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Virgie Rollins: What a life

How a true Michigan political power broker made her mark

By Paul Warner

Special to the Michigan Chronicle

The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in downtown Detroit was placed on a day-long lockdown Monday after a man with a gun tried to enter the building.

The man, described as a white male in a suit, left the building before being apprehended and was still at large at press time. Both Larned Street and Jefferson between Woodward and Randolph were closed due to the lockdown.

In an x-ray image made available to the media, what appears to be a gun, described as a 38 caliber, can be seen in what looks like a backpack that was brought into the security screening checkpoint in the Municipal Center. Detroit Police Chief Robert Craig alluded to the image when addressing reporters on the situation Monday afternoon.

“I'm sure by now you have images of the package that was x-rayed that depicts what appears to be a 38 revolver, a short barrel, probably a two-inch .38. We are still looking for a person of interest. We have not located him as of yet,” he said.

Craig mentioned that this may not be an attempted crime, but just a mistake made by a concealed pistol license holder.

“It certainly could have been a concealed pistol license holder who got through security not knowing this is a gun-free zone. That’s why I stressed early in my remarks that this is not an active shooter situation. There are no threats against anyone,” he explained.

Craig also said that there is another situation involving the shutdown that may not be connected to the person of interest.

“I talked a little bit about it earlier, a domestic situation. A person may have run a threat.

But absolutely not sure if it’s connected to this,” he said.

The Municipal Center was evacuated and remained closed all day Monday.

“All elected officials are out of the building, the staff from the mayor’s office have been evacuated,” the chief informed reporters.

He believes the person of interest is out of the building due to a delay in the reporting of the gun at the security checkpoint.

“If I had to guess, he’s probably out. Again, there was a delay in the reporting, so he was probably alerted to the finding and got out,” he said.

The delay in reporting the issue between agencies, from the private security agency that runs the checkpoint to the Detroit Police Department to the Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies, was a subject the chief was concerned about.

“DPD was not notified for at least 45 minutes. The security officer didn’t respond immediately. I’m not certain that when you see an image like that going through an x-ray machine, just like going through the airport, there

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You might think you have stories to tell. You might even think you have met or worked with some pretty important people in your time. Got that picture of you and soand-so on the mantle in the living room above the fireplace, framed just right, so that whoever comes in the house will be sure to see that you know certain people.

“Look, there I am with…”

You need to stop. Just…stop. Because of Virgie Rollins.

Have you ever heard of Virgie Rollins? There’s a good chance you probably haven’t, so don’t feel bad.

She admits to a preference for keeping herself more in the background.

But all those Big Name folks whose names you see in the paper on a regular basis? You’d best believe they know Virgie Rollins. And Virgie Rollins knows them. All of them. Matter of fact, she has their personal cell phone numbers.

All of them.

No, not just the mayor or city council, although they certainly rank high enough on the local scene. But think bigger. For example, take a look at that picture of

Virgie Rollins with her husband, Michael, and President Barack Obama at her Palmer Woods home.

President Barack Obama speaking to a small crowd assembled on her front lawn. And then the one of her “hanging out” with First Lady Michelle Obama on the night that Obama was first elected. Or how

tant to Dr. Ivery and president emeritus of Washtenaw Community College, will facilitate the work of the task force.

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about that photo of her with Muhammad Ali taken in her backyard?

Or the one of President Bill Clinton?

Or Hillary Clinton? Bernie Sanders?

Jimmy Carter? And you might want

A national leadership perspective has been added to the Wayne County Community College District’s forward-looking planning with the creation of the 50th Anniversary Blue Ribbon Leadership Task Force, WCCCD Chancellor Curtis L. Ivery announced recently.

Comprised of nationally-recognized community college leaders, as well as local educational, business and governmental leaders, the task force will review the college’s operations and report their observations to the public. The WCCCD leadership will “open the books” to the task force members, inviting them to do an in-depth review of all District operations including the financial management of the District.

The task force will be asked to report to the public their assessment of WCCCD’s history of

WCCCD Chancellor Curtis L. Ivery clean financial audits, upgraded bond ratings, endorsement of accreditation agencies, investment in needed new programs and services, transformation of the District’s facilities, dramatically increased student enrollment, maintenance of a sustainable ratio of full-time to part-time staff, and the transparency of its financial accounting. Dr. Gunder Myran, a longtime senior consul-

The theme of WCCCD’s 50th anniversary is “Celebrating Our Heritage, Designing Bold Future Pathways.”

