTE encourages customers to consider making small changes that will definitely help to lower costs. DTE recommends installing a programmable thermostat and setting it at 68-degrees when the home is expected to be occupied and lower when it is not. When used effectively, a programmable thermostat can save about $180 a year in heating costs. On cold winter nights, adding a blanket to the bed can allow customers to lower their thermostats another degree or two. DTE also offers payment plans and programs to help manage bills, including BudgetWise Billing, which provides customers the ability to spread their heating payments equally over the entire year. DTE believes its efforts to keep costs down for customers contribut-

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ed to the company being ranked “Highest in Customer Satisfaction With Residential Natural Gas Service in the Midwest U.S. Among Large Utilities,” according to the J.D. Power 2014 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction StudySM released in September. The study, now in its 13th year, measures residential customer satisfaction with gas utility companies across six factors: billing and payment; price; corporate citizenship; communications; customer service; and field service. “All year, our customers are our number one priority,” said Stiers. “This winter will not be any different. If this winter serves up something similar to last year, we will again be ready, willing and able to serve.”

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Mr. President, come to Ferguson By Jesse Jackson Ferguson is too important to be treated on the margins. It is too important to lead the news one day and disappear the next. The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, the police response to the demonstrations that followed, the horror of a clearly biased prosecutor driving a grand jury to fail to make an indictment – all this isn’t simply about Ferguson. There is a Ferguson in every metropolitan area of America. At times, a single incident throws a powerful light on a reality. Ferguson is one of those times. And to ensure that this reality is not simply discussed in passing, but dealt with, elevated to the top of the national agenda, President Obama should come to Ferguson. In 1965, one week after the police riot that greeted peaceful Jesse Jackson demonstrators trying to cross Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Lyndon Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress, calling on them to pass the Voting Rights Act, and making the electric promise that “we shall overcome.” Johnson knew that the Selma horrors exposed a reality that could no longer be ignored. It was time to act. He committed his presence and his presidency to force that action. In 1967, after riots broke out in cities across the country, Johnson convened a commission headed by Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner with a mandate to probe the

causes of the riots and recommend actions so that these tragedies would not be repeated. The Kerner Commission’s conclusion – that we were moving toward “two societies, one white and one black, separate and unequal” – captured the nation’s attention. The commission concluded that African Americans saw the police as an occupying force, dispatched to protect the privileges of Whites, and insensitive to the protection of the minority community’s lives or rights. It found that disparate underlying conditions providing the kindling that could be sparked by incidents at any time, and that these conditions were present across the country, including racially segregated communities, scarred by inferior schools, high unemployment, inadequate public services from public transport to parks to hospitals. The Commission called for action, and demanded that it be accompanied by a budget sufficient to make the changes necessary. The growing war in Vietnam squelched those hopes. Twenty-four years later, after Los Angeles riots that followed the acquittal of the four White policemen in the beating of Rodney King ended in 60 deaths and a billion dollars of damages the Christopher Commission was created to probe the causes, finding that not much had changed. The country cannot afford neglect

Prosecute the prosecutors, a way to justice in Staten Island, Ferguson, Cleveland By Robert Weiner and Joseph Abay Thousands are protesting across the nation to seek justice in the Staten Island, Ferguson and Cleveland cases. Leaders from President Obama to members of Congress to state and local officials are joining an outraged public in calling for conversations about how and why unarmed young Black men and children have been killed by police in recent weeks. Angriness with police actions in African American communities has been simmering for decades. There is a way to achieve justice and that is to prosecute the prosecutors. The law provides that victims and families of victims can sue in cases of prosecutorial malfeasance. Prosecutors are rarely charged criminally, and even more rarely convicted criminally by reluctant courts who work with them, but it can and should happen when merited. The families should not be faced with a brick wall of prosecutors they think are immunized from action when lawsuits are in fact possible, especially in glaring circumstances. Civil suits against the prosecutors are another route for damages for Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice’s families. The three cases would be very different from one another but the most glaring is the Staten Island case, where a video shows store-owner Eric Garner first rationally asking what he had done and then gasping during a choke hold, something that was barred for over 20 years, saying many times before dying, “I can’t breathe.” Daniel Panteleo, the officer who choked Eric Garner, has several complaints of false arrests and unwarranted and unlawful strip searches, and police have had to settle. People believe a grand jury’s proceedings are totally secret but in fact, witnesses who testify are free to come out and say what happened inside. Ramsey Orta, the Staten Island videographer, told the press that he was made to testify in only a cursory way, for 10 minutes, and during his testimony, the grand jury members were tweeting and texting, paying little attention. The prosecutor, who runs the show, essentially blew off Orta, clearly wanting to get rid of him as soon as possible. This man had likely the most important onsite evidence proving murder. It was the Zapruder film of the case. The coroner had five options from “undetermined causes” on down but branded the situation specifically the most forceful —“homicide” — and stated that the “choke hold” and “pressure” on the chest killed the victim. The man who was there, shot the video, saw it all unfold, saw the angles, saw the time durations, and saw the result was blown off. Ten minutes? The jury playing around, ignoring it? The prosecutor not asking the jury to focus, and the prosecutor not asking this witness penetrating questions for several hours? This seems a preeminent potential case of

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holding prosecutors accountable. In Ferguson, there was no video evidence (revealed to date), other than Michael Brown lying unattended for four hours after the shooting, and the case was muddied by some conflicting witnesses regardless of veracity. However, Prosecutor Bob McCulloch has asserted on many occasions he would have joined the police force if not for medical issues. His father, who was a police officer, was allegedly killed in 1964 by a Black man. Regardless, he claims it was “not something that clouds my judgment.” But the assistant prosecutor, Kathy Alizadeh, opened the door wide to a malfeasance case. She told the jury and handed out an old state law, right before the policeman testified, that it was legal for him to shoot a fleeing suspect, a law that was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1985, making it not legal. Two weeks later the assistant prosecutor told the jurors that “the information was incorrect” and did not explain to the non-lawyer jurors what was incorrect. The assistant prosecutor also told the jurors that neither the difference between what they were told initially nor the Supreme Court’s power to override the earlier state law were significant. The assistant prosecutor told the jurors these were “not important,” and said this is not “a law class.” Here “fraud against the court” is a prosecutable offense that has been won against prosecutors. It wasn’t relevant that the policeman committed likely illegal acts if you know the right law? Obviously Brown got from the car to 35 feet away as he was shot further. Let alone that the policeman was never confronted about why, regardless of the earlier fight in the car, when Brown was later 35-plus feet away and he then knew he was unarmed, even if Brown was running toward him (in doubt, but say it’s true), the policeman didn’t shoot the final shots at legs to disable rather than the head to kill? Both the assistant prosecutor and chief prosecutor are culpable here for not aggressively penetrating these issues, as well as the intentional disinformation and obfuscation of the law. Bob Weiner writes on the White House and Congress for the Chronicle. He is former White House spokesman and senior staff for Congressmen John Conyers, Charles Rangel, Claude Pepper, Ed Koch and Ted Kennedy. He wrote the epilogue to Bankole Thompson’s book, “Obama and Christian Loyalty.” Joseph Abay is senior policy analyst at Robert Weiner Associates and Solutions for Change.

Barack Obama for another quarter century. It is time to act. President Obama should come to Ferguson. He should lay out the structural realities that lie exposed in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown and that are common to cities across the country. He should demand action on an agenda for reviving these communities, and rebuilding trust and hope. A high level commission, chaired by distinguished bipartisan leadership, could probe the conditions that produce that shooting and others like it across the country. Its focus should be less on the behavior of police and more on the conditions of the community. It should assess the system of criminal injustice, but go beyond to the structural realities that create Fergusons. Its report should be clear and pointed, its reform agenda comprehensive, with a budget attached. The president should include that in his next budget, and call on the Congress and the country to act.

Ferguson, like Selma, exposes injustice that has been building for years. The president’s engagement can make Ferguson, like Selma, a spark for long overdue reform. The risks of failure are great. The first African American president has understandable reluctance to challenge the country on civil rights or on the rights of Black communities. His cautious speech after the prosecutor’s announcement of the grand jury decision reflected that. But the risks were great when Eisenhower dispatched the troops to Little Rock to enforce school desegregation. They were great when Johnson promised to overcome in his speech on voting rights after Selma. Leadership involves taking risks. And the costs of acting, even if Congress refuses to act, are far less that the costs of moving on from Ferguson until the next child is shot and the next impoverished and isolated community erupts.

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His voting rights battles spread across the country from Texas, North Carolina, Wisconsin to Ohio where he vowed to ensure that the rights of Blacks and other minorities were protected, even as the U.S. Supreme Court struck a provision of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. When a federal court ruled against Texas’ voter identification laws, Holder responded to the ruling. “We are extremely heartened by the court’s decision, which affirms our position that the Texas voter identification law unfairly and unnecessarily restricts access to the franchise,” Holder said. “Even after the Voting Rights Act was seriously eroded last year, we vowed to continue enforcing the remaining portions of that statute as aggressively as possible. This ruling is an important vindication of those efforts.” The attorney general said, “We are also pleased that the Supreme Court has refused to allow Wisconsin to implement its own restrictive voter identification law. This department will never yield in its commitment to protecting that most sacred of Americans’ rights — the right to vote.” On criminal justice reform, Holder remained a force to be reckoned with as the incidents in Ferguson, New York and Cleveland where African American males died at the hands of police, shocked the nation. He visited Ferguson and met with the community even as his critics denounced him. “Michael Brown’s death was a tragedy. This incident has sparked a national conversation about the need to ensure confidence between law enforcement and the communities they protect and serve. While constructive efforts are under way in Ferguson and communities nationwide, far more must be done to create enduring trust,” Holder said. Aside from voting rights and police reform, Holder has been smart on the DOJ’s Smart on Crime initiative which effectively changed DOJ policy to focus resources on violent offenders and to improve fairness. “The new policy directs prosecutors to refrain from filing drug charges that carry mandatory minimum sentences unless the offender has engaged in violence or has significant ties to large-scale drug trafficking organizations. One goal of Smart on Crime is to address the over-incarceration problem by reducing lengthy sentences for low-level drug offenders, who are disproportionally people of color. We are implementing the policy in Michigan,” said Barbara McQuade, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. “Smart on Crime also has a clemency initiative that invites individuals who were sentenced to lengthy mandatory minimum terms to seek to reduce their sentences to the term they would receive today if charged under the new policy.” And Holder’s Smart on Crime policy is now addressing what advocates have long fought for — treatment and diversion of low-level drug offenders rather than incarceration. “In Detroit, we routinely meet with returning citizens to provide them with information about the consequences of new criminal conduct and the services that are available to assist them,” McQuade said.

