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Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence introduces the Women’s Equality Workforce Oversight Act Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) has recently introduced the Women’s Equality Workforce Oversight Act, increasing oversight of federal agencies that impact women in the workforce, to ensure they are fulfilling their supportive mission and hold the White House accountable.

The bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an annual study evaluating agencies and programs that focus on women in the workforce, in light of evidence that this Administration has unBrenda Lawrence dermined and undervalued these programs.

“Offices across our government have a mission to help women participate in the workforce, get fair wages and working conditions, and opportunities for advancement. However, the current Administration has shown neglect and disrespect for these offices, including a 20 percent decrease in staff at the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau, halting collection of equal pay data, and proposing to eliminate the Women in Apprenticeships program,” Lawrence stated. “They have also threatened budget cuts that would slash services for working women. The WE Work Act will investigate the Administration’s actions and help us answer important questions about how they are impacting women in the workforce.”

Millions of working women in the United States still face significant barriers to economic security and stability, including low wages, unequal pay, discrimination and harassment, barriers to better jobs and new occupations, and inadequate workplace flexibility.

“Fairness and equality for women is essential to the success of American families and our nation as a whole. We need more than just words and promises, we need oversight, we need facts, and we need accountability,” said Lawrence. “This is why I’m proud to introduce the WE Work Act to support women in the workforce.”

Brenda Lawrence is a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is responsible for ensuring that federal agencies do their job to serve the American people. She also serves as Vice Chair of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues and the Democratic Women’s Working Group, where she leads efforts to support working women.

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Medicaid Matters:

Are Medicaid Work Requirements an attack against the sick and poor?

By Patreice A. Massey It seems that the Trump administration is on a warpath lately. Be it with President Assad in Syria, Kim Jung Un in North Korea, the trade war with China or on Twitter with…well anyone.

When it comes to fight or flight Trump always seem to choose the latter.

These wars have been all over the news lately but there is another war that is ongoing that has received much less attention and it is being waged against the poor. Two weeks ago, Trump quietly signed a long-anticipated executive order intended to force low-income recipients of food assistance, Medicaid and low-income housing subsidies to join the work force or face the loss of their benefits.

The order, in the works since last year, has an ambitious title — “Reducing Poverty in America” — and is directed at “any program that provides means-tested assistance or other assistance that provides benefits to people, households or families that have low incomes,” according to the order’s text.

Last week, The Michigan Senate voted on key legislation that has been described by the Michigan Chamber of

Commerce’s website as “promoting independence among healthy, adult Medicaid recipients by requiring them to find work or engage in job training or educational opportunities as a condition of receiving benefits”.

As discussed at Forum III of Michigan Chronicle’s Pancakes & Politics event, Michigan is currently experiencing a workforce shortage and talent gap. Estimates suggest

that as many as 100,000 jobs are currently unfilled. The Chamber suggests that Medicaid work requirements, modeled after what has been required under the Unemployment Insurance system since the 1930s, could help employers with their labor shortages. According to the Chamber, statistics suggest that over half of healthy adults on Medicaid are not working.

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Michigan Government officials work to prevent gun violence

By Branden Hunter

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In theory, this seems like a good thing. Getting more able-bodied individuals to engage in the workforce will increase the tax base and stimulate the economy. However, there are some who believe this is not a good thing at all.

on individuals that law enforcement or family members assert pose a threat to themselves and their community. Rep. Scott continues to meet with members of the local community to assess the best solutions to protecting students, educators and law enforcement officers.

The Parkland, Florida school shooting rocked the nation in February and now the challenge of preventing gun violence and strengthening the state of Michigan’s state’s gun laws has become one of the most pressing issues facing Lansing. Although there have been multiple proposals offered, as a former Detroit police officer for more than 17 years and a teacher in Detroit Public Schools before that, state Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) approaches the issue with a unique perspective.

“There is no denying that our state’s gun laws need to be strengthened; however, the difficulty is finding the right solution that balances the interests of law enforcement, educators and members of our communities,” Rep. Scott said. “It is critical that we work to both protect our men and women in blue while still ensuring the safety of our young people and their teachers. Students deserve the free-

dom to learn and grow in a safe environment and parents should have the peace of mind knowing that their sons and daughters will come home after school. Unfortunately, this is not the case in our country, and something needs to change.”

A number of proposals have been offered in the Legislature to address the issue of gun vio-

lence. Efforts to craft and advocate for legislation to address the issue have heightened since the latest school shooting in February, including discussion on bills that would arm teachers with guns in the classroom, require universal criminal background checks for all firearms purchased in the state, and allow judges to issue protective orders

“As a former police officer and teacher, I understand both sides of this debate and recognize the merits of each argument,” Rep. Scott said. “Moving forward, it is critical that we engage professionals from the law enforcement community as well as our teachers and school staff to ensure we identify a meaningful solution that we can agree on, but most importantly that keeps us, our community and our young people safe.”

U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation to authorize funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods program, a nationwide partnership

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Jacobs offers the following logical truths to counter the myths being used to push work requirements:

vices opened the door on Medicaid work requirements, some Michigan lawmakers are unfortunately scrambling to run through it”, said Gilda Z. Jacobs, President and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy. “In moving forward on this bill, Republican lawmakers ignored data that work requirements are harmful to recipients and our state departments.”

Jacobs goes on to say, “They disregarded the large group of advocates voicing strong opposition and what this would really mean to students, cancer patients and others struggling with illness, and our economy. These are people who have Medicaid for a variety of reasons, from having had tragic accidents that have left them homebound to having temporarily low incomes due to unexpected life changes.” These are real Michiganders who are scared of losing access to the healthcare they so badly need. They’re struggling every day, yet some lawmakers want to make that struggle even more difficult,” she said.

According to the Michigan League for Public Policy, “passing work requirements that will likely require burdensome paperwork for many Michigan Medicaid recipients, lawmakers are not only plac-

■ Most Medicaid recipients who can work are already working. Those who don’t work are students, caregivers, retired or in poor health.

■ Michiganders enrolled in Healthy Michigan are doing better at work and are able to find work because they have healthcare. It’s not a big stretch: Being healthy makes it easier to thrive in the workplace. But it doesn’t work the other way around. Being at work doesn’t suddenly cure health problems.

■ Medicaid recipients, employers, doctors and state employees will be burdened with paperwork, red tape and additional hurdles. These complications will strain the state and cause many struggling Michiganders to lose coverage.

■ It’s going to cost us. Kentucky, which recently implemented work requirements, reports that just setting up the infrastructure to track work requirements will cost nearly $187 million in the first six months alone.

■ Work requirements are potentially illegal. Under the act that created the Medicaid program, certain parts of the Medicaid Act can be waived, but new eligibility criteria cannot be imposed—in this case, the criteria of work in order to qualify for Medicaid. Legal challenges have already begun in Kentucky that could have repercussions on any states pursuing work requirements. Michigan lawmakers should wait and see how that case unfolds. ing complicated ‘big government’ bureaucracy on Medicaid enrollees, but on small business owners, doctors and medical professionals and state caseworkers as well.”

The organization also suggests looking to Kentucky as a cautionary tale as the state is encountering many issues including outrageous costs to state and federal government and significant legal challenges.

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between federal, state, and local law enforcement and prosecutors that uses evidence-based and data-driven approaches to reduce violent crime.

“Far too many families know the devastating toll gun violence and drug crimes can have on communities in Michigan and across the country,” said Senator Peters. “Using data-driven strategies, Project Safe Neighborhood has improved collaborations between law enforcement and community partners to successfully reduce gun and drug related violence in Michigan communities.

I’m proud to work with Senator Cornyn on this bipartisan bill that will strengthen this proven program and help ensure communities and law enforcement can work together to make their neighborhoods safer places to live by providing resources to intervene and prevent violence.

Under the Project Safe Neighborhoods program, law enforcement agencies cooperate and focus their enforcement efforts on the organized criminal networks and repeat offenders who are driving the crime rates in a particular community. Project Safe Neighborhoods also works to build trust and partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they serve through co-

“Evidence shows that Medicaid is keeping people healthy and able to work, not enabling residents to avoid it, and the League will keep fighting to ensure data and logic win out over political rhetoric as the battle now shifts to the House, Jacobs stated. “We believe that Medicaid is a health plan, not a jobs plan, and that these work requirements will only cause more problems for people who are already struggling.”

ordinated outreach, public awareness, innovative tactics, and collaborative interventions. Since its inception in 2001, Project Safe Neighborhoods has been successfully deployed by both Democratic and Republican administrations to reduce violent crime in large cities and smaller communities across the country.

According to a Michigan State University study funded by the Department of Justice in 2013, Project Safe Neighborhoods led to a 13.1% decrease in violent crime in cities with a high-rate of program participation—including double-digit reductions in total firearms crime and homicides in every city examined by the study.

In Michigan, Detroit Project Safe Neighborhoods helped reduce gun crime in two high violent crime precincts on the west side of Detroit. In 2015, Saginaw received a Project Safe Neighborhoods grant to support a partnership between the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Saginaw Community Foundation, the Michigan State Police and Saginaw Police Department, Saginaw Valley State University and the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of the Great Lakes Bay Region. According to the Research Partner Final Report, the program helped the City of Saginaw dramatically reduce violent crime like homicides and robberies.

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Contractors across Michigan urge Legislature to protect prevailing wage Contractors across Michigan today urged Michigan lawmakers to protect Michigan’s prevailing wage law because it attracts and retains highly-skilled Michigan workers, helping businesses ensure they have the best workers on every job. 76 contractors — from Muskegon to Detroit — signed an open letter to Michigan lawmakers highlighting the need to maintain the state’s prevailing wage.

“Michigan is in a construction boom, and with today’s labor shortage, Michigan’s prevailing wage helps ensure the very best workers stay in our state to build critical infrastructure projects that families use every day,” said Greg Krueger, president and CEO of E&L Construction Group, Inc. “The prevailing wage enables us to complete public jobs on time and on budget, stabilizing the labor market in Michigan and ensuring we don’t send the best workers to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois or anywhere else.”