“The celebration of our 50th anniversary,” said Chancellor Ivery, “is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the past and also provides a dramatic platform from which to launch a number of bold strategic projects that will shape the future of WCCCD.” The Blue Ribbon Leadership Task Force will play a significant role in designing WCCCD’s future by recommending strategic redesign and improvement projects based on their assessment of current operations.

The 50th Anniversary Blue Ribbon Leadership Task Force is the second such group formed

by Chancellor Ivery. Dr. Ivery recruited the first Blue Ribbon Leadership Task Force in 2002 as WCCCD was beginning its “Pathways to the Future” initiative to transform the District’s

programs, services, facilities, learning and information technologies, and finances.

This task force was also made up of national community college leaders and local leaders. The 2002 task force was charged with providing an independent, objective, and in-depth public assessment of WCCCD’s past, present and future health, particularly as it related to financial and personnel matters.

The 2002 Blue Ribbon Leadership Task Force report contained eight major recommendations which served as guidelines for improving the operations of the college. Those recommendations were: focus on future plans, revitalize the leadership team, create a new image, develop a strong communication/ marketing program, move to a multi-college structure, implement a stronger suburban strategy, place new emphasis on career education, and establish safeguards to assure strict accountability and transparency for financial integrity.

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THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE news Treasurer’s Program to avoid foreclosure, Share your news story reduce interest rates ends June 30 Homeowners at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure due to unpaid property taxes have until June 30 to take part in the Interest Reduction monthly payment agreement offers to reduce interest rates on tax payment plans, according to the Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree.

er agreements that keep them in their homes.

“This year over 63,000 properties started the tax foreclosure process, and the number still at risk is already lower than the number of properties foreclosed upon last year.”

“This is probably a once in a lifetime break,” Sabree said.

“There are new programs that will allow you to avoid foreclosure if you own and live in your home as your primary residence. Should you make the required payments your interest rate, which is currently 18 percent, will be reduced to 6 percent and you will avoid foreclosure,” Sabree said.

“It is a great opportunity for people to reduce interest rates and save money and save their homes, and we would like to get as many people as possible into the Interest Reduction Stipulated Payment Agreement Program.”

He also noted that your home does not need to be at risk of foreclosure to take advantage of this program. If you only owe 2014 and/or 2015 taxes, you can also enter into the lower interest rate payment plans to save money.

In the program, homeowners are eligible to enter into payment plans at a reduced interest rate — 6 percent, compared to the usual 18 percent — and pay back overdue taxes over as long as five years, with a 10 percent down payment. The result is a reasonable monthly payment amount.

“These plans are called Interest Reduction Stipulated Payment Agreements (IRSPA). To qualify for such a plan you must

With this special program deadline approaching, Treasurer Sabree urges homeowners in arrears to contact the Treasurer's office immediately to avoid losing their homes.

The reduced interest plan is available only to those who own their primary residence, and they must provide a deed and a certificate of owner occupancy from the city, Sabree said.

The program comes amid a wave of tax foreclosures in Detroit, with over 20,000 properties still at risk of foreclosure for unpaid 2013 property taxes.

Wayne County officials say many of the properties are vacant houses or empty lots, but almost half are occupied residential properties, either owned by the individuals or families that occupy them, or by tenants.

Sabree’s office says that over 10,000 taxpayers in the owner-occupied homes in this year’s foreclosure process have set up payment plans or oth-

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How Detroit plans to help its young men of color succeed

By Mayor Mike Duggan

Our neighborhood District Managers are working with The Skillman Foundation to roll out reading spaces in up to 100 local barbershops this summer, to keep young people engaged and learning.

I’ve always believed that talent is distributed equally across our country, but what frustrates me is that opportunity hasn't been as evenly distributed. That has been the case in many cities, but it has been particularly true here in Detroit, especially for our young men of color.

Though we have a long way to go to reverse the decades of neglect of our young people of color, we are making progress.

A recent report released by the national Campaign for Black Male Achievement rates Detroit highly in the fight to create more opportunities for African-American men to succeed.

In our city, we’ve recommitted ourselves to making sure that opportunity is being extended to all Detroiters. President Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative is a central part of our strategy to change outcomes for young men of color. In fact, more than 50 leaders from Detroit's civic, corporate and philanthropic communities and I have committed to accept President Obama's challenge.

