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The Impact Network expanding its impact through Comcast Cable

By Roz Edwards Managing Editor, and press reports

The Impact Network, the only independent African American-owned and operated Christian television network in the U.S., will now be available in even more homes on Comcast’s Xfinity TV thanks to an expanded distribution agreement with the network. The network features programming on urban ministries and gospel lifestyle entertainment.

“We’re excited about the commitment Comcast has made to continue to increase diversity in all communities and to the African American community by expanding distribution of The Impact Network,” said Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, Founder and CEO of the Impact Network.

The Impact Network’s mission is to provide Christian and educational programming designed to “empower the spiritual, physical, financial and emotional needs of the community and viewers.” The network line-up includes television ministries by Impact Founder and CEO Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, Bishop TD Jakes, Dr. Creflo Dollar, Pastor Paula White, Pastor Rod Parsley, Bishop IV Hilliard, Bishop Charles Blake, Bishop Stanly Williams, Bishop Paul Morton, Bishop Henry Fernandez, Pastor Joel Olsteen and more. It also offers original programming such as Dr. Beverly Jackson’s “Living Free,” “The Jewel Tankard Show,” and “Impact Better Health/Diet Free Life” with Dr. Robert Ferguson.

The Impact Network was founded in 2010 by Bishop Wayne T. Jackson and Dr. Beverly Jackson in Detroit, Michigan and is the fastest growing African American-owned and operated independent Christian television network in the U.S. Expanding on Comcast’s Xfinity TV, The Impact Network will now reach over 75 million households in the United States, Africa, The Bahamian, and Virgin Islands on various distributors.

Before Jackson purchased the station in 2010, there was not an African American Christian-owned television network in the country or the world. Black preachers were at the mercy of mainstream networks who were prone to pull the

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Detroit Pistons coming home to Detroit

By Keith A. Owens Senior Editor, and Alisha Dixon, Staff Writer It’s for real, folks.

On Tuesday, Nov. 22, the word ‘Thanksgiving’ took on a whole new meaning for Detroit when it was announced at an afternoon press conference held at Cass Technical High School that the Detroit Pistons really are moving back to the Motor City. And nothing against Auburn Hills? But this is the Detroit Pistons, people.

It’s time to come home, fellas. We want you close.

The Detroit Pistons will move to Little Caesar’s Arena at the start of the 2017-2018 season. Business operations for the Pistons and Palace Sports will move to Little Caesar’s Arena in 2018. Mayor Mike Duggan said although the deal is still in the preliminary stages, he is sure the move will happen.

The National Basketball Association still has to approve the deal.

The announcement of site of the Pistons practice and training facility has not yet

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, from left, Chris Ilitch, Ilitch Holdings, President and CEO, Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and NBA commissioner Adam Silver attend a news conference in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 22. – Alisha Dixon photos been decided, but two possible options are on the table, said Mayor Mike Duggan.

“The only uncertainty in the agreement is they weren’t ready to pick the site of the practice facility which will be about a $50 million practice facility,” Duggan said.

“There are two options in the agreement. If they build it next door to the arena, it’ll become part of the DDA project and the existing District Detroit neighborhood council will continue to advise on it.

If they choose to build it outside of here, councilman Scott

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was noticeably different. It is also a perspective with which I happen to wholeheartedly agree; Hillary Clinton did not lose primarily because of the desertion of the angry white working class, or even because not enough black folks turned out to vote, although both are certainly factors. But one major factor that nobody seems to be addressing is the effect that voter suppression had on decimating the black vote.

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honest woman in the blues?

A few of the agreements made under the community benefits agreement in-

What do we do now? Protect the black vote

By Keith A. Owens

What’s it take to be an

Benson, the author of the community benefits plan, has agreed to ensure the community benefits from the location of the facility.”

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson visited the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor last week to be honored for his 50 years of civil rights activism, the toll that those years have taken on a truly remarkable life were evident, especially to anyone who has witnessed the marvel of Jackson in his prime. His gait was slower and at times a bit unsteady, and his voice was much softer, and at times a bit unclear.

“They suppressed the black vote in North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania and Michigan,” said Jackson. “We cannot give up on letting them steal our votes so easily. …These are times for resistance.”

But there was absolutely nothing wrong with his mind.

Jackson’s unique ability to analyze a complicated racial/socio-economic/cultural situation, then translate that situation into easily understandable form, is a rare gift that has elevated him as a man apart. Controversial and infuriating are certainly two of the more frequently heard words used to describe him, but the words brilliant, fearless and committed must also be added to any accurate description seeking to depict someone as complex and gifted as Jackson.

In that context, Jackson’s remarks, which focused on what comes next following the elec-

Rev. Jesse Jackson – Andre Smith photo tion of Donald Trump, were well worth paying attention to in the midst of so much consternation, punditry, and flailing prognostication seeking to identify what went wrong as well as what course corrections must be implemented to get the Democratic train back on track.

Although the more popular narrative of the day seems to be that Democrats forgot about the disgruntled white working class, a number of whom voted for President Obama in 2008 and 2012 but then supported Trump in 2016, Jackson’s take on the disappointing results

In an interview prior to his speech, Jackson referred a reporter to a November 8 editorial in the New York Times which spelled this effect out quite clearly. Please excuse the unusually long pull quote(s), but Jackson referenced the importance of this particular editorial for a reason, and that reason will be made clear when you take a look: “On Tuesday, for the first time in more than 50 years, Ameri-

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Detroit street closures for bus reroutes for Thanksgiving Day celebrations The Detroit People Mover will offer free rides courtesy of Sprint Individuals attending the America’s Thanksgiving Parade, Turkey Trot and the Detroit Lions game on Thursday, Nov. 24, should be aware of street closures, bus reroutes and suggested parking, as tens of thousands flock to downtown Detroit.

The City of Detroit also issued a reminder to parade watchers that the building of scaffolds and any device without a city permit is prohibited during Thanksgiving events in downtown Detroit on private or public property. Violators will receive tickets, and the scaffolds will be removed.

Street Closures Motorists traveling to downtown Detroit on Wednesday, Nov. 23, and for the parade on Thursday, Nov. 24, should note the following road closures.

Woodward Avenue from W. Grand Blvd. to Warren will be closed completely from Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 5 p.m. through Thursday, Nov. 24 at 2 p.m.

Woodward Avenue from Warren to Jefferson will be shut down beginning at 2 a.m. until the conclusion of the parade on Thursday, Nov. 24.

Emergency vehicles will be allowed to cross Woodward Avenue at Warren, Mack/MLK, Alexandrine, Montcalm and Adams.

Washington Blvd. will reopen after the Turkey Trot at approximately 10 a.m.

In addition, the southbound Lodge exits at W. Jefferson/Cobo and Larned Street (Exits 1A and 1B) and the northbound Lodge exit at W. Jefferson (Exit 1A) will be closed during the entire Turkey Trot. The Larned exit will reopen after the Turkey Trot ends.

Detroit People Mover Individuals coming downtown for the Thanksgiving Day races, parade and Detroit Lions game can ride the Detroit People Mover (DPM) free from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., courtesy of the Sprint LTE Plus Network.

All 13 stations are open this year, with the closest to the parade being Grand Circus Park, Broadway and Cadillac.

View the DPM system map at www.thepeoplemover.com.

People Mover service will resume at 9 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 25.

DDOT BUS REROUTES As a result of street closures for the Thanksgiving Day events, DDOT customers can expect delays beginning at 6 a.m.

Thursday, Nov. 24. East side bus routes will lay over at the Detroit People Mover’s Bricktown Station on Beaubien north of Larned. Bus passengers are encouraged to ride the DPM at no charge on Thanksgiving Day to continue their travels. East side bus routes will resume regular service to the Rosa Parks Transit Center after 6 p.m.

The following streets will have limited access beginning at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 23:

The following bus routes will be affected because of the Thanksgiving Day Parade:

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The following streets will be closed beginning at 5 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 24: Michigan at Cass Fort Street from Trumbull to Woodward

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Bus passengers that need to get to the eastside routes from the Rosa Parks Transit Center may ride the People Mover to the Bricktown Station.

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DDOT will operate on a Sunday schedule on Thanksgiving Day for all regular routes at regular fares. DDOT’s Administrative Offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

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State Of Michigan seeks to block Flint water deliveries Michigan state officials filed a motion to block a federal court order issued last week that required the immediate provision of bottled drinking water and filter installation and maintenance services to the people of Flint, who have been living without adequate access to safe drinking water for more than two years. The state’s action seeks to delay implementation of Judge David Lawson’s ruling that the City of Flint and state officials must ensure every household in Flint has access to safe drinking water.

The state’s motion to stay was filed with the federal district court in Detroit. If the motion is denied, the state could appeal that decision to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The City of Flint did not join the stay motion filed by the state.

Following is a reaction from the plaintiffs in the case: “It’s sad that the State of Michigan continues to disenfranchise the community of Flint. What happened to Governor Snyder’s pledge that he would work to fix Flint’s drinking water crisis?

This action today inflicts more harm on a city that’s already hurting,” said Pastor Allen Overton with the Concerned Pastors for Social Action.

“The facts in this case are clear: the state is failing to deliver safe drinking water to the people of Flint. Seeking to delay the federal court order that the state immediately fix Flint’s water crisis is an obvious insult to the people of Flint, whose tap water has been contaminated with lead for more than two years,” said Henry Henderson, Midwest Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

More Information: Last Thursday, a federal judge ordered the state and the city to ensure that every Flint household has safe drinking water. That means homes must receive bottled water delivery unless the government verifies, on a regular basis, that the home has a properly installed and maintained faucet filter, or the home declines delivery.

More at https://www.nrdc.org/media/2016/161110 Concerned Pastors for Social Action, Flint resident Melissa Mays, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the ACLU of Michigan filed their motion seeking home delivery of safe drinking water as part of a case brought under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. More at https:// www.nrdc.org/media/2016/160324 Through the case, the plaintiffs are seeking to compel city and state officials to follow federal requirements for testing and treating water to control for lead and to order the prompt replacement of all lead water pipes at no cost to Flint residents. More at https://www.nrdc.org/media/2016/160127 The suit also seeks appropriate relief to remedy the health and medical harm to Flint residents from the lead contamination. The lawsuit is not seeking monetary damages.

Highland Park’s attorney will ask Court Of Appeals to reconsider $20 million dollar ruling City Attorney Terry Ford will be filing a motion for reconsideration in response to the State of Michigan Court of Appeals ruling against Highland Park’s Water and Sewer bill dispute.

Ford followed by adding, “We will be asking the court to reconsider our argument as to why the Clean Water Act eliminates the MCL600.9093 judgment lien exception to Headlee and prohibits what GLWA is seeking, The mayor has directed me to fight for our residents and businesses,” said Ford. This case is a suit under the Headlee Constitutional Amendment, which bars collection of sewer fees as ad valorem taxes. In its defense, Highland Park seeks to enjoin continued overcharges by GLWA (formerly Detroit Water and Sewer Department) in excess of and violation of a 1996 Federal court Consent Judgment Settlement Agreement (“Consent Decree”), now exceeding $17 million in violation of the CWA rules against disproportionate

charges, which Highland Park continues to pay every month.

The City of Highland Park argued to the Court of Appeals that the Judgment Lien Act MCL 600.9093 was not authority prior to the time the Headlee Amendment took effect because as to sewer fees, which had to be proportional to use, MCL 600.9093 had already been preempted by the Clean Water Act. The Court of Appeals order did not address the 1996 Consent Decree or Headlee ad valorem tax limitations and therefore did not address Judge Murphy’s judgment that the Headlee Amendment did not apply.

The City of Highland Park also argued that using MCL 600.9093 also violates the Michigan Bond Act of 1933 because collection of a judgment for sewer fees by applying an ad valorem tax allows free service to non-water customers such as Wayne County and MDOT who are sewer customers, while taxing unfairly large commercial customers who

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Pistons clude, the Pistons have agreed to employ at least 51% Detroit residents to build the practice facility and award at 30% of the value of contracts to Detroit-based contractors to build the practice facility.

Pistons owner Tom Gores said he is proud the team is moving back to heart of its fan base and sees it as an important step for the future of the Detroit and the state of Michigan.

“This is a historic day for our franchise, and for the City of Detroit. We’re moving to a beautiful new arena that will provide a state-of-the-art fan experience, and we’re investing in the future of Detroit,” Gores said.

“I’ve always believed that a sports franchise is a community asset with the power to unite and inspire people,” he said. “There’s a big responsibility that goes with that, but there’s also a big payoff.

Not just for the city of Detroit, but for the whole region. Detroit is rising, reinvesting itself. The Pistons are doing the same. We’re in this together, and we’ couldn’t be more excited about that.”

In an exclusive interview with the Michigan Chronicle granted prior to the formal announcement, Arn Tellem spoke passionately about the commitment of the Pistons organization to the Detroit community. Recalling a favorite saying of his grandfather, Tellem used the phrase to capsulize what he sees as his mission at this critical intersection of his stellar career in sports and Detroit’s much-touted revitalization: “When I came here and took the job over a year ago, Tom Gores’ view, which I share and am here to help execute, is, one, our team is a community asset. Two, we’re essentially caretakers of the team. … And so when I came here a year ago, I was given the task to assess the possibility of a potential move, and whether that made sense, and two, regardless of whether we made a move or not - and this to me is the most important point – is that we wanted to be part, regardless of where we played, of Detroit’s revitalization and play a role in it. And make a positive impact.

“In the past we’ve supported the Jalen Rose Academy. And we’re looking to build on that and build other relationships and increase our involvement and our support of those good organizations that are helping the youth of Detroit, whether it’s in academics, mentoring, or after-school programs like PAL with sports.”

Mayor Duggan announced a reciprocal agreement between the Detroit Pistons and the city of

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Detroit to repair all basketball courts in the city.

“The Pistons have agreed that they want to make sure that there is opportunity for children across the city. When I told Arn that we had 60 basketball courts broken up, missing rims in disrepair 40 parks across the city. And it would be about $2 million to repair every basketball court in every park,” Duggan said. “The Pistons agreed that they will put in $2.5 million over the next six years to repair every basketball court in every park.”

In return, Duggan said the city has agreed to maintain the courts.

“We’ve also brought Dave Bing back into the organization and formed a partnership with his mentoring group, which mentors young African American males. And which we believe is an important mission. So we have greatly expanded our footprint over the past year and we intend to do more.

For 12 seasons, former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing was a high scoring guard in the NBA. Bing played most of his career for the Detroit Pistons. His legacy extends beyond basketball into business and politics. Although, he is a world-class athlete, Bing has always been passionate about helping the community.