The building boom isn’t

likely to let up soon. According to a recent University of Michigan study, the construction industry will continue to be a top job provider in the state in coming years – and contractors emphasized that without skilled workers, projects can’t be done on-time and on-budget.

The business leaders also pointed to subpar business practices by out-of-state contractors, and urged lawmakers to consider the consequences of a prevailing wage repeal.

“Prevailing wage laws level the playing field in construction by keeping out unscrupulous, out-of-state contractors who recruit workers at street corners, not trade schools,” wrote the business leaders. “They do not pay taxes, robbing communities of much-needed investment.

They do not pay for health care, which shifts costs to Michigan taxpayers when people get hurt at a worksite.

They do not contribute to the training that helps us build the workforce of the future.”

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Uncle Sam wants YOU to Get Money Smart Hundreds of free, non-commercial money-themed events are taking place across Michigan from April 21-28, as part of the Federal Reserve Bank’s national Money Smart Week campaign.

Michigan’s Money Smart Week campaign involves the collaborative efforts of over 400 organizations, delivering 600+ non-commercial financial education programs, in more than 50 counties across the state, impacting over 25,000 residents during the month of April.

Take Back Your Meds: DWMHA partners with Law Enforcement During National Drug Take Back Day

By Patreice A. Massey After having a prescription filled many of us don’t think about what happens to unused medications. However, you should be aware of the risks of leaving medication unattended.

From money-themed Money Smart Kids Magic Shows and Money Smart Kids Read programs for pre-school and elementary-aged children, to financial literacy rock concerts for teens, the 3rd Annual Run for the Money family-friendly 5k, and Money Smart FemPreneur Summit, two Money Smart Girl Scout programs for Daisies and Brownies, plus many classroom-style workshops for working adults and senior citizens, there is a Money Smart Week program for every age, life stage, income and knowledge level.

Created by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Money Smart Week is a public awareness campaign designed to help consumers better manage their personal finances. This is achieved through the collaboration and coordinated effort of thousands of organizations across the country including businesses, financial institutions, schools, libraries, not-forprofits, government agencies and the

media. Programming is offered to all demographics and income levels and covers all facets of personal finance.

Money Smart Week is the most comprehensive financial education program in the country. Started in 2002 in Chicago with just 40 programs, it has expanded significantly to become the only national educational program for people at all stages of life. According to exit surveys, most participants indicate they’re likely to change the way they manage their money after attending a Money Smart Week program.

To sign up or to find other programs in your area, visit www.MoneySmartWeek. org.

Opioids and other prescription medications can be stolen or used by people other than the patient that was prescribed the medication. This has become a very real problem in Michigan.

From year 2009 to 2015, the number of opioid prescriptions being fulfilled has increased 41 percent in the state. According to data from the state Department of Health and Human Services, prescription opioids are responsible for twice as many overdose deaths in Michigan than the use of heroin.

Studies have shown that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained illegally from family and friends or directly from the home medicine cabinet. Therefore, to prevent unused medications from being stolen or misused, proper disposal is essential.

Some may think the best thing to do is flush unused medication down the toilet. As recently as a few years ago, that was the default. But now many environmentalist say that’s a bad idea as it can cause unforeseen environmental hazards, as some of the more than $200 billion worth of prescription drugs used

by Americans annually can potentially make it through the sewage treatment process and into the waterways.

On Saturday, April 28 the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority (DWMHA), in participation with the National Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Drug Take Back Day, has installed Prescription Drug Take-Back drop boxes at multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the county to encourage proper prescription drug disposal. The permanent red boxes prevent expired, unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications from getting into the hands of children and into the waterways, ensuring expired drugs are disposed of in a safe, environmentally-friendly manner.

The official observance is held across the county on Saturday from 10 AM to 2 PM; however, DWMHA is providing the service throughout the year.

“DWMHA continues to offer resources and tools to safeguard Wayne County residents from drug misuse and abuse,” said DWMHA President and CEO, Willie Brooks. “Working with our law enforcement partners, we are providing a sensi-

ble and secure means to dispose of prescription drugs year-round.”

Pills can be submitted for disposal, anonymously and no questions asked, at 28 sites across Wayne County.

According to the DEA, last October, Americans turned in 456 tons (over 912,305 pounds) of prescription drugs at 5,321 sites operated by the DEA and more than 4,200 of its state and local law enforcement partners. Since 2010, DEA Take Back events, have taken in over 9 million pounds—more than 4,508 tons—of pills.

This initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue. Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoses due to these drugs.

To find a take-back box location near you visit http://dwmha.com/contact-us/ map/. For more information about the disposal of prescription drugs or about the April 28 Take Back Day event, go to the DEA Diversion website at www.takebackday.dea.gov.

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The first time we met Howard Schulz, the founder and chairman of Starbucks, he was speaking to more than 200 of the nation’s highest ranking black law enforcement officers during their conference in Seattle. He was explaining his company’s efforts to promote better relationships between black and Latino communities and police through a program he initiated called “Coffee with a Cop.” It was early last year, and Schulz told the group how two years earlier, following riots and protests in the wake of a spate of high-profile killings of black men by police, he and then Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole had begun inviting residents and local cops to meet in his Seattle cof f eehouses, so both could hear the others’ points of view.

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It was effective, Schultz said. About 70 percent of the participants walked away from the events feeling better about the other side.

Schulz’s audience that day was the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), which is made up of the highest levels of African-American leaders of local police and sheriff’s departments, state troopers, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration and other federal agencies.

We were there doing research for our upcoming book, The Black and The Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement. We thought the conference would be a good first stop on our yearlong book project to examine police and race. We wanted to understand how and why those relationships play out in continual shootings of unarmed black men, racial profiling and disparate rates of arrest and incarceration.

Matt had been a member of the organization for much of his 24 years as a special agent with the ATF and knew many of the officers. Despite having covered law enforcement issues as one of my jobs as a local and national newspaper reporter for more than 20 years, I was a novice to the group.

Starbucks’ “Coffee with a Cop” meetings had spread to other cities, Schultz explained, and he announced plans to host 100 more events that year. He would hold the first events in five cities in partnership with NOBLE and two other police organizations, the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Association.

“We are pleased to host meetings in our stores . . . where police and the community can meet and share experiences to foster greater understanding and empathy,” he said.

And then came the embarrassing arrest just days ago of two black men in Philadelphia, hauled off by police in handcuffs for doing nothing more than sitting and waiting to meet someone in Starbucks, the place where millions of Americans sit every day and wait for other people. The company immediately recognized the “reprehensible” mistake its employee had made by calling the police. It refused to press charges, issued an apology, met with the men who were arrested and promised company-wide bias training.

Not the Philadelphia police. Instead, they did what we found police departments do incident after incident. They hunker down and back their officers at all costs. We saw it following police incidents in Chicago and Ferguson, Missouri, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and New York. “Don’t back down,” seemingly is their mantra. Find policy that will justify your officers’ actions.

And that is exactly what Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross did.

In a Facebook video, Ross said his officers “had legal standing to make an arrest. In short, these officers did absolutely nothing wrong. They followed policy. They did what they are supposed to do.”

He never asked whether just because his officers could do something, should they do it? Was there a better way? Was it good police policy for six officers to arrest two men for doing what virtually everybody in the same space was doing?

Do you really want a policy that will enforce discriminatory policies or actions without exception as they did in the Jim Crow South?

As we interviewed hundreds of police, government officials and victims of police abuse across the nation, we found that police actions are driven daily by the stereotypes and biases too many Americans hold of black people, black men in particular. Their mere presence incites

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anxiety and fear in many. Consequently, for people of color, the Starbucks incident is just part of the continuous nightmare of racial profiling by America that often ends with tragic results.

The same day the two black men were being arrested in Philadelphia, a 14-yearold black teenager was shot at and nearly killed by white residents in Rochester Hills, Michigan. Brennan Walker overslept and missed his bus and then got lost while he walked to school. So, he knocked on a family’s door that morning to ask for directions to his high school.

The wife saw a black face and accused him of trying to break him into the family’s house. The incident was caught on the family’s doorbell video.

She yelled, and her husband came running, picked up with his shotgun and fired, but missed. Walker ran and hid in some bushes.

And then he cried.

Just 34 minutes away Matthew Horace in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, Theodore Wafer five years earlier shot an unarmed, 19-yearold in the face with a 12-gauge shotgun and killed her. Renisha McBride had knocked on his front door in the early morning hours to ask for help after wrecking her car nearby. He was sentenced to 17 years. Meanwhile, the list of unarmed black men killed by police continues to climb; the most recent is Stephon Clark, 22, shot by police eight times in the back, according to the family coroner, in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, California.

These incidents continue to happen, we found, because America usually condones or excuses them. The most common excuse for police is “I feared for my life,” and there is the ongoing supposition by many that there was something the black person did to cause whatever happened to him or her. Even when African Americans tell our white friends who know us well, who respect us, who we work with or supervise, we can see that look in their faces that says, “No, police don’t do that. The person did something wrong to cause the officer to react that way.”

Melissa DePino, whose online video post of the arrests in Philadelphia has been viewed seven million times, got her lesson on the breadth of America’s bias as much from the incident she recorded as from the reactions to her post. Now, she knows what most people of color know.

“Ever since I posted this, I’ve had white strangers AND friends say, ‘there must be something more to this story,’” she wrote in a tweet. “That assumption is a big part of the problem. It does happen. All the time. Just not to you and me. Believe it . . .”

Matthew Horace and Ron Harris are the co-authors of the upcoming book, The Black and The Blue: A Cop Reveals Crimes, Racism and Injustice Inside Law Enforcement, which will be available in August. Ron Harris is a journalist and adjunct professor at Howard University. Matthew Horace is CNN contributor, a former policeman and a former special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

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‘It does happen. All the time.