In its rating of 50 U.S. cities that are addressing the achievement gap, I’m proud to say that Detroit came out on top among them, scoring 95 out of 100.

Behind these statistics are real people, like Terrence Gore.

In April 2014, having just returned from incarceration, Terrence was an unemployed resident of Detroit's struggling Brightmoor neighborhood.

Clearly, a city like Detroit, which is 83 percent African American, can’t succeed unless its young people of color succeed.

One of the ways we are working to live up to the goals of My Brother's Keeper is through our summer youth employment program, Grow Detroit's Young Talent (GDYT). Last year, with the help of our business community and foundations, Detroit provided summer jobs to 5,600 youths ages 14 to 24.

These young men and women had experiences ranging from learning skilled trades while boarding up vacant schools to learning finance, accounting and public policy.

That means 17-year-old Trayvon Stearns was able to take his experience working in the Mayor's Office last summer with him as he began studying business administration at the University of Michigan in the fall. It means that 16-year-old

Mayor Mike Duggan greets Trayvon Stearns, 17, a graduate of the mayor’s Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program. Last year, Trayvon spent his summer working in the Mayor’s Office.

Jasmine Dickens now has contacts, relationships and experience after working last summer in one of Detroit's top law firms as she pursues her dream of becoming a lawyer.

live in poverty in our city.

That’s what summer jobs should be about.

• Only 62 percent of our city's African-American and 55 percent of our Latino young men are graduating from high school.

This year, we are being more ambitious and are very close to our new goal of placing 8,000 Detroit youth into similar summer work experiences.

Here's why the MBK initiative and programs like GDYT are so crucial to our city's success: • About 54 percent of African-American and Hispanic males 24 years old and younger

• Unemployment in Detroit, while down from nearly 20% two years ago to about 11% today, is still the highest in Michigan.

• It’s estimated that only 33 percent of African-American and 28 percent of Latino thirdgrade males were proficient in the reading section of the fall 2013 Michigan Educational Assessment Program test (MEAP).

Of course, there is no greater gateway to success than educa-

tion. Perhaps the most impactful program we have initiated is the Detroit Promise, which provides two years of tuition-free college for graduates of any Detroit high school, whether private, public, or charter.

The Promise also funds programs to ensure student success, such as programs in high school and mentors and coaches on site at the community college campuses.

We’ve also worked with Detroit Public Schools and the Education Achievement Authority to reduce suspensions, expulsions and chronic absenteeism of boys of color by 50 percent, helping to keep them from dropping out.

Under a grant from The Skillman Foundation, Terrence was trained as an asbestos abatement contractor. He was initially hired earning $16 per hour to remove dangerous asbestos from blighted homes that were being demolished in his own neighborhood. He's made the most of his opportunity, and is now making $39.55 per hour supervising others.

Just a few weeks ago, Terrence stood alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson and myself as we announced Detroit’s first Opportunity Fair for minority-owned demolition and home rehab contractors.

There is more work to do in Detroit, but Terrence’s example shows us the impact we can have on our young men of color, and our city, when we help talent meet opportunity.

Detroit launches new Demolition Tracker web map Detroit residents who have been living next to blighted homes now have a powerful new tool that lets them know up to 90 days in advance when vacant houses near them will be torn down.

The city’s new online Demolition Tracker map lists not only the more than 9,500 structures demolished since January 2014, it also includes more than 700 addresses currently under contract for demolition that will come down in the next few months. The map is updated daily as houses are razed and others are placed under contract for demolition.

The new map will let anyone track the nation’s largest demolition program, which has been awarded more than a quarter-billion dollars by the U.S. Treasury Department and Michigan State Housing Development Authority, $130 million in the last two months alone.

In 2014, the city took down 4,000 vacant buildings. This year, the city will take down 5,000 dangerous structures and 6,000 more in 2017.

The Demolition Tracker map, which has been in development for more than a year, can be accessed through the City of Detroit website at www. detroitmi.gov/demolition.

Residents using the Demolition Tracker can simply type in any address in Detroit into the search bar to see what demolitions already have taken place and which houses are under contract for demolition and when they are projected to be knocked down.

The map displays a blue dot for every house that has come down since January 2014. As of today, that number is 9,524.

By clicking any one of those dots, visitors can see the address, actual knock down date, contractor and cost of the demolition.