“I believe that every professional sports franchise, as does Tom Gores, that the foundation of the team is that it’s a community asset. Our mission is to bring people together. And that’s our primary objective is to use this team as a unifying force in the community to bring people together. Using it as a platform to build a stronger community. We can’t do it ourselves, but we’re here to support those organizations that are here to build a stronger community.

“We’re also looking at ways to work with the police department to enhance and foster good relations with the police and the community. And using sports as a vehicle to help that. Our players are very concerned about relationships between law enforcement and particularly the African American community … It’s a win-win for everybody.

“Detroit offers so much, and we should all care about its ultimate success. The ultimate recovery in Detroit isn’t just about one area of real estate development. It has to extend to the community. It has to extend to providing better education, and hopefully better job opportunities for the people that live here,” concluded Tellem.

Welcome home Pistons. Welcome home.

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“In 2011, we were able to partner with Dish Network, which gave us a much broader national audience covering the continental United States.

Then we got with Comcast which gave us Michigan, Arkansas, Kentucky and Indiana,” said Jackson.

Impact Network would go on to strike similar deals with the Bahamas and African nations, and put faith-based programs in 950 million households worldwide, a real coup d’état for African American Christian television. The addition of DIRECTV access adds 20 million more viewing households to Impact Network’s viewing audience.

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cans went to the polls to elect a president without a fully functioning Voting Rights Act — thanks to an insidious decision by the Supreme Court in 2013.

“Consider what has been happening in North Carolina, a battleground state with a history of racial discrimination in voting. Republican lawmakers and officials have gone to remarkable lengths to drive down turnout among black voters, who disproportionately favor Democrats. Among other things, they cut early voting hours and Sunday voting, and closed polling places in minority communities, despite significant public opposition.

“In other places with similar histories of discrimination, officials have closed polling places, creating longer lines and making it difficult, if not impossible, for people in minority communities to vote. In Texas, the number of voting locations has been reduced by more than 400. In Arizona, nearly every county closed at least one voting location; about 60 percent of counties in Louisiana and numerous counties in Alabama did so as well. A vast majority of these closings would have been blocked had the Voting Rights Act not been eviscerated by the Roberts Court.

“Meanwhile, a new study by the Leadership Conference Education Fund, a civil rights group, looked at almost half of the counties that had been under federal supervision before 2013 and found that 43 percent have closed polling places since the Shelby County decision. Fourteen states put in place new voting restrictions for the 2016 election, including some states that were never under federal supervision, like Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin.”

In other words, if you turn back the clock and subtract the effects of black voter suppression from the equation, Hillary Clinton would now be our new president. With or without the angry white males.

The browning of America is real, and it scares the daylights out of many of the not-so-brown.

Secondly, the popular vote matters. There is a rising chorus of discontent pointing out that the Electoral College is sorely outdated and no longer needed. As Jackson emphasized strongly during his remarks, it’s time for one-person-one-vote, the true foundation of democracy, to become a reality.

“First of all, she [Hillary Clinton] won. One person, one vote. Democracy,” he said. “She won the popular vote. If it were not for voter suppression she would have won the vote in the Electoral College as well.”

“Anytime we wanted to [air] broadcasts, we always had to go to other people to get our ministries shown to television audiences,” said Jackson.

But this was not the first partnership of its kind for the fledgling network.

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plug on their Sunday morning shows for reasons as simple as personal disagreements and as complex as racial and religious oppression.

But with the assistance of broadcast programming veteran Terry Arnold, former president and CEO of Bell Broadcasting Company (WCHB and WJZZ), Jackson was able to form an unprecedented alliance with AT&T’s DIRECTV and on Nov. 30 of 2015 extended the Impact Network family of programs with a launch on the multi-channel platform.

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“Secondly, they suppressed the black vote in North Carolina. Black vote was down 8.5 percent [below 2012 levels].

White vote was up 22 percent.” rently represent only five percent of all broadcasts currently airing in the United States.

Jackson admitted there was some initial discussion about basing the network’s headquarters in the suburbs, but decided to keep the network based in Detroit.

“We are helping to power the revitalization of Detroit. While we have Dan Gilbert, Roger Penske and Mike Illitch who are doing great things our city, there are African Americans doing great things in Detroit, and we are going to tell those stories,” he said.

Impact Network is now broadcasting 24-hours a day, seven days a week and can be viewed on DIRECTV’s channel 380 or on channel 268, DISH Network Channel 268 and Comcast Xfinity channel 400. Check local listing in your area.

Jackson added that new voting laws since 2013 wiped out 868 polling places. That includes removing polling places from campuses “and other familiar places” he said.

“At the base of our nation there is an identity crisis; do we want to be an aristocracy or a democracy? Multiculturalism or race supremacy? An aristocracy for the few, or democracy for the many? Will we be a one-person one-vote democracy or ruled by electoral overseers?”

When asked what should be the strategy for Democrats moving forward, the answer for him was relatively simple: “Protect the black vote.”

As for young people, many of whom have been actively voicing their discontent daily on campuses and in the streets across the nation, “Struggle is a long distance struggle. They’ll be struggling the rest of their lives,” he said.

But the painful truth? “Many of those marching this week didn’t vote last week. That matters.”

Detroit artist Sydney James unveils mural inside city high school You can see work from Detroit artist Sydney James throughout the city and in galleries all around the world. Her latest work, however, is nestled inside the hallway of a high school on Detroit's northeast side.

"The Hall of Accountability" is a 25-foot mural that depicts the faces of 12 current freshmen students at Pershing High School.

She chose them randomly and snapped their pictures with an iPhone, and then painted their larger-than-life faces along the hallway.

She only had one rule for the students - don't smile.

"A smile doesn't necessarily draw you in to wonder, to leave any room for, 'I wonder what that person's thinking because they're smiling?'" James says. "They look kind of curious.

They look serious but still goofy, because a lot of these kids are goofy, so I tried to bring a lot of that into it, too."

Some of the kids got to see their faces Tuesday morning as they arrived to school. The mural was unveiled just before students began arriving for classes.

James worked on the mural for about a week. She says she'd wait for the kids to leave school before she started painting.

James is a local artist known for her murals around Detroit. She's also done work in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Pershing High School is an Education Achievement Authority of Michigan (EAA) school.

THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE November 23-29, 2016 news DPW still looking for more drivers with CDLs to fill salt truck driver jobs With cold weather having arrived, the City of Detroit has been ramping up its efforts to prepare for the first snowfall by improving its fleet of trucks and hiring more salt truck drivers.

Since last winter, the city’s department of public works had added 29 new trucks, which will allow it to retire older trucks to create a younger, more reliable fleet for this winter. The city will have a total of 73 trucks available to clear the 674 miles of major roads it clears after snow storms.

The city hires private contractors to plow the city’s 1880 miles of residential streets if more than six inches of snow falls.

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trucks the city has had in many years.”

Improvements made in recent years to the city’s snow removal operations includes 29 new trucks added in one year to the snow removal operation which is the largest in many years. All of the new trucks are equipped with front and under body plows and salt spreaders.

“Each year, we make improvements during the off season to get ready

for the next year and this year has been no different,” said DPW Director

Ron Brundidge. “This year we will have the largest and youngest fleet of

Individuals interested in applying for a job as a truck driver for DPW can visit the city’s website at www.detroitmi.gov/employment.

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The department also is adding 41 additional drivers to give it a total of 156 for this winter and still has openings for individuals who already have a commercial driver’s license.

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The Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV), previously termed Section 8, administered by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), may be able to help. The HCV/Project Based program is a federally funded rental subsidy program that assists persons with paying their rent.

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How to handle post-election depression and despair It’s a week after the 2016 U.S. presidential election and people’s responses run the gamut from joy and celebration, to depression and despair. Those who are celebrating don’t need advice, other than to be gracious winners. However, many are feeling anxious and fearful about what a Trump presidency means for America. For those who don’t get it, this was not a usual election cycle.

Hillary Clinton’s loss wasn’t simply the loss of the Democratic Party’s candidate.

For many people, especially women as young as grade school age, the possibility of the first female president, especially on the heels of a two-term first African-American president, meant that women could achieve whatever career path they chose. People wanted to believe that America truly was color and gender blind. Clinton’s loss crushed the hopes of many.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan to celebrate 90th anniversary with gala

By Donald James Special to the Chronicle

There seems to be an elevated level of excitement these days amid top executives and other stakeholders of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan (B&GCSM). Such fervor is understandable as the storied organization prepares to observe its 90th anniversary with a celebratory and fundraising event on Wednesday, Nov. 30, at the Detroit Athletic Club, 241 Madison Ave. in downtown Detroit.

Touted as the Great Futures Gala, the event begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and a special program at 7 p.m. B&GCSM will also honor UAW-Ford vice president James “Jimmy” Settles Jr. on this night as its 2016 Great Futures Honoree. B&GCSM calls Settles “one of the community’s greatest champions for children.”

“Jimmy has been a great and longtime friend to communities throughout Detroit, and around the state and nation,” said Len Krichko, president

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Furthermore, the Trump campaign was filled with misogynistic behaviors, racist attacks, ridicule of persons with disabilities, attacks on veterans and Muslims. Since the election, the media has reported attacks on female, African-American, and Muslim anti-Trump protesters.

It is understandable that many people, particularly women, minorities and non-Christians would have a sense of panic now.

On the day of the election, and pretty much daily since then, I’ve been asked, “How do I cope?” First, allow yourself, or those around you, to grieve. Dr. Kubler-Ross described five stages of grief: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. They don’t occur in a particular order, and can come and go. People need to be allowed to have their emotions. Trying to cheer people up, or demanding, “Pull yourself together,” or “Move past it,” is invalidating and disrespectful. It’s okay to “wallow in misery” for a day or two.

However, if you are prone to depression, other mood or anxiety disorders, or know someone who is, keep a close eye on the symptoms.

If it appears that the disorder is worsening, or symptoms are becoming more severe, seek help quickly before they become destructive.

There have been reports of increasing thoughts of suicide. If you are worried about someone, ask, “Are you thinking of hurting or killing yourself?” It could save a life.

Exercise and sunshine are two of the most effective antidepressants.

Being productive, and even just active, are also effective. Detroit native U.S. Representative Keith Ellison, a Muslim African-American potential candidate for DNC chair, tweeted, “Don’t mourn, organize. And keep organizing. And don’t stop.”

This was reminiscent of President Obama’s “Don’t boo. Vote.” This works well for some people, but not for everyone. Some people need to throw themselves into charitable works, hobbies, family, etc. They should be allowed to distract themselves, or to find joy and fulfillment in their lives. Not everyone wants to be a politico.

Most important, know yourself and what your needs are. Do what is healthful and successful for yourself. Binge eating, overindulging in alcohol, staying in bed or isolating for too long in the end are damaging and will make you feel worse. Know the people around you and check in on them, being as supportive as you can. Helping others makes you feel better too.

Finally, find help, whether it is a community gathering or formal professional help. Many colleges and universities have organized coping and solidarity events. Check with your employer for EAP services.

Organize a support and processing event for friends and family. And as always, the 24/7 Detroit Wayne crisis and helpline is (800)241-4949.

Dr. Carmen McIntyre is chief medical officer at Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority. If you have a question for her, please submit it to AskTheDr@dwmha.com

Stars come out to headline 13th annual tree lighting ceremony For the 13th consecutive year, the Detroit 300 Conservancy continued its holiday tradition with the annual Detroit Tree Lighting Ceremony in Campus Martius Park, presented by the DTE Energy Foundation. Last week’s event featured a 60-foot Michigan-grown Norway Spruce, a gift to the city of Detroit from the philanthropic arm of DTE Energy. It was also a time for another popular event, Hob Nobble Gobble.

Four-time platinum recording artist Aaron Neville, along with Olympic skating champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, were the featured headliners, complimented by local musical acts and five metro-area skating clubs.

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“The DTE Energy Foundation presentation of the holiday tree to the city of Detroit – and to all the residents and visitors who come out to enjoy its beauty – has become a wonderful tradition for us,” said Faye Nelson, vice president, DTE Energy, and board

chair and president of the DTE Energy Foundation. “It’s one of the special ways we show our appreciation to the communities we serve, helping thousands of families create memories that will last a lifetime.”

The legendary Aaron Neville, of the famous New Orleans first family of soul, the Neville Brothers, took the musical entertainment to a stellar level with his beautiful, distinct voice.

During his 56-year recording career, his musical styles have included pop rhythm and blues and gospel. In addition to the Neville Brothers, he has worked with and won Grammys with Linda Ronstadt and Trisha Yearwood.

He also has recently released a new solo album, “Apache,” which puts some of his poetry to music. This very special performance in Detroit preceded his 2016 holiday show tour.

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The Brazeal Dennard Chorale will lift us up on Dec. 4

By Juliette Okotie-Eboh, PhD Through good and challenging times, Detroiters have always demonstrated a keen ability to stay connected to our roots, which ultimately moves us forward.

And when thinking about our roots, we are always transported back to our musical history.

Our great city gave birth to the Motown sound, and our artists and musicians have contributed to virtually every type of music known to mankind.

However, when we go further back in our history as a human family, there is one form of music that is different from all others. It is the music that was sung by the ancestors of African Americans during a time in our history when freedom for all was only a dream. These songs, that came to be known as spirituals, sustained the souls of heroic men, women

and children during one of the most perilous times in the history of civilization.

Given Detroit’s unique connection to music of all forms, it is only fitting Juliette Okotie-Eboh that Detroit is the home of the Brazeal Dennard Chorale. Founded by the late Brazeal Dennard, a legendary Detroit educator, singer, choral director and musical arranger, the Brazeal Dennard Chorale’s mission is to “remember, discover, preserve, and share the Negro spiritual as a part of the artistic community, and to rediscover and perform significant choral

and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan. “He is one of our alums who grew up in Detroit and has talked a lot about what the club has done for him.

He continues to do great things to help the children of B&GCSM through the UAW, and on a personal level.

We couldn’t think of a better person to honor than Jimmy because he really knows what the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan is all about.”

Settles is humbled to be recognized and understands the magnitude of the organization’s forthcoming milestone event.

“It means a lot to be honored by an organization that has had such a great impact on my life as a kid,” Settles said. ”Hopefully, I’m able to help raise more money so these clubs will continue to grow and continue to give young people the same resources and opportunities I had as a club member. This organization has blessed me and I just want to bless it back by finding ways to empower its young boys and girls.”

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan’s roots date to 1926 when it opened its doors in Detroit. Originally called the Boys Club, its first site was on the third floor of an old tobacco processing building, located on Michigan Avenue at 35th Street.

In its first year, the club served about 1,000 boys. However, as the membership continuously grew, a new location was needed, which came to fruition when the club moved to a nearby 55,000-squarefoot building. The new site featured what is believed to be the first Olympic-sized swimming pool in Southeast Michigan.