Ordinance the CBA for the past two years, and that a legislation like the one introduced now in Lansing will circumvent the work of the Detroit City Council. “Lansing will take away any leverage that Detroit City Council would have over big tax breaks that developers receive,” Tlaib said. “All the community wants in exchange is to be a true partner in creating good paying jobs and helping the neighborhoods who host these projects grow long after the projects are complete. Only when our neighbors are employed and our neighborhoods are taking care of is when Detroit will truly thrive.” Tlaib, who has been a fearless lawmaker during her tenure in the state capitol, taking on economic titans like Matty Maroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge, said there has been a lot of misinformation regarding the current CBA before the city council. “The community benefits ordinance as written currently would only apply to future projects, not the new hockey stadium or M-1 rail which have consistently been used as examples. More surprising is that it would not apply to all developments, but only the ones who ask for a tax break of $300,000 or more and it has to be a $15 million or more project (again these terms within the community benefits ordinance are still being discussed at Detroit City Council and not final),” Tlaib said. “The ordinance also has what I would call a ‘catch- all’ provision that requires that all terms of a CBA be ‘practical,’ thus protecting developers from having to do the impossible or unreasonable.” Detroit City Council Member Raquel Castaneda Lopez has been an advocate for a CBA. “Local governments are better equipped to determine the economic needs of their communities. HB 5977 would undermine these efforts by creating a blanket policy,” Castaneda-Lopez

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From page A-1 On police misconduct, McQuade, who is a member of the Attorney General’s Advisory Council, a group of U.S. attorneys who meet monthly in Washington with Holder, noted, “The Civil Rights Division has encouraged a more qualitative focus, including community meetings by DPD to build trust.” As a result of the resolution, DPD, which was under Justice Department monitor, “is no longer engaging in the unconstitutional police practices that led to the initial complaint — high volume of fatal shootings by DPD officers, arrest and detention of witnesses without warrants or probably cause, and deplorable conditions of confinement. “In fact, as a result of the consent decree, DPD improved a number of other areas as well, such as management oversight, in-car cameras, and timely resolution of citizen complaints.” Holder created a Racial Disparities Working Group to study racial disparities in sentencing and to recommend solutions. At every level Holder demonstrated an understanding of the events that shaped history as well as the symbolism, power and pragmatism of his role as AG. Speaking in Memphis Tuesday about President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative, he put in context the battle for equal rights. “Over the centuries, Memphis has undergone a remarkable series of transformations — from a hub in the immoral slave trade, helping to fuel a 19th-century economy founded on oppression and built on the backs of those our nation held in chains; to a diverse, inclusive, and thriving urban center — known for its legendary music, vibrant, wonderful culture and even better barbecue,” Holder said. “It was here, in 1968, that sanitation workers went on strike to call for higher wages, and to protest discrimination and dangerous working conditions. It was here, at the Mason Temple not far from where we now stand, that Dr. King famously declared that “something is happening in Memphis, something is happening with our world.” “It was in that very same speech that he told us he had been to the mountaintop and had seen the Promised Land. And it was here, of course — the very next day, at the Lorraine Motel that’s now a museum to the cause he championed, and the work we all must continue – that Dr. King was taken from us, far before his time,” Holder continued. McQuade said, “I have been honored to work in the Department of Justice under the leadership of Attorney General Holder. “He has worked tirelessly to bring justice to individuals in our society for whom justice has been denied for too long. He cares deeply about protecting our most vulnerable residents and ensuring the full protection of the laws for the disadvantaged.” This is why Holder is the most consequential attorney general in our era. Bankole Thompson is the editor of the Michigan Chronicle. His most recent book, “Obama and Christian Loyalty,” deals with the politics of the religious right, Black theology and the president’s faith posture across a myriad of issues. He is a senior political analyst at WDET-101.9FM (Detroit Public Radio). He is a member of the weekly “Obama Watch” Sunday roundtable on WLIB-1190AM New York. Email bthompson@michronicle.com or visit http://www.bankolethompson.com

From page A-1 said. “HB 5977’s attempt to create economic uniformity throughout the state is shortsighted and will be detrimental to Michigan’s economy. One size rarely fits all.” Roderick Miller, the new head of the DEGC, raised eyebrows when he took a swipe at the CBA as he was just settling in as CEO of the city’s economic agency. Miller, appearing before the City Council, said a CBA will undermine Detroit’s economic progress and serve as a hindrance to business growth. But Tlaib said the angst over a lack of a CBA is due to some instances in the past that lend themselves to a need for greater accountability with business deals. She cited the Marathon deal in Southwest Detroit as an example. “What I think triggered the formation of the coalitions for CBAs and the amazing funding support of foundations for community benefits agreement work was the experience we had with the Marathon Refinery expansion,” Tlaib said. “When Marathon was given a $175 million tax break, they promised that 51 percent of the estimated 200 jobs would go to Detroit residents. According to a report by city officials, only 15 jobs went to Detroit residents. They didn’t even come close to their promise.” Another Detroit state rep, David Nathan, slammed the bill as an example of dictatorship. “This overreach into the dealings between employers and their employees is nothing more than the state trying to control local governments,” Nathan said. “The governments of these cities and towns should be able to decide for themselves how to structure their contracts for local tax breaks. They are the ones that need to benefit from the investment of tax dollars and public resources in economic development.” E-mail bthompson@michronicle. com.

Duggan correctly to describe the differences in price and availability of insurance based on real risk,” in the recent Chronicle article. Contrary to what many believe, Kuhnmuench said, “The Insurance Institute of Michigan has worked for years to reform the state’s onesize-fits-all no-fault auto insurance law to lower the price of the product for everyone in the state. Detroiters would benefit from lower auto insurance premiums. That is a fact.” Longtime Detroit political consultant Adolph Mongo said he is skeptical about any talk or action at city hall regarding insurance reform in Detroit, and he doesn’t think the mayor would do anything significant on the issue next year. “I’ve been hearing about the need to deal with redlining since the days of Coleman Young and nothing has come of it,” Mongo said. “Let’s talk about it. You have a strong insurance lobby in Lansing and Washington DC. Nothing will ever come out of it.” Mongo said to deal with insurance redlining, Detroit’s political leaders know what to do and that is more than just commissioning a study. “We know what we need to do. How many studies do we need? We’ve been studying this thing (insurance redlining) for the last 50 years,” Mongo said. “I wonder how many people moving downtown have switched their insurance or are still maintaining a surbuban address while living in the city.” The political observer said if Detroit were to take on the insurance lobby it will result in what he calls “a bloody fight.” Detroit being a largely Democratic constituency, and with the recent election where Democrats lost virtually every seat (with the exception of the education boards), Mongo said there is no incentive in Lansing for a Republican controlled legislature to work with the city to

From page A-1 bring down insurance rates. “This issue is going nowhere because Democrats control nothing in Lansing. Let’s get real. It is a waste of money,” Mongo said. Greg Roberts, who headed former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm’s Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, recalled efforts to address the issue under a Democratic administration. Roberts was tasked with identifying clergy in Detroit, Flint and Saginaw (as a start, that would be replicated in other cities) to recruit congregants and residents in their church neighborhoods to form a pool of potential insurance customers. “The former governor believed, as did many who advised her on this issue, that we needed to use leverage with targeted insurance companies,” he said. Kuhnmuench, who wrote a letter to Duggan saying creating a D-Insurance would be a difficult task, said his organization welcomes the idea into the marketplace. “However, don’t get overly optimistic, adding a city-run insurance company in Detroit may increase competition but does nothing to address the real cost factors driving up premiums for all Michigan residents,” he said. He added that “the real way to lower auto insurance premiums in Michigan is to address inflated costs of medical treatment, fraud and a system which puts limits on benefits.”
 But in social media, especially Facebook, not everyone is buying the argument of the Insurance Institute of Michigan. Detroiter Rachel Saltmarshall said she will support Duggan on the D-Insurance proposal. “Yes, I will stand by him,” she said. “My homeowners insurance went from $3,200 in 2010 to now $5,085 with no

claims on my policy. All they (insurance company) could tell me was that the rates went up all over Michigan. However, I don’t hear the suburbs complaining.” House Republicans this year renewed their push for no-fault insurance reform that was challenged by Democrats like Saginaw State Rep. Erwin Oakes. It is unclear if the issue will come up next year. “In Michigan, if you have a catastrophic accident, your medical expenses, wage loss, replacement services and damages caused to other people’s property are covered. Benefits are paid out of the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (MCCA), a private nonprofit association every Michigan driver pays into,” Oakes said. “As of 2013-2014, insurance companies assess $188 per vehicle (including tax) to cover catastrophic claims. Under no-fault, the insurer pays the claim and is reimbursed by the MCCA for medical costs exceeding $500,000.” She said efforts to cap and restrict coverage are very similar to what the people of Michigan decisively rejected by statewide vote in 1992 and 1994. Oakes noted that in 2011 and 2013 Gov. Rick Snyder’s proposed no-fault reforms failed to garner the necessary legislative support. Oakes, who once was assistant attorney general in the Office of the Michigan Attorney General, said the average uncapped lifetime Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefit costs Michigan drivers $544.20 per year, only $60 above the national average of $484.03. “Michigan’s safeguards, protections and medical benefits are far superior to every other state for a nominal cost of $60 annually, evidence that we’re getting a tremendous return on our investment,” Oakes said.

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Many people don’t realize they qualify for financial help paying for health insurance. A family of four making as much as $95,400 can get assistance! Financial help might make your monthly payments as low as the price of a pizza. Want to estimate what financial help you may qualify to receive? LetHumanaHelp.com is an easy-to-use online calculator that lets you enter your zip code, your household income and your family size to see all of the plans on the Health Insurance Marketplace and estimate the amount of financial help you can receive. What type of plan should you buy? Affordable Care Act plans are divided into metallic categories: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Most people may purchase Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum plans. Bronze plans have the lowest monthly payments, but they have higher out-of-pocket expenses. At the other end of the spectrum, Platinum plans have the highest monthly payments, but lower out-of-pocket expenses. Deciding on which plan is right for you and your family comes down to understanding your budget, your health, and estimating how much healthcare you will need during the year. Is Your Doctor in the Network?

To keep costs down while offering the best level of care possible, most insurance companies have networks. A network is a group of doctors, hospitals and other healthcare professionals and facilities contracted with a health insurance company to provide medical services at discounted rates. When you buy health insurance plans you usually have to use doctors in the network to get the most cost savings. It can be confusing because different insurance companies have different networks, and then, each plan offered by the insurance company has its own network. For instance, an HMO will likely have a different network than a PPO, even though they are both offered by the same insurance company.

It is important to know which doctors and hospitals are in the network of the specific plan you are buying. Most insurance companies have online tools to help you see if your doctor is in their network. Visiting Humana.com/PhysicianFinder allows you to see if your doctor is in the network of the insurance plans offered by Humana. You can also find a new doctor here, as well as specialists, hospitals and pharmacies. Don’t Wait Don’t let the deadlines pass you by. Because if you decide not to buy insurance, you will have a tax penalty, and you still won’t have the protection that health insurance provides your family. In 2015, the penalty will be $325 per adult and $162.50 per child (up to $975 per family or 2% of family income, whichever is higher). For more information, visit LetHumanaHelp.com. You can also sign up to receive Healthcare for You, an online magazine, at Humana.com/hc4u.

*If you believe you may be eligible for a subsidy, you will need to visit the Health Insurance Marketplace. Enrolling outside the Marketplace will mean forfeiting your subsidy. Humana Individual plans are Insured by Humana Insurance Company and Humana Medical Plan of Michigan, Inc. These companies are Qualified Health Plan Issuers in the Health Insurance Marketplace. Applications are subject to eligibility requirements. Our health benefit plans have exclusions and limitations and terms under which the coverage may be continued in force or discontinued. For costs and complete details of the coverage, call or write your Humana insurance agent or broker.

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al and non-use of military equipment that is more closely associated with war zones such as Afghanistan and Iraq; an increase in educational training and cultural orientation for those engaged in policing in minority communities; a restoration of full powers provided by the city charter for the elected Board of Police Commissioners; the implementation of mandatory use of body cameras and other monitoring devices; implementation of legislation to end racial profiling; the implementation of policies to bring jobs and training to citizens in economically distressed communities; and residency requirement for police officers.

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uoting and standing by the famous words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., from his storied “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on April 16, 1963 that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” approximately 23 men and women of various ethnicities gathered at a press conference convened on Tuesday, Dec. 9, by the Detroit Branch NAACP. It was held at the civil rights organization’s Midtown office. Branch president Rev. Wendell Anthony, flanked by community stakeholders representing dozens of local and regional organizations of empowerment, spoke with great purpose and urgency about the ongoing instances of injustice and unfairness against Black people, levied by law enforcement agencies across the country, in particularly in Ferguson, Missouri and New York. To better address such escalating problems in African American communities that could, and have, included Detroit, Anthony announced the formation of The Coalition for Justice and Fairness to Reform Law Enforcement. “We have come together as a commu-

“These programs are not new,” said Anthony. “As a matter of fact, if one refers to the Kerner Commission Report of 1967, it was made very clear at that time of their necessity.” nity to address the most recent and critical issues between the African American communities, Black and Brown males in particular, with the criminal justice system,” said Anthony. “These issues did not just begin with Ferguson and New York. These issues are both systemic and historic, reflecting discrimination, racial profiling and a basic lack of respect and appreciation on the part of some in the criminal justice system

for the people they are duty-bound to both protect and to serve.” Anthony laid out a platform on which the new coalition will operate in conjunction with the community, law enforcement entities, civil rights organizations, public officials and others. The platform includes discussions of current programs and plans already in existence; a reduction of militarization in the engagement of policing, remov-

A partial list of organizations that have pledged membership and support to the new coalition includes ACLU of Michigan, Arab-American Civil Rights League, Black Family Development, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners, Detroit Branch NAACP, Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, LA SED, Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Legislative Black Caucus, See NEW

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Cold weather and warm hearts This is the time of year when many of us are celebrating the blessings of the season. We have a lot to be thankful for. I really think we should never stop counting the blessings we have received — starting and ending with the gift of our Savior — and including everything in between. It has been said that giving to others is the best gift to give oneself. That is why this is a wonderful month to not only remember those in need among us but find a way to help others. If we think about it, no matter how little we feel we have, we always have something by way of time, talent, personality or treasure that we can use to bless those around us. The

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funded by the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department, are open now and expect to serve hundreds of homeless people each day across the city of Detroit. As president of Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, I am privileged, along with two other agencies, to have opened our doors this year to help our neighbors who have no place to go when the weather is dangerous outside. When they come through our doors, they are able to warm up, get a meal and find a place to lay their heads. In addition, various emergency shelters in Detroit will continue to provide year-round shelter and support services to thousands more people. Many families are blessed with hous-

meals will come from. Sometimes there are people who have their physical needs met but they still need a touch of caring. There are lonely and isolated senior citizens who live in their own homes or care facilities who would dearly love a Christmas card, visit or phone call, or perhaps the faces and voices of young people caroling them.