Every house that is under contract and scheduled for demolition is displayed with an orange dot. As of today, there are 708 shown on the map.

Clicking any one of those dots will display the address, anticipated knockdown date, the contractor selected through the competitive bidding process, and the bid amount for that particular demolition.

As houses are demolished, the dots will change from orange to blue. As more houses are contracted for demolition, new orange dots will be added to the Demolition Tracker.

The new map was met with cheers from longtime residents like Daisy

Wayne County to invest millions in Park Capital Improvement Projects and Programming Wayne County is investing millions this year to enhance its park system, deliver events and educational programming for residents and support improvements to parks managed by local communities that are not a part of the County’s parks system.

Wayne County system.

Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans announced $2.5 million is being invested to repair and enhance parks and other facilities. The improvements ensure residents have enjoyable experiences in the natural environments offered by the Wayne County Parks System. Another $1.25 million is also being allocated to parks and recreational programs managed by cities and townships; that’s above and beyond the funds being spent to support the parks and facilities in the

“We are putting the tax dollars of Wayne County residents to work by investing in one of the most important features in our communities, our parks system,” said Executive Evans.

The total annual budget for the Wayne County Parks System this year is $15.3 million, which is inclusive of costs for operations, educational programming and special events at parks, maintenance equipment, staff, etc.

These repairs and enhancements will help to ensure that the Wayne County Parks system continues to be an asset to the community.

A map of the planned projects can be found at www.waynecounty.com/ CapitalImprovements

Maisonet and Ramon Perez. They live on a tidy block of Navy street in Southwest Detroit, but next to two dangerous vacant houses that have been there for years.

When they found out through the Detroit Demolition Tracker when the houses were scheduled to come down, they were thrilled and immediately started making plans to purchase and landscape the side lots through the city once the demolition is completed.

“I would love to plant some trees, like apples and peaches, so I can give some to my neighbors,” Perez said.

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Virgie Rollins to take a look at that picture of Rollins with Mayor Coleman Young during his first mayoral campaign, which is where she got her start.

“I’ve helped a lot of people get elected from judges to state reps,” she said. But Democratic presidents who want to get the Michigan nod all know they have to come by Rollins’ home as well.

For the past 12 years, Rollins has served as chair of the Democratic National Committee Black Caucus. That alone is pretty impressive, but it doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of Rollins’ remarkable story as one of the most influential and widely respected political operatives in the entire state of Michigan.

“I’m a COGIC (Church of God In Christ) bishop’s daughter. I moved to Detroit (from Benton Harbor) and married a COGIC bishop’s son,” she said.

Virgie and husband Michael have been married 50 years this year. She is the seventh of 16 children. Rollins and her husband have two grown sons, Michael and Martin.

“My father was probably the only African American pastor in Benton Harbor at the time. … So what happened was, I had never seen that many black people in my life (when I moved to Detroit). So I joined the Black Panther Party. In Detroit.”

Rollins said she joined the Black Panthers around 1966-67 when she was living at 1443 West Boston, “two blocks this side of the riots.”

“And so Angela Davis, Huey Newton, and all them come. And so where do they want to meet? At the bishop’s house. At our house. So my husband is working for Chrysler, and he comes home and I just got all into it. And they had all these guns and they were talkin’ about we gotta start shooting and reorganizing. And they were organizing this big rally and H. Rap was gonna be speaking,” she said.

“There are 9 girls and 7 boys in my family. So we all learned how to shoot.

And the Black Panthers were talking about walking down the street with a rifle? I’m getting all into this stuff! ’Cause you know it’s in the blood, and I’m the real McCoy.” To say the least, an interesting beginning. Because when Rollins first moved to Detroit, she was a biological researcher for Whirlpool. But that changed once she became intrigued with politics, soon studying under the wing of political kingmaker Robert Millender and then volunteering to work for John Con­ yers’ campaign. She also spent a lot of time listening and learning as she took notes during the meetings when local politicos, community leaders and black union activists were working hard to get Coleman Young into office. Once Young was elected, Rollins was hired as the mayor’s political strategist and her life would never be the same again.

“How did I get started? Well I got started by volunteering, and then helping Coleman Young. Then he got elected and I went to work for him. That was 15 years, and then I got kinda burned out, because that was full time. I never slept.

Never slept,” she said.

Still, “Coleman Young was the best adventure of my life learning politics.”