Ultimately, the Boys Club became known as the Boys and Girls Club of

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and U.S. ice dancing team Meryl Davis and Charlie White heated up the rink with their amazing talent. Paired in 1997, the acclaimed duo is the longest-running ice dancing partnership in the history of United States figure skating. They are the first American ice dancers to win the world title, as well as the first Americans to win the Olympic ice dancing gold medal. Just one month after winning Olympic gold in 2014, they continued dancing their way into the hearts of millions on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” Davis became season 18’s champion with her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy, and White reached the semifinals with his partner, Sharna Burgess.

On Sunday, Dec. 4, the chorale will present its 45th annual Holiday Concert.

Under the artistic leadership of Alice McAllister Tillman, this year’s fundraising concert, which will be presented for the first time at Gesu Church, will feature a diverse musical program that will bring in the holiday season as only our chorale can. Along with sacred Negro spirituals, the musical menu served up by the 40-plus-member group will include carols, classical works and more.

If you believe in the power of uplifting music, I guarantee you the Brazeal Dennard Chorale will deliver for us on Dec. 4 at Gesu Church. I hope to see you there.

Juliette Okotie-Eboh is senior vice president of public affairs for MGM Grand Detroit.

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“The Detroit Tree Lighting Ceremony and Show has elevated over the years and now attracts national entertainers and Olympic Gold Champions. It’s one of the top tree lighting shows in the nation,” said Robert Gregory, president, Detroit 300 Conservancy.

From page B-1 Southeast Michigan, and has served more than 300,000 youngsters (ages 6 to 18) since its inception. Two of the club’s most famous alums are native Detroiters William “Smokey” Robinson and veteran actor Courtney B. Vance.

Today, according to Hervey Jenkins, Boys Boys and Girls Club & Girls Clubs of Hall of Famer and Southeast Mich- Detroit native, actor igan’s executive Courteny B. Vance vice president and COO, there are a total of 10 Boys & Girls facilities in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland and Washtenaw counties. The 10 locations, which serve around 15,000 young people annually, have four facilities in Detroit, and one in Highland Park.

B&GCSM’s administrative offices are in Farmington Hills.

“In terms of programming, we focus on many key areas,” said Jenkins, who was a former club member while growing up in Detroit. “We address the arts, character and leadership development. We focus on education and career development, along with health and life skills, sports and fitness. We have outstanding after-school and summer programs. We offer a place where kids feel comfortable enough to spread their wings and soar.”

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Media, which publishes the Michigan Chronicle and three other historic African American newspapers, knows firsthand about B&GCSM’s value as a life shaper.

“I joined the Boys Club when I was six years old,” said Jackson, who grew up in Highland Park, Mich., participated in the city’s vibrant club and now serves on B&GCSM’s Board of Directors. “Other than my parents, the Boys & Girls Club has had the most impact on my life. It became a safe place to go, because I lived in a tough neighborhood and there was a lot of idle time in the streets when my parents were working. I really believe the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan is needed now more than ever.”

The evening’s entertainment also featured noteworthy Detroit area musicians and groups such as the electro-pop violin band Nuclassica, Detroit’s own 2014 Kresge Artist Fellowship recipient and operatic soprano Kisma Jordan, soul-moving inspiration from the Gospel Truth vocal ensemble, Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus and, Wyatt, a 14-year-old trombone player and Make-A-Wish Michigan Wish Kid.

Kricko, a former member of the Boys & Girls Club in Pennsylvania, agrees with Jackson’s assessment of B&GCSM being a safe haven for youth. Therefore, Kricko said he’s focused on raising money that will help support annual programs and events at the 10 Boys and Girls Clubs of Southeast Michigan.

The Detroit Tree Lighting Ceremony, presented by DTE Energy Foundation, was an evening of activities enjoyed by thousands of metro Detroit­ers. It was also the birthday of Campus Martius Park and the beginning of the Detroit holiday season, which includes public skating Quicken Loans’ Season of Winter Magic.

“It’s important that people understand that we are committed to today’s youth to become tomorrow’s leaders,” said Kricko, who has served as B&GCSM’s top executive for 19 years. “But, we can’t do it by ourselves. Each year we are committed to raising money from scratch to help kids.

We are so thankful to all of our alumni, all of our supporters, and everybody else who has helped us through the years. However, we need more help to do bigger and better things for our kids.”

The 13th Annual Detroit Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is produced by the Detroit 300 Conservancy, an affiliate of the Downtown Detroit Partnership, with the support of the City of Detroit Parks and Recreation Department.

For more Winter Magic information, please visit www.campusmartiuspark.org, or follow on Twitter at @CampusMartius and on Facebook at Facebook.com/ CampusMartiusPark.

For more information on B&GCSM’s 90th anniversary event, purchasing tickets for the event and/or becoming a sponsor or supporter, call Carmen Gillespie at 248.522.4412 or log on to www.bgcsm.org.

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Focus: HOPE Black Friday Scholarship Bootcamp The day following Thanksgiving, thousands of Detroiters are normally lined up at shopping centers across town to search for Christmas gifts, but Gwen Thomas hopes that Detroiters with high school and college students will line up to shop for scholarships at the Third Annual Black Friday Scholarship Bootcamp.

Around this time of year, most parents of college students are thinking about how to pay the balance of their student’s tuition.

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At the same time, high school seniors and their parents are trying figure out how to avoid the traps of college tuition because they will need to cough up a hefty tuition payment in less than a year. If any of these cases resemble your situation then you may want to learn what Gwen Thomas did, a parent, author, educator and social entrepreneur, who helped her son generate nearly $500,000 in college scholarships as well as study abroad in more than 30 countries. In her book, “The

Parent’s Smart Guide to Sending Your Kids to College without Going Broke,” Thomas shares information on how to successfully navigate through the process of securing funding for college. She highlights strategies used to educate her son from kindergarten through college and discusses the dichotomy of a traditional day academy, urban private school, charter schools and suburban schools.

The book also discusses the crucial conversations that families must have about debt and the high cost of financing education. Thomas also provides an extensive list of scholarships and fellowships for students from undergraduate through doctoral programs.“College tuition is one of the largest expenditures a person will make aside from purchasing a home, and we need to teach our students how to effectively apply to scholarships so they win these opportunities to pay for their college education,” said Thomas.

“Our goal is to help families realize that there are alternative ways like scholarships to funding college reduce college debt, whether they have zero income to a six figure income.”

Thomas, a native Detroiter, but now a Washington, D.C. resident, will host The Black Friday Scholarship Bootcamp on Friday, Nov. 25, at Focus: HOPE Conference Center at 1400 Oakman Blvd. in Detroit, from 8:30 am to 3:00 pm. Thomas created Fresh Perspective Seminars, a non-profit think tank dedicated to college readiness and workforce development for diverse students.

The Scholarship Bootcamp will provide parents and students with strategies to apply for scholarships, provide simulation excercises and actual tips for applying for scholarships.

The event is free and registration is required. Log on to www.freshperspectivesseminars.org or call 609474-4877.

UAW-Ford partners with Pope Francis Center to assist area homeless This holiday season, warm meals await area homeless men, women and children at Pope Francis Center in Detroit.

Thanks to a generous donation from UAW-Ford, the non-profit is now launching its Nutritious Food Program. It serves hot meals to 80-100 people daily and and is expected to now serve up to 20,000 healthy meals annually, including a meal for Thanksgiving.

“Up until UAW-Ford’s funding came, we had one hallway in which we put out folding chairs every night, one small bathroom with a small shower, one washer and dryer; and served coffee and donuts basically,” Fr. McCabe added.

This year, the homeless community will have a warm nutritious meal while staying in an updated facility.

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“We’ve found that homeless men and women have extremely limited access to healthy food, which causes and exacerbates serious health problems; consequently, we started our nutritious food program,” said Jesuit Fr. Tim McCabe, executive director of the Pope Francis Center.

The new nutrition program at the Pope Francis Center will feature a variety of vegetables, legumes, whole grains and fresh fruit. In an effort to support local businesses, ingredients will be purchased from local food vendors as often as possible.

“We cannot disregard the plight of others in our communities; instead, we must each find ways to help those who are most disadvantaged among us,”

said Jimmy Settles, UAW-Ford’s vice president. “UAW-Ford is proud to partner with Pope Francis Center to invest in the improvement of people’s lives while helping to restore dignity to the homeless men, women and children that it serves.”

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the community is a part of who we are and what we do,” said Bill Dirksen, vice president, Labor Affairs, Ford Motor Company. “By partnering with organizations like the Pope Francis Center, we are able to expand our reach and help enrich the lives of the men, women and children in our community.”

Additionally, the Pope Francis Center recently unveiled its newly renovated warming center, also sponsored by UAWFord. The renovations include four new washers and dryers, three showers, two shaving stations, new towels, wash clothes, toiletries and an updated kitchen.

Established in 1941, UAWFord has a rich history of fighting for its members and the communities in which they live, work and play. Whether it is workers’ rights, youth development, community giving, offering skilled trades and/or educational training, UAW-Ford is committed to providing opportunities that secure both economic and social stability for the American workers and their families. Improving the quality of life is among UAW-Ford’s chief principles and serves as a benchmark for how labor rights are addressed in the 21st century. Its members help to build the strong cars that drive America, which not only reinforces a solid economy and workforce, but also helps to build strong communities nationwide.

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Trump wins for white America

By Julianne Malveaux

I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary Clinton win. The only disagreement among my circle was how big the rout would be.

I thought she’d get at least 300 electoral votes, and hoped that she’d thump Trump by getting as many as 340, holding him to less than 200 votes. The tables were turned and Trump was the one doing the thumping, with the electoral vote count estimat- Julianne Malveaux ed to be 306-232 (at this writing, final counts were not in). Meanwhile, Clinton won the popular vote, garnering around 400,000 more votes than Donald Trump.

White folks won the day for Trump in an amazing showing of white solidarity. Trump took 58 percent of the white vote, but did not get a majority vote from any other racial/ethnic group. Only 8 percent of African Americans voted for Trump. He did better among Asian Americans (29 percent) and Hispanics (30 percent). White people repudiated Hillary Clinton and embraced Trump, despite his racist, misogynistic, and jingoistic rhetoric, as one of their own.

Hillary Clinton counted on white women, especially college-educated white women, to save the day for her.

But Trump won 53 percent of the white female vote. He won 45 percent of the college-educated white women’s vote, losing that vote to Hillary Clinton by just 6 percentage points. Sixty-two percent of white women who didn’t go to college voted for Trump, while just 34 percent voted for Clinton.

College educated white women’s narrow vote for Clinton did not overcome the overwhelming support other whites gave him. White women valued culture and class over gender.

Many of them are the mothers, daughters, sisters or wives of the white men who gave Trump 63 percent of their vote.

Hillary Clinton failed to energize the base, or transcend the indifference that too many voters felt for her. Turnout was only 56.8 percent, just one percent higher than 2012, and lower than the 58.2 percent turnout in 2008.

More than 95 million people who were eligible to vote failed to.

The Republican vote was similar for Trump and for Mitt Romney, the last Republican Presidential nominee. Democrats turned out in much lower numbers for Clinton than they did for Obama.

Why? Voter suppression is part of the answer. There were nearly 900 fewer voting places in 2016 than in 2012. Further, states like Wisconsin, which Clinton lost by less than a percentage point,

introduced new voter ID laws between 2012 and 2016. Clinton lost by less than 2 percent of the vote in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida.

People of color were more likely to be affected by voter suppression measures than whites. In Durham, North Carolina, voting machines weren’t working, and a judge ruled to keep the polls open longer to compensate for the broken machines.

Clinton lost North Carolina by less than 4 percent. How many more might have voted but for broken machines and other chicanery? How many spent hours in line, and how many had to leave lines because they had to go to work?

Hillary Clinton ended her campaign with more than $50 million in the bank.

Might some of that money have made a difference in energizing the base? Could more people have been put on payroll as organizers in battleground states, especially North Carolina and Pennsylvania? Should grassroots organizers have received more resources? A lot of fingers can be pointed in this post-election analysis, but analysis notwithstanding, Trump won. It hurts to write that reality down, but it is a reality we will all have to grapple with for four years.

Part of the ugly reality is the realization that too many of our fellow citizens have embraced a racially divisive candidate whose rhetoric has unleashed hateful speech and attitudes. The Detroit News reported that students in Oakland, Michigan blocked pathways of Latino students coming to school, shouting, “Build the wall!” These children are emulating their elders, including the president elect. The nonpartisan education news website, the74million.org, has reported that “election-related” school violence is on the rise in the wake of the Trump victory.

Donald Trump was able to tap into the angst that too many whites felt during the Obama presidency, and win the presidency in the name of white solidarity and white supremacy. It seems incongruous that a rich, privileged, urban businessman should become the voice of the working class disgruntled, the rural neglected (Trump got 62 percent of the rural vote) and white women.

But this is the new reality, the triumph of white privilege and hate rhetoric.

Whites are just 40 percent of the population in California, a state that gave Hillary Clinton 61.5 percent of its vote.

And the Census reports that by 2044 there will be no majority group in our nation.

White folks might as well enjoy Trump while they can, but time and demographics are on our side. White supremacy won’t last forever.

Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist.

The three elections that shaped Obama’s legacy

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor)

The first backlash election of the presidency of President Barack Obama’s time in office was 2010 when Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives lost 63 House seats. It was the greatest loss of seats by a party in the House since 1938.

All of these policies pointed squarely in the direction of African Americans.

America had seen it before. After the Emancipation Proclamation there were Jim Crow laws and the “Black Codes” and other ways to attempt to place African Americans back in their place of second and third class citizenship.

The 2016 presidential election was a massive backlash to Obama’s legacy itself. One can only assume that Donald Trump will focus on dismantling Obama’s policy achievements.

The irony could not be deeper. The obstruction planned and created by

The second backlash election was 2014 when there was a 72-year low in voter turnout. In 43 states, less than half the eligible voting population voted.

In New York the turnout was only 28.8 percent. One has to go back to 1942 to find lower voter turnout.

The third backlash election is obvious.

It was the election on Nov. 8 of born-onthird-base reality TV narcissist Donald Trump. Trump’s surprise victory arrives with the predictable edicts that, “it had nothing to do with Frustration and hatred toward the federal government led race” even though 59 million Americans to select an unqualified, narcissist Trump’s boasting real estate investor from Queens, N.Y. to lead the federal and scapegoating of government. (Pete Souza/White House) immigrants and steRepublicans on the night of President reotyping of African Americans was an Obama’s first inaugural to block his often repeated mantra. agenda is the same obstruction that creNow we have swastikas written on ated so much frustration and hatred tohigh school walls. On Nov. 11, black wards the federal government, marketed students at the University of Pennsylva- so well by congressional Republicans. It nia were targeted for racist harassment would be the product of that hatred of the day after it was reported that the Ku government that would lead 59 million Klux Klan plans to rally in celebration of Americans to select an unqualified, narTrump’s victory on Dec. 3 in North Car- cissist real estate investor from Queens olina. to lead the federal government.