Just not to you and me.’

By Ron Harris and Matthew Horace

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You learn more in failure than you ever do in success.

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President Trump’s FY 2019 Budget Hurts Low-Income, Black and Brown Communities

By Rep. Cedric L. Richmond Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus

If you want to know how a president feels about your community, then all you need to do is look at his or her budget, because it reflects their values— both what they value and what they don’t. If you look at President Trump’s FY 2019 budget, it’s clear that he doesn’t value low-income and black and brown communities because he cuts programs that these communities disproportionately rely on, including the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (food stamp program), Medicaid, the Low-Income Heating Assistance Program, and Community Development Block Grants, which provide funding for projects and programs—af fordable housing, anti-poverty pro- Cedric L. Richmond grams, and infrastructure development—that inner city and rural communities need to survive.

One of the most disgusting examples of this is President Trump’s proposal for the food stamp program, a program that serves close to 44 million Americans, 26 percent of which are Black.

In addition to proposing to cut the program by $213 billion, which would leave 4 million low-income people without these benefits, President Trump is proposing to prevent families from choosing what type of food they buy for themselves. He wants to send these families Blue Apron-style boxes of perishable and non-perishable food items, including items produced by American farmers.

Although the Administration has characterized this proposal as a cost-savings measure that would help low-income communities eat more nutritious foods and American farmers make a profit, it is demeaning and disrespectful, because it’s based on a notion that low-income people can’t and shouldn’t think for themselves. Under this proposal, SNAP beneficiaries wouldn’t be able to decide what they want to eat, including culturally appropriate foods for their family, and they wouldn’t know what foods they were getting, preventing them from planning meals for their family.

Additionally, there are logistical problems with the proposal. Families may not have a car and be unable to pick up the box of food at the designated location in their community. Also, severe

weather events may prevent families from getting food on time, leaving them hungry for days or weeks at a time. On top of that, providing an over-abundance of fresh perishable foods to families where parents work two and three jobs and may not have time to cook them, may make a bad situation worse. These concerns and others make it unlikely that this plan will save the federal government $130 billion over 10 years as predicted by the Trump Administration.

The food stamp proposal isn’t the only issue with President Trump’s FY 2019 budget. His budget cuts two critically important education programs for low-income students: GEAR UP, a grant program focused on increasing the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education, and Promise Neighborhoods, an Obama-era grant program that provides cradle-tocollege-to-career services for children living in low-income neighborhoods. In addition, his budget cuts a number of programs that help workers, especially workers who belong to unions. His budget cuts Occupational Safety and Health Administration training grants that the agency uses to help employers better enforce workforce health and safety requirements. His budget also targets labor unions, whose membership is 14 percent Black, by investing in more union focused investigations.

President Trump’s budget would also insufficiently invest in our nation’s infrastructure, while also cutting grants that fund infrastructure development at the state and local level. President Trump proposes to invest $200 billion in repairing America’s roads and bridges even though there’s trillions of dollars of infrastructure work to be done across the country, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

This insufficient investment will force states to rely too much on the private sector for funding they need to start and finish projects, projects that will likely come with a cost for the very commuters they’re supposed to help: toll roads.

On top of this, infrastructure projects in communities who are unable to attract private investment –low-income communities and Black and brown communities—will be left in disrepair.

President Trump calls his budget “An American Budget,” but the Americans he has in mind aren’t those who are living paycheck to paycheck and aren’t those who are members of Black and brown communities.

Congressman Cedric L. Richmond represents the 2nd District of Louisiana, which includes parts of New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Follow him on Twitter at @RepRichmond. Follow the CBC on Twitter at @OfficialCBC.

NAACP Statement on Starbucks and Growing Climate of Racism and Intolerance The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s premier civil rights organization, issued the following statement following the disgraceful arrest of two African American men in a Philadelphia Starbucks.

“The Starbucks situation provides dangerous insight regarding the failure of our nation to take implicit bias seriously. We refuse to believe that our unconscious bias—the racism we are often unaware of—can and does make its way into our actions and policies.

“The arrest of two Black men at a Philadelphia “We know if Starbucks reptwo Black men resents another in Philadelphia ominous signal require six poof the increaslice officers to ingly dangerous handcuff and environment for arrest them for African Ameriwaiting to order cans. Less than coffee, then we two weeks after Derrick Johnson begin to underwe honor the life and work stand the mind state that of Dr. King and 50 years af- allows for such overzealous ter the Kerner Commission and reactionary use of deadfound racism and police ly force by those who are brutality at the root of pub- paid to serve and protect. lic unrest in our commu“Every day people of colnities, we still have a long or find themselves at the way to go towards becoming mercy of the stereotypes a nation where a person is and embedded fears of othjudged by the content of ers. How else can we extheir character and not the plain why 14-year-old Brencolor of their skin. nan Walker who missed his

bus on his way to school would be shot at by a homeowner just outside Detroit?

Or explain Saheed Vassell, a mentally-ill man in Brooklyn fired at ten times and shot dead by police officers. Or why Stephon Clark was shot at 20 times and hit 8 times, mainly in the back, by police officers in Sacramento, based on the assumption that he was the culprit responsible for breaking into cars. We are at least glad in the case of Starbucks that no one mis-

took a wallet for a gun.

“All too often these issues are discussed in passing episodic ways by media. Racism and biases that make simply breathing while Black so dangerous will not just go away without our society committing more resources to discussion, education and training on implicit bias and racism.

If we refuse to, we’ll continue to face the consequences of our failure to do so.”

—Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO

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Need for organs in minority communities subject of symposium at Henry Ford Hospital

By Patreice A. Massey Transplant experts from across the Midwest focused on the tremendous need for organs in minority communities during an annual Gift of Life symposium hosted this year by Henry Ford Hospital.

The 8th Annual Kountz/Callender/ Drew Transplant Symposium is held each year at a different hospital in Michigan, as part of education efforts by Gift of Life Michigan’s Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP). The symposium was held at Henry Ford in honor of the Henry Ford Transplant Institute’s 50th Anniversary this year.

“The need is high; the donation rate could be increased significantly,” said noted Henry Ford Transplant Institute kidney surgeon and MOTTEP board president Dr. Jason Denny. “We need to continually keep the need for organs and organ donation top of mind when it relates to different ethnic communities, and this symposium is designed to share information to save lives.”

gram director, Remonia Chapman, said it was enlightening to hear presentations on how organs with Hepatitis C can be cured of the disease after transplant; ideas on increasing the numbers of living donor kidney donation; donation in the Muslim community, and how hard people worked to prove blood antigens in African American communities falsely prevented transplants in the past.

She said the symposium reinforced the need for people to stay involved in making transplant equitable.

“I think it energizes – and we’re hoping engages -- the community,” Chapman said. “When you look at the allocation process and how long it took to change things – especially the input and public comment that took place -- those things helped make transplant more accessible.”

“It used to be African Americans were least likely to donate,” Dr. Callender said at the symposium, which drew close to 300 guests. “Twenty-five years later, the African American population may be the role model. We’re getting closer and closer to equitable transplantation.”

But there are still challenges, he said, noting institutional racism and longer wait times for African American community members, as well as others.

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• Minorities were 15% of donors in 1991, but are now 32% of donors.

A highlight of the event was a presentation on the genesis of national MOTTEP and support for donation in the African American community by MOTTEP founder and renowned Howard University transplant surgeon Dr. Clive Callender.

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Coleman A. Young Foundation to present annual awards extravaganza

By Donald James Special to the Chronicle

Khary Turner, executive director of the Coleman A. Young Foundation (CAYF), is excited about the organization’s upcoming Annual Awards Experience, to be held Monday, May 7, 2018 (8:00 p.m.) at MGM Grand Detroit, located at 1777 Third Ave. in downtown Detroit.

According to Turner, three $22,000 scholarships will be awarded at the event, along with several book scholarships. In addition, CAYF will present its annual Detroit Educator of the Year Award to a Detroit teacher who exemplifies the leadership characteristics and spirit of the late Mayor Coleman A. Young, as it relates to impacting young people.

Turner described CAYF as a 501 (c) (3) multi-dimensional organization.

“We are not just a scholarship foundation,” said Turner. “Our mission is to develop leadership skills among Detroit youth. We do this through scholarships and through developing personal support and mentoring programs.

In essence, we are a full-leadership development organization that uses youth development programs to impact youth from 11 to 18 years old, and we mentor college students.”

Additionally, said Turner, CAYF offers such programs as REAL Skills 2.0, which provides pre-college initiatives for Detroit youth, grades 6 – 11. This initiative, according to Turner, has a strong and interactive component that involves parents. In addition, CAYF offers the Skillman Legacy Program, established by The Skillman Foundation. The Skillman Legacy Program, in partnership with CAYF, awards scholarships valued up to $10,000 to emerging young leaders who are making a difference in their respective communities.

Established in 1982 by the late Coleman A. Young, Detroit’s first African American mayor, the mission of the foundation was, and still is, to help young people in Detroit succeed in education and life. Since CAYF’s inception, the organization has awarded more than 500 scholarships, with a total value of approximately $4.5 million.

The application requirements for students who would like to apply for the foundation’s scholarships are, they must be graduating seniors who live in the Detroit and attend a Detroit public, private or charter school. Applicants must have a minimum 2.5 GPA, and demonstrate financial need.

Interestingly, more than 90 percent of the young people receiving scholarships from CAYF successfully graduate from college. The application process for this year’s scholarships has closed.

Now, Turner, a native Detroit who graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit before earning a bachelor’s degree from Xavier University in Cincinnati, is looking forward to the upcoming Annual Awards Experience.

Ric DeVore, PNC’s regional president, banks on mission to empower early childhood education programs

By Donald James Special to the Chronicle

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ince returning to metro Detroit in 2010, Ric DeVore, in his capacity as PNC Bank’s regional president for Detroit and Southeast Michigan, has been on a mission to help fund and support innovative early childhood education programs and initiatives. While most banks and corporations have philanthropic endeavors, some of which fund and/or sponsor education programs, perhaps no bank in America, along with its respective foundation, funds and implements early childhood education programs with the depth, frequency and veracity of PNC Bank and the PNC Foundation.