Two weeks after she left Mayor Young to “take a break,” Rollins got a call from Gov. Jim Blanchard asking her to come work for him.

One of the lessons was that it wasn’t always easy working for Coleman Young. Another lesson was that, when working for powerful people, it’s important to know who you are and stand your ground. Rollins most definitely knows who — and whose — she is, and if you don’t think she can hold her ground, try pushing her around sometime.

Go ahead. Try. “Let me tell you what happened. Coleman Young endorsed (former Wayne County Executive Ed) McNamara against Bill Lucas. So I helped McNamara get the campaign. Well, by the time McNamara ran again, I was working for the governor. … So when McNamara decided to run the second time, I was all in the paper. Oh man, they dogged me. They were saying, McNamara better win.

“Coleman was mad because he had put McNamara on the Water Board, and he would sit on the Water Board and raise those rates up high. Then he’d go Downriver and act like he didn’t have nothing to do with it, it was all Coleman.

And turned them folks against Coleman.

“So Coleman was running Sam Turner, and I said, ‘Mr. Mayor, I gotta go help this white man because he’s gonna win, and you got to have somebody black over there.’ And he said, ‘I don’t care.’ And I said ‘Bubba can’t win

City Hall is an immediate response. So there was a delay in that and that delay caused the person, the owner of the bag, to move on and get on a elevator and go who knows where,” he said.

Wayne County Sheriff's Chief of Jails and Courts Robert Dunlap stressed that the reporting gap was being looked into.

“There was a delay not just to DPD but to the Wayne County Sheriff's office as well, and as soon as we learned about the threat we went into lockdown mode.

We secured all the judges and got them out of the building safe. So as the chief indicated, the Wayne County Sheriff’s office is also going to be working with the private security and building authority to see what happened and what do we

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Virgie Rollins with President Obama as he speaks to supporters from the front steps of her home in Palmer Woods.

(Young called Sam Turner Bubba according to Rollins). Plus he’s got a white wife. He was a smart man, but he didn’t have a chance against McNamara who had already run before.

“People were mad because I’m helping this white man from Livonia. They were blaming me for everything.”

Rollins, who became McNamara’s political strategist, knew she had to get 27 percent of the Detroit vote to get McNamara elected.

“Lo and behold, we got 29 percent out of Detroit and we won. That saved my tail.”

So Rollins left Gov. Blanchard after an 8-year run, where she had served as assistant director for the Department of Licensing and Regulations, and went on to serve another 8 years as Assistant County Executive under McNamara. Then she went to work as a consultant for President Bill Clinton’s U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, a job she described as “one of the best jobs I ever had” until Brown was killed in a plane crash in Croatia in 1996. Following that tragedy she became a consultant for two other Clinton cabinet members — Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman and Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater.

When President Bill Clinton was first elected, Rollins remembers being in the thick of it all as her first major exposure to national politics. She played an instrumental role in getting Clinton elected.

“So let me tell you what happened.

All the wannabes and the big shot union guys, they endorsed (Senator) Tom Harkin. So I did this reception for Bill Clinton, and nobody wanted to come except for the little people and the precinct delegates. And then Bill Clinton won. OK? And then everybody wanted to be my friend.

“You know they had four (inaugural) balls. We got invited to the entourage.

My whole family got to be in the entourage and got to see all four balls. We got tickets for the swearing in, then got invited to the White House afterwards. Got invited to the parade. Then we stayed over to watch Ron Brown get sworn in.

It was just a great thing.”

Rollins later became the first African American chair of the National Federation of Democratic Women, for which she led two delegations to Taiwan, the first under President Clinton, the second under President Obama, whose wife, incidentally, Rollins introduced at

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Craig acknowledged the collective failure of departments responsible for safety in the building.

“It's not just Wayne County and private security, it’s DPD, Wayne County and private securit,” he said. “We have all got to be on the same sheet of music.

We are in this together, and clearly that was a failure. We are going to take a exhaustive review of this."

UPDATE: The Detroit Free Press reported late Monday evening that Detroit police had found the “person of interest” and determined that he was “no longer relevant to the investigation.” actual suspect has yet to be found.

the the 2012 Democratic National Convention.

These days, Rollins travels to the White House approximately twice a month, mostly to run focus groups on various issues. She is cleared to travel on Air Force One, which she has done a number of times. And she is working hard to make sure Hillary Clinton becomes the next president of the United States, although she admits her early preference was for Bernie Sanders (who was also a recent visitor to her home, as several photos confirm).