When President Lyndon Johnson Just as no one believed eight years signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and ago that a black man would occupy the the Voting Rights Act of 1965, what fol- White House on Jan. 20, 2009, few will lowed was a backlash. Soon there was be able to believe what they're seeing the campaign of Alabama's proudly seg- when they watch a professional birther regationist Governor George Wallace. and serial liar taking the oath of office Then, there was Nevada Senator Barry on Jan. 20, 2017.

Goldwater and Richard Nixon's talk of Lauren Victoria Burke is a writer and “law and order.” political analyst.

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emergency management law.

I have a vision in my heart and in my spirit and my soul that Motown's children will never have to pay the toll of poverty and ravaged mind, or end up dead or on the dole, but will in education find their life-affirming future goal.

In 1999, DPS had a surplus of $114 million and its students’ scores were at the state midpoint and rising. After all those years under state mismanagement, DPS is $3.5 billion in debt, and except for the scores of the 15-school Educational Achievement Authority, which is now being returned to the “new” district, DPS scores are now the nation’s worst. For the children’s sake, this new board is going to need to embrace all of my following seven SPEED-Agenda Items if it sincerely wishes to preserve public education in our city:

James Hare of the Quick-To-Learn agency and WSU Professor Tom Pedroni have shared their research that charts the decline of student test scores during the state's unwarranted 16-year takeover of DPS. The failure of the democratically elected “Old-Co” DPS Board to get elected to the “New-Co” DPSCD Board, the ongoing existence of a state-engendered “financial review commission” overseeing the district's finances, and the lack of any plan on the part of the “NewCo” district’s current adminis- John Telford tration to raise the “new” district’s 44 Priority, i.e, bottom five percent scoring schools virtually ensures the new district’s demise via the closing and chartering of nearly all of its schools and surrendering them to charter agencies.

The DPSCD administration’s plan is a 10-year “Ready, aim, AIM” plan that aims at the wrong target and then doesn’t even fire. On Nov. 8, all but one member of my SPEED Slate that consisted of the old and rightful board and me, their chosen pro bono superintendent, came close, but failed to get elected to the new Board. SPEED Slate member LaMar Lemmons, president of the old board, was elected narrowly (into the seventh slot of seven) and will now have to carry the standard for all of us.

I hope the new board proves incorruptible and progressive enough to acknowledge Lemmons’ institutional memory and his expertise as a former state representative and votes him president, so that he can sit on the Financial Review Commission and militate to get it to do what’s best for the children. This Lansing-engendered “new” Detroit Board of Education represents the final effectuation of the1999 state takeover of DPS and its disenfranchising follow-up

• Immediately implement the research-based and proven strategies developed at WSU and pilot-tested by the Detroit-based Quick-To-Learn, Inc., and verified in some formerly low- performing DPS classrooms, to raise grade-level reading proficiency.

• Eradicate and terminate the looting of our schools by requiring that programs costing more than $500,000 be carried out on a pay-for performance or social-investment-bond basis similar to that proposed by Quick-To-Learn.

• Use the board seat as a bully pulpit in Lansing and with the major media to get DPSCD out from under state financial oversight and induce the state to pay for the sixteen-year fund deficit its unwarranted takeover created.

• Commit to total transparency at all Board meetings and agree to use technology so that all board meetings appear live in real time on the Internet and local cable • Support a specifically item-pinpointed forensic audit so that previously stolen resources can be regained.

• Develop a Detroit Promise to assure all high school graduates a community college associate degree with a marketable skill.

• Sign a letter to Gov. Snyder and Attorney General Schuette to prevent the Michigan School Reform Office or any other state entity from closing any former DPS or EAA school before 2020.

New federal regulations empower states to do anything they choose to schools in the bottom five percent.

Furthermore, they empower the states to implement their “remedies” for students who don't achieve reading proficiency by the close of the third grade.

The Path Forward Congresswoman Robin Kelly Last week’s Presidential elections were jarring to say the least. While nearly 1.7 million more Americans voted for Secretary Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump ultimately received enough electoral college votes to become our next President.

I haven’t been shy in expressing my disappointment in the outcome of this election. In reflecting on this year’s race, I have come away assured that we cannot allow the anger, frustration, and hostility that Robin Kelly have dominated our political discussion to drag us deeper into a chasm of division.

Like many Americans, my concerns with the course of the incoming Trump Administration were intensified with his decision to name Steve Bannon, an alt-right conservative associated with extremist and nationalist views, as chief strategist.

Likewise, the selecting of Senator Jeff Sessions, a man rejected from a federal judgeship because of his racially insensitive comments, to lead efforts to protect civil rights and voting rights is deeply troubling.

Trump’s discussions of a national registry of Americans based solely on their religion and his recent appointments, run counter to our nation’s highest ideals.

So the important question we must confront now is: “Where do we go from here? Who do we want to be as Americans?”

Civil Rights hero Ella Baker said “give light and people will find the way.”

In these dark times, we must look to the light and have faith in one another.

We must trust in ourselves and in our communities because it’s on us to stand up for justice, to bridge the divides, and construct a more perfect union.

We can and must respond to the pleas of disaffected communities across the county by uniting under a common-

ality of optimism and presenting a plan for our future that offers a solution to that which diminishes us.

Over the last eight years, President Obama has shown us this by his example. As the first lady remarked: “Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise … he just keeps getting up and moving forward ... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.”

We cannot be divided or distracted, too much is at stake.

We must keep pushing until every child in America has an equal opportunity to live the American Dream.

We must keep demanding justice and action until our trust is restored in those who have sworn an oath to uphold our public safety and security.

We must keep fighting to secure the economic security, health and civil rights of our fellow Americans, regardless of who they are, where they come from, what God they pray to or who they love.

For those of us dissatisfied with the outcome of this year’s election, we have work to do. The 2018 mid-term may seem a long road to travel and the 2020 presidential election is an even longer road. But it’s a road that we must travel together.

Our ideas must inspire us; our actions must sustain us; and our values must make us credible around the world.

In an era where public servants take pride in their effort to slow progress and hold our government hostage, we need leaders willing to fight twice as hard.

We will not fear though the road ahead may be long or bumpy. Things that matter and change us for the better don’t have shortcuts.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott did not last a day or a week; it took 381 days for justice to take hold. With patience, grace, courage and wisdom in our hearts, and our hands united like never before, it’s a road that we will traverse as one people, one community.

We’ve simply come too far to allow the clock to be turned back.

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Curbing Holiday Carbs National Diabetes Awareness Month

By Grace Derocha

more kid-friendly. One cup of eggplant contains only 4.8 grams of carbs, while one slice of pizza can consist of up to 50 grams. Zucchini can also be cut into rounds to create healthier, fun pizza bites.

Heading into the holiday season each year, everyone knows one thing for sure — there will be a lot of food. For Thanksgiving alone, there’s always an overabundance of carb-loaded entrées, sides and desserts. It can be difficult for anyone not to over-indulge this time of year; however, it can be particularly challenging for someone managing diabetes. For healthy living, one should limit carbohydrate intake to 45-75 grams of carbohydrates per meal. To put that into perspective, there are about 30 grams of carbs in half a cup of Thanksgiving stuffing alone. That said, it’s important for each individual, especially if they are diabetic, to meet with a registered dietitian for specific dietary guidelines and goals.

Preparing a diabetic-friendly meal this Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be hard. The dietary needs to manage this condition are similar to what everyone’s should be—high in nutritious foods and lower in saturated fats, processed and added sugars, cholesterol and sodium.

While this may seem easier said than done, consider the following delicious alternatives to a few holiday favorites: Potato Swaps Beans (black, green, pinto, kidney, garbanzo, etc.): This heart-healthy protein is full of fiber and can actually balance blood sugar. Note that beans aren’t carb-free, so it’s still important to keep an eye on portions. You can also use some of your favorite beans in desserts for a nutritious boost—try black beans in brownies or white beans and chick peas in chocolate chip cookies.

Cauliflower: While one cup of mashed potatoes has about 35 grams of carbs, the same amount of chopped cauliflower is only about five grams. By steaming and mashing this vitamin-filled veggie, guests can enjoy the texture and taste of mashed potatoes without the abundance of starch and carbohydrates.

Winter Squash: Similar to beans, this swap isn’t carb-free. In fact, winter squash can contain as many carbs as potatoes. The key difference is that along with being a great source of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants—squash has

Cauliflower: Believe it or not, cauliflower can make a tasty pizza crust or breadstick. Break the veggie into florets, throw in a food processor and steam. Add spices and use your cheese of choice to bind the vegetable and make it moldable to spread on a cookie sheet like a traditional crust. Bake through to cook the crust. Then add any your favorite sauces and toppings to fit the family’s preference.

Pasta or Rice Swaps

The idea of swapping traditional holiday foods with healthier options can be overwhelming.

It’s okay to ease into alternatives at your own pace. also been shown to reduce the symptoms of diabetes. Like cauliflower, it can be baked or mashed with your favorite savory spices. Served in moderation, this alternative pairs perfectly with turkey or ham.

purpose Thanksgiving leftovers is to replace sandwich bread with a leafy green like romaine or leaf lettuce. This swap gives your dish a nice crunch and saves about 30 grams of carbs from two pieces of bread.

Zucchini: This veggie can be cut, seasoned, lightly breaded and thrown in the oven to create a tasty twist on French fries. While a single fry has about 26 grams of carbs, a medium-sized zucchini only contains six grams.

Portabella Mushrooms: Grilled portabella mushroom caps can add a unique flavor and texture to any holiday meal.

These can also be used as an alternative to bread when making sandwiches with Thanksgiving leftovers!

Bread Swaps

Eggplant: Chop into rounds, top with mozzarella cheese and add your favorite pizza toppings to make this swap

Lettuce Wraps: A great way to re-

Spaghetti Squash: The shape of this winter veggie makes a great pseudo-bowl to fill with your favorite lasagna toppings and bake for dinner. There are approximately seven grams of carbs per cup, which is significantly less than the 45 grams found in one cup of cooked pasta or rice.

Cauliflower: If you’re looking for a simple vegetable that can pair as seamlessly as rice to holiday dishes—cauliflower is just the swap for you. All you have to do is “rice” it in your food processor. Then sauté with some of your favorite vegetables for a quick and healthy fried “rice” side dish.

Zucchini: Also known as “zoodles,” this vegetable can make a flavorful alternative to noodles with the help of a spiralizer. Zucchinis can be baked or sautéed with toppings based on preference.

From spices to sauces, the pasta-bilities are endless!

The idea of swapping traditional holiday foods with healthier options can be overwhelming. It’s okay to ease into alternatives at your own pace. But remember, even mixing carb-swaps with traditional ingredients could drastically moderate the amount of carbs in your Thanksgiving meal, which ultimately leads to a happier, healthier holiday.

Grace Derocha is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and certified health coach at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. For more health tips, visit AHealthierMichigan. org.

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More consumers plan to ‘shop small’ on Small Business Saturday

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By Alisha Dixon

Across the country, small businesses and consumers are getting excited to support their favorite local, independent businesses on Small Business Saturday, which takes place this year on Nov. 26.

Results from the fifth-annual Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey, released by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) and American Express, show that more consumers than ever are aware of Small Business Saturday (58 percent vs. the previous high of 55 percent in 2015).

Fifth Third Bancorp and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition signed a five year $30 billion community development plan Friday that will expand the current $27.5 billion community investment commitment. The plan will cover community initiatives in all 10 states that Fifth Third Bank serves, including Michigan.

The following Michigan organizations signed the agreement along with the NCRC and Fifth Third Bank: • Bridging Communities, Inc., Detroit, Michigan

More than six in ten (62 percent) consumers who are aware of Small Business Saturday and who plan to shop locally on the day say the main reason they plan to shop at small retailers or eat at independently-owned restaurants is because they value the contributions small businesses make to their community.

“Since its inception, Small Business Saturday has brought national attention to supporting the local businesses we love,” said Elizabeth Rutledge, executive vice president, Global Advertising & Brand Management at American Express, which founded Small Business Saturday in 2010. “Small Business Saturday reminds consumers of how valuable small businesses are to our communities, and we are incredibly proud to be the founding partner.”

• Financial Justice Coalition of SE Michigan, Detroit, Michigan • Michigan Community Reinvestment Coalition, Lansing, Michigan • Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO), Detroit, Michigan Greg D. Carmichael

• Southwest Economic Solutions, Detroit, Michigan

• U SNAP BAC Non Profit Housing Corporation, Detroit, Michigan Fifth Third Bancorp President & CEO Greg D. Carmichael, said, “Fifth Third is deeply committed to both investing significant resources into the community as well as engaging community members and leaders. Our objective is to ensure that, together with the NCRC, we meaningfully impact the communities we serve. We appreciate and value the collaboration with John Taylor and all the NCRC member organizations who met with us to enable the expansion of our original commitment in ways that will best improve lives.”

The catalyst for the plan, NCRC President & CEO John Taylor said, came from a series of meetings with Fifth Third and over 200 community organizations.

“This substantive and detailed community development plan was the result of a collaborative process with community members and bank leaders,” Taylor said.

Held annually on the Saturday following Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday was founded by American Express as a response to small business owners’ most pressing need — getting more customers through their doors, rallying communities to support local businesses and helping kick off a successful holiday sales period.

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“We applaud President & CEO Greg Carmichael and the senior leadership of Fifth Third, who after putting out a significant community commitment earlier in the year, was willing and eager to deeply engage NCRC and its member organizations in significant discussions to ensure the commitments made were in areas of the greatest community need and put in place rigorous accountability for their bank and the communities they serve.”

Fifth Third bank is pleased to announce that Byna Elliott has been named senior vice president and director of Community and Economic Development (CED), reporting directly Brian Lamb, executive vice president, Chief Corporate Responsibility and Reputation officer.

As leader of this group, Elliott will direct the critical work that goes into our efforts to be an exemplary bank from a CRA perspective as well as from a corporate citizenship perspective.

Elliott has served as acting director of CED since early August, demonstrating outstanding leadership in growing and managing our relationships Byna Elliott with key stakeholders, including the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, with whom we will soon announce additional collaborative efforts. She joined Fifth Third in 2001 as compliance and CRA officer for Eastern Michigan and subsequently served as senior risk officer. In 2013, she was named regional director for CED, overseeing Michigan and Illinois.

Elliott began her career as a national bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).