Dr. Chad Audi ing but struggle every day to meet ends meet. There are over 400,000 families in Michigan this year who face the threat of not knowing where their next

At Detroit Rescue Mission, we have over 10,000 volunteers, 35,000 donors and multiple community agencies helping us to not only meet the immediate problems faced by people but helping us to generate real and lasting solutions. They come to us from all walks of life, all age groups, and offer a variety of talents and resourc-

es that are put to use in all our programs — emergency shelter for men, women, and children; transitional housing for homeless single adults, teen moms with children, women with children and men, substance abuse treatment, recovery and aftercare; peer support, youth camperships and leadership programs, vocational and educational services and more. In doing so, they help those who come to us become independent, move to permanent housing, start jobs and do the other things they need to once again be able to fully contribute to their families and communities again. Volunteers, donors and our funders help make all of this

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Detroit pastor leads Hospital Development Project in Nigeria By Roz Edward As Rev. Jim Holley prepared for his journey to Nigeria on Tuesday, Dec. 9, with computers donated by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and police communication radios from the Detroit Police Department in tow, he could have easily been mistaken for a benevolent benefactor delivering gifts to the citizens of Africa’s largest economy. But Holley is on a mission to build relationships and bricks and mortar development in Nigeria, specifically a hospital facility, Diagnostic and Cancer Care Center, to service residents of the region. In August the popular pastor of Little Rock Baptist Church in Detroit met with Enoch Adeboye, Redeemed Christian Church of God leader, at its massive house of worship in the Ebute-Metta suburb of Lagos. The RRCG sanctuary is an incredible two miles long by

Warm Hearts possible. For example, Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries offers permanent housing for homeless families and disabled adults who have been chronically homeless, mostly paid for through Department of Housing and Urban Development funds. However, for every four dollars they provide, we have to find the fifth dollar locally, either in cash or in-kind. Volunteers and local donors provide all the needed matching funds.

Other volunteers and community partners help on another innovative program. We know that once people leave our programs, they may be working but remain saddled with a bad credit rating and debts from before they became homeless that make it difficult to get into decent housing. That is why the Working Homes Working Families program is such a great program. This is a program where a family with an income and children can be placed in a refurbished house donated to the program, refurbished by volunteers and furnished through donor dol-

two miles wide, and boasts a choir of 5,000 uniformed members and a praise team numbering more than 1,200 worshippers. “I was so impressed with building on this scale,” said Holley. “Adeboye (and the RCCG) have established a compound of about 20,000 people in this area. They have running water and electrical services, and these are services sometimes hard to even come by in the capital which has 19 million people.” But even with basic services available at the RCCG complex, Holley says he recognized a greater need for health services in the surrounding region. “People who are on dialysis here have to travel long distances to get treatment since there is no facility nearby. Lagos is four hours away and the rich can afford to go to Ghana for treatment or they can get por-

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lars. During this week’s radiothon hosted by our good partner and funder, Mitch Albom’s S.A.Y. Detroit, it was wonderful to see three parents talk about how good it felt to have a safe, decent, warm home for their children, one they could afford and will one day be given title to as long as they maintain the utility payments and taxes and keep up the property. These homes are available because foundations, supporters like Mitch Albom and his charity partners, and hundreds of volunteers step up to the plate. It takes a village to raise a child. It takes a community to help raise up a city and all its families and individuals to a place of restoration and hope. With the yearround help of people who are motivated by faith, hope and love, we can give help and hope to people who are ready to rise and stand. As I think about closing out this calendar year and helping my agency start its 106th year of services, I am so thankful and glad to be part of this caring community.

ing scholarships for physician training with Wayne State University Medical School. The RCCG, which is widely recognized as “one of (Africa’s) most vigorously expansionary religious movements” has a church location on Kiebler Street in Detroit.

Rev. Jim Holley table dialysis machines. But the poor don’t have access to healthcare,” explained Holley, adding that other vital medical services were also lacking. RCCG responded to Holley’s hospital proposal with a commitment of $20 million and land set aside for the facility’s building site. Wayne County Community College officials have agreed to provide nurse and medical staff training for hospital workers. Holley is negotiat-

“This is a faith-based venture,” said Holley, “and I have been approached by officials in Ghana to duplicate the effort there and identify a sister city to work cooperatively with Detroit.” Holley says he will request support from Mayor Duggan and other local government officials and business leaders for the African trade mission development. The trip to Nigeria is Holley’s second since August. He has been working for years to make Detroit a sister city, but this time he has some signs of sup-

port from Detroit officials, and is in talks with Mayor Duggan to make the designation official. Holley’s partnership for development in Nigeria includes an educational and cultural exchange component for a school-to-school interactive learning environment connecting Detroit students with their Ghanian and Nigerian counterparts. “You have an auditorium of that size with the sound in the back mile of the auditorium just as good as the sound in the front mile of the auditorium,” he said. “The wealthy are able to secure dialysis treatment in that they can afford to go to facilities or they can afford portable dialaysis machines, but the poor have to travel to Ghana. “I had an audience with the overseer and we began to establish a good relationship.”

New local coalition Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, Moore Black Press Inc., MOSES, the Congressional offices of John Conyers, Jr. and Brenda Lawrence, Peace Action of Michigan, Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc., and more.

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will be most successful because I believe people realized now, more than ever, the imminent danger to life on the planet. And it’s not just about police brutality, but it’s also about a breakdown in society, a breakdown in harmony among people. I believe that the

While there has been a multiplicity of coalitions formed to fight injustice and unfairness in the Black communities of Detroit since 1967, when the Motor City experienced one the nation’s worst riots, many of those in attendance feel that the new coalition has the right mix to tackle what’s going on in places such as Ferguson and New York. “We are going to continue to do what we have been doing,” said Ron Scott, spokesperson for the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality. “However, we are bringing a few more bodies to the battlefield, and we are going to push and urge this coalition to go beyond the rhetoric and marching. For those of us who have been out here for a while, we will lend our expertise and history and give great support to this coalition. Therefore, I greatly believe that this coalition

movement of this new coalition is something good for this community and that it is not going to be stopped.” With protests continuing to reverberate around the nation and world, created to bring light to what many see and feel as unjust and unfair treatment of Black people and other minorities, Anthony finds solace, to a certain extent, in what the president of the United States is

doing. “Both President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holders have concluded that America has a problem,” Anthony said. “The problem that America has, which goes back hundreds of years, is the enforcement and fairness of justice to all of America’s sons and daughters, regardless of race, sex, national origin, religion or sexual orientation. So in the words of President Obama, ‘The time for talk is over…the time for action is now.’” “The problem of injustice in the African American community is pretty deep and wide,” said Steve Spreitzer, president and CEO of Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, and who is White. “So no one organization or one person can make the changes alone. There must be a concerted effort, a continuality that is unrelenting to make sure that we have authentic police relations and cultural component police forces that look like the people they serve. The vehicles are in place for The Coalition for Justice and Fairness to Reform Law Enforcement. This coalition will not go away.”

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Wayne County Community Health Fair 12:00 pm St. Clare of Montefalco Church 1401 Whittier Road Grosse Pointe Park Stay healthy for the holidays, and attend a Grosse Point Park community health fair. The family friendly event will include free walk-in dental and hearing exams, health insurance enrollment assistance, vendors, giveaways and more. Flu shots will also be available at a cost of $20.

December 13 Girls Creative Bazaar for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Philanthropic Awareness 2:00 to 7:00 pm The Mid 313 7650 Second Ave., Detroit

“Photographs from the Detroit Walk-In Portrait Studio”

“A Night of Visual Arts, Fashion & Poetry”

6:00 to 10:00 pm

Detroit Institute of Arts

7:00 pm

Historic Boston-Edison neighborhood, Detroit

5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit

Pangea Gallery 8418 W. McNichols Road, Detroit

See “Photographs from the Detroit Walk-In Portrait Studio” by Dutch-born photographer Corine Vermeulen in this mixed media exhibition. Free with museum admission

The Brothers In Motion presents “A Night of Visual Arts, Fashion & Poetry” starring a burgeoning group of artists in metro Detroit.

For more information call 313.883.4360.

The Gazelle Series provides a “pop-up” space for established and budding female entrepreneurs to sell their products while giving back to the community. Products on sale will include vintage resale apparel, natural cosmetics and gourmet desserts. The event will also include complimentary cocktails. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Torch of Wisdom Foundation’s Learning Network program. The event is free.

For more information call 313.833.7900.

“Home Alone” with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra 7:30 pm Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit “Home Alone,” one of the most beloved holiday films of all time, will be projected onto a giant screen in high definition accompanied by the world-renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra live at Orchestra Hall. For more information call 313.576.5111.

Free Children’s after-school tutoring at the St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center

For more information call 313.658.1735.

December 28 Extreme Explosion 6:00 pm

6:00 pm St. Vincent and Sarah Fisher Center

Motorcity Casino Sound Board 2901 Grand River Avenue Detroit,

The Children’s Program at the St. Vincent & Sarah Fisher Center is enrolling for its children’s fall after-school program. This community-based, after-school and summer education experience for children in grades 1-5 is designed to offer year-round reading and math skill building to help bridge the educational gap in Detroit. For more information call 313.535.9200, ext. 3106.

December 19

Extreme Explosion 2014 brings Vegas style entertainment to Detroit with an electrifying touch. It is a variety show of stunning performances that will infuse your mind and body with energy and excitement. Experience a night of pulsating entertainment that will shake you out of your seat. Cost: $55- $65.

For ticket information call 248.796.2765.

December 31 The Resolution Ball

Dinner with Santa Claus 6:00 pm Detroit Zoo 8450 W. Ten Mile Road, Royal Oak

For more information call 248.943.5279 or email theconnectionnetworkorg@gmail. com.

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December 17

The Connection Network Organization presents the holiday edition of The Gazelle Series — the Girl’s Creative Bazaar for Entrepreneurial Leadership & Philanthropic Awareness.

December 20

Holiday Home Tour Preview Gala

The Historic Boston-Edison Association is holding their 40th annual Holiday Home Tour and VIP Preview Gala. The gala will take place at the Edward Fisher mansion and include a tour of other homes decorated for the holidays. There will be valet parking, complimentary gourmet delights and live music by the Marvin Jones Trio. Guests can visit the homes via motor coach or on their own. Semi-formal attire required, $75 in advance only.

For more information please call Mary Mazur at 313.224.0810.

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Setting the record straight on Comcast merger By Bishop Wayne T. Jackson The factual information and potential impact of the proposed $45 billion merger between Comcast and Time Warner has been minimally available, at best. Critics are quick to claim industry monopoly, and toss the potential market withdrawals as reason to oppose this deal. However, those who are privy to both the particulars and potential of this deal feel otherwise. It’s a good deal for far more than those immediately involved.

to oversee and execute strategies that encourage and make available viable opportunities for participation in the broadcast landscape of Comcast. As a result, Comcast has launched more minority and women owned networks than any other cable network in the US. Having market presence has never sufficed for Comcast, as their outreach has included Internet is Essential and cable in the classrooms to ensure the underserved is provided the same access to information and resources as others. That is how a difference is made.