“This is Bernie in the living room.

Yeah, Bernie was here.”

Though some higher-ups in the party establishment did not approve of her preference, Rollins has never had a problem putting certain folks in their place.

It’s a useful skill to have when working in politics, especially at that level.

Which means it’s time for another story, this time about 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who apparently did not consider it necessary to contact Rollins during her three campaign visits to Michigan — which she lost to Sanders. Rollins, by the way, remains a non-committed super delegate. She remembers the calls she received from the Clinton camp after Clinton had been here and gone.

“I said, ‘Why are you calling me the day after she’s been here? Your candidate never picked up the phone and dialed to call me.’ So Bernie calls me up and says, ‘Virgie, I will be in town on Monday.’ This is Thursday. ‘Can you put together a meet-and-greet?’ I said sure. I got off the phone and said, ‘What have I just done?’ Because it’s just a few days away. I gotta get a caterer, I gotta call people and all this stuff. Friday I get on the phone. Saturday I got secret service at my door knockin’. Sunday they bring the dogs. Secret Service spent the night at my house.”

Rollins hosted 120 people at her home for Sanders. This was two months ago.

The next week Hillary Clinton herself calls Rollins and asks if she can put an event together. Meanwhile, former Gov. Blanchard and others called Virgie with raised voices, very upset that she had hosted an event for Sanders. “I said ‘Hold up, this ain’t the plantation. OK? We ain’t on the plantation. You ain’t the Lord. You can’t tell me who I’m inviting in my house. Calm down.’”

Bernie Sanders went on to win Michigan in one of the biggest upset victories of the 2016 presidential campaign season.

What matters most to Rollins is that she has been able to use her life to make a difference in the lives of others.

“That’s why I don’t worry about all these folk, because I know when I can make a difference with people, that’s what I’m all about. Making a difference.”

Speaking of making a difference, there’s one more photo…

“This is when I got my papers in the Library of Congress. Conyers came. My papers were put in the Library of Congress this year. Yep. By me being the national president of Democratic Women (emeritus) and the national president of the Democratic National Committee Black Caucus, I got chosen, and every year I can add more papers to it.”

Wayne County to provide free testing on National HIV free testing day Michigan Chronicle Reports

The Wayne County Wellness Services Division will offer free HIV testing and counseling on National HIV Testing Day, June 27. The testing will take place at the Wayne Health Center, 33030 Van Born Rd. in Wayne, and the Hamtramck Health Center, 9021 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Wayne clinic is closed between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. for lunch.

Testing is open to all Wayne County residents on a walk in basis and no appointment is necessary.

National HIV Testing Day is an annual observance dedicated to motivating teens and adults to get tested for HIV and know their status. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV and almost one in eight people are unaware of their infection.

“Regular testing is one of our most powerful tools against HIV/ AIDS, and so is talking about it openly,” said Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans. “Misinformation keeps too many people from getting tested. We need to work together to ensure that Wayne County residents have the knowledge, resources and support necessary to protect their health and the health of others.”

People getting tested can expect a brief screening process, which includes a series of questions to assess your risk level for having contracted HIV. All testing records are kept confidential. Blood is taken from a finger prick and results are provided within 30 minutes. If the test is

positive, a venous blood draw is taken, with the sample sent to the State lab (Wayne) or a private lab (Hamtramck) for confirmation. The Wayne and Hamtramck clinics will follow up with the client on the results of the tests sent to each lab.

“Our goal is to raise awareness of the risk of HIV in addition to eliminating the stigma and the misconceptions about who might be at risk,” said Dr. Mouhanad Hammami, director, Wayne County Department of Health, Veterans and Community Wellness.

“Our department has administered over 1,060 HIV tests since January of 2015. HIV/AIDS is a real threat in our community and we must continue

WCCCD “We believe we have successfully implemented most of the recommendations the 2002 Blue Ribbon Task Force final report. We are very proud of all of our accomplishments and the quality of our current programs and services,” said Dr. Ivery.

“But, as we plan for the future, it is necessary to be prepared for the extremely fast-paced and changing environment in which we operate. I believe the Blue Ribbon Task Force will help us stay ahead of the curve and continue to perform at the highest level of professionalism.”

The advice of the new Blue Ribbon task force