After serving as operations and compliance manager for First Independence National Bank, she managed compliance, reputation and litigation risk at Intuit (Quicken Loans).

She earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Eastern Michigan University and a certification in corporate community involvement from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

We all can be proud of the example Byna Elliott sets through her community involvement. In the greater Detroit area, she serves as a board member for St. Joseph Hospital, Habitat for Humanity – Michigan, Wayne County Community Development, and the Northwest Activities Center. She also serves in Chicago on the board of the Woodstock Institute, one of the nation’s most respected community advocacy organizations.

Elliott and her family will relocate to the Cincinnati area. Lamb will be working directly with her as she finalizes important changes in our CED structure to enable our future success, including replacing the position she is vacating.

“I could not be more pleased to welcome Byna as an official part of the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation leadership team. Please join me in congratulating her and wishing her well in her leadership role,” said Lamb.

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Of consumers who are aware of Small Business Saturday, 89 percent agree that the day encourages them to “shop small” all year long, not just during the holiday season. Nearly eight in ten (79 percent) consumers say they are willing to pay slightly more for an item if it is purchased from a small, independently-owned retailer as opposed to online or at a large retailer — on par with last year. And just how much are they planning to spend? Of those who are aware of Small Business Saturday and planning to shop and dine on the day, two-thirds (67 percent) say they plan to spend at least $100 at small businesses on Small Business Saturday — a slight increase from 2015 (65 percent).

“Small businesses across the nation are often run by the friends, family and neighbors that we know so well, so supporting them is not only personal but critical to their success,” said NFIB CEO and President Juanita Duggan. “Partnering with American Express to promote the awareness and importance of shopping small is something we are very proud of, and this year, we look forward to another successful Small Business Saturday.”

Additional findings from the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey include: 63 percent of consumers who are willing to pay slightly more for an item if purchased from a small, independently-owned retailer as opposed to online or at a large retailer say that in exchange for paying a higher price, they expect better customer service from small, independently-owned businesses.

Nearly half (48 percent) of consumers who are aware of Small Business Saturday and who plan to Shop Small on the day say they expect to spend more on Small Business Saturday this year than last year – up from 45 percent in 2015, and the highest amount yet recorded.

Consumers who are aware of Small Business Saturday and who plan to shop on the day say they plan to support many different types of small businesses on the day, including clothing/accessories/shoe stores (45 percent), restaurants/bars/pubs (41 percent) and bakeries (39 percent).

Neighborhood Champions and the Small Business Saturday Coalition Drive Excitement for the Day Grassroots support for Small Business Saturday is largely driven by Neighborhood Champions, a program of advocates for Small Business Saturday comprised of small businesses, business associations,

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Heard it Through the Grapevine: Ford Motor Company and UAW-Ford invest $6 million in Motown Museum expansion

In 1959, Berry Gordy started Motown Record Corporation in Detroit. He modeled his business, which became a global hit-making factory, after the Ford Motor Company assembly line.

Today, Ford and Ford-UAW are part of the Motown story again, announcing a $6 million investment as lead donor in a $50 million expansion of the Motown Museum. The museum is the location of the famous Hitsville U.S.A. building and Studio A, where Motown changed the music industry forever.

“We are thrilled to play a role in the next chapter of a global music icon,” said Joe Hinrichs, president, The Americas, Ford Motor Company, who will hold a leadership position as part of the museum’s expansion efforts.

“The enhanced museum will not only upgrade the visitor experience, it also fits with our commitment to investing in the cultural heritage of Detroit and Southeast Michigan.”

“It is very gratifying to support the expansion of the Motown Museum, and in doing so, we strengthen an institution that has great historical and cultural significance to our region and the

world,” said Jimmy Settles, vice president, UAW. “This partnership also allows us to continue our commitment to the Motown Museum’s surrounding community, which is a community that many Detroit natives treasure.”

As part of the Ford and Ford-UAW investment, the expanded Motown Museum will include:

■ Ford Motor Company Theater, a state-of-the-art performance venue ■ Educational, music and other programming tied to Ford’s ongoing student and community outreach initiatives ■

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Fifth Third Bank The $30 billion investment, the largest made by a bank in recent history, is divided into the following different areas of focus: mortgage lending, small business lending and the community reinvestment act/community development lending.

Under the mortgage lending category, $11 billion will be spent “to address community needs, and includes a Second Look Program, down payment assistance, support for housing counseling, and other activities, including affirmative marketing and outreach, evaluation and improvement of its Fair Housing/Lending program, and the continuation of its current policy of not imposing minimum loan amounts,” Fifth Third said.

Small businesses under the plan will see a $10 billion investment in businesses that have annual revenues of less than one million.

The remaining $9 billion will be allocated to community reinvestment act/ community development lending which consists of mortgage lending, small business lending, including micro-lending, community development lending and investing.

In addition, $158 million has been allotted to Fifth Third Impact Programming, such as financial services, branch openings, marketing and research, product development and cooperative public policy advocacy for low and moderate-income communities. Fifth Third said it “will make housing-related investments that address the gap for consumers who need down payment assistance to achieve homeownership, support housing counseling and financial literacy to

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Fifth Third’s Impact Programming also includes a commitment to diversity and inclusion with Fifth Third’s Inclusion and Diversity plan “to ensure that its human capital is inclusive and diverse. The bank will increase its efforts to support diverse suppliers, minority-owned, women-owned and veteran-owned businesses.”

With branch and staffing commitments made under the Impact Programming, the bank plans to open at least 10 branches in low and or moderate-income communities.

Fifth Third’s Lives Improved Through Financial Empowerment programs were created to educate consumers of all ages and stages of life with financial education. L.I.F.E. includes programs for children and teens, with the Fifth Third Bank Young Bankers Club, and adult financial education courses through the Fifth Third Bank Empower U. The bank’s Financial Empowerment Mobiles, or eBuses, deliver financial education, job training, tax preparation and other assistance for low and moderate-income communities individually and in partnership with local community organizations also fall under the L.I.F.E. program.

“It’s a new day. It’s not the antebellum southern bank I visited 15 years ago,” Taylor said. “This bank is clearly recognizing not only its responsibility, but its commitment to serve underserved communities.”

Small Business local Chambers of Commerce and other community organizers who help rally their neighborhoods on the day. To date, more than 6,400 Neighborhood Champions — an increase of 56 percent percent from 2015 — have signed up to plan activities and events to draw consumers to commercial districts across the U.S., leading up to and on Small Business Saturday. Forty-five percent of consumers who are aware of Small Business Saturday and who plan to shop say they plan to attend a community event.

Chef Bernard Parks: Redefining ‘farm to table’

By Alisha Dixon

Detroit charter schools where he feeds 950 students daily.

From growing food, catering and teaching, native Detroiter Chef Bernard Parks has been in the food business for 35 years with a career that has taken him from Detroit to Washington D.C. and back.

“Proper nutrition during the school day is crucial for every student,” Chef Parks said. “So many schools serve unhealthy foods that make it difficult for the children to learn. I believe there is direct correlation between poor behavior and unhealthy food. So I make the point of incorporating healthier options on the school’s menus daily.”

In the early years of his career, Chef Parks worked at the Detroit Eastern Market Beef Company. During that time, he also built restaurant equipment at Sturdi-Built Equipment Company in Detroit. It is his diverse experience in the food industry, he said, that sets him apart.

Food, he says, is the love of his life.

Growing up, Parks’ unique tastes in food inspired him to begin to experiment. “As a child I wanted to eat what I wanted, which was often not on the menu. So, my parents said, ‘you cook it.’”

Chef Parks attended culinary school at the L’Academie deCuisine, one of the top culinary and pastry schools in the Washington, D.C. metro area and as a result has cooked for a diverse group of clients that span from the entertainers to politicians.

“Fresh ingredients are essential in any dish,” he said. “Fresh produce has always been important to m, so I learned how to grow for myself.” In the mid-eighties, he started Banneker Organic Farms in Jessup, Md. Chef Parks is the owner of a vegetable and herb farm in Romulus, Michigan and also runs the food program at two

■ Ford will be official vehicle of Motown Museum “Motown and Ford Motor Company have wide and deeply connected roots,” said Robin R. Terry, chairwoman and CEO, Motown Museum. “As two Detroit born brands, they have had — and continue to have today — a transformative and profound impact on creativity and innovation around the world.

“We are honored by the commitment that Ford Motor Company and UAWFord have made toward this exciting expansion,” said Terry. “As the lead donors and committed partners in our vision, their support will help us bring a first class destination to Detroit and the world, and will ensure that this important musical and cultural legacy is preserved and positioned to inspire the next generation of creative and innovative minds.”

The commitment is part of an additional $10 million Ford and Ford Fund,

From page C-1 associations that help coordinate Small Business Saturday activities with merchants, consumers and small business owners.

NFIB is the nation’s leading small business association, with offices in Washington, D.C., and all 50 states.

Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small and independent business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business. NFIB’s powerful network of grassroots activists sends their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through its unique member-only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America’s free enterprise system. NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of its members to own, operate and grow their businesses.

Amputation and death can result from diabetics trying to provide their own foot care!

Chef Parks’ passion for nutrition is the result of the blatant disparities in food options that often exist in AfricanAmerican communities.

“In our neighborhoods, it is sad that the access to quality food is normally few and far between or simply unavailable. I have made the point of always being a resource for people who want to learn how to choose healthy and nutritious options,” he said. “Teaching teenage mothers how to cook healthy meals for their kids was by far one of my proudest moments.”

Throughout his career, Chef Parks has always had a passion for teaching about his love for food. He has lectured at elementary schools, churches and even Yale University.

“I try to be a good student, so I can be a good teacher,” he said.

For more information about Chef Bernard Parks, please contact him at (248) 660-2241 or chefbernardparks@yahoo. com.

Museum Expansion visitors take part in an interactive Ford-branded activity that incorporates music with Ford vehicles

Another important group that drives participation on the day is the Small Business Saturday Coalition. Led by Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), the Small Business Saturday Coalition was created in 2011 to help amplify the “shop small” message. The coalition is comprised of national, state and local

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the company’s philanthropic arm, are contributing to Detroit over the next five years. Ford and Ford Fund are already investing $20 million in local educational and community programs for 2016. Investments this year and beyond include: ■ New three-year sponsorship commitment with The Parade Company, producer of both the Thanksgiving Day parade and annual Ford Fireworks

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Living is giving for Frederick Douglass’ ‘Dream Kings’ Outreach to Flint shows power of caring Detroit youth

Their optimism and commitment to being a part of a positive change gives all Detroiters something to be thankful for during the holiday and beyond.

To learn more about The Future Project, please visit thefutureproject.org and please keep coming back to “The Best of Young Detroit” for more coverage about young people making a difference in our community.

Men of purpose: The “Dream Kings,” high school students at Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men, delivered royally on a commitment to Flint residents and hope to make a similar social contribution soon to support other deserving people in need, including our area homeless population.

By Scott Talley Special to the Michigan Chronicle Close your eyes and imagine a world where youth have a serious commitment to helping people in need and are committed enough to transform good thoughts into deeds.

As we approach be thankful that we commitment in our group attending the Men.

the Thanksgiving holiday, Detroiters can already have young people with such a community, and this includes a special Frederick Douglass Academy For Young

These young men perform noble deeds, so it is only fitting that they are known by an equally noble name—“Dream Kings.”

As the “Best of Young Detroit” was going to press, the Dream Kings were making plans to help homeless people in our community, not for a day, but instead they want to provide assistance in a sustained manner. Indeed, it is an ambitious goal for young men, but although they are still in high school, the Dream Kings are quickly becoming old pros at helping and uplifting others. For example, this same group initiated a successful, four-month school and community wide water drive for the benefit of Flint residents.

deeds, which is exactly what happened earlier this year when the young men delivered more than 300 cases of water to the Flint Heights Terrace senior apartments.

“The students made the commitment to personally deliver the water after learning the mother of one of the Frederick Douglass teachers (Mr. Tedford) lived there,” said Malcolm, of the extraordinary act of kindness, which earned the young men a “Spirit of Detroit” award. “The young men were ecstatic and filled with a great sense of purpose, possibility and passion for helping others after having delivered cases of water to every resident of the senior living facility. The students talked about how happy their project had made the residents. Many of the young men pledged to continue to find ways in which to help their communities.”

and special thanks!

“It was a group effort among all of the Dream Kings to lead a water drive for Flint,” said William Malcolm, who directs the Dream Kings. “One of their goals is to impact and create positive change within our community. When they learned how residents of Flint were suffering they wanted to do something positive for the residents.”

When asked to describe the characteristics of a Dream King, Malcolm said his members are really no different than most young men attending Detroit schools, with many participating in sports like football, track, cross-country and basketball. But just as athletes must make a real commitment to their sport to succeed, Dream Kings are required to demonstrate a special desire for helping others, which includes performing acts of kindness and a formal interview process.

Ultimately, the Dream Kings pledge to fulfill an oath, which begins with: “On my honor, I will pursue a life of passion, purpose and power.”

As beautiful as the opening of the pledge sounds, the real beauty occurs when those words produce meaningful, helpful

Malcolm speaks with enormous pride about the 17 young men that currently comprise the Dream Kings at Frederick Douglass, but he also is involved in an initiative that is engaging youth city-wide, as a Detroit Dream Director for The Future Project, whose mission is to “work with schools to unlock the limitless potential of every young person in the country.”

Detroit students that have been touched by The Future Project, including a young Dream King, are featured in a poignant video called “Vision 2020 Detroit.” When asked to describe Detroit, the youth respond with empowering words and descriptions including “imaginative,” “on the move,” home,” “determined,” “powerful,” and “a big beautiful city.”

The “Best of Young Detroit” would like to send holiday wishes to our community and a warm thank you to the many people that have responded so kindly and so quickly to make each issue of the “Best of Young Detroit” possible including parents, coaches, teachers, school and district administrators, UAW-Ford team members and the Michigan Chronicle staff. Your support is deeply appreciated and most vital, as we attempt to spread the ongoing good news about our precious youth.

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Winners in the Game of Life

The Nov. 11 state regional championship football game between Cass Tech and Saline was one of the most exciting contests of the season, but the pregame and halftime RISE unity events that took place on the Saline field could have an impact that lasts lifetimes. RISE is an acronym for the Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality, whose mission is to “harness the unifying power of sports to advance race relations and drive social progress.” Making that happen on Nov. 11 through their participation were members of the Cass Tech volleyball team, including seniors Triniti Smith and Areeona Clark.

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KaSandra Kaplan On Nov. 5, Howard University sophomore KaSandra Kaplan, a product of the Detroit Recreation Swim Team, won the 100 backstroke in a time 1:02.20 during Howard’s home opening meet against Barton College. Kaplan followed up that performance by swimming a leg on a winning 200 freestyle against Loyola (Md.) on Nov. 19.