The influential and luThis deal is more than crative industry that is a growth opportunity for broadcast communicaComcast. It is a long detions has been elusive for nied leveling of the broadBlacks, as well as those cast industry playing field in the Mexican, Hispanic, upon which we all deserve Asian and women marto play. And after an eight kets. Statistics reflect month takeover battle that less than 4 percent with Charter Communicaof owners of broadcast tions and Liberty Media, entities are minorities the stockholders of Time or women. That statistic, Warner have approved the while realistic, is abysmal proposed merger. I stand and embarrassing. Long in agreement with those overlooked or left out of Wayne T. Jackson stockholders in support the equation, this deal stands to not just of this landmark transaction. open the door, but to create new ones Participating in open markets in the through which these otherwise neglectUnited States, while competitive, should ed markets can pass. be an opportunity afforded to everyone, While Comcast has an impressive and far too many have been left out of and noted record of community con- the equation. This is not only a major sciousness and involvement, Time War- first step towards righting a wrong, but ner does not. In their partnership with is, more importantly, a key transacBright House Cable, Time Warner has tion that stands to transform the face, consistently failed to show an interest landscape and ownership opportunities or intent to improve the landscape of the of broadcast communications for gencommunity through minority and wom- erations to come, thus defining a new en owned or oriented broadcast entities American Dream for everyone. in the US. Bishop Wayne T. Jackson is founder/ Yet, Comcast created a Joint Diver- CEO of The Impact Network, the only sity Advisory Council, which consists of African-American founded and operatfour nine member Diversity Councils, ed Christian television network in the each of which is comprised of represen- United States. He is also senior pastor tatives from each of the aforementioned at Great Faith Ministries International, groups. These councils are designed in Detroit.

Justified rage in Ferguson By Walter L. Fields
 At this moment I don’t need my president to tell me to respect the decision of a tainted grand jury. And the call for calm from civil rights leaders, politicians and suspect clergy fall upon deaf ears. This isn’t about calm or order. It’s about justice. I am not trying to be analytical, politic, proper or courteous about this madness. By the way, if our civic leadership was as concerned with the killing of Black people as they are with the destruction of property, we wouldn’t be at this moment. Businesses can be rebuilt, insurance can cover property damage. Michael Brown is not coming back. The violence we witness in the streets is a reaction to the violence and degradation Black people endure on a daily basis. If the National Guard can be called up to defend the purveyors of hate and injustice, why not call them up to protect the people against institutional forces of evil – the police? No, we don’t have to respect the decision of a corrupt institution. Our only recourse is to dismantle the infrastructure that breeds racism. For every Tamir Rice, Emmett Till, Rodney King, Phillip Pannell, Cheyanne Bond, Trayvon Martin, Hadiya Pendleton, Malik Williams, Michael Brown, Genesis Rincon, John Crawford, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell and Eric Garner, I choose to be angry and indignant. I reserve the right to simmer with rage, and to use all my God given strength and talent to combat the sins of this nation. I refuse to submit, to be docile, to accept the slaughter of innocent children as a cost of being a Black American. It is a cost that I refuse to afford and a penalty that I refuse to accept. My rights were already paid down by the enslaved labor of my ancestors and the blood of the strange fruit that you hung on southern trees. I now demand payment in full for the terror imposed on my people and the dignity you trampled to gain advantage. I will not be silent nor will I waver in the face of ignorance and hate. There is no bending of the back here, no casting eyes away and no lowering of the head. The back you thought you broke is straight, and buttressed by a spine of steel. That sound you hear is not feet shuf-

fling, but steps ordered and determined. And if you try “boy,” “nigger’’ or “you people” or any other pejorative label know that I didn’t make it to 55 by accident. America needs to know that it crossed the line in Ferguson. Really, it obliterated the line of decency and humanity with the farce of a judicial process that occurred. The line was crossed a long time ago and Black people have been incredibly patient. No other group of oppressed people on this planet would have been this tolerant for this long as its children were murdered in cold blood. In some corners of the world children are hurling rocks at tanks and teenagers are standing in the path of tanks, and mothers are bearing arms. In America we have simply seethed, cried, prayed and hoped, and our oppressors have gone about their business, dining at the table of ill-gotten gains. It’s time we put justice on the menu and force fed it down the mouths of those who will never acknowledge our humanity. And let me set the record straight. Black people kill Black people, just as Whites murder Whites. White cops kill Black people. Black cops kill Black people. Corporations kill with their products. Americans kill. Violence is an equal opportunity offender. Just ask the families in Columbine, Sandy Hook or Oklahoma City. The attempt to racialize inner-group conflict is a pathetic denial of the reality of the society in which we live. Violence is part of the American fabric, is glorified, glamorized and claimed as a unique aspect of our culture. There is nothing Black about violence but there is everything American about killing. We get it, America. We get it loud and clear. The ball is now in our court. We have votes. We have money. We have our youth. We have our voices. We have our feet. We have our bodies. Let’s just be clear about one thing. We have tried it the way you prescribed in the Constitution and you betrayed the very words etched on parchment. It’s now time for payment in full on that promissory note Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of on August 28, 1963 with Lincoln in the background. It’s time for Black Americans to be about the business of bill collecting.

Credit checks: A Catch-22 for the Unemployed By Congressman John Conyers, Jr. There are countless situations that could undermine a responsible and dependable person’s credit score: a job layoff, unexpected medical bills, identity theft, domestic abuse, a divorce, or even a simple processing error, to name just a few. Credit checks, while often useful for loans and leases, were not designed to measure a person’s character, ability, or suitability for employment. So why are employers across the country using credit scores as measures of potential job performance?

Credit checks for the purpose of employment, in contrast, put jobless people in an impossible Catch-22: Because of their poor credit, they cannot obtain employment and because they are unemployed, they cannot restore their good credit. The use of such credit checks in employment has a disproportionate negative impact on people of color, who were targeted at devastatingly high rates for predatory lending and who continue to bear the impacts of discrimination in hiring, housing, education and lending.

It’s time for Congress to ban this destructive and disA 2012 study by the Socriminatory practice. I am ciety of Human Resources proud to co-sponsor legisManagement found that 47 lation, authored by Senator percent of companies use Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) credit checks when hiring. and Congressman Steve A more recent report from John Conyers, Jr. Cohen (TN-09), to prohibit the think tank Demos dethe use of personal credit scribes how qualified applicants are history in employment. The Equal Emturned away from employment in fields ployment for All Act would eliminate a ranging from finance to home repair dangerous rising trend that is denying to tech support to food delivery due to ever greater numbers of Americans their credit considerations. second chance. This is neither a conservative issue Our nation was founded on the right to second chances. America’s bank- nor a liberal issue. It is a question of fairruptcy laws — which offer people in ness and a question of whether Amerieconomic distress a financial fresh start ca’s employment practices will continue — are emulated by countries around the to reflect the principles that have made world. our economy strong for centuries.

Marion Barry, the people’s mayor By Julianne Malveaux
 Washington, D.C. just lost an icon. In the early morning hours of November 23, D.C.’s Mayor for Life succumbed to some of the health challenges that have plagued him for several years. Even in ill health he was, as he had been all his life, an icon to the people, especially those in the poorest part of the city. He distributed turkeys to the poor every year. More importantly, he pushed legislation that would not punish felons when they applied for jobs. Barry had a knack for championing for the least and the left out, the youth and the seniors, the homeless and the hungry. There are few politicians who are as consistent in their focus as Marion Barry. As mayor, Barry was the architect of D.C.’s economic development, making city contracts available to minority businesses that just Julianne Malveaux needed a chance so they could thrive. Of course, he is rarely acknowledged for his role in the city’s economic development, although it has been one of his key accomplishments. Barry’s brilliance is also frequently unacknowledged. He was a dissertation away from a doctorate in chemistry when he joined the Civil Rights Movement. That accomplishment was exceptional given Barry’s impoverished background. His parents picked cotton for a living and few expected him to rise to the heights that he did. Marion Barry mentored countless young men, embracing the concept “each one teach one.” Their association with him transformed dozens of young men. His summer youth program hired any youngster who needed a job, in the private sector or in the public sector. Even today, people credit Barry with helping them secure their job. Many will focus on Barry’s weaknesses instead of his strengths. Some have reported on his transition with mean headlines. Their reporting ignores the fact that the only person Marion Barry really hurt was himself. They ignore the fact that in the course of his life, Barry did more good than bad. TMZ, how dare you besmirch a good and faithful man, an unwavering warrior for African American people? One of the tallest trees in the forest has fallen and the remaining trees are shaken and disturbed, even as the earth shifts and the environment has been altered. It’s an awkward transition to move from Marion Barry to Ferguson, but the violent response to the fact that Darren Wilson would not be indicted reminds me of the Langston Hughes poem: 
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?

Marion Barry Fester like a sore – and then run? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load Or does it explode? Young people all over the country are justifiably angry at the fact that Darren Wilson was not indicted. The explosion of violence in Ferguson, however, is unacceptable. Black businesses were destroyed along with others, because people were indiscriminately destructive. At the same time, protesters were set up. Choosing to announce that Wilson would not be indicted until 8 o’clock in the evening was a tactic. It is also as if Robert McCulloch set protesters up. Why not release the results the next morning? Emotions had reached a peak by 8 p.m. Why throw fuel on an angry fire? It is also interesting that many are convinced that McCulloch did not aggressively push to indict Wilson because he didn’t want to. One witness said that he turned her words around during his examination of her. That suggests that he treated his own witnesses as hostile. Meanwhile, his apparent tepid examination advantaged him. Lawyers like to say that prosecutors can indict “a ham sandwich.” Not McCulloch. What would Marion Barry say? Give them some jobs, make them put some skin in the game. Send them to school and engage them in the system. Michael was about to go to school when he was brutally shot by Darren Wilson. Even if Michael Brown had stolen some cigars, he didn’t have to die because of it. At least eight bullets riddled his body; about a dozen were fired. Darren Wilson says he was doing his job, and the grand jury believed him. However, there is a way to hit Ferguson without resorting to violence. Why not organize a boycott of Ferguson and its surrounding areas by refusing to buy there? Why not boycott just one store until changes are made. Its CEO would be calling the police chief, the mayor or perhaps the governor to make needed changes in “law enforcement.” We need more people like Marion Barry to look out for the interests of our young people. Where is the man or woman with his passion for the least and the left out? Or, have we consigned our youth and young adults to the periphery, leaving them to act out as they so tragically did in Ferguson? Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist based in Washington, DC

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And she was right. Long after the “rousing standing ovation that seemed to last forever” died down and the echo of the applause dissipated, that performance – and all the opportunities that led up to it – continue to impact the students of this pre-K-to-8 academy in northwest Detroit. Consider Carl Shazor, a retired new product development engineer from Ford Motor Co., who no longer has a child attending the school. But Shazor can be seen almost daily near the front door, offering words of encouragement to many of the 972 students so they start their school day interacting with a caring adult. Or in the office, assisting the principal with assorted tasks. Or mentoring students after school. Shazor’s daughter, Destiny, was one of the nearly two dozen students who played at Carnegie Hall. Today, she’s a student at nationally-recognized Renaissance High School, Detroit Public Schools’ top-performing high school, where she is soaring academically and planning for college with a double-major in business and music. “This particular place was the instrument that took her where she is today,” said Shazor, beaming. “John R. King opened up great opportunities for her. I want the city and the nation to know that this school offers anything a child needs to be successful.” Performing arts opportunities are part of the fabric of J.R. King, said Principal Felicia Cook, sitting adjacent to a baby grand piano in one of the school’s music rooms. “I have always thought that the arts are pivotal and important,” Cook said, adding that she was involved in band throughout her schooling. “That helped me to become more engaged and connected to the school… You have some students here that are great artists, some young ladies that can dance, and other students who love drama and perform in skits and plays. We have many students that have talents here that we help shape.” Beginning in kindergarten, students have vocal music courses. By the time they are in middle

school, they can participate in the acclaimed Angelic Chorale, which has also performed across the state and at the White House. Students can also opt to take dance or drama, where they perform in the school’s Black Box Theater. The state-of-the-art 5,514-square-foot theater, which incorporates dramatic overhead lighting for plays, recitals and concerts, was part of a $10.7 million renovation of John R. King in 2010. The renovation also included the new Rosa Parks Atrium, new science and technology labs, new playground equipment, bright paint and tile flooring, new light fixtures in classrooms, a refinished gymnasium floor and more. Cook, who plans to expand the school’s renowned performing arts offerings, is quick to point out that J.R. King also has a reputation for providing a strong academic program and a caring, dedicated staff, both of which attract families. To that end, the school increased its enrollment last year. This was a considerable feat given that more schools continued to enter the city’s educational landscape while the overall population declines. Other attractive opportunities include extra-curricular activities like Girls and Boys Basketball, Junior National Honor Society, and a new Student Council, which Cook started this year because she believes students should have a voice. Cook and her teachers embrace a collaborative learning approach with a schedule that builds in plenty of time to create learning communities across subjects, she said. “We all have to be on the same page to build a synergy and energy that meshes,” she said. Teacher Lisa White-Berry said she is constantly weaving fine arts instruction into her English Language Arts lessons. She embraces the philosophy that ‘anything that is worth teaching can be presented in many ways,’ a teaching theory by Howard Gardner. Gardner, a psychologist and Harvard professor of cognition, believed people have multiple intelligences and use different cognitive means to process information. “Children need to have as many opportunities to become successful as possible, because students must not be limited when opportunities are available to exhibit mastery, and because all students may be different kinds of learners or have different skills and talents,” she said. At the upper grades, in particular, the school infuses hands-on learning throughout the curriculum that incorporates lots of inquiry-based instruction.