Under DeVore’s leadership, PNC Bank and the local PNC Foundation, recently launched Tinkering for Tots. The program is a unique three-year initiative with an investment price tag of $210,000. In partnership with The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Mich., the year-round program will provide more than 1,000 pre-K and kindergarten students from 28 Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) schools opportunities to visit The Henry Ford. During such visits, “young developing minds” will be exposed to activities and events connected to science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (S.T.E.A.M.).

“Tinkering for Tots was created to encourage creativity and a thirst for learning in preschool children,” said DeVore, who also chairs PNC’s local foundation.

“At PNC, we believe that empowering our youngest minds is the best investment a bank can make. What we do in early childhood education is the cornerstone of our philanthropy.”

Another DeVore endorsed early childhood education initiative in Detroit is Say & Play With Words (Grow Smart From The Start). The program, led by the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) features partnerships with the PNC Foundation, Skillman Foundation and Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation. The twoyear, $1.5 million initiative impacts about

430 participants, and is created to build preschool children’s vocabularies in two Detroit neighborhoods: Southwest Detroit and Brightmoor.

pactful as possible. Understanding the need to create a more focused approach to philanthropic activities, PNC consulted its workforce.

“Words unlock success for children,” said DeVore. “The more words they hear before kindergarten, the more success they often achieve. The link between ‘words’ and learning is what motivated PNC to begin emphasizing developing children’s vocabularies as part of our Grow Up Great early childhood education initiative.”

“The bank conducted a survey with its employees and presented some ideas as to what should be the direction of our philanthropy,” recalled DeVore. “As a result, early childhood education pretty much leaped off the survey findings.”

Grow Up Great is PNC and the PNC Foundation’s signature initiative that addresses early childhood education. The program is now in its 14th year. Nationally, the $350 million program has prepared children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life. Locally, since its inception in 2010 with a $2.1 million investment by PNC, more than 28 DPSCD classrooms have been impacted, with approximately 700 preschoolers participating in various learning activities. Grow Up Great links such partners as Detroit Public Schools Foundation, DPSCD, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, and Detroit Parent Network.

Another unique PNC Foundation program in Southeast Michigan is DonorsChoose.org, which is designed to help pre-K teachers obtain needed resources to better educate young people. In essence, the website presents a platform from which teachers can request donations to support projects, supplies, books and other tools and materials needed to improve early childhood classroom-learning experiences. The PNC Foundation will fund every public, charter and Head Start preschool posted on the crowdfunding platform up to a certain limit and date.

DeVore admitted that years ago, PNC was similar to many other banks and corporations, where philanthropic endeavors were all over the map. While noble in its efforts, PNC/the PNC Foundation, according to DeVore, maybe had too many partners, and as a result wasn’t’ as im-

“How to improve early childhood education is a great passion of mine,” said DeVore, whose son is a teacher. “And the fact that PNC employees saw it as their passion has made it so cool to work here.”

A native of metro Detroit, DeVore, along with his wife, Donna, also a metro Detroiter, returned home eight years ago after Ric DeVore served in executive positions with PNC in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, as well as Pittsburgh, PNC’s corporate home. Today, DeVore remains busy as Detroit and Southeast Michigan’s top PNC Bank and foundation executive.

Yet, he makes time to lead PNC’s workforce by example, as he volunteers each month reading to preschoolers at Schulze Elementary and Middle School on the city’s west side. This is DeVore’s eighth year reading to the young people.

And, when it comes to volunteerism, DeVore is not alone. PNC, said DeVore, gives its employees up to 40 hours a year of paid time off to volunteer in early childhood programs.

“It’s one thing to write a check, but it’s another thing to actually write a check and get involved by donating your time,” said DeVore, who holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan, and an MBA from Wayne State University. “It’s important to see and experience what’s behind the financial horsepower. In other words, it actually resonates when you get involved, versus just seeing a check written from a distance.”

Swing Phi Swing offers scholarships to women of color

‘This time of the year is almost like Christmas for me,” said Turner, with a laugh. “It is the most inspirational time of year for me, because I get a chance to meet and interact with Detroit scholars who just astound me; they are just powerful young people with a bright future.”

By Branden Hunter Swing Phi Swing Social Fellowship Incorporated’s is extending scholarships to two deserving female students of color in need of financial assistance at a nationally accredited college or university for the 20182019 academic year. The S.W.I.N.G. Scholarship is an external opportunity open to women of color who are committed to furthering their education despite financial hardship.

When the late Mayor Young was asked during an interview many years ago, to give his perspective on starting the foundation, along with business leaders Lawrence Doss, Malcolm Dade and William Beckham, Jr., Young said, “Of all the things I’ve done, I think this may be the best thing I’ve accomplished.”

For tickets and sponsorship opportunities for the Annual Awards Experience, which are available from $150 or to learn more about the Coleman A. Young Foundation, log on to www.cayf.org or call 313.962.2200.

The overall survey findings pleased DeVore.

“The S.W.I.N.G. Scholarship is to support women in need of growth and to also promote higher intelligence,” said Gabrielle Wafer, Undergraduate Representative for Swing Phi Swing.

“We have a scholarship opportunity for the sisters that are in the organization and we decided, with some of our funds that we have, we would create a scholarship for women of color who are not within our organization.”

Brittny Edwards, who recently graduated from the University of Detroit Mercy.

Swing Phi Swing is a non-Greek organization and you do not have

to be a part of an African-American Greek sorority to benefit. To be eligible for the scholarships, you must be a female woman of color, a non-member of Swing Phi Swing, be currently enrolled as a full-time student at a nationally accredited institution of higher education for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year, have a grade point average of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale. Have rendered service in their community during the 2017-2018 school year, and complete and submit a S.W.I.N.G. Scholarship application.

For scholarship applications, email: scholarships@swingphiswing.org.

All documents must be submitted by June 15, 2018.

Money is made payable directly to the college or university from the national office operating account. When money is payable to the institution, it can be designated for tuition, fees, or supplies. The school must have the final say on which students receive the scholarship.

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The National Assessment of Education Progress issues report card to DPSCD

By Donald James

tional experience, while preparing them to be career and college ready, and be qualified and ready to compete in the global market. The district has 106 schools and educates 50,000 children.

Prior to accepting his top leadership role at DPSCD almost one year ago, Vitti was superintendent of Duval County Public Schools (DCPS), the nation’s 20th largest school district. During his almost five years with DCPS, the school district ranked between the first and fourth highest performing urban districts in the nation, as measured by the National Assessment for Education Progress. Vitti is expected to keep DPSCD on an upward trajectory.

Special to the Chronicle

Like anyone who has ever received a report card, there’s always the desire to achieve the highest grades possible.

Recently, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released its 2017 results, known as “the nation’s report card.” The report card issued to Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) wasn’t good, but reinforced the urgency of the district’s efforts to improve education for all students.

“Our community has rallied around our student-centered priorities for improving the district over the past year,” said DPSCD Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti. “And these results reinforce the urgency of the reforms we are making.”

Vitti alluded to NAEP’s results showing that fourth graders attending public schools in large cities across America scored an average of 213 in reading and 232 in math. Based on the participating schools evaluated, DPSCD “underperformed” every district in the country, posting the average scores of 182 (reading) and 200 (math). NAEP’s report also revealed that just five percent of DPSCD’s 4th graders were at or above proficient in reading, and only 7 percent achieved proficient in mathematics.

For eighth graders attending public schools in large cities across the nation, they scored an average of 258 in reading and 274 in math. DPSCD’s eighth graders “underperformed” every other participating district, with average scores of 235 (reading) and 246 (math).

And, only 4% of DPSCD’s eighth graders were at or above proficient in reading, with just 5

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percent achieving proficiency in math.

DPSCD has participated in NAEP since 2009, but this year’s results are particularly important for the district, Vitti, and the school board, as they collectively seek to establish a baseline for measuring improvement in the district. The NAEP assessment is administered nationally every two years to fourth and eighth grade students, and the assessment provides a common measurement in reading and math. It provides a vivid snapshot, allowing urban school districts to understand their progress, as it compares with similar large school districts in the nation.

For DPSCD students, parents, teachers, administrators and other district stakeholders, the only way is up.

“Our results show that we have tremendous work to do, but they also show that we have the right superintendent in place to lead the necessary rewhich facilitates the attainment of goals that are necessary for personal and professional growth. Swing Phi Swing welcomes diversity, encourages individuality, and offers a haven for women who feel a strong connection with their ethnic heritage.

form,” said Board President, Dr. Iris Taylor. “When we began our superintendent’s search last spring, the board understood the gravity of the decision we were making. We knew our children were losing ground, and we knew we needed a proven urban superintendent. We have one.”

Detroit Public Schools Community District is the state’s largest public education system. It is governed by a locally-elected, seven-member board with Vitti serving as superintendent. The district’s mission, under Vitti’s leadership, is to provide every student with a beneficial and rightful educa-

“I have my eye on the 2021 administration of NAEP, when our current first graders will take part,” said Vitti, a metro Detroit native. “That is when we will see what our students can do when they are working with an aligned curriculum, have teachers who have been supported, and have consistent access to resources that help their students succeed.’

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40 Under 40 confirmed Detroit’s job talent is still ample

By Branden Hunter What brought this year’s Michigan Chronicle 40 Under 40 honorees together? They are risk takers, rule breakers, company makers, and industry shakers. They have made important decisions, daring moves, and have revamped themselves and their companies. The attorneys, entrepreneurs, state senator, judge, actors, doctors, corporate executives, and educational leaders inside the International Banquet Hall demonstrated that the job talent in Detroit is alive and well.