Along with carrying the banner for Detroit swimmers, Kaplan and her teammates at Howard are a part of the only remaining Division I swimming and diving program at a HBCU (historically black colleges and universities).

able to see some of the girls I had played club volleyball with and meet new friends.”

“At the game I had a really great experience,” Smith said.

“The Saline volleyball team was very friendly. I enjoyed being

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Clark said: “This leadership program has inspired me to look deeper into race relations, while also promoting respect, equality, and social progress within and outside of athletics.

If we continue to celebrate diversity, there will not be any limitation to what human kind can do!”

To learn more about RISE, please visit risetowin.org.

Where are they Now? Former Cass Tech star joins elite group By gaining 111 yards rushing on only 14 carries against Michigan State on Nov. 19, redshirt freshman Mike Weber Jr. became just the third freshman running back in the rich history of Ohio State football to reach 1,000 yards in a season. The former Mike Weber Jr. Cass Tech All American joined Maurice Clarett and Robert Smith, as the only Buckeyes to register the century mark on the ground as freshmen. Weber accomplished the feat during a hard fought 17-16 victory at East Lansing.

Destination Ford Field: Cass, King show grit and determination while advancing to state title games “Play until the very last play.” Coaches talk about it, but players have to believe it. And when players truly take those words to heart, greatness is possible, just ask the players that are still vying for state championships at Cass Tech and Martin Luther King high schools.

Building on the drama from their regional championship thriller against Saline, the Technicians scored the winning points in their state semifinal when a tightly-covered Donovan Peoples-Jones hauled in a perfectlyplaced pass from Rodney Hall in the right edge of the end zone with just 24.8 seconds remaining, as Cass defeated Utica Eisenhower, 32-28. With the hard-earned victory, which took place at Troy Athens, the Technicians (13-0) will now venture much closer to home for a Division 1 state championship game Saturday at Ford Field against the always formidable Novi Detroit Catholic Central (13-0).

In a Division 2 state semifinal at Dearborn High School, the King Crusaders also had to work hard until the very end despite jumping out to a 14-0 lead against Birmingham Groves. With a little less than three minutes remaining in the game, Groves started a drive in King’s territory, but the Crusaders (11-2) held on defense to earn the right to defend their Division 2 state championship on Friday at Ford Field against Walled Lake Western (12-1).

Following are some of the top performers during Week 13 state semifinal games involving Detroit PSL teams: Luis Borjas, Cass Tech: The Technicians would have been blanked on the scoreboard in the first half of the state semifinal, if not for Borjas. His field goals of 34 and 23 yards kept the Technicians within striking distance—down just 14-6 against Utica Eisenhower at halftime.

Cass Tech’s Defense: For the second consecutive week, the Technicians faced a potent offense. In the state semifinal, Utica Eisenhower’s offense featured running back Jack

Weber (166 carries, 1,046 yards) will see many familiar faces when the Buckeyes (10-1) h o s t Michigan (10-1) on Saturday in a game that will have major college football playoffs implications.

Provencher, who rushed for a hefty 146 yards, including a 77yard TD run and added a 44yard TD reception. But when the game was on the line late in the fourth quarter, the Cass defense stiffened and forced a 3-and-out possession, which gave the offense the ball with less than two minutes left and set the stage for the winning score.

Rodney Hall, Cass Tech: The senior quarterback completed 16 of 22 pass attempts for 190 yards, including the game-winning TD pass to Peoples-Jones. Hall also carried the ball 20 times for 87 yards and a touchdown. His statistics were outstanding, but statistics don’t begin to measure the toughminded, focused, determined edge that he brings to the Cass Tech offense and team every game.

Jaren Mangham, Cass Tech: The powerful sophomore punched in two one-yard TD runs in the fourth quarter, the second capping a 16-play drive, which narrowed the deficit to 28-25 and helped to set the stage for Hall and Donovan-Peoples’ heroics.

King’s Defense: After facing some tough challenges posed by Cass Tech and East English during the PSL season, King’s defense has definitely been on-point throughout the state playoffs. The 14-7 victory against Birmingham Groves was the third consecutive week that the Crusaders had held a state playoffs opponent to seven points.

Donovan Peoples-Jones, Cass Tech: The senior All-American caught eight passes for 93 yards, including a leaping game-winning grab with 24.8 seconds. The phrase “as good as advertised” definitely applies to Peoples-Jones and that description probably doesn’t go far enough to describe his touchdown reception against Utica Eisenhower.

Ambry Thomas, King: The Crusaders’ senior All-American also was big in King’s state semifinal

State Playoffs Edition

All Games at Ford Field DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP

Up for the challenge: For Cass Tech and King, the road to Ford Field and the state finals included demanding offseason workouts and opening games at Wayne State delayed by a thunder storm.

Afterwards, victories and honors were earned, while team play showed the way to success. Fans should expect more thrills this holiday weekend from the very “Best of the PSL.” victory against Birmingham Groves, catching seven passes for 130 yards, while also being a part of King’s stout defense. On offense, Thomas teamed with sophomore QB Dequan Finn for a 37-yard pass play in the first quarter, which set up Kevin Willis’ three-yard TD run that opened the scoring for the Crusaders.

Christian Chatman, King: The Crusaders’ senior receiver capped the scoring for King against Birmingham Groves with a 17-yard TD reception late in the second quarter and the King defense did what was needed to send the Crusaders back to Ford Field on Friday.

Game photos by Rogers William Foster

Novi Detroit Catholic Central (13-0) vs.

Cass Tech (13-0) Saturday, 1 p.m.

DIVISION 2 CHAMPIONSHIP

Walled Lake Western (12-1) vs.

King (11-2) Friday, 1 p.m.

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Ford HBCU Community Challenge: Prairie View wins Four architectural students from Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas, won top honors at the 2016 Ford Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Challenge with a software app that enables homeowners to monitor water and energy use in real-time. The innovative app, which helps homeowners adjust their utility use and save money, earned the students $75,000 in scholarships, grants and implementation funds.

Students of Prairie View A&M University win 2016 Ford HBCU Community Challenge after presenting innovative app in front of judges including Tom Joyner and Henry Ford III at Ford World Headquarters.

Second place and $15,000 was awarded to a team from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Hampton students developed a program that tracks sea levels for communities at risk of flooding. Students from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina, took third place and $10,000 for a project that raises freshwater fish for consumption in local homes. Each team member also received an iPad. “We received numerous outstanding entries from Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country,” said Pamela Alexander, director of community development, Ford Motor Company Fund. “Although selecting the three winners was extremely difficult, we’re proud the challenge encouraged all of the students to think about how they can support their communities.”

Now in its fourth year, the Ford Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Challenge is modeled after the Ford College Community Challenge, a signature Ford Fund program that challenges students globally to design innovative projects that address critical sustainability needs in their communi-

Students of Prairie View A&M University win 2016 Ford HBCU Community Challenge after presenting innovative app in front of judges including Tom Joyner and Henry Ford III at Ford World Headquarters. (PRNewsFoto/Ford Motor Company) ties. To date, the program has awarded $400,000 in scholarships, grants and implementation funds.

Raj Register, Ford manager for multicultural communications, said teaming up with Historically Black Colleges and Universities on a program with positive, far-reaching community impact is a natural move for an innovation leader like Ford.

“Ford is proud to support Historical-

ly Black Colleges and Universities with this unique program showcasing such talented and pioneering students,” she said.

Ford’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities Community Challenge is jointly supported by Ford marketing and Ford Fund, the company’s philanthropic arm, with participation from national radio personality and longtime booster Tom Joyner. In addition to Alexander and Joyner, other judges include

Henry Ford III, Ford Performance global marketing manager; and Burt Jordan, Ford vice president, global vehicle and powertrain purchasing and supplier diversity.

Ford has long been a supporter of diverse communities, with a particular focus on education. Ford Fund invests $10 million a year in educational outreach including grants, scholarships and other programming.

Impact Squared wants to hear a great nonprofit story

Without the professional services provided by Impact Squared, nonprofit organizations such as Alternatives for Girls and Midnight Golf would not have been able to reach and support as many youth in Detroit.

Both were among the winners of a one-of-a-kind storytelling competition, and the prize was free help from local small businesses.

“The support we’ve received through the Impact Squared project has been tremendous,”

said Amanda Good, CEO of Alternatives for Girls, which provides life skills and housing help to girls and young women.

“We’ve published our first letter to the editor in years, we are launching a comprehensive staff development program, and we are getting research support for a large program expansion.”

Renee Fluker, founder and executive director of Midnight Golf, had additional input.

“We are already benefitting from the graphic design, fund development and other techni-

cal support that we are getting from some really great small businesses,” she said.

“We would not have been able to do this otherwise. We just didn’t have the funding.”

Created by JFM Consulting Group, the Impact Squared story-telling competition gives nonprofits the chance to compete for up to $50,000 in free professional services by telling a 5-minute story — live — that describes their impact on the community.

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Applications for the 2017 round are now being accepted through Nov. 30, 2016. To participate, the applicant must be a 501(c) (3) tax exempt organization based in Detroit, and have been in operation for at least two years.

Pro bono services will include marketing, financial management, strategic planning, evaluation and many others.

Jane Fran Morgan of JFM Consulting, said the program is

continuing for another year .

That is because “nonprofit organizations still need support and small businesses are able to help meet that need. It was so well received the first year, it’s just something we want to keep going.”

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By Steve Holsey

Simmons is a ‘yogi’ For whatever reasons, some people you just don’t picture as being into yoga. For example, Russell Simmons. The highly successful entrepreneur, producer, author and founder of Def Jam Records is a staunch practitioner of the Hindu “spiritual and ascetic discipline.” (Some people already knew that, but it’s still interesting subject matter.)

Last year, Simmons even wrote a book titled “Success Through Stillness: Meditation Made Simple.”

“It’s made me more patient, more Russell Simmons thoughtful, more courageous. I feel a lot more bold to go out there and do what I need to do without fear of failure, without second-guessing myself,” he said.

“The gray matter in your brain will grow. Your nervous system will get stronger. Your immune system will get stronger. Your relationships with people will change. You will be a happier person.”

“If we can make meditation cool, it would change the world.”

Wow, such a lavish endorsement!

GEORGE CLINTON and the latest version of Parliament-Funkadelic have embarked on what is being billed as the Mardi Gras Madness Tour.

For a very long time, Clinton was not able to use the names Parliament and Funkadelic even though they were George Clinton his creations. The problem was that Clinton signed a lot of legally binding documents that he should not have due to being “under the influence” at the time.

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Also interesting is that Clinton never cared for disco because he “didn’t like the fact that they wanted to narrow it down to one beat,” which he likened to having one move during times of intimacy.

He said he wrote Funkadelic’s “(not just) Knee Deep” as a vehicle “to rescue dance music from the blahs.”

True, a lot of disco was repetitious, but there were also a lot of good records by good artists like Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, KC & the Sunshine Band, Gloria Gaynor, Sylvester, the Trammps and others. Plus, the disco era was fun.

THANKS to Dave Chappelle, “Saturday Night Live” enjoyed its highest ratings of the season on Nov. 12. The presidential election sketch, for example, also featuring Chris Rock, was really funny.

You can watch it on YouTube.

Chappelle is a funny, creative and original comedian Dave Chappelle and people are happy that he is back following that very long, unexpected absence.

But it would be great if he would drop the word “nigga” from his act.

And I hated it when he said, in an otherwise funny monologue, “If I could stop being black today, I’d be out the game.”

I know it’s just comedy, but the overwhelming majority of us have no desire to be white, and I hate the thought of any whites thinking that we do.

MOTOWN artists are, of course, closely identified with Detroit, but it is interesting to note that the majority of them were not born in Detroit.

That would include Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Martha Reeves, Brenda Holloway, the Marvelettes, Junior Walker & the All Stars, Tammi Terrell, the Jackson 5, Marvin The Marvelettes Gaye, the Velvelettes, Gladys Knight & the Pips and Rick James.

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By Keith A. Owens Senior Editor

It’s here.

It’s taken about 15 years to arrive, which at the very least qualifies as a difficult birth, but Thornetta Davis’ new album, “Honest Woman,” is finally a reality and due to be properly celebrated Sunday, Nov. 27, from 6 to 9 pm at Detroit Music Hall. The album, which Davis said is the one she has been wanting to create since forever, is well worth the wait. And the musical lineup scheduled to help Detroit’s reigning Queen of the Blues celebrate this noteworthy achievement includes some serious local heavy hitters, including (but not limited to) Ramona Collins, Nikki

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honest woman in the blues?

James, Sky Covington, Special Anointing, Kathleen Murray, Kimmie Horne, Audrey Northington, ScatDiva, and Satori Shakoor as emcee.

Davis was crowned Detroit’s Queen of the Blues a little over a year ago, on Aug. 23, 2015. She inherited the title from the late great Alberta Adams who died on Christmas Day, 2014. Adams was one of Detroit’s greatest blues/jazz singers with a résumé that included a stint with Duke Ellington and a career that reached back through all the great clubs of Detroit’s legendary Black Bottom such as the 20 Grand and the Flame Show Bar. So being designated as the one to fill those shoes was no small honor coming from an incredibly deep and talented pool of Detroit peers who all were willing to accept that yes,

Although I didn’t think I would be producing it, and recording it, and wrapping it up in a pretty package, I thought I was gonna get signed to a label, you know? But no, I had to do it all.

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she was without question the one.

In Detroit, that’s saying something.

When Davis was crowned Queen of the Blues, she reflected on her previous album, “Sunday Morning Music,” as well as her ongoing efforts to complete “Honest Woman” in an interview for the Michigan Chronicle: “And so they say, ‘OK, Thornetta, it’s been six months. You need to start writing.’ And lo and behold, at that time I was in a relationship that took me through some changes. So I just started writing about it. And the music was already there, so I wrote my lyrics to what was on the tape that they gave me. A little cassette tape. God, that was

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Wright Museum hosts creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History will host Dr. Maulana Karenga, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at California State University, Long Beach on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 2 p.m. for a lecture and discussion titled “Kwanzaa, The Nguzo Saba and Our Constant Striving: Repairing, Renewing, and Remaking Our World: A 50th Anniversary Kwanzaa.” The event takes place at the museum, located at 315 E. Warren Ave. in Midtown Detroit, and is free and open to the public.

Dr. Karenga is internationally known as the creator of the pan-African cultural holiday Kwanzaa and Nguzo Saba (the Seven Principles), and of Kawaida philosophy out of which both were conceived and created. Kwanzaa is annually celebrated Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, with each day emphasizing one of seven principles of African heritage. The Wright Museum hosts its annual Kwanzaa celebrations each eve-

es, and lectures and discussions on the principles and their embodiment today.