Wayne State University announces commitment to expand college access Recently, Wayne State University and President M. Roy Wilson joined President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.

Wayne State — one of the nation’s premier public, urban research universities — supports the president’s commitment in three key areas. First, the university, through its College of Education, has developed a new initiative to support high school counselors. Working closely with K-12 educational experts and college access groups, Wayne State is one of the first universities in the country to develop and offer a formal curriculum in the area of postsecondary planning and college counseling. Wayne State expects the course to have a positive impact on the college readiness and college attainment of more than 650,000 students over the next decade by teaching future counselors how to implement the eight components of College and Career Readiness (CCR) defined by the National Office of School Counseling Advocacy. Second, Wayne State has also joined with a consortium of community colleges and universities in metro Detroit to help meet the president’s goal of developing more college graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Wayne State, along with Marygrove College, University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne County Community College, are leading the National Institutes of Health’s REBUILD Detroit initiative — an acronym for Research Enhancement for Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity. The initiative aims to encourage more undergraduate students from underrepresented and economically disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue careers in biomedical

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When the Heritage World Strides National Middle School Festival chose the J. R. King Academic and Performing Arts Academy’s Angelic Chorale to perform as the Featured Choir at world-famous Carnegie Hall in 2012, then-Vocal Music Director Annette Anderson predicted the experience would have a lifetime impact on the students.

The White House College Opportunity Day of Action helps to support the president’s commitment to partner with colleges and universities, business leaders, and nonprofits to support students across the country to help our nation reach its goal of leading the world in college attainment.

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there will be coordinated activities and programs with Wayne State’s five top feeder community colleges (Oakland Community College, Macomb Community College, Henry Ford College, Schoolcraft College and Wayne County Community College District) that together create a shared ecosystem for degree attainment in Southeast Michigan, including Detroit.

Roy Wilson research. REBUILD Detroit will accomplish this by drawing more minority and economically disadvantaged students into the STEM pipeline, exposing students to research in laboratories and enhancing the research-training environment. As Michigan’s only public, urban research university, Wayne State will serve as the research partner in the consortium of schools. It will mentor faculty from other institutions in research skills, provide research-training opportunities and provide REBUILD scholars skills development in grant applications, graduate school preparedness, and networking opportunities. Third, with an ambitious goal of doubling the number of transfer students by the year 2020 and producing 2,500 additional degrees by the year 2025, Wayne State expects to be a major contributor to the nation’s effort to expand and build networks of colleges that will promote completion. The university will leverage its current student success initiatives and build on its recently created Transfer Student Success Center (TSSC) to accomplish these goals. The TSSC will serve as a hub to assist transfer students in navigating Wayne State and as an advocacy unit on behalf of transfer students. To support its engagement with transfer students, Wayne state will create specialized training for student advisors on transfer students’ needs, extend Wayne State student success initiatives to community college partner campuses, offer more degree programs that are articulated with community colleges, and invest in IT systems to provide better institutional data about transfers students. Additionally,

“As the first person in my extended family to be educated beyond high school, expanding college access is a deeply held personal conviction,” said President Wilson. “I fully support President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s goal to make the United States the world leader in college attainment.” Participants were asked to commit to new action in one of four areas: building networks of colleges around promoting completion, creating K-16 partnerships around college readiness, investing in high school counselors as part of the First Lady’s Reach Higher initiative, and increasing the number of college graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. President Obama will announce new steps on how his administration is helping to support these actions, including announcing $10 million to help promote college completion and a $30 million AmeriCorps program that will improve low-income students’ access to college. The event was the second College Opportunity Day of Action. Expanding opportunity for more students to enroll and succeed in college, especially low-income and underrepresented students, is vital to building a strong economy and a strong middle class. Today, only 9 percent of those born in the lowest family income quartile attain a bachelor’s degree by age 25, compared to 54 percent in the top quartile. In an effort to expand college access, the Obama Administration has increased Pell scholarships by $1,000 a year, created the new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth up to $10,000 over four years of college, limited student loan payments to 10 percent of income, and laid out an ambitious agenda to reduce college costs and promote innovation and competition.

“We want our students to think deeply and ask lots of probing questions,” Cook said. In White-Berry’s classroom, students have a variety of options in which they can work toward mastery of a lesson: students may read alone, conduct pair reading, engage in small group reading, or do “picture walks” as others read. Through “picture walks,” students may join her at a workshop table for a guided reading lesson which may evolve into an art lesson – “read it, draw it or draw it, read it,” she said. “I use probing questions to model inquiry skills and to better understand my students — each and every child. As a child, I was often that daydreaming or bored student hoping to remain invisible. I remember light bulbs turning on when art was mentioned,” White-Berry said. Tending to each child’s needs is key at J.R. King, where a new Reading Recovery program also provides intensive small group instruction targeted at students in first grade to help improve their reading skills. Markeeta Burr, one of the school’s two dedicated Reading Recovery teachers, works individually for 30 minutes each day with four students and later engages in small group instruction with three groups of three students each for 40 minutes each. Such focused, individualized instruction has helped the students demonstrate a dramatic difference in reading levels in the last two months, Burr said. Eighth grader Brooklyn Niang, who sings in the Angelic Chorale, but counts English Language Arts as her favorite subject, said J. R. King’s teachers push students to find their creativity and to excel in all subjects. With a 3.7 grade point average, she said J.R. King’s teachers have prepared her so she is confident she will excel on the examination test to attend Renaissance or Cass Tech High School. “They’ve given me the best education I could possibly have,” replied Brooklyn. Something you didn’t know: Naima Mora, winner of “America’s Next Top Model” cycle four, is a graduate of J.R. King.

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DPS receives grant to increase local foods in schools sion to increase the number of opportunities for our students and families to engage in high-quality agri-science experiences,” said Jack Martin, emergency manager, Detroit Public Schools.

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Detroit Public Schools is pleased to announce that the district is among 82 projects spanning 42 states and the Virgin Islands receiving support this year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm to School Program, an effort to better connect school cafeterias and students with local farmers and ranchers. DPS received a $97,188 implementation grant to impact 62,000 students and their communities across three school districts and seven public school academies. “USDA is proud to support communities across the country as they plan and implement innovative farm to school projects,” said USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. “Community partners are coming together to ensure a bright and healthy future for students, and local farmers and ranchers. These inspiring collaborations create long-term benefits for students, as they develop a meaningful understanding of where food comes from, and support our farmers and ranchers by expanding market opportunities for local and regional foods.” “This implementation grant not only will help to increase access to healthy foods for the students we serve and improve our local economy, but also further our mis-

USDA Farm to School grants help schools respond to the growing demand for locally sourced foods and increase market opportunities for producers and food businesses, including food processors, manufacturers, and distributors. Grants will also be used to support agriculture and nutrition education efforts such as school gardens, field trips to local farms, and cooking classes. Detroit Public Schools will use the implementation funds to improve training and the skill set of individuals who are growing food in extended growing hoop houses located on several school properties. Through existing partnerships with MSU Extension and the MSU Product Center, students and DPS Office of School Nutrition employees will learn the skills to grow specific vegetables year-round. These vegetables will be harvested and processed to be served in school cafeterias. “The grant allows Detroit Public Schools to continue our efforts to deliver food system changes and to expand educational opportunities for our students by growing local foods year-round,” said Betti Wiggins, executive director, Office of School Nutrition. “Programs and services for students and their community must support what is done in the classroom. This grant also provides a tool to be used as DPS strives for academic excellence. It takes more than books for children to learn.”

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Detroit executive travels to Madrid to understand Spain’s flourishing national health care system By Leslie Gordon

government contracts with health care companies are based on the best interest of Spain,” said Alexander. “Learning about Spain’s national health care system gave me a greater appreciation for my home country, which I love, but it also pointed me to economic and social factors that may be contributing to our health challenges.”

Linda Alexander, chief clinical officer of Total Health Care, a Michigan Managed Care Plan, has learned in her more than 20 years as a health care executive that broadening her perspective on American health care by looking beyond U.S. borders allows her to strike a delicate balance between the human connection and complex business aspects of health care management. That is a smart and much-needed approach in this time of uncertainty as the Affordable Care Act remains under fire. On Nov. 10, the Obama administration predicted that the number of people with health coverage through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces will be significantly lower by the end of next year than previous government estimates. During midterm elections, several Republican senators won Senate races in which they emphasized opposition to the health care law, as did successful Republican House candidates. Alexander understands the ongoing opposition to the Affordable Care Act, yet this Detroit native’s goal is simple — to be a beacon of light by positively influencing modern health care to benefit all Michigan citizens, especially those in underserved communities.

where she develops population health management strategies, provides perspective on care integration and is responsible for Total Health Care’s clinical operations and population health management of 120,000 members who reside in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland and Genesee counties. “Spaniards are engaged, well informed and very proud of their country’s health care system, and

Alexander, along with other US delegates, visited Madrid’s Hospital Rey Juan Carlos Móstoles where they met with physicians. During her visit to Spain where delegates also met with government officials, she observed the Spanish government’s efficient process of handling costly administrative functions, from negotiating contracts to selecting vendors. By comparison, the United States maintains a decentralized system, relying on varied resources to manage patient services, including verifying patient insurance and obtaining payment authorizations. “These administrative layers are non-existent in Spain,” she said. “Patients carry health care cards used for registration for care,

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Alexander, a sought after speaker by state and national health care organizations, traveled to Madrid, Spain this fall as a delegate for the TPG International Health Academy Spain Executive Trade/Study Mission. While in Madrid, she gained a greater understanding of a successful national health care model — which virtually all of Europe has — and its impact on the population. Her objective was to bring key insights back to the Detroit area

Michigan Chronicle thanks sponsors at appreciation event Michigan Chronicle hosted its annual client appreciation reception on Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Detroit Athletic Club. It was great time to reflect on the past year and celebrate all that the Chronicle has been able to accomplish thanks largely to the support of its sponsors. From the four Pancakes & Politics forums to the Men and Women of Excellence awards and the Legacy in Motion gala, the reception was newspaper’s way of thanking sponsors and advertisers for their ongoing support. Over 50 clients and partners were present for the special event. Top supporters include General Motors, Starr Commonwealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Comerica, Fifth Third bank, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Professional Medical

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tive. It works for Spain and the citizens appreciate it.”

The Spanish government sustains health care costs that are one-third less than the U.S. Their national health care system maintains control over pharmaceutical and technological adoption. Committees evaluate contracts, negotiate pricing to distribute power equitably and maintain objectivity.

Alexander, a mother of three, is a respected business leader and community servant. She volunteers her time and talents locally as a member of the Renaissance (MI) Chapter of the Links, Incorporated and the Detroit Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.

A current health care problem the United States faces is the cost of new drugs to treat hepatitis C. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that approximately 3.2 million Americans are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus, with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 hepatitis C virus-related deaths annually. “One pill can cost $1,000 or $80,000 for a course of treatment of the hepatitis C virus,” said Alexander. “In Spain, they are weighing the cost vs. benefit ratio of bringing this drug to their market. If brought to market, the drug company must agree to negotiated pricing, which will likely be substantially lower than in the US. Some might call this rationing of care. I say it depends on your perspec-

She sits on several boards, including Neighborhood Service Organization and the American Heart Association of Southeast Michigan, Delta Service Through Detroit Foundation, Inc. and community advisory councils including Association of Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) Strategic Advisory Board, and Michigan Health Council’s Education2Practice Program. Linda Alexander continues to serve as a leader in the health care industry, constantly pursuing ways to bring greater clarity to the ever-changing American health care landscape and to deliver optimum services in this era of health care reform.

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Franklin Wright Settlement will honor Loretta V. Davis, President & CEO of the Institute of Population Health, Dave Meador, Vice Chair and Chief Administrative Officer DTE, Hiram Jackson CEO Real Times Media and Publisher of the Michigan Chronicle, and the nationally acclaimed Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences choir. The 2014 “Spirit of Giving” black tie “Evening of Elegance” will pay tribute to these individuals and the DAAS choir for their outstanding commitment to excellence, innovation and dedication to community service in the metropolitan Detroit area. The DAAS choir will be in concert.