“This is amazing to see all of the young CEOs and entrepreneurs in Detroit all in one room,” said 40 Under 40 honoree and Grammy-nominated producer J. Drew Sheard. “I want to take this opportunity to encourage them all to keep doing major things and let’s take Detroit to the next level.”

The job talent in Detroit may not have been adequate enough for Amazon to build its headquarters here but the city that has seen a slight boom in its millennial population (ages 2137) over the years, and the Motor City has become a place where professionals want to relocate to or come back to. Many of the 40 Under 40 recipients earned college degrees out-of-state but returned home to be a part of the Detroit’s resurgence.

“I have a degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and spent many years in Dallas after college,” said honoree KimArie Yowell, Vice-President of Talent and Development at Quicken Loans. “But I wanted to return home and be a part of a company like Quicken Loans, that is obviously doing great things in downtown Detroit. I feel that Detroit is making a comeback and Quicken Loans has a played a huge part in that, especially with the work it does with employing the city and its work in the community. That’s what sets it apart from other major companies in Detroit.”

Detroit has become an increasingly attractive location for entrepreneurs who are looking for an opportunistic, lively city to relocate to and for locals to build their businesses. According to the Detroit Entrepreneurial study, in the last three years, there has been a 50 percent increase in the number of Detroit-based startup companies. More than half of the 47 recipients this year were entrepreneurs, across a variety of sectors, creating jobs and other opportunities for the rest of Detroit.

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“As a millennial entrepreneur, the honor holds a special meaning to me, as we are breaking the traditional standard, while serving our purposes through innovative measures,” said honoree Brittni Brown, head publicist and founder of The Bee Agency. “I firmly believe that millennials are the driving force behind the city’s resurgence and through platforms such as 40 Under 40, it showcases those emerging professionals putting in work. This always gives a push to younger generations to continue to lay the foundation to revitalize Detroit.”

“It’s great to be recognized for your passion,” said Jabs Gym-Eastern Market co-owner and honoree Armond Harris. “I think my team and impact on the Detroit fitness scene is paramount, from putting hundreds of people on the Detroit Riverfront to workout via the Run This Town Detroit fitness movement back in 2012; to now, owning one of Detroit’s most popular fitness attractions, Jabs Gym-Eastern Market, with over 2000 visits per month. I’m blessed to be at the forefront of the fitness resurgence in Detroit.”

While entrepreneurs dominated the 40 Under 40 class of 2018, corporate executives were the runner-ups. With roles in companies and corporations such as the Detroit Pistons, General Motors, Ford Motor Company, Consumers Energy, Quicken Loans, Merrill Lynch, Chemico, and many others, these young black professionals from Detroit have secured themselves a seat at the table of decision-makers. They are the voice of the people of Detroit.

And while their education and experience does not limit them to just Detroit, it is important for them to lead today’s Detroiters, while inspiring the next wave of leaders.

“Being from Detroit, I have a moral and civic responsibility to protect and uplift Detroit while empowering the next generation of Detroiters,” said honoree Kerrie Mitchell, Vice-President of Marketing and Development for Matrix Human Services. “I believe it is culturally responsible for all businesses and/or organizations to have executive leaders who can identify with the community that they serve. When you are born and raised in Detroit, you have understanding of the positives as well as the areas that can be improved. More importantly, you are equipped to understand and resolve many of the issues with compassion and empathy.”

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When the World Attacks You, Find Strength in Christ’s Power

By James Washington The Dallas Weekly/NNPA Member

I remember reviewing the letters of Paul in Bible study. In doing so, I was constantly reminded that one cannot look at Paul without really seeing Jesus’ amazing handiwork.

Now you need to know that I think Paul is an awesome person, when it comes to the story of his life.

It is not unusual for new Christians to be attacked by old friends. It is also not unusual for new Christians to fall victim to the attacks of the world, since it is in the world where Satan has some sway.

I think Paul’s good news is that there is a place of refuge when the attack comes. He uses himself as a very good example to follow.

If I surrender my weaknesses to the power of Christ and subjugate my will to that of the Lord’s will, then I become empowered to deal with whatever is thrown my way.

I haven’t found a biography or autobiography of anyone in or outside of “The Good Book,” who comes close to my admiration for Paul; Jesus notwithstanding.

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Potential employers included DTE Energy, The City of Detroit Health Department, Specs Howard, BUFBlack United Fund, Detroit Police Dept., Wayne County Treasurer Dept., Sheriff Benny Napoleons Office, City of Detroit Safety Engineering Environmental Department, Microsoft, Health Care Solutions, Clearly University.

Life, the Christian life, is funny that way.

Because the two are It places what I have so closely associated described as a bullseye with one another, I can’t on your back, designed help but consider the to distinguish you from impact of this tandem those nonbelievers on human history. Just around you. in case someone wants to debate me on this by Your faith also sets bringing up the lives of you up and apart to do the 12 apostles, I have great things in the name considered them as well James Washington of Jesus Christ, my peras the prophets and I’m sonal Lord and Savior. just one of those who is in awe of Paul.

I guess what I’m really saying is that A very large part of the Bible is devot- when the going gets extremely tough, ed to Paul’s building of the early church check the human being Paul. at a time when who you worshipped was Like Christ he’s been through and a life and death decision. has experienced the worst that life has Paul himself says, in his letters to the to offer. But because of his belief syschurch in Corinth, that there was indeed tem, he also experienced the best of a point to his suffering and persecution God’s promises. and that the basis for most, if not all, of Reviewing Paul’s letters to the church what he went through was a byproduct in Corinth is like a refresher course and of his faith in Jesus Christ.

I just wanted to let you know where I go “But He said to me, “My grace is suf- during difficult times. You might also ficient for you, for my power is made find some answers there. perfect in weakness. Therefore, I (Paul) The point I’m trying to make is that will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may in the eyes of God, one’s weaknesses are rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s welcomed opportunities for God to show sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, up and show out. in hardships, in persecutions, in diffiHave you ever wondered why those culties. For when I am weak, then I am who have been through so much are strong.” —2 Corinthians 12:8-10. able to stand so strong and witness for This kind of thinking and belief led to Christ? Reexamine the reality of God’s the eventual proliferation of the church, grace and you just might get your anworldwide. It also makes the point of swer. how the lives of so few have impacted May God bless and keep you always. and influenced so many in the world The Dallas Weekly is a member pubthen, and the world as we know it today. lication of the NNPA. Learn more about Forgive me if I find this a rather fas- becoming a member at NNPA.org. cinating fact. Paul is who he is, because James Washington is a father, husof his unique one on one encounter with band, Christian and writer. James is Christ. That encounter changed him and ultimately the world in which we also the owner and publisher of the live. If that be true, then our individual multimedia company The Dallas Weekencounters with Christ should also have ly. You can follow James on Twitter at a profound effect on us and the world in @JAWS_215. which we currently live.

The Power of Prayer

By Dorma McGruder

There Is More!

“There is more than this!” You’re right! Knowing is all the confirmation you need. God has an unlimited supply of jobs, money, relationships, businesses, dreams but it always starts with us. We must change our thinking, accept that change and growth always work together, then stretch our minds, hearts, hands, actions. It won’t be easy but change and growth wrapped in prayer changes it is impossible to it is done.

Pray with faith and focus.

Don’t be afraid or ashamed to ask God for exactly what you want. You don’t need permission, nor do you have to tell anyone else. This is your life. Changes are coming to take you to the next place. When it has been a long time, He has not forgotten you. He is moving people, places and situations of your life around like a chess game which takes time. Believe!

Start with how you see you! God thought enough of you to share His breath with you. You are His best. Focus on YOUR MORE! Give your time and love to what you want. Thank God in advance for giving you what you want. Watch for Him to come in ways you don’t expect. Expect more, expect God’s best. Pray and ask Him what He wants you to do, then give your time and effort to that. Learn, discover, study, keep praying - then watch. Through Prayer Power There is MORE! Dorma McGruder 313-282-3382 www.dormamcgruder.com

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Know Before You Go – Town Hall Forum The November Mid-Term Election will be pivotal to our community and the social landscape here in Michigan. The Social Justice Ministry of The Empowerment Church will engage selected elected officials and candidates on issues that deeply matter to us and our communities at the “Know Before You Go” Town Hall Forum.

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NEIdeas Info Session & Workshop @ Bel Air Cinema NEIdeas celebrates existing businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park by rewarding those with the best ideas for growth with cash and other resources.

In 2018, NEIdeas will grant 28 existing businesses $10,000 each. Applications will be accepted May 1-June 1 at 11:59 p.m. Apply online at www.neideasdetroit.org.

Visit www.neideasdetroit.org to learn more about upcoming sessions.

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The Royal African Tour at the Detroit Institute of Arts Please join Black Scroll Network History & Tours’ historian and educator,Jamon Jordan, on a tour of the Royal and Dynastic artifacts in the ancient Egyptian and African exhibits at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA).

We will meet at the John R. entrance of the DIA. The DIA is free for Wayne, Oakland & Macomb residents, but there is a small fee for the lecture tour. The prices are: $20 - adult (13 & older) $15 - children (9-12) 8 yrs old or younger - FREE • When: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

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Dear Black Woman

By Shannon Stecker “Here’s to the strong women, may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them.” – Unknown Your twisted, locked, and braided 3A-4C hair, whether grown, glued, sewed-in, or tossed on, parted and laid with a toothbrush and edge control, are a statement of your passion, power and independence. You smell of tropical fruits, honey, coconut oil, black vanilla, and the hibiscus flowers of your haters blooming as you succeed. Lather their words up in the finest grades of grape seed oil, and let them get tangled in your twistouts and left behind after you wash and go.

But let’s not get this twisted, your biggest hater is not another black woman. So despite the assuming, gossiping, eye rolling, snarling, judging, lip smacking, and fake smiling we’ve all done to each other, society has taught us that we’re tougher, stronger, and more capable of getting ish done if we ban together. But how is that possible if our roots are filled with colorism, competition and self-hatred?