Dr. Karenga is also the author of the authoritative book on the subject, “Kwanzaa: A Celebration of Family, Community and Culture.” In addition, he has lectured on the life and struggle of African peoples on numerous campuses of the U.S.A. and in Senegal, Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Trinidad, Britain and Canada.

The Dec. 10 lecture with Dr. Karenga, as well as the museum’s Kwanzaa Celebrations Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, are free and open to the public.

Dr. Maulana Karenga ning of Kwanzaa that include candle-lighting ceremonies, African drumming and dance performanc-

brand have been an inspiration in giving back to others, having provided second chances to the recently incarcerated by hiring them as restaurant employees and through feeding families in their hometown, St. Louis, Missouri. To put forth efforts

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One year later, the payoff for that inspiration is evident, although Davis still laughs at how much longer it took for her to produce the album than anticipated.

“And the song ‘Whole Lotta Lovin’,’ I had been singin’ it for awhile, but I really wanted to have a New Orleans kind of style with the piano and everything, so I pulled that off. And then there was the tune ‘Set Me Free,’ which was my rock anthem.”

“Set Me Free” was recorded with the able assistance of Saginaw-born blues guitar virtuoso Larry McCray and his band, one of the many top-shelf local musicians featured on her album. Pianist Alvin Waddles, who Davis contacted to help her direct a choir for one of her songs, is another.

“God had me in touch with everybody.

All the people I wanted to work with. He

and I just happened to have a relationship right before it was time for me to record. I didn’t personally know Alvin a year ago, two years ago, but somehow I ended up doing a gig with him. And then I took his name and number down and he had me come in and do something with him. It was strange how it all came about. And then when it came time to record, I thought, ‘I want a choir,’ and then ‘Alvin Waddles!’”

Davis said she hopes to get some national attention with this album, especially if it attracts the attention of certain national artists with whom she would like to record like T-Bone Burnett or John Hyatt. Perhaps that’s why she felt compelled to do “Honest Woman” her way, because nobody could do Thornetta better than Thornetta.

“I just felt like I had a message. If you listen to all the songs, you can tell they were personal. Everything that was written about I actually went through.

Just like birthing a baby, you know? I had to get it all out. There were people throwing songs my way, but I just wasn’t feeling it. I said I have to do this one myself,” she said.

“Although I didn’t think I would be producing it, and recording it, and wrapping it up in a pretty package, I thought I was gonna get signed to a label, you know? But no, I had to do it all. I took the front cover photo myself. It was a selfie taken with my phone. Somebody told me it looks like ‘You better buy my album!’”

You heard that, right?

Reflections

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Those who were born in Detroit include Mary Wells, the Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, the Vandellas, Kim Weston, Diana Ross & the Supremes, plus Berry Gordy and songwriter-producers Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland.

When New Kids on the Block begin their 40-city Total Package Tour Smokey Robinson in May, they will be accompanied by Boyz II Men and Paula Abdul, doing her first tour in 25 years.

Veteran journalist Steven Ivory got it exactly right when he described Gwen Ifill, the late TV newscaster, journalist and author, as having “dignified character and a warm, intelligent charm that will always be the difference between a vacant TV anchor who simply reads the news and the gifted, skilled professional who pursues their work with heart and reason.”

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On an all-new season, the family experiences a devastating tragedy when they learn of the senseless murder of Miss Robbie’s grandson, Andre, forcing them to reflect on other dark moments from the family's past. Tim also revisits the prison where he was incarcerated for 10 years, and Miss Robbie joins him “behind the wall” to witness firsthand the shocking reality her son experienced at the young age of 17.

Meanwhile, as Miss Robbie and Tim continue to expand the Sweetie Pie’s brand, they don’t always see eye-to-eye on the best approach. And after 30 years, Miss Robbie revives her music career, this time doing it her way with exciting opportunities on the horizon. As always, amid personal tragedy, legal turmoil and new ventures, the Sweetie Pie’s family manages to find strength, love and humor throughout their journey.

“I done been through bad relationships, bad karma, and now I’m happy I’m in the relationship I’m in, and I feel more creative than ever, and inspired,” she said.

“Man, I am so ecstatic about the way it came out. I was holding off because I didn’t think I could produce. I thought that I needed somebody to tell me what I wanted to happen. But I already knew what I wanted. I just didn’t know that I could relay this message to all these great musicians that I have,” she said.

“There were certain vibes in the songs that I wanted. Like the song ‘Honest Woman,’ I wanted to get that retro soul sound of women who had inspired me like Millie Jackson and Denise LaSalle, and so I listened to their music and I described what I would like to happen in that particular song.

Jeffrey Osborne’s father, Clarence Osborne, played trumpet in the orchestras of Count Basie, Lionel Hampton and Duke Ellington.

MEMORIES: “Just One Look” (Doris Troy), “All Night Long (All Night)” (Lionel Richie), “Which Way is Up?” (Stargard), “I Am Love” (Jennifer Holliday), “Tonight is the Night” (Betty Wright), “Boogie Down” (Al Jarreau), “Broken Hearted Melody” (Sarah Vaughan), “Cold Sweat” (James Brown), “Call Me (Come Back Home)” (Al Green), “Shake it up Tonight” (Cheryl Lynn).

BLESSINGS to JuJuan Taylor, John Collins, Lester Bryant, Rogers Foster, Mike Jemison, Henry Fambrough, Alisa Giddens, Greg Giddens, Marcus Patton and Patrice Gordy.

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Detroit musicians, DJ’s, entertainers unite for launch of the Play Detroit Forward Music Experience and entertainment blog With a passion to provide visibility for Detroit-made music, PDM Official Wear is set to launch the Play Detroit Music (PDM) Experience on Nov. 24 at Truth Music Café.

Wale performs live for literacy at Eastern Market Wednesday

By Tatiana Simone The day before Thanksgiving has proven to be the biggest party night of the year. Meanwhile, Detroit’s education system has continuously suffered. The Dallas Nicole Foundation (DNF) and The Massive Group have partnered to present The Edutainment Series slated to be the biggest night of philanthropy for education, health and fitness. Held on one of the biggest party nights of the year, Nov. 23, the event includes special performances by award-winning recording artist Wale and Detroit’s own T3 of Slum Village. Hosted by Shawn Blanchard and co- hosted

by Stewe, the event will take place at Eastern Market in Shed 5 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Education has proven to be the most important asset any individual can utilize for survival. According to The National Institute of Literacy, roughly 47 percent of adults are functionally illiterate in Detroit. Currently, there are a total of 200,000 adults who have trouble writing, reading and speaking.

The Edutainment Series is the inaugural kickoff event by DNF to break the cycle of illiteracy. The movement is also geared towards health and fitness education. “We ignore these issues within our communities and continue to put our youth in a category that they are doomed even before they make it to the third grade,” said Terrence Woods, founder of The Massive Group. “We are here to change that by educating and helping our youth learn beyond measure, giving then resources to learn and guide them with the proper resources to maintain a healthy lifestyle.”

Some of the resources available through DNF include the Mathematical Support Program, Apprenticeship Exam Preparation Lelia Dudley Book Scholarship, and school year and summer health programs. Studies show that children who participate in after-school programs as a supplement tend to perform better in the classroom. DNF is operated by dedicated volunteers determined to build a stronger village in the city of Detroit.

“We hope this event will bring awareness to what we are doing as a foundation to lay a solid foundation and hands-on mentorship to youth who may not have someone to give them extra educational attention at home. This is where we want to tackle and what we want to create for students,” said Sherie Williams, CEO of The Dallas Nicole Foundation.

The event is free with RSVP to http://ticketdriven.com/event/edutainment-series. VIP tickets are available for $75.

For more information visit, www.dallasnicolefoundation.org.

The event will feature live bands, singers, dancers and musicians from the R&B, neo-soul, hiphop, rap and electronice dance music genres.

The Play Detroit Music Experience will be held every third Thursday of the month, exposing the community to talent right in their backyard.

The event will unite people from all walks of life for one purpose, the love of Detroit music.

The brand will also launch a blog that will serve as an online portal for interviews ranging from up-and-coming talent to Detroit music legends and pioneers. Live streams, videos and photos from concerts and music events will display the happenings at local events.

“After the Motown era, Detroit was never recognized for music. We have so many musical genius-

Charles A. Lewis, Jr. (left), Play Detroit Music founder, and cofounder Chyle Floyd. es here and we wanted to create these platforms to give them visibility and recognition,” said Charles A. Lewis, Jr., founder of PDM. “Our blog and music experience will put the

spotlight on all music genres in Detroit. We will celebrate my music, your music and collectively our music,” The launch of the monthly music experience will feature live entertain-

ment, food and spirits, the opportunity to build synergy within Detroit’s music community such as tastemakers, including writers, producers and choreographers, who will be among those in attendance.

Cofounder Chyle Floyd spoke on the brand: “We have taken every studio experience, musical project that we poured our time, talent and treasure into, and memories of the great artists we’ve had the pleasure of working to start the movement of Play Detroit Music.

“Our goal is to create a symbol of solidarity within the music community through our events and apparel.”

The Play Detroit Music Experience will take place on Thursday, Nov. 25, from 9 pm to 2 am at the Truth Music Café, 1314 Broadway St., Detroit.

For more information, visit www.playdetroitmusic.com. To join the conversation, follow PDM on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @playdetroitmusic and via #PlayDetroitMusic.

Small Business Saturday: ‘200 artists under one roof’ One-of-a-kind gifts for Christmas!

Small Business Saturday at the Russell Industrial Center (RIC) is sure to be your main stop for holiday shopping.

The RIC is home to the largest artist community in the Midwest.

Numerous painters, sculptors, musicians, photographers, writers and more call the Russell Industrial Center home. It is one of Detroit’s best-kept secrets.

Artists and vendors have been working very hard creating specialty items that you are going to love.

These items are unique in every way and will be available for purchase.

Studios you can expect to see are Fashion Design Studios, Ceramic Studios, Glass Blowing Studios, Art Galleries, Furniture Makers, Media Production Studios and much more.

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millions of square feet, the Russell Industrial Center is Detroit’s premier facility for commercial space.

With a history spanning nearly a century, the complex began as a manufacturing facility but has now been revitalized as a canvas for countless artists. And the vast spaces have been host to film shoots, including major Hollywood motion

pictures as well as other events.

The Small Business Saturday event is Saturday, Nov. 26, 10 am to 9 pm. Vendors interested in participating, please email dana@danakeaton.com.

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Provide specialized office assistance, coordinating procedural business or service activities for a complex program. Minimum Qualifications: High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Four years progressively responsible office experience, including direct experience in office coordination, prioritizing work assignments and maintaining work flow to meet deadlines. This is a full time, clericaltechnical position. Salary is $42,021.00 annually. First consideration will be given to those who apply by December 6, 2016. See online posting for additional position requirements.

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Macomb County Department of Human Resources and Labor Relations $50,229.70 to $62,787.13 Under direction, functions as a consultant in the following program areas: benefits administration, human resource planning and policy development, labor and employee relations, employee records maintenance, organizational development, employment, workers’ compensation claims management, human resources information systems, leave of absence administration, staff training and wellness; performs related duties as assigned.

A Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Labor/ Industrial Relations, Public Administration, Organizational Development or a directly related field from an accredited college or university; two (2) years of professional experience in human resource management, labor relations, organizational development and/or human resources information systems.

For a complete job description, benefits information and online application instructions, please visit our website http://hrlr.macombgov.org/ Your completed application must be received by 5:00 pm on 12/11/16.

CAMPUS SAFETY OFFICER Internal / External Part Time (E004-16)

Posting Date: November 17, 2016 Reports To: District Director, Public Safety Grade / Level: Non Union ($12.00 per hour) Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

Summary of Duties: Campus Safety Officers perform specialized safety/ security activities including enforcement of college regulations, vehicular and foot patrol of college property. Under the direction of the shift supervisor, conducts preliminary investigations (gather evidence and obtain witnesses information, and submit written reports), answer calls and complaints and provide assistance to students, faculty and staff, including assisting with jump starting vehicles. Personal escorts, provides directions/ information, lock/unlock classroom doors, and perform other related duties as assigned. Issue parking violations and enforce the college’s parking procedures. Observes and reports unsafe equipment or areas on the campus. Assist in communication/ control center, monitoring CCTV, alarm system, access control, taking students ID cards, and assist with all other dispatch / communication duties as needed.

Education: High School or equivalent required. College credits in Criminal Justice or related study preferred.

Experience Two (2) years security related experience. Three years employment with emphasis on interaction with the public may be considered.

Other: Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Possess and maintain a valid Michigan Driver’s license.

Applicants are subject to a background check for criminal convictions and a drug/ alcohol dependency test, (medical) will be conducted as a condition of employment.

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HELP WANTED Senior CAE Engineer

Warren, MI, General Motors. Perform FEA structural anlys, using Abaqus, LS Dyna, NASTRAN, Optistruct, &DesignLife on psgr vehicle front, side &rear closures such as hoods, decklids, lifgates &fenders. Focus anlys on desg optimization to meet quasi-­ static safety regs (Quasi-­static Side Impact protection), Noise & Vibration, customer pleasability, strength, &durability. Refine &maintain a closure global standard procedure for decklids after finding warranty issues in tests. Master, Mechanical Engrg or related. 12 mos exp as CAE Engr in job offered or related. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#4778.

General Motors, Detroit, MI. Lead 1 Systems Anlst, perform &execute global data architecture of HCI for corporate HCM systems to meet industry best practices &procedures to reduce overall expenditure waste in data consolidation, headcount anlys &reporting. Use PeopleSoft 9.2, SuccessFactors, ADP Payroll, KRONOS, Red-­ Carpet, Taleo, SAP T&E, HCRS & GPLD for data integration points. Bachelor, Information Systems, Business Information Systems or related. 12 mos exp as Human Resources Planner or IT Business Partner performing &executing workforce planning to meet overall staffing budgets &forecast projections regionally between finance &HR using Human Capital Planning/Reporting sys or HCRS, &PeopleSoft for headcount anlys &reporting. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#2925

Test and Validation Engineer Warren, MI, General Motors. Test &validate (using Media oriented systems transport, Automotive Ethernet, &CAN) infotainment systems such as Human Machine Interface module, CD/Blue Ray Player, Tuner for audio reception (AM/FM/SXM), Video Processing Module incldg rear vision camera, Video Switching Modules, &TCP/VCP modules. Use Neovi fire, Optilyzer, Plasma to capture logs for suppliers. Work on communication protocols such as LIN &RadStar for communication between modules. Use Flashing Soft &calibrate Body Control, Central Gateway, HMI, Tuner, &IPC modules using DPS. Master, Electrical and/or Computer Engrg. 12 mos exp as Electrical Engr testing &validate (using MOST, Automotive Ethernet, &CAN) infotainment systems such as HMI module, CD/Blue Ray Player, Tuner for audio reception (AM/FM/SXM), Video Processing Module incldg rear vision camera, Video Switching Modules, &TCP/VCP modules. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­ C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#34720.