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Appreciation Centers, and Detroit Medical Center.

The year-in-review showcased the success of the various events. This year,

the Michigan Chronicle hosted top decision makers at the Pancakes & Politics forums, honored more than 200 of this region’s most accomplished and influential professionals via its awards programs, presented noted political analyst Donna Brazile as keynote for the Women of Excellence Awards, and recognized Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Roy Roberts with Lifetime Achievement awards. The Michigan Chronicle looks forward to continuing its mission of serving and uplifting the community in 2015.

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JOB CONNECTION CORNER

How to use the holidays to job search By Carl Norris Are you about to start a job search or are you in the midst of looking for a new job? Are you thinking about waiting to start or putting your job search on hold? If so, think again. Contrary to popular opinion, this is a good time of year to find a job. Employers don’t stop hiring just because it’s the holidays, especially with spending deadlines looming and 2015 right around the corner. In addition, the holiday season is a perfect time of year to network your way to a new job. Why Hiring Continues One executive explains why hiring continues, regardless of the time of year: “For many of us, the holiday season is a time to sit back and relax, to take a break from business, to focus our attention on friends and family. For businesses, the needs that drive hiring throughout the year don’t change just because the paid hol-

nies make, it is common for key individuals to interrupt their vacations (where feasible) to meet with short listed candidates. In all cases, we understand that to meet our goals in the new year, it is critical that we stay focused on our staffing plans even as we turn our gaze homeward.”

Some people give up job searching between the Thanksgiving and New Year holidays. Don’t be one of them. Employers are still hiring and there may be less competition from other job seekers this time of year. In addition, companies that budget on an annual basis may have jobs that they need to hire for now.

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Tips for a Holiday Job Search

idays are bunched up on the last pages of the calendar.”

As you can see, employers continue to focus on hiring, even though there is a temptation to do otherwise. The same should hold true for job seekers. It can be easier to say “I’m not going to bother, it’s a bad time of year for job hunting” than it is to move forward with a job search. However, for those who do keep plugging away, the additional opportunities are worth the effort.

If you’re working at a company where the holiday season is a slow one, take advantage. If you have vacation time you need to use up, schedule some networking meetings. It’s an ideal time of year to connect with acquaintances you haven’t been in touch with in a while, both to celebrate the holiday season and to let them know you’re in the market for a new opportunity.

Here are a few tips to maximize your December job hunt.

3. Use Personal and Professional Events

He explains that at many companies hiring and personnel activities continue at all times of year, because the needs that drive hiring — competitive pressures, growing markets, strategic initiatives — don’t take a break. Holiday Hiring Hiring during the holidays is sometimes complicated because key decision makers are absent. In the case of hiring, arguably the most important decision compa-

1. Don’t Slow Down Your Job Search

2. Use Down Time

If you are attending a holiday social event, it is appropriate to mention

that you are job searching. Accept all the invitations you receive, both personal and professional. You never know who may be able to help. Friends and family, as well as business acquaintances are typically more than happy to assist. 4. Send Holiday Cards Sending a “Happy Holidays” or a “Happy New Year” greeting card to networking contacts, recruiters and to employers you have interviewed with is another good way to connect with those who can help with your job search. 5. Connect Online Send email or use a professional or social networking site (like Linkedin or Facebook) to get in touch. The holiday season is a good excuse to touch base and a good time to reinforce or expand your network. 6. Relax and Enjoy During this time of year, it’s also important to

take some time for yourself and your family. Do relax a little and don’t forget to enjoy the holiday season. That’s important too, for all of us, whether we are job seeking or not. Career planning in the 21st century is decidedly more complex than it ever has been before. The days of one job for life are gone, and even the old corporate ladder model has faded, due to a host of economic factors (increased mergers, outsourcing, offshoring, etc.). You need to be proactive with planning your career to get where you want to go, no matter what time of year it is. Carl Norris is the managing partner at Global Consulting, Inc. an executive staffing firm located in Farmington Hills. The company specializes in the placement of accounting, finance, tax, audit, IT, clerical and a–––dministrative professionals.

Peter E. Holmes appointed CEO of Diversified Chemical Technologies, Inc. headquartered in Detroit The Board of Directors of Diversified Chemical Technologies, Inc. (DCT) has appointed Dr. Peter E. Holmes as chief executive officer of the company effective Nov. 1, 2014. Dr. Holmes will replace George Hill who relinquishes the role of CEO and will remain chairman of DCT, Inc. Holmes has 28 years of experience in the chemical industry with leading multinational companies Rohm & Haas, Dow Chemical and Celanese Corporation. A native of Washington, DC, he was selected through an extensive national search and joined DCT in August 2013 as chief operating

officer. Effective Nov. 1, Holmes takes the helm as chief executive officer of DCT, headquartered in Detroit. Board Chairman George Hill said, “During Peter’s time with DCT, he has made a significant impact in leading our operations and bringing a clear focus on strategic direction, operational excellence and enhanced organizational emphasis on better serving our customers. “We are indeed very pleased to have Peter assume an even greater leadership role as the company’s CEO. I am sure with his background and rich

experiences he will lead DCT into a new phase of growth and performance. DCT customers, board members, employees and other stakeholders look forward to this new chapter with Peter’s management of the company. It’s an exciting time. “It has been an extraordinarily rewarding 43 years. I thank my partner, Arnold Joseff, and the company’s leadership team for their full support and trust and hard work in providing the continuity in the competitive markets we are in.” As a scientist, Holmes is also eager to support DCT’s community inter-

est in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) disciplines available to students. “With a keen interest in science and technology, I look forward to engaging with young people in metro Detroit on the fun and fulfillment of careers in the chemical industry,” Holmes said. “When we introduce science to students at a young age, the greater the opportunity to ignite and stimulate their interests. We maximize their potential and benefit from their contributions to advance society.”

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National Kidney Foundation of Michigan hosts 10th Annual Kidney Ball The National Kidney Foundation of Michigan gathered friends and supporters for the 10th Annual Kidney Ball on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the MGM Grand Detroit.

Bowl experience and a trip to Paris, along with an expansive and unique silent auction.

The event, which featured the theme “Motown Magique,” included a night of live music, great food, cocktails and even a candy “bar” to top off the evening, all making it the most fun charity event in metro Detroit.

Guests enjoyed dancing and listening to the sounds of the Jerry Ross Band.

This year’s Kidney Ball raised more than $500,000 for the NKFM’s many programs and services that help the more than 900,000 Michigan residents living with chronic kidney disease, and the many more at risk. The spectacular evening, which attracted more than 680 of metro Detroit’s givers and shakers, began with cocktails at 6 p.m. and a fabulous dinner served at 7:30 p.m. WDIV Local 4’s Steve Garagiola, served as the emcee for the evening, which featured an exciting live auction with items such as a VIP Super

The live auction alone raised more than $70,000.

Special guests this year included former Detroit Lion Lomas Brown, former Detroit Red Wing Joe Kocur, WDIV Local 4 News Anchor Rhonda Walker and several others. Duane McLean, executive vice president of business affairs for the Detroit Tigers, and Myra Moreland of Angstrom Automotive, served as honorary co-chairs of the 2014 Kidney Ball. Jason Hall, national sales director of Title Source, was this year’s event chair. During the event, Duane McLean announced that Ed Peper, U.S. vice president of Fleet & Commercial Sales for General Motors, will serve with him as an honorary co-

chair for the 2015 Kidney Ball, and Patrick Rugiero of Roman Village Restaurant Group, served as event Cchair. “We have been told that the Kidney Ball is the most fun gala in the region,” said Dan Carney, president and CEO of the NKFM. “We strive to provide our guests with an unforgettable experience while keeping in mind that the Kidney Ball is an important fundraiser for our organization and for spreading awareness about kidney disease throughout Michigan.

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Legal tools, tips and advice offered at Butzel Long’s Detroit Business Symposium Growing companies are always looking for a competitive edge in today’s marketplace. Southeast Michigan businesses can discover legal tools and learn tips they need to thrive during a half-day seminar on January 8, 2015 presented by Butzel Long. The program will take place from 7:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at the M@ dison Building, located at 1555 Broadway Street in Detroit. (The M@dison is a state-of-the-art building that also is home to multiple startups). The cost is $50, which includes breakfast and lunch. The event will benefit Young Detroit Builders, an educational training program that helps qualified low income young adults ages 18-24 earn their GEDS while getting hands-on con-

struction training. “Metro Detroit has a powerhouse of talented and entrepreneurial minds that are key to leading our next generation of companies,” said Bernard “Bernie” Fuhs, attorney and shareholder, Trade Secret & Non-Compete Specialty Team, Butzel Long. “Our goal is to offer practical guidance, along with access to key people and resources, to help these start-up and growing businesses succeed.”

and Workplace Practices: Crucial Building Blocks for Growth and Success • Startups Hustle Harder: Expert Advice on Running, Funding, and Growing Your Emerging Company A highlight of the symposium will be an expert panel featuring: • Trevor Pawl, Managing Director, Pure Michigan Business Connect • Jonathan Hughes, CFO, Shinola/Detroit LLC

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City of Detroit updates Hazard Mitigation Plan The City of Detroit has begun an effort to revise and update its Hazard Mitigation Plan and is soliciting public involvement in the process. Obtaining public involvement is an important aspect of the process. A meeting will be held on December 18, 2014 to provide information on the process. The Hazard Mitigation plan is a preventative plan intended to reduce the loss of life and property due to natural, technological and human-related hazards by identifying potential hazards and ways to prevent or minimize damage resulting from these hazards. This will be the first revision that this plan has undergone. This meeting is open to the public and participation is encouraged. The date and time for the meeting is shown below. Any resident is welcome to attend the meeting. Adams Butzel Complex 10500 Lyndon Detroit, Mi. 48227 Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:00 pm

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Should be a bigger star Often in the world of show business, as elsewhere, the level of success a person achieves does not necessarily correspond to the talent they possess. Such is the case with comedienne/actress T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh, an alumna of “In Living Color,” the groundbreaking sketch comedy TV show that aired from 1990 to 1994 on the Fox Network.

T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh

So many cast members — Keymáh was among the most talented — went on to become top level stars, including David Alan Grier, Kim Coles, Tommy Davidson, various Wayans and, especially, Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey.

Keymáh has a lot of things on her résumé, but she has not been as fortunate as some of the others. Among her most memorable “In Living Color” characters are LaShawn, the sassy Black woman with the long braids, Hilda Hedley in the “Hey, Mon!” sketches and Shawanda Harvey, host of “You Go, Girl!”

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Fortunately, T’Keyah Crystal Keymáh’s best work has been preserved on YouTube and DVD. KUDOS to the multitalented Jill Scott for refusing to condemn the embattled Bill Cosby, a fellow Philadelphian. She boldly stated, “I side with substantiated proof when media/ society is attempting to destroy a magnificent legacy.” She also noted that Cosby has done more for the image of Black people “than almost anyone, ever.”

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Whoopi Goldberg is another defender and Cosby has expressed his gratitude to them. I would like to hear what his “Cosby Show” costars — including Phylicia Rashad, Lisa Bonet, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keisha Knight Pulliam and Sabrina Le Beauf — have to say about all this madness. There is an absurdity in pulling “The Cosby Show” reruns off the air. The fantastic, groundbreaking show has nothing to do with the present so-called scandal. I watched the show then and I would watch it now. R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, Woody Allen and another film director, Roman Polanski, were all involved in sex scandals — in most cases with documented proof — but their work was not pulled from the Internet, television, radio, etc. As Chris Lee, a writer for Entertainment Weekly magazine put it, “Great work doesn’t get scrubbed out of public consciousness by private misdeeds, at least not in the long run.” ANDRE CYMONE, singer, musician, songwriter and producer, is someone we haven’t heard anything from in a long time. But the former member of Prince & the Revolution and former husband of Jody Watley finally has a new album, titled “The Stone.” Speaking of C ­ ymone — whose real name, by the way, is André An- André Cymone derson — he is among the artists not angry with Harry Belafonte who last year criticized young celebrities for not being much more active with regard to social issues.