Stop judging those who took a different path. What works for you may not necessarily work for someone else. Do what’s best for you, and leave it at that.

Understand that uplifting is better than competing. Channeling my inner Cardi B, “Did I miss the memo that says one women’s light shining makes the others around her simmer?”

Accept that speaking negatively about other women is rooted in jealousy and envy. Why else would you do it? Did it make you more successful? Is your love life better? Do you cum harder?

Recognize that, in the end, our 50 shades of melaninated differences are not that different. Many of us want similar outcomes: love, happiness, respect, purpose and fulfillment.

Artist Desiree Kelly Debuts First Solo Exhibit

By AJ Williams Remember this name, Desiree Kelly, art director, graphic designer, muralist, and portrait artist.

On Friday, May 5, 2018, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., at Atom Art Gallery located at 522 East 9 Mile Rd., in Ferndale, Mich., Desiree will hold her first solo gallery exhibition titled, “The Faces of Music.” This exhibition will feature a collection of art works in Desiree’s distinctive urban style of portraitures created with the use of oil paints, spray paints and collage on canvas.

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May 5th - May 31st Atom Art Gallery 522 E. 9mile Ferndale, MI 48220

“I am so excited to be given the opportunity to have my first solo exhibition at Atom Art Gallery.

This is really a dream come true for me. I’ve been a professional artist for more than 15 years now, and to finally get a chance to curate my first solo exhibition is something I will never forget,” said artist Desiree Kelly.

“Last October I was part of a group showing at Atom Art Gallery, and when the gallery owner approached me, and offered me an opportunity to have a solo show, I was blown away. Up until this point, I had not considered ever doing a solo show – however, I did get a chance showcase my art at a cool location at last year’s Art Basel in Miami Beach. Since then, I have been really fortunate because my

Agree that it’s time to throw out the tired phrase, “I don’t get along with females.” You ever wonder why that is? SPOILER ALERT: It’s not always them.

As a black woman you are the best of all worlds. You are a culmination of culture, class, history and value. But how can you consider yourself strong if you continue to weaken others? We will never win the battle against stereotypes, sexism, and discrimination if continue to remain divided. So take the step to dissolve a pointless feud, and elevate your sister in need. Hug her, compliment her, motivate her, and most importantly, fix her crown if necessary.

art works are in demand. Now, I am just grinding, painting and working hard coming up with ideas and the theme for my solo show – a collection of iconic music figures,” Kelly added.

Desiree Kelly, earned her B.F.A from Wayne State University, located in downtown Detroit.

While there she studied graphic design and was introduced to oil painting. Desiree’s love of portraiture was inspired by the neighborhood where she grew up on Beal Street on Detroit’s eastside. She then developed her style and passion for urban portraits. Her historically immersive portraits capture the essence of her subjects by including artifacts and phrases within the background of her pieces.

Desiree has a dynamic way of capturing the true essence and personality of her subjects by elevating and transforming the classic portraiture to a new contemporary portraiture that often is raw, with mixed messages – sometime with social commentary, all with oil paint, spray paint and collage. Her work can be seen and appreciated all over metro Detroit.

Some of Desiree’s pieces can be found in permanent and temporary public collections including at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building in downtown Detroit (the 11th Floor the office of Mayor Mike Duggan), Farmington Hills City Hall, Dpop, Kuzzo’s Chicken and Waffles restaurant on the Detroit Avenue of Fashion, the Royal Oak VFW Building, as murals painted on the side of two buses for Detroit Bus Company, and inside the Spain Middle School Gymnasium - commissioned by talk show host Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show). Desiree art works has been exhibited at several galleries in metro Detroit including, Red Bull House of Art (Eastern Market), Inner State Gallery, Ann Arbor Art Center, Scarab Club, and Crooked Tree & Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit.

Her work has been featured at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Art, and was awarded a residency for 5th cycle of Red Bull House of Art in 2013. In addition to gallery showings, Desiree’s art works can be see in public space along Detroit’s Grand River Creative Corridor and mural works for sneaker shoes conglomerate Converse.

For more information on Desiree Kelly’s solo exhibition “The Faces of Music,” please visit online at DesireKelly.com

Young Legend J. Jackson is Back to Reclaim His Spot as Detroit’s Top Lyricist with “The Beginning “ Video

By Dean Garcia Jr. Save for collaborating with Roc Nation’s Neisha Neshae for their song “Stuck in a Dream”, J. Jackson was relatively slower to release music in 2017 than in recent years. Instead, Jackson spent the year perfecting his craft as an artist & performer, opening up for Curren$y on his national Pilot Talk Trilogy tour.

During his time away, songs by J. Jackson like “Eastside Story” dominated airwaves from terrestrial radio in Detroit to satellite station Shade45. That was until Jackson released new music and visuals for his single “The Beginning” featuring production by legendary hip-hop producer Ski Beatz (Jay Z, Curren$y, Stalley).

The Eli + Visual Index directed video opens with Jackson emerging from a smoky haze in a nondescript warehouse.

His signature Cazal frames and throwback Tommy Hilfiger gear are colorful and murky, much like Jackson’s rhyme style.

The video opens with Jackson giving us a rare glimpse of his wide smile before he plays the dozens with the lives of his haters with lines like “I heard your sneakdiss but wasn’t gon say sh*t, you live in ya mama’s basement, ya cable is basic” and then moves right along to assaulting the classic yet jilting production of Ski Beatz.

It isn’t until towards the end of the video when Jackson casually reminds the hat-

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5 women. 5 men. All performing poems & songs celebrating one another with love, respect & honesty.

Friday, April 27th, 2018 Jazz Cafe @ Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts.

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by Ski Beatz.

The hookless joint carries the energy of a freestyle cypher as Jackson touches on transcending local scenes by quitting his job to move to the east coast and pursue his destiny. With a gravelly voice and confident flow, 2015’s winner of Detroit’s Best Lyricist is a clear example of what happens

when you bet on yourself. Visit www.jacksoneverything.com to check out “The Beginning” and more from J. Jackson.

Dean Garcia, Jr. is a Detroit native and a lover of hip-hop. He runs a brand management company and writes about it in his spare time. His favorite activity is archiving and “curating” pictures on his IG and and making novice attempts at afrofuture collages. Follow him at @ art.dealer.dean & his firm @humbleflei for your favorite weird stuff, obscure 90’s music & the latest in Detroit Hip-Hop & beyond.

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These men are visionaries in their given fields and inspire those around them to go beyond the norm and strive for the exceptional. They are champions of our economic empowerment and diversity, the backbone of our religious and educational organizations, and driving forces in politics and community service. These men will join the exclusive society of 500 professionals who have previously received this distinction.

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‘Nine Values of an American Legend’ is a hit with Detroit youth!

Ideas that work for our community: UAW-Ford’s Sam Abrams is the founder of “Nine Values of an American Legend,” which uses the values that guided Jackie Robinson’s life to empower Detroit-area youth.

Thinking, engagement and action fuels program linked to Jackie Robinson

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By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle “A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.” …Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919-October 24, 1972) Seventy-one years ago an extremely proud and multitalented man known to the world as Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. Two years later Robinson won the National League’s Most Valuable Player award, and six years later he was a member of the only World Series championship won by the Dodgers in Brooklyn. Fast-forward seven years and the baseball world honored Mr. Robinson with enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and just 10 years later people from around the globe were mourning the passing of a true American hero at the age of 53.

Mr. Robinson’s actionpacked life was a literal highlight reel, which consisted of many extraordinary events that occurred even before he donned a Brooklyn Dodgers uniform.

And during a recent conversation with Sam Abrams, Youth and Community coordinator for UAWFord, the “Best of Young Detroit” learned that Mr. Robinson’s life and values are being closely studied and put into action, today, by young people in our very own city.

This very positive happening in our community is made possible by “Nine Values of an American Legend,” which Mr. Abrams founded. In short, Mr. Abrams has designed a learning tool focusing on the nine powerful values that guided Jackie Robinson’s life: Courage, Commitment, Citizenship, Determination, Excellence, Teamwork, Justice, Persistence and Integrity. Mr. Abrams, with support from UAW-Ford, has brought together an extremely thoughtful collection of students from across our area to study

Jackie Robinson, and other prominent African Americans, from the student’s perspectives.

The student’s reflections and discussions take place in what could be described as a workshop setting, but unlike some workshops where the activity begins and ends in one place, the students touched by “Nine Values of an American Legend” take the lessons they learn back to their schools, families, clubs, and athletic teams and apply these lessons daily as they strive for excellence in all areas of their lives.

While spending roughly 12 years with the Detroit Tigers organization, Mr. Abrams had an opportunity to manage a student art, poetry and essay program conducted by the team.

He said that experience, along with his desire to engage young minds in our community even further, led to “Nine Values of an American Legend.” In a video he shared with the “Best of Young Detroit,” Mr. Abrams states plainly: “What better way to get kids to talk about values than to assemble them together?”

The “Best of Young Detroit” applauds Mr. Abrams for his passion for our city’s youth and for his desire to help our youth contribute to our city’s resurgence beginning at the most important grassroots level. We also must extend a huge thank you to Mr. Abrams because he has agreed to connect the “Best of Young Detroit” with individual students in his program. It is our desire to learn directly from each student what the “Nine Values” mean to them and more importantly how they are applying these values for the betterment of the people they touch. With Mr. Abrams’ help, we hope the students’ experiences can be a valuable, ongoing part of this section, as we aim to be a part of a positive solution in our city.

Stay tuned!

Last year, with support from UAW-Ford, college debaters displayed their immense talents to an audience of appreciative Detroit youth. More positivity can be expected this Friday at the second “Debate in the D.”

Second Annual “Debate in the D” is this Friday!

Please come back to the “Best of Young Detroit” next week for coverage of the second annual “Debate in the D” sponsored by UAW-Ford, which will take place this Friday (April 27) at Detroit Collegiate Preparatory High School at Northwestern. Once again, the event will feature in-state debate teams from the University of Michigan-Flint and Central Michigan University in matchups against teams from two world-renowned historically African American colleges— Spelman and Morehouse. Debate in the D will follow the collegiate parliamentary debate format, with emphasis on persuasiveness, logic, and wit.