Engineering Group Manager -­ CAE

Warren, MI, General Motors. Manage &guide 17 CAE Engrs responsible for engrg deliverables related to vehicle dynamics &load prediction using CAE tools. Provide technical leadership &coaching in app of CAE software tools such as Adams, MotionView, Hypermesh, Optistruct, MATLAB, &CarSim. Use optimization techniques such as RSM &MDO to leverage CAE tool capabilities for suspension tuning. Control Engrg systems &processes such as GVDP, VTS, SSTS &CTS level specs. Master, Mechanical Engrg.

12 mos exp as CAE Lead or Engrg Technical Manager, providing technical leadership &coaching in application of CAE software tools such as Adams, MotionView, Hypermesh, Optistruct, Nastran, MATLAB, &CarSim, using optimization techniques such as RSM &MDO to leverage CAE tool capabilities for suspension tuning. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­ C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#1070

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Safety CAE Integration Engineer

Warren, MI, General Motors. Perform and execute Finite Element Analyses (FEA), using LSDYNA, Primer, and Animator, of sport utility vehicles (SUV) to meet occupant safety criteria under frontal impact conditions in compliance with US/Rest of World (RoW) standards, defined by FMVSS 208 full frontal and 30 degree angle impact, New Car Assessment Program (NCAP for US &RoW) intnl standards, &IIHS metrics for front (offset deformable and small overlap rigid barrier) load cases at virtual assessment gates.

Improve occupant safety during crash events achieving improved performance of airbag with flexible vent technology, crash locking tongue on buckle, &digressive or constant retractor load limiter in seatbelt. Attend physical tests/tear downs and correlate CAE or FE simulation results to physical tests.

Bachelor, Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering. 12 mos exp as Sr Engr or Safety Engr or related, performing &executing FEA, using LSDYNA, of psgr car or SUV to meet occupant safety criteria under frontal impact conditions in compliance with FMVSS 208 full frontal &30degree angle impact, NCAP for US &/or intnl standards, &IIHS metrics for front load cases at virtual assessment gates. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#4314.

The Macomb County Health Department is looking to fill the position of PHSC-Disease Control. The position will assist in the administration of the following public health programs and activities: TB, Hepatitis, STD/ HIV, School Immunization Program and Communicable Disease. Under direction, assists in the administration of public health programs and activities; performs personnel management activities including interviewing, disciplining, training and evaluating professional and support staff; coordinates, monitors and evaluates assigned program operations and activities; ensures that program and clinic functions operate in accordance with overall program plans and requirements; performs related duties as assigned.

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Subject Matter Expert, Outward Visibility

Please reference this staffing number on all documents: E003-16 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/H/V Mail Resume to: Wayne County Community College District, Attention: Human Resources, 801 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI 48226 Or e-mail your resumes to: jobs@wcccd.edu

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Posting Date: November 17, 2016 Reports To: District Director, Public Safety Grade / Level: Non Union ($15.00 per hour) Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

Summary of Duties: Campus Safety Officers perform specialized safety/ security activities including enforcement of college regulations, vehicular and foot patrol of college property. Under the direction of the shift supervisor, conducts preliminary investigations (gather evidence and obtain witnesses information, and submit written reports), answer calls and complaints and provide assistance to students, faculty and staff, including assisting with jump starting vehicles. Personal escorts, provides directions/ information, lock/unlock classroom doors, and perform other related duties as assigned. Issue parking violations and enforce the college’s parking procedures. Observes and reports unsafe equipment or areas on the campus. Assist in communication/ control center, monitoring CCTV, alarm system, access control, taking students ID cards, and assist with all other dispatch / communication duties as needed. Officers may also assist law enforcement officers in the performance of their legal duties, including the investigation and apprehension of suspects in criminal matters. Performs other work –related duties as requested.

Education: • Previous graduation from an accredited Police Training or a P.A. 330 accredited academy, and received a Police Officer training program, including receiving instruction on Use of Force policy.

Bachelor Degree in criminal justice or related field preferred.

Experience • Previous Law Enforcement experience with an MCOLES Police agency or equivalent experience with P.A. 330 certified Police Agency. Ten (10) years of previous corporate security experience and an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice may be considered.

Additional Requirements: Successful candidate must demonstrate ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing. Applicants are subject to a background check for criminal convictions; a drug/alcohol dependency test (medical) will be conducted as a condition of employment. Applicants are subject to a background check for criminal convictions; a drug/alcohol dependency test (medical) will be conducted as a condition of employment. Possession or ability to obtain a CPL license and must be currently P. A. 330 certified or eligible for P. A. 330 certification.

Please reference this staffing number on all documents: E002-16 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/H/V Mail Resume to: Wayne County Community College District, Attention: Human Resources, 801 W. Fort Street, Detroit, MI 48226 Or e-mail your resumes to: jobs@wcccd.edu

Warren, MI, General Motors Company.

Guide product dvlpmt teams to meet FMVSS, ECE, GCC, China &related global regs related to Outward Visibility (field of view) for drivers’ reqmts &measurement methods to ensure regulatory schemes for future psgr vehicles. Dvlp multi-­ dimensional statistical models, using Minitab, linking customer needs to engrg data &predicting customer satisfaction with variation in multiple engrg dimensions (components &other attributes such as belt height, pillar size &locations/orientation), independently&/or simultaneously. Dvlp &maintain Consumer Reports &JDPower Outward Visibility statistical predictor models. Collaborate with various advanced technology dvlpmt teams to dvlp &implement new technologies related to driver visibility for future products. Master, Mechanical or Automotive Engineering. 6 mos exp as Engineer dvlpg multi-­ dimensional statistical models of Outward Visibility, using Minitab or MATLAB, linking customer needs to engrg data &predicting customer satisfaction with variation in one or multiple engrg dimensions. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, Mail Code 482-­ C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#8220.

Senior Researcher

Warren, MI. General Motors. Conduct research and generate new algorithm concepts for future GM vehicles. Develop, implement and evaluate integrated chassis control, active safety, and automated driving vehicle control systems, using CarSim and MATLAB/Simulink in virtual environment, and using dSpace and CANApe, in actual vehicle. Design robust algorithms to cope with uncertainties (i.e. sudden variation of road condition or un-­ predicated obstacles on the road) in actual vehicle. Study and use control theories such as Model Predictive Control (MPC), Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR), robust control, H-­infinity, back stepping, Sliding Model Control (SMC), and state estimation techniques to devise a general solution, Holistic Vehicle Control (HVC), fitting all possible driving conditions and supporting different configurations of actuators. Apply HVC technology to autonomous driving applications in which multiple actuators are available and fail safe operational control is crucial. Ph.D., Mechanical or Electrical Engrg. 6 mos exp as Researcher or Research Asst Professor, studying &using control theories such as MPC, LQR, &state estimation techniques to devise a general solution, HVC, fitting driving conditions &supporting different configurations of actuators. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-­ Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-­C32-­D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#48296.

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Team Lead General Motors, Detroit, MI. Lead team of 10 mobile, web &backend developers creating urban mobility (UM) apps &systems. Architect backend systems (using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Cassandra, Kafka) to capture vehicle/user data, facilitate vehicle communication, generate virtual keys, send push notifications, generate reports &offer mobile app specific svces. Lead dvlpmt of UM algorithms (using R) to assign fleet vehicles to users, swap vehicles between users &perform ride matching for commuting users. Lead dvlpmt of multi-platform Mobile/Wearable apps for facilitating urban mobility solutions such as Maven. Explore emerging technologies, create Proof of Concepts &set app production guidelines for integration with ecosystem. Master, Computer Science. 36 mos experience as Application Developer, Web Application Developer, Senior Application Developer. Will accept a bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree, in Computer Science, Computer or Electronics Engineering, followed by at least 5 yrs progressive exp in the specialty, in lieu of the required education &exp. Will also accept any equally suitable combination of education, training, &/or exp which would qualify an applicant to perform the job offered. The required exp must include 36 months architecting backend systems (using Java, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Cassandra, Kafka) to capture vehicle &user data, generate virtual keys, offer mobile app specific svces; leading dvlpmt of algorithms based on models such as Dynamic Time Warping &Hidden Markov Models, to recognize users gestures &trigger contextual actions on vehicles; &dvlpmt of multi-platform Mobile/Wearable apps for facilitating urban mobility solutions such as Maven. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, MC:482-C32-D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#530.

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DIRECTOR OF ACCREDITATION AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY School of Education & Human Services

This position will coordinate all aspects of national accreditation, including unit accreditation review, state and national previsits and visits, and managing the analysis and reporting of data. Will promote a culture of data-driven decision making in support of continuous improvement in the School of Education and Human Services. This is envisioned as a limited term position of approximately three years, concluding approximately June 30, 2020. Minimum Qualifications: Earned doctorate in education or an education-related field. Extensive (10+ years) experience may be considered in lieu of doctorate. Demonstrated skill in quantitative and qualitative analyses. Direct experience in CAEP accreditation process; extensive experience with NCATE or TEAC accreditation processes considered. This is a full time, administrative professional with some evening and weekend work required. Salary commensurate with education and experience.

Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements.

First consideration will be given to those who apply

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OBITUARIES

Jean White

Celebrating the life, the legacy, and the love

Russell Street Baptist Church remembers Russell Street Baptist Church members and community supporters celebrated the 17th anniversary of presiding pastor Rev. Dr. Dee Dee M. Coleman at the church located at 8700 Chrysler Dr. Russell Street also celebrated its 100th anniversary having been formed in1916. From left: Tabatha-Ross-Brown (daughter), honoree Pastor Dee Dee Coleman Linda E. Swanson VP/executive director, Swanson Funeral Homes Inc., Quonita Thompson, pastor’s aide president and Rev. Denise Mobley, event chairperson.

Reynard Jermaine Robinson A homegoing service for Reynard Jermaine Robinson was held on Friday, Oct. 28, at Church of Our Father Missionary Baptist with Rev. Burnard Byles officiating. Mr. Robinson made his transition on Oct. 20, 2016.

Reynard Jermaine Robinson was born on Aug. 25, 1973 in Detroit to Ridley and Jeanette Robinson. After graduation from Lutheran East High School, he attended Alabama State University and later a trade school, C.R. England. He was a professional truck driver.

Mr. Robinson, father of four, enjoyed wrestling, football, bowling and pool.

The memory of Reynard Jermaine Robinson is being cherished by his children, Raynal, Rayanna, Reynard Jr. and Rayvon; his mother, Jeanette Robinson; a special friend and partner, Teneka Moody; and many other relatives and friends.

Arrangements were handled

by Swanson Funeral Home.

Interment took place at Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Saint Augustine Cureton Services for Saint Augustine Cureton were held on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Historic Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Jim Holley officiating. Mrs. Cureton passed away on Oct. 21, 2016.

Saint Augustine was born on Feb. 7, 1929 to Loyal Baltimore and Rosa Johnson in Milledgeville, Georgia. She attended public schools in South Carolina and worked for 30 years at Detroit

Memorial Riverview Hospital.

She married Willie Cureton in 1947 and they were blessed with four children, Brenda, Willie, Barbara and Vernessa.

Saint Augustine Cureton’s memory is being cherished by her four children, six grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.

Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Jean White, matriarch of the White/ Smith/Millender family, was born in Detroit on Sept. 30, 1928 to Marie Chandler, the oldest of three siblings (Dolores Norman, Joseph Chandler). She made her transition on Nov. 5, 2016. Mrs. White was educated in the Detroit Public Schools; Trowbridge Elementary, Garfield Jr. High, and Northeastern High and proudly recalled being asked to take over the class when no sub was available at Trowbridge Elementary School. Education was always of major importance to Jean White, who worked part-time to finance her way through Wayne State University where she earned bachelor and master’s degrees in Education and Education Administration. Mrs. White taught English at Boynton Elementary School, Noble Middle School and Northern High School and was a career education specialist at George and Campbell Elementary and Murray-Wright High School. She was also a reading specialist in her 50+ year career and retired as Assistant Principal from

Keidan Elementary.

Mrs. White, a lifelong member of Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, was married 67 years to the late Sylvester “DeBoe” White and they were blessed with three children. The hobbies of Jean White included traveling, playing bridge, reading and watching favorite television programs.

She is remembered as fun-loving person, with a beautiful smile, who enjoyed helping people, especially children.

Cherishing the warm memory of Jean White are her children, Sylvia Joann Elliott, Debra Jean White-Hunt (Bruce Hunt) and Keith Joseph White; twin granddaughters, Danielle Marie and Candice Joanne Elliott, of Atlanta; a niece, June White, of Kansas City; a nephew, Gary Wayne White (Jeanette); a great niece, Malkia White, of St. Louis; Delta Sigma Theta Sorors, and many other relatives and friends. Donations (tax-deductible) may be made to the Detroit-Windsor Dance Academy, “Jean White Scholarship Fund”, 3031 W. Grand Blvd. Ste 350, Detroit, MI 48202.

Theola Alberta Ross Services for Theola Alberta Ross were held on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ with Elder Keith Johnson officiating. Mrs. Ross passed away on Oct. 19, 2016

at Wayne State University.

In 1946, she and Clifton Ross were married. Both were active in the church.

Theola Alberta Ross was born on April 10, 1927 in Mobile, Alabama, the oldest of the three children of Emmanuel and Annie Johnson. When she was very young, the family moved to Detroit. After attending Detroit Public Schools, she studied pharmacy

Cherishing the memory of Theola Alberta Ross are her children, Clifton, Kenneth, Carol Jean, her caregiver Carl, Edwin and Anthony; and many other relatives and friends.

Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Interment took place at Great Lakes National Cemetery.

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A Gospelfeast PRESENTS

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2016 | 4PM UNTIL

AT THE HISTORIC NEW BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Robert Smith, Jr. Host Pastor

8430 C. L. FRANKLIN BLVD. (formerly Linwood)

Presenting:

Pastor Tasha Cobbs

Rev. Dr. William A. Barber II

“Put A Praise On It”

National President, NAACP – Durham, NC

Minister Kurt Carr and Company

Evangelist Audrey DuBois Harris

Democratic Convention Speaker 2016

Bishop Clarence Haddon

Pastor Deitrick Haddon

Rev. Mother

Come out and enjoy this Gospelfeast!!

It will be a good time with great music, dynamic ministry and Soul Food Buffet of the best!!! – Aretha’s special oxtail soup!

Admission is Free. Security. Lighted parking.

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