She didn’t invent glamour, but Josephine Baker took it to new heights. Diana Ross, Beyoncé and others who glitter and dazzle owe “La Baker” a debt of gratitude. Although born in a country and a city (St. Louis) where racism was blatant and never apologized for, Baker became a sensation in France where she was recognized as a unique talent, exotic and an exciting performer. From there Baker became a worldwide star unlike any other before her. But she also retained a strong sense of ethnic pride. Whenever she was presented in the United States, she refused to perform for segregated audiences, and this was long before the advent of the Civil Rights Movement. Baker’s concerts were extravaganzas, featuring astonishing attire, that took people to places they had never envisioned. She usually sang in French, a language she was fluent in. JOSEPHINE BAKER was born Freda Josephine McDonald on June 3, 1906 in St. Louis, Missouri. Early on she felt the sting of racism. “The hate directed against the colored people in St. Louis has always given me a sad feeling,” she said. “I remember the horror. I ran away from St. Louis, and then from the United States because of that terror of discrimination. “When I was a child and they burned us out of our home, I was frightened and ran away, (eventually) to France. In that country I never feared. (By comparison), it was like a fairyland.” She even went so far as to describe it as “a land of true freedom,

democracy and equality,” which surely was somewhat of an exaggeration. Young Josephine dropped out of school when she was 13 and learned to live on the mean streets. She danced for anyone who cared to watch — “dancing to keep from cry-

ing,” you might say — and within two years was chosen to join a vaudeville show called the St. Louis Chorus. NEXT UP, New York City. There, she performed at the Plantation Club and appeared — not as the star

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“He think he is right,” said Cymone. “He stood up at a time when it was not just unpopular but also unsafe. At any moment he could have lost his livelihood or his life, but he did what had to be done and broke ground. He made a difference and he made it easier for us. He and other committed entertainers like him made that dream come true and we owe him a debt of gratitude.” ON THE surface it would appear that Millie Jackson, the queen of raunchy R&B, and gospel superstar Vickie Winans have nothing in common other than being very successful Black women in the music industry. But going over taped interviews with each lady, it was discovered that both prefer to take care of managing, booking, etc. themselves rather than paying out all that money to someone else. (Of course, that situation may have changed since I did those interviews.) Do you think a movie about Marvin Gaye will ever actually get made? I doubt it. This project has been talked about for many years with nothing ever materializing. And by the

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Lynn Whitfield portrayed Josephine Baker in a 1991 made-for-television movie, “The ­Josephine Baker Story.”

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Thanksgiving parade attractions Despite some maneuvering that was necessary due to the large amount of construction going on in downtown Detroit, America’s Thanksgiving Parade was a success, drawing people from all over metro Detroit and beyond. Among the participating stars were hip-hop recording artist Big Sean, who is from Detroit, and the Four Tops, now consisting of Duke Fakir (left), the only original member, Lawrence Payton Jr., son of another original member, Michael Brock and Ronnie ­McNeir. — Barbara Orto photos

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— in two shows (revues), “Shuffle Along” (1921), which is of historical significance, and “The Chocolate Dandies” (1924). Perhaps sensing that she had gone as far as she could in her native country, Baker boldly traveled to Paris, France, opening on Oct. 2, 1925 in a show called “La Revue Nègre.” She became known not only for her impressive singing and dancing, but for her propensity for often appearing on stage nearly nude.

standing breeds love and brotherhood. People can learn to live together, understand each other and consequently love each other. God dislikes evil and no happiness can be built on hate.”

One observer spoke of glowingly in a television documentary, citing her “beautiful bronze body,” while legendary journalist and author Ernest Hemingway described Josephine Baker as “the most sensational woman anyone ever saw.” Baker also became known for her comic antics on stage. “La Baker” reveled in extravagance, anything to delight her audiences. To her way of thinking, there was no such thing as “too much.” For example, she was frequently accompanied on stage by a cheetah, wearing a diamond collar. IN ADDITION to starring in four films that were popular in European countries, “Siren of the Tropics,” “Zouzou,” “Fausse Alerte” and “Princesse Tam Tam,” Baker made recordings that were quite successful. The most popular of these was “J’ai deux amours,” released in 1931. Vanessa Williams sang this song in a tribute to Baker in the remarkable 1985 TV special “Motown Returns to the Apollo.” In that same salute to legendary ladies, Jennifer Holliday paid homage to Bessie Smith, Marilyn McCoo brought back the

memory of Ethel Waters, Thelma Houston remembered Dinah Washington, and Debbie Allen showed gratitude to Billie Holiday. Despite Baker’s massive popularity in France and elsewhere, things were different in the United States. When she returned in 1935-36, she was hired to star in the stage production “Ziegfeld Follies,” but the box office numbers, for racial reasons, were not impressive, so she was replaced, prompting a return to Paris in 1937. Despite the pervasiveness of racism in the U.S., and Baker’s firsthand encounters with it, she remained ever hopeful, saying, “Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than skin tone, when under-

Although she lived in France, Josephine Baker remained a civil rights activist, asserting herself so strongly and in so many ways that she received threatening phone calls from the Ku Klux Klan, but she was not afraid. She worked with the NAACP and was the only official female speaker at the iconic March on Washington in 1963, featuring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Baker loved children and opted 12 of various nationalities, labeling them “the Rainbow Tribe.” The family lived in a castle in Dordogne, France. Although Baker had a devastating financial setback in the mid-1960s, by the late ’60s she was again performing. Among those in the audience at one special show in Paris in April 1975 were Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, Shirley Bassey, Mick Jagger and Sophia Loren. Simply put, Josephine Baker was/is one of the grandest stars of all time.

Reflections way, it is hard to believe that if he were still with us, Marvin Gaye would be 75 years old! Toni Braxton filed a lawsuit against ex-husband Keri Lewis, a former member of the group Mint Condition, for not paying child support for their two children. He is supposed to pay $2 thousand a month. Hey, maybe he doesn’t have it! Actor Carl Weathers, best known as Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, came to Detroit years ago and liked Vernors ginger ale so much that he began having it shipped to him in Los An-

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The spirit of giving It is common for charitable organizations to publish wish lists at the end of the year. However, these lists are yearround, and Franklin Wright Settlements has been meeting the needs of and granting those wishes to thousands of men, women, children, seniors and families for over 133 years in the greater metropolitan Detroit area. Have you ever wondered where the funds come from to support the many programs at Franklin Wright? Programs such as the After School Enrichment program, the Teen Center, the Annual College tour, Summer Enrichment program continue to enrich the quality of life for individuals in addition to strengthening, reuniting and building stronger families. Franklin Wright is generously supported by United Way and other committed and giving donors, but the existence for additional resources to meet the growing needs of the community is real. The economic forecast for the city of Detroit is steadily increasing with a glimmer of hope, but there are other Detroit areas that continue to need the programs that Franklin Wright offers. Can Franklin Wright count on you, the community, to invest in a better tomorrow for every individual who walks through the door? Monetary donations to support Franklin Wright programs is paramount,

sors to meet the needs of youth who annually go on the college tour, in addition to travel kits that include toiletries. Many of these students have never been outside of the city, so suitcases and even school supplies are in high demand. Franklin Wright can also use recreational items and sporting equipment.

Monique Marks but we would like for you to use your imagination, as we have, to thumb through a holiday catalogue and create a wish list of what you would love to see a non-profit organization blessed with, not only during the holiday season, but year -round. So what does a Franklin Wright wish include? Do you have some spare time to help children learn to read? The statistics in the city of Detroit regarding literacy are sobering. The rate is around 47 percent (functionally illiterate) for those who cannot read. We also need volunteers to help our children develop good study habits and prepare for the ACT. Franklin Wright could use a large bus to transport our youth and seniors. Were you aware that there are historic areas in the city of Detroit unlike any in the United States that even our seniors have not explored? Franklin Wright has a full bowling alley that needs serious repair and we need spon-

The management and staff of Franklin Wright are excited about the continued good that will take place because you, the community, are willing to take ownership in this endeavor. We need your help with a spirit of giving to continue to impact the long-term success of Franklin Wright programs and the community. On Dec. 13 Franklin Wright will celebrate 133 years of commitment and dedication to the community at the annual Spirit of Giving Gala at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Join us for a spectacular Evening of Elegance as we honor Loretta V. Davis, president and CEO of IOPH, Dave Meador, vice chair and CAO of DTE, Hiram Jackson, president and CEO of Real Times Media, and the nationally acclaimed Detroit Academy of Arts and Science Choir who will also perform in mini-concert. For more information regarding Franklin Wright Settlement’s Spirit of Giving Gala and its programs, please call 313-579-1000, ext. 241.

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Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church upcoming events Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church will be joining New Prospect Baptist Church, located at 6330 Pembroke in Detroit, for Christmas service on Dec. 25, at 8:00 a.m.

Russell Street Missionary Baptist Church will be holding Watchcare services on Dec. 31 at 10:00 p.m. The church is located at 8700 Chrysler Fwy. Service Drive, Detroit.

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Written by Dr. Curtis L. Ivery and his son Marcus, the book provides wisdom for being a successful African-American family man each day and every day. Including insight from celebrated leaders past and present such as Frederick Douglass, Bill Cosby, and Nelson Mandela, Ivery provides everyday wisdom on how to instill value systems that empower children, families and communities, while creating deep and meaningful relationships grounded in family life.

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Available at: ”Preachers of Detroit,” a spinoff of “Preachers of LA,” will premiere on Oxygen on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 at 10 p.m. The show will focus on seven preachers — five men and two women — and will show each of the preachers navigating through their faith and personal lives.

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Bishop Charles Ellis, senior pastor of Greater Grace Temple in Detroit, the site of numerous important gatherings such as the funeral of civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Pastor David Bullock of Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church in Highland Park, an activist and past candidate for Detroit

City Council. Bishop Corletta Vaughn of Go Tell It Evangelistic Ministry Worldwide, who has broken down barriers for women of faith Pastor Tim Alden, a Detroit native based in Los Angeles who was inspired to start a pop-up church in his hometown Evangelist Dorinda Clark-Cole, a Grammy winner who is part of the famous gospel group the Clark Sisters and an administrator at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ in Detroit. Bishop-elect Clarence Langston, founder of Word in Action Christian Center in Detroit.

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NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS City of Detroit Planning and Development Department 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1300 Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Telephone: 313.224.0472 TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS Pursuant to 24 CFR 58.43 and 58.70, this notice shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities undertaken by the City of Detroit.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS CITY OF DETROIT Planning and Development Department 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1300 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Telephone: 313.224.0472

On or about December 26, 2014, and in accordance with 24 CFR 58.71, the City of Detroit will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Detroit Field Office for the release of HOME Investment Partnerships Program funds authorized under Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625). Once provided the appropriate authorization, the City of Detroit will commit these funds to the following project:

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Veterans Village Apartments Project HOME Investment Partnerships Program, 2013 $2,000,000.00

Pursuant to 24 CFR 58.70, this notice shall satisfy procedural requirements for activities undertaken by the City of Detroit.