“Debate in the D” is part of UAW-Ford’s ongoing community initiatives that provide educational opportunities for Detroit-area youth focusing on the arts and critical thinking. A packed auditorium is expected for Friday’s event, which will include roughly 700 Detroit middle and high school students, teachers, staff, community leaders, parents and team members from the UAW-Ford National Programs Center.

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UAW-Ford created a ‘Super Bowl’ day for the final Thinkers Challenge Thinkers Challenge of the season special.

We also wish to thank two very special chess moms, Catherine Martinez and Roslyn Ruffin, who so graciously provided us with images from this season’s tournaments. And last but certainly not least, the “Best of Young Detroit” thanks and salutes all of the players that participated in one or more of the 201718 Thinkers Challenges because all the young players contributed to the season being a smashing success!

Photos by Roslyn Ruffin

Detroit proved once again that our city is well equipped to host a series of top-flight youth chess tournaments, as the 2017-18 Thinkers Challenge season recently concluded with a bang. The fifth and final tournament of the season was hosted April 14 at a special venue in the heart of downtown Detroit courtesy of UAW-Ford.

“We are very honored that Vice President Jimmy Settles of UAW-Ford has allowed our kids for the past several years to have our final tournament of the year at the UAW-Ford National Programs Center,” said Kevin Fite, founder of the Detroit City Chess Club and a board member of Young Detroit Thinkers, the presenter of the tournament series.

Coach Fite added: “The members of UAW-Ford have been the most gracious host anyone could ever ask for. One kid termed

the entire day as the ‘Super Bowl of Detroit Chess.’ “ A local nonprofit organization, Young Detroit Thinkers, uses the classic game of chess to promote education and the development of future societal leaders. Throughout the season, the Thinker Challenges allow youth of virtually all levels of chess development an opportunity to experience tournament play in the following divisions: K-1, Grades 2-3, Grades 4-7, Grades 8-12, Under 600 Section, Under 900 Section, Under 1100 Section, Under 1400 Section and the Open Section, which is the top-level of play at the Thinkers tournaments and has no age restriction, it’s simply the best playing the best.

Like Coach Fite, the “Best of Young Detroit” wishes to extend a special thank you to everyone at UAW-Ford who made the final

Young Detroit Movers and Thinkers!

Following are some of the top performers from the fifth and final Thinkers Challenge for the 2017-18 season played April 14 at the UAW-Ford National Programs Center: K-1 1. Oscar Cobb III 2. Noah Harris 3. Gabriel Manolescu 4. George Hawkins 5. Ryah Williams

Under 900 Section 1. Ivan Ruffin 2. Ryan Rabideau 3. Daniel Blake 4. Tajuan Thompkins Jr. 5. Malcolm Johnson Under 1100 Section 1. Elijah Spratt 2. Zachary Hooper 3. Benjamin Wang 4. Charles Boyce 5. Canaan Thomas

Grades 2-3 1. Hannah Hendrix 2. Genevieve Burks 3. Dominic Brantley 4. Nickalas Smith 5. Josephine Majid

Under 1400 Section 1. Nicholas Burton Jr. 2. Devin Owens 3. Justin Gulley 4. Solomon Foster 5. Tamyre Watkins

Grades 4-7 1. Jaden Willis 2. Jacqueline Garrett 3. August Guy 4. Keith Anthony Morales 5. Madison Johnson

Open Section 1. Torrance Henry Jr. 2. Srira Udhayakumar 3. Charisse Woods 4. Brelen Wilkes 5. Stephan Washington Jr.

Grades 8-12 1. Jordan Smith 2. Raijawn Nichols 3. Tyshunna Watson 4. Jalyn Williams-McClain 5. Kayla Robinson

Renaissance grad Ayanna Hayes continues to show versatility at Madonna Madonna University freshman Ayanna Hayes is finding her way around campus and on the track.

The student-athlete out of Renaissance High School, recently set personal bests in three events at the Oakland University Golden Grizzlies Invitational on April 14. Those marks included 200 meters (27.98), long jump (14-7.75) and javelin (47-7.5).

Under 600 Section 1. Joseph Kuykendall 2. Nicholas Williams Jr. 3. Joshua Nunley 4. Mason Marsh 5. Summer Gentry

“Best of Young Detroit” Leroy Dues: Trailblazing educator put our city’s youth first The date was April 29, 1933 and a track and field athlete competing for Detroit City College (now Wayne State University) named Leroy Dues won the shot put at the Penn Relays, one of the oldest and largest meets in the United States. Dues’ winning heave of 48 feet, 5 inches, was six inches ahead of his nearest rival.

Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, a young Leroy Dues made a trek to Detroit and attended Northwestern High School, before returning to his native town to graduate from Pittsburg High School.

He returned to Detroit to pursue higher education and what happened afterwards was nothing less than legendary.

An All-American shot putter during his competitive athletic career, Mr. Dues would go on to do far more for youth in Detroit as one of our city’s all-time great physical education teachers and track and field coaches. While at Miller High School, track teams coached by Mr. Dues lost only two dual meets and won six Public School League titles. A very small sampling of Coach Dues’ great protégés includes Lorenzo Wright, a gold medalist at the 1948 Olympics; Charley Fonville and Walter Jenkins, outstanding shot putters at

the University of Michigan and Wayne University respectively; and, Dr. Aaron Gordon, another University of Michigan track standout who went on to become a respected educator and school administrator.

Ultimately Mr. Dues provided 43 years of outstanding service to students attending Detroit Public Schools. Early in his career he was transferred from Russell Elementary to Miller Senior High School, and three years later he became Michigan’s first African American high school athletic director. A true scholar, who stressed the importance of education throughout his career and life, Mr. Dues received his undergraduate degree the same year of his triumph at the Penn Relays. He later earned a master’s degree and special education certification from Wayne State.

In the summer of 1987, Detroit lost a great man at the age of 78. However, Mr. Dues, a member of the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame and the Detroit Sports Zone’s Detroit High School Hall of Fame, should always be celebrated in our city and presented as a true role model for our youth and coaches.

The “Best of Young Detroit” welcomes feedback from our community. Please submit story suggestions and other comments to Scott Talley at stalleyassociates@gmail.com or 313-590-3686.

Rodney Saulsberry brings his voice to the world through many platforms Can a student sitting in a Detroit Public Schools Community District classroom today become a respected voice-over performer, actor, vocalist, announcer and author? Absolutely, and one of the special people our students can look to for inspiration is Rodney Saulsberry. The Henry Ford High School (Class of 1974) and University of Michigan product grew up in northwest Detroit and started singing at the tender age of two. Through elementary and junior high school he performed in talent shows and in high school he started acting and singing in musicals.

Mr. Saulsberry’s vast voice-over credits include announcing promos for the ABC hit, “Dancing With The Stars” and the critically acclaimed “Charlie Brown Christmas Special.” He also has been an announcer for the 34th NAACP Image Awards, Essence Awards specials and voiced promos for the Grammy Awards and Country Music Awards for CBS. In addition, Mr. Saulsberry can be heard narrating E! Entertainment’s “True Hollywood Story” about Marvin Gaye, as well as the voice of Joe Robbie Robertson on “Spider-Man: The Animated Series,” and much, much more in the fields of communications and entertainment, including voicing commercials for major companies.

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NOW ENROLLING Detroit Collegiate High School is now enrolling for the 2018-2019 school year (March 6, 2018 – April 27, 2018) for grades 9-11. A lottery will be held at Detroit Collegiate High School on May 1, at 3:30 p.m., if needed.

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Notice is hereby given that the City Council of Highland Park will hold a Public Hearing Monday, May 7th & 21st 2018 7:00 p.m.

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Robert B. Blackwell Municipal Building 12050 Woodward 2nd Floor, Council Chambers Highland Park, MI 48203 To consider the Proposed General Operating Budget Fiscal Year 2018/19 Proposed budget may be viewed at the City Clerk’s Office Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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There will be a mandatory Pre-Proposal Conference held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 30, 2018 at Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202. Sealed proposals are to be returned to the Purchasing Office, 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202 no later than 2:00 PM (Local Time) May 22, 2018. No telephone, electronic, or facsimile proposals will be accepted.

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HELP WANTED THE CITY OF FERNDALE’S CED TEAM IS SEEKING: A full-time Inspector I with a strong customer service mindset to perform code enforcement. Wage range: $16.78 to $18.50 THE CITY OF FERNDALE’S DPW TEAM IS SEEKING: A full-time Project Manager. Current projects include: sidewalk replacement, road resurfacing, city landscaping, and others.

Salary range: $54,021 to $67,464.

A full-time Administration Manager to provide oversight of the front office and handle data management for the department.

Salary range: $54,021 to $67,464.

A full-time Customer Service Representative III to handle resident inquiries and provide general administrative and clerical support including; payroll, accounts payable, and records.

Wage range: $19.59 to $20.70.

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, FSA, and Retirement Plans are available.

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Warren, MI, General Motors. Assist engrs in the dvlpmt of vehicle exterior trim components &related processes, assuring the achievement of optimal acoustic performance. Plan, coordinate, &assure accurate engrg evaluations &technical assessments of cost of materials, using UGNX, Teamcenter Vismockup, TcPCM, E2, &GMCO$T of psgr vehicle exterior trim system designs, from inception through to production &delivery.