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On or about December 19, 2014, and in accordance with 24 CFR 58.71, the City of Detroit will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Detroit Field Office for the release of Community Development Block Grant funds authorized under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law 93383). Once provided the appropriate authorization, the City of Detroit may commit these funds to the following project: Home Repair and Rehabilitation Project Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), 2014 $6,094,292.00 PROJECT SCOPE As permitted under 24 CFR 570.202(a)(1), the City of Detroit shall commit Federal funds to reimburse eligible costs associated with the repair, renovation, or rehabilitation of residential structures within the City of Detroit. Targeted residential structures shall meet the following criteria: 1.) contain one to four dwelling units, 2.) be current on local property taxes, 3.) need structurally- and financially-feasible repairs, renovations, or rehabilitation 4.) be owned and occupied by a person or persons who meet(s) eligibility requirements based upon total household income, or other factors, as established by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The City of Detroit will utilize the CDBG funds to establish a loan program. In support of the loan program, the City may utilize CDBG funds for any of the following purposes: 1.) create a fund to pay the interest on loans originated by participating lending institutions, 2.) create a loan-loss reserve to reimburse participating lenders for loans in default, or 3.) provide capital to the loans made to eligible home owners. The City of Detroit may partner with a non-profit community development organization and/or a community development financial institution to establish and operate the loan program. The maximum loan amount for any individual residential structure is fifty thousand ($50,000.00) dollars. However, structures located within a Special Flood Hazard Area are ineligible for any “substantial improvement,” as defined in applicable Federal regulations. The City of Detroit shall solely determine the maximum level of assistance for any structure located within a Special Flood Hazard Area. The City of Detroit Housing and Revitalization Department will serve as the primary sponsor of this Project. As of the date of this notice, the offices of the Housing and Revitalization Department are located at 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1700, 48226. DETERMINATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This project is Categorically Excluded from environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), per 24 CFR 58.35(a)(3), and the preparation of an Environmental Assessment or an Environmental Impact Statement is not required at this time. However, this project is subject to the laws and authorities articulated in 24 CFR 58.5 and 58.6. The Environmental Review of this project utilizes a tiered approach permitted under 24 CFR 58.15 in order to identify and evaluate all issues ripe for decision. The City of Detroit Planning and Development Department has prepared the Tier I Environmental Review for this project, and the Tier I Environmental Review finds that this project complies with the laws and authorities articulated in 24 CFR 58.5 (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), and (j), as well as the laws and authorities articulated in 24 CFR 58.6 (c) and (d). The Planning and Development Department will evaluate all remaining environmental issues for specific properties in the Tier II Environmental Review. In accordance with 24 CFR 58.38, the City of Detroit Planning and Development Department prepared a Tier I Environmental Review Record that documents the Tier I Environmental Review of the above-named project. The Tier I Environmental Review Record is on file with the Planning and Development Department at 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1300, Detroit, Michigan, 48226. The record is available for public examination and copying, upon request, on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS AND CERTIFICATION Through the Request for Release of Funds and Certification (form HUD 7015.15), the City of Detroit certifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that the City of Detroit has fulfilled and will continue to fulfill its responsibilities for environmental review, decision making and action. Furthermore, the City of Detroit and Mayor Michael E. Duggan, or other official approved by HUD, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities for environmental review, decision making, and action. Upon approval of the request for release of funds and certification, the City of Detroit may commit the Community Development Block Grant funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related laws and authorities. PUBLIC COMMENTS The City of Detroit invites all interested agencies, groups and persons to submit written comments concerning the above-named project for consideration. The Planning and Development Department should receive such comments at the address listed at the top of this notice on or before December 18, 2014. The City of Detroit will consider all such comments so received, and the City of Detroit will not request the release of Federal funds or take any choice-limiting action on the above-named project prior to December 19, 2014. OBJECTION TO RELEASE OF FUNDS For a fifteen (15) day period following receipt of all required documentation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will accept an objection to its approval of the release of funds and certification only if the objection is based upon one of the following claims identified in 24 CFR 58.75: (a) That the certification was not in fact executed by the Chief Executive Officer or other officer of the applicant approved by HUD; (b) That the applicant’s environmental review record for the project indicates omission of a required decision, finding, or step applicable to the program in the environmental review process; (c) That the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) That another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. HUD will not consider objections to the release of funds and certification on a basis other than those stated. All interested agencies, groups or persons must prepare and submit objections in accordance with the required procedures outlined in 24 CFR 58.76. Potential objectors must address their objections to: Ms. Ellen Chung, Senior CPD Representative Detroit Field Office U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 477 Michigan Avenue, 16th Floor Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Potential objectors should contact Ms. Ellen Chung at 313.226.7900 to verify the actual last day of the objection period. NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, handicap, national origin, race, sex or sexual orientation. Persons or groups with discrimination complaints may file those complaints with the City of Detroit Human Rights Department, 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1026, Detroit, Michigan, 48226. The applicant for this project is: CITY OF DETROIT Michael E. Duggan, Mayor Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1126 Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Notice Date: December 10, 2014

The project will rehabilitate an apartment complex located at 22570 - 22656 West Seven Mile Road, 48219. The apartment complex contains eight (8) apartment buildings and one (1) leasing office with attached maintenance garage, and the property is improved with landscaping and surface parking lots. The complex will have 40 apartment units. The sponsor will offer all of the units to income-eligible households at 50% and 60% of Area Median Income. The proposed scope of the rehabilitation includes the following: • Resurface existing surface parking lots • Install energy-efficient HVAC system • Repair or replace existing brick and masonry • Install new windows • Install new doors • Install new electrical system and plumbing system • Install new drywall and flooring • Install new cabinetry and appliances in apartment units The total development costs for this project are approximately $4,049,873. Veterans Village of Detroit, Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), will serve as the primary sponsor of the project. The offices of Veterans Village of Detroit, LLC, are located at 15400 Grand River Avenue, 2nd Floor, 48227. FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT Consistent with 24 CFR 58.40, the Project Sponsor prepared an Environmental Assessment of the above-named project, and the Environmental Assessment finds that this project will have no significant impact on environmental quality. Therefore, the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement is not required. The City of Detroit has reviewed this Environmental Assessment and concurs with the findings. In accordance with 24 CFR 58.38, the City of Detroit prepared an Environmental Review Record of the above-named project. The Environmental Review Record is on file with the Planning and Development Department at 65 Cadillac Square, Suite 1300, Detroit, Michigan, 48226. The records are available for public examination and copying, upon request, on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS AND CERTIFICATION Through the Request for Release of Funds and Certification (form HUD 7015.15), the City of Detroit certifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that the City has fulfilled its responsibilities for environmental review, decision- making and action. Furthermore, the City of Detroit and Mayor Michael E. Duggan, or other official approved by HUD, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities for environmental review, decision- making, and action. Upon approval of the Request for Release of Funds and Certification, the City of Detroit may commit the HOME investment Partnerships Program funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and related laws and authorities. PUBLIC COMMENTS The City of Detroit invites all interested agencies, groups and persons to submit written comments concerning the above-named project for consideration. The Planning and Development Department should receive such comments at the address listed at the top of this notice on or before December 25, 2014. The City of Detroit will consider all such comments so received, and the City of Detroit will not request the release of Federal funds or take any choice-limiting action on the above-named project prior to December 26, 2014. OBJECTION TO RELEASE OF FUNDS For a fifteen (15) day period following receipt of all required documentation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will accept an objection to its approval of the release of funds and certification only if the objection is based upon one of the following claims identified in 24 CFR 58.75: (a) That the certification was not in fact executed by the Chief Executive Officer or other officer of the applicant approved by HUD; (b) That the applicant’s environmental review record for the project indicates omission of a required decision, finding, or action applicable to the project in the environmental review process; (c) That the grant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR 58 prior to approval of a release of funds and certification by HUD; or (d) That another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. HUD will not consider objections to the Request for Release of Funds and Certification on a basis other than those stated above. All interested agencies, groups or persons must prepare and submit objections in accordance with the required procedures outlined in 24 CFR 58.76. Potential objectors must address their objections to: Kathy Bagley, CPD Representative Detroit Field Office U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 477 Michigan Avenue, 16th Floor Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Potential objectors should contact Kathy Bagley at 313.226.7900 to verify the actual last day of the objection period. NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION The City of Detroit does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, handicap, national origin, race, sex or sexual orientation. Persons or groups with discrimination complaints may file those complaints with the City of Detroit Human Rights Department at 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1026, Detroit, Michigan, 48226. The applicant for this project is:

CITY OF DETROIT Michael E. Duggan, Mayor Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 1126 Detroit, Michigan, 48226 Notice Date: December 10, 2014

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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has received two proposed No Further Action (NFA) Reports for Phase IIIC and Phase IIID of Gardenview Estates (former Herman Gardens) addressing environmental contamination from the former operations and placement of fill on the property. Gardenview Estates, Detroit, Wayne County is bounded to the west by Southfield Road, to the north by Joy Road, to the east by Ashbury Avenue, and to the south by Tireman Avenue. The NFAs and postclosure plans describe the use restrictions and remedial actions taken to prevent contact with contaminated soils. These include the placement and maintenance of permanent cover consisting of buildings, asphalt, concrete, and clean soils. The proposed NFA reports will be available for public review from December 1, 2014 through January 5, 2015 at the following location(s):

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These Notices shall satisfy procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by Detroit Housing Commission (DHC). PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT DHC is proposing to demolish 24 vacant scattered site houses, and subsequently dispose of the vacant lots following approval by the HUD Special Applications Center. Additionally, DHC has requested approval to dispose of 33 vacant scattered site houses and 46 vacant residential lots to the general public via public sale. The DHC has submitted these proposed actions in two distinct applications DDA0005727 and DDA0005754 to HUD for property addresses shown on the attached list. The City of Detroit Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Environmental Affairs has determined that the proposed activity meets the criteria for Categorical Exclusion subject to USHUD 24 CFR Part 58 Environmental Assessment Checklist in accordance with USHUD 24 CFR 58.5. Statutory Checklists have been completed for the proposed housing demolition and property disposition activities. No Environmental Impact Statement, NEPA Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the proposed activities are required. Environmental checklists for the subject properties are on file at the City of Detroit Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Environmental Affairs, 2 Woodward Avenue, Suite 401, Detroit, Michigan 48226, and may be examined or copied weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Any individual, group, or agency wishing to comment on the demolition & disposition project may submit written comments to the Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Environmental Affairs. All comments received by December 23, 2014 will be considered by the City Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Environmental Affairs prior to submission of a request for release of funds. Comments should specify which Notice they are addressing. Request for Release of Funds On or about December 19, 2014, the Detroit Housing Commission will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of HUD Capital Fund Program Grant to undertake the demolition of 24 vacant scattered site houses and the disposition of 33 vacant scattered site houses and 46 vacant residential lots in Detroit, Michigan. HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Detroit Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department, Environmental Affairs certification for a period of fourteen (14) days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Detroit; (b) the City of Detroit has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; or (c) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58) and shall be addressed to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Detroit Area Office, Director of Public Housing, McNamara Federal Building, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226, to verify the actual last day of the objection period. Raymond A. Scott, MPH, General Manager City of Detroit Building, Safety Engineering and Environmental Department Environmental Affairs

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DEMOLITION 24 VACANT HOUSES

DISPOSITION 33 VACANT HOUSES

DISPOSITION 46 VACANT LOTS

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6815 Rutland 8254 Robson 4812 Gray 5942 Three Mile Dr. 8342 Northlawn 8500 Roselawn 9429 Lauder 12698 Meyers 15045 Novara 15802 Snowden 394 Lakewood 7137 Varjo 8037 Robson 8608 Lauder 8891 Roselawn 9060 Archdale 9111 Littlefield 9217 Devonshire 9637 Mark Twain 12009 Montrose 13977 Winthrop 15325 Hartwell 16037 Hemlock 2900 Fullerton

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9156 Appoline 9275 Meyers 16140 Robson 16232 St. Marys 16716 Rutherford 16735 Rutherford 16800 St. Marys 18101 Appoline 18432 Plainview 2019 Glynn Ct. 9111 Annapolis 12661 Sussex 13311 Prest 14894 Strathmoor 15810 Robson 16533 Parkside 18865 Caldwell 17500 Wildemere 20013 Griggs 8167 La Salle 9655 Sorrento 11041 Kennebec 11391 Littlefield 13416 Marlowe

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13750 Capitol 13934 Mansfield 14120 Forrer 15118 Prest 16162 Ohio 18410 Coyle 18676 Lindsay 18968 Tracey 20429 Stansbury

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18268 Steel 18957 Coyle 18224 Curtis 9156 Ward 9354 Lauder 18247 Gilchrist 9230 Littlefield 15363 Tuller 18446 Gilchrist 9394 Winthrop 4221 Tuxedo 13621 Rutherford 8778 Mackinaw 9944 Appoline 4346 Pacific 13645 Glenwood 18435 Greenview 20451 Griggs 8881 Hartwell 9344 Littlefield 18532 MacKay 8525 Lauder 20112 Mark Twain 14003 Appoline

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This position will perform a variety of duties that relate to the processing and distribution of daily mail and bulk mailing. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Previous experience in a postal environment in order to have the ability to read postal regulations, rates charts, addresses and written directions. This is a full time position, Monday through Friday 7:30 am. – 4:30 p.m. Salary is $18.99 per hour. See online posting for additional position requirements. Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu.

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Ensures that prospective students are recruited, admitted and oriented to the university. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. One year experience recruiting students for educational opportunities. Ability to travel extensively (in and out of state), valid Michigan Driver’s license and driving record acceptable to university. Ability to work extended hours. Excellent organization, analytical, oral & written communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with others. Salary is up to the low $30’s annually. Refer to online posting for additional requirements. First consideration will be given to those who apply by December 16, 2014. Must apply on line for this position to: https://jobs.oakland.edu. Seeking

SKILLED TRADES VI – HVAC (2 POSITIONS) at OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Campaign & Stewardship

This successful candidate will become part of a skilled trade’s team responsible for University Housing Maintenance activities. This individual will be called upon to perform a variety of tasks associated with maintaining building HVAC, and mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience. City of Detroit unlimited refrigeration journeyman’s license or equivalent journeyman’s license or card through Union Local 636, and proof of six years of continuing job related experience dealing specifically with large heating/ventilation/ air conditioning systems. In the absence of above credentials, individual may possess a State of Michigan mechanical contractor’s license. Salary is $25.48 per hour/$28.66 after 90 days. See online posting for additional position requirements. Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu.

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