Estimate cost of current &new psgr car, SUV, truck, multipurpose &autonomous vehicle exterior trim components including rocker panels, wheel flairs, emblems/badging, Interface with Product Engineering, Program Execution Teams, Purchasing, Mfg, &other cross-functional groups to realize optimal tooling engrg strategies. Dvlp vendor tooling cost anlys for exterior trim systems assy processes incldg large steel, injection mold tooling &compression molding, &define total program investment reduction in high &lowcost countries. Collaborate with multiple cross-functional orgs, both regionally &globally to comprehend mfg &process differences &reqmts in all regions. 24 mos exp as Tooling Engineer, Cost Engineer, Tooling Program Manager, or related, dvlpg vendor tooling cost anlys for exterior trim systems assy processes incldg large steel, injection mold tooling &compression molding, &define total program investment. Mail resume to Ref#163, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-C32-C66, Detroit, MI 48265.

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JOB DESCRIPTION – DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT – PERSONNEL DIRECTOR 04-19-2018 Job Title: Director of Police Personnel Job Code: HRD/BOPC-2018 Opening Date: April 19, 2018

Compensation Range: $70,800 - $118,000 Closing Date: May 20, 2018

Summary of Duties: Plans, organizes and directs the work of employees engaged in the activities and operations of the Detroit Police Department Personnel/Human Resources Unit. The Detroit Police Department Personnel Unit is a large, functionally diverse support or technical bureau or group within the Detroit Police Department. The Director’s responsibility to the Department is summarized and referenced in the Detroit City Charter (2012), as follows,

Sec. 7-810. Division of Police Personnel. - The Division of Police Personnel is headed by a Director of Police Personnel appointed by the Board. The Director of Police Personnel must be a civilian and serves at the pleasure of the Board.

The Director’s responsibilities include “With the concurrence of the Chief of Police, the Director of Police Personnel shall recruit applicants for service as Police Officers with the Department, prepare and administer examinations for hiring police officers, and prepare and conduct examinations for promotion within the department.” (Sec. 7-813. Powers and Duties.)

The Detroit Police Department is composed of approximately 3,200 employees, with several centralized commands, a precinct structure and various support operations. The Detroit Police Department has an 11 member Board of Police Commissioners with supervisory control and oversight of the Police Department. The Chief of Police, as the head official in charge of the department, is responsible for its day-to-day operations and administration.

The Director of Police Personnel works with the Board of Police Commissioners and the Chief of Police. The Director does related work; regularly advises the Board and top management of the Department regarding strategies and policy matters; applies sound supervisory principles and techniques in building and maintaining an effective work force; fulfills affirmative measures including the goal to recruit Detroit residents; recruit applicants for service as Police Officers with the Department, prepare and administer examinations for hiring police officers, and prepare and conduct examinations for promotion within the department, administer promotional examinations, and performs related work as assigned by the Chief of Police and the Board of Police Commissioners.

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Distinguishing Features: As a civilian manager in the Police Department, the DPD Personnel Director directs the activities of all subordinate sworn and civilian employees in a support or technical bureau or group. The Director frequently represents the Police Department at various civic and governmental functions and with other police agencies and civilian organizations. The Director is required to make monthly public reports before the Board of Police Commissioners. The Director is responsible to oversee sufficient personnel evaluations as prescribed by law, charter, ordinance or administrative rules. The Director is required to provide to the Board of Police Commissioners a part of the Chief’s annual improvement plan insofar as the plan describes or discusses personnel related issues. The section of the annual improvement plan shall be clearly marked as the Personnel Section as advanced by the Personnel Director. The Personnel Director is responsible for the performance of the full range of supervisory activities, including the administration of discipline, processing and resolution of grievances, evaluation or performance and approval of time-off requests within the Personnel Unit. The Director is also responsible for developing the unit’s annual budget, developing and implementing a spending plan within the context of the approved resources allocated to the unit.

Examples of Duties: Director of Police Personnel: • Coordinates, administers and ensures compliance with established policies, practices and procedures throughout the bureau or group; • Evaluates operating efficiency and adequacy of support or technical services provided by the bureau or group; • Confers with other members of the Department to determine their personnel needs and requirements; • Makes recommendations on Department-wide policy formulation; • Develops and establishes bureau or group practices and procedures; • Defines and interprets policies to subordinate supervisors; • Represents the Department before the City Council, Council Committees, and other committees and civic groups as necessary; • Attends various governmental and civic functions as a representative, advocate or member; • Prepares and issues orders to subordinate personnel; • Determines specific courses of action to meet unusual and different situations; • Reviews development of Requests for Proposals, analyzes bids, and monitors contract and vendor performance; • Communicates equal employment/affirmative action information to employees; • Applies job-related criteria in selecting, orienting, assigning, training, counseling, evaluating, and disciplining Subordinates within the Personnel unit; • Plan and administers promotional examinations and reports to the Chief of Police and the Board of Police Commissioners the results of the examinations; • May occasionally be assigned other duties for training purposes or to meet technological changes or unexpected emergencies.

Qualifications: The Director of Police Personnel must have the following knowledge and abilities: A good knowledge of: • Organization, responsibilities, functions and procedures of the Police Department, other municipal organizations or complex organizations with multiple employees, sections or divisions; • Principles and practices of administration and management as applied to personnel services and systems development of the Police Department, other municipal organizations or complex organizations with multiple employees, sections or divisions; • Principles and practices of grants and contract administration; • Supervisory principles and practices, including planning, delegating, and controlling the work of subordinates; • Techniques of training, instructing and evaluating subordinate work performance; • Techniques for counseling, disciplining, and motivating subordinate personnel; • Procedures for grievance handling; • Supervisory responsibility for EEO/AA as set forth in local law and ordinance, state and federal regulations.

• Effective safety principles and practices; • Laws and regulations related to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action; A working knowledge of: • Budgeting, financial and personnel administration; • City Charter and Administrative Code as they apply to the Police Department; • Memoranda of understanding as they apply to subordinate personnel; A general knowledge of: • City personnel rules, policies and procedures;

Product Manager

Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LLC seeks a Product Manager, in Troy, MI, to manage the market position, profitability and direction of product line(s) and to create, provide, maintain and lead the execution of strategic product plans, among other duties. Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, business, industrial engineering, management, or marketing and five years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. Please send resumes to: Ms. Sarah Trautmann, Meritor, Resume Processing/JO#8654033, 2135 West Maple Road, Troy, MI 48084.

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is taking applications for LICENSED POLICE OFFICERS (Lateral Entry) Salary with excellent fringe benefit package $48,379 with less than 2 years of police experience $52,413 with 2-4 years of police experience $56,449 with 5+ years of police experience Minimum qualifications include MCOLES license and current employment as a police or public safety officer.

Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications must pass an oral board interview and background investigation.

Prior to employment, applicants must also pass citydesignated psychological and physical examinations, which includes drug screens.

This is a one-time solicitation for sworn police officers to fill current vacant positions.

Applications may be obtained from the Human Resources Department for the City of Warren, 1 City Square, 4th floor, Warren, MI 48093, beginning Thursday, April 26, 2018, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., or visit the website www.cityofwarren.org for the complete application package.

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• Analyze and interpret technical information in the field of police personnel administration and to adapt operations to the conditions indicated; • Forecast the impact of new technological changes on management information systems and on the Integrated Systems Plan especially related to payroll, benefits administration and timekeeping; • Deal tactfully and effectively with both sworn and civilian employees of the Department, BOPC, City officials, officers of other agencies, and the public; • Review and coordinate the preparation of administrative and technical reports; • Direct a staff of administrative and/or technical personnel and to coordinate their efforts with those of other organizational units of the Police Department; • Plan, coordinate and direct a variety of support services through subordinate supervisors; • Develop and maintain cooperative relationships with governmental officials, agencies and civic organizations and to speak effectively before such groups; • Evaluate the work of subordinates and to plan and initiate necessary training activities; • Formulate and implement new plans, procedures and policies; • Establish and maintain a work environment to enhance both employee morale and productivity; • Apply sound supervisory principles and techniques; • Fulfill supervisory affirmative goals of the organization to recruit, train and promote employees as required under DPD and City Charter, rules, regulations and procedures.

• Work to enforce any special rules and procedures to allow disadvantaged workers with disabilities to work for the DPD within the rules, regulations, ordinances and other directed programs of the city.

Persons with disabilities may be able to perform the essential duties of this class with reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation will be evaluated on an individual basis and depend, in part, on the specific requirements for the job, the limitations related to the disability, and the ability of the hiring department to reasonably accommodate the limitation.

Minimum Requirements: Four year degree from a college or university in Personnel Management, Organizational Management or other related degrees that show competency for planning, administrating and operating a complex organization like the DPD Personnel Unit. Ten years of full-time paid personnel managerial experience in a position at least at the level of Director, Deputy Director, Senior Administrator, Coordinator or Senior Supervisor. Time of the job may be substituted with education, special certifications and work experience.

License: A valid Michigan driver’s license or State Identification is required. Certifications in personnel related programs is a plus. Direct knowledge in computerized software designed to organize or administer personnel related work including payroll and work assignments is also a plus.

As provided in Civil Service Rule, Administrative Code, Ordinance and Police Manual this specification is descriptive, explanatory and not restrictive. It is not intended to declare all of the duties and responsibilities of any position.

To Apply: (1) Send a cover letter with your interests, special accomplishments and a persuasive summary of your past work.

(2) Send a statement of your methodological approach to the job and your understanding of your role should you be given the opportunity to serve in the position (not to exceed three pages).

(3) Professional Resume.

(4) List of references (4), two professional, no family members.

(5) Please certify that you do not have a felony record or an compromising incident(s) in your past that might be harmful to the work of the BOPC, if such a past exist, please explain separately with an attachment entitled “Past Record Explanation.”

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Get Social A personal trainer can be expensive, but a friend is free and potentially just as motivating. Besides, a little friendly competition never hurt anybody.

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Give it a Purpose Find your motivation and dedicate your workouts to this purpose. One great way to do this is to sign up for a competitive athletic event that requires training. Whether that’s an obstacle course, a triathlon or a 5k foot race, having such an event on your calendar will provide the daily motivation you need. Check out free training plans that can offer you guidelines for the best way to prepare for each type of event. Need further incentive? Use the event to raise money for a cause that matters to you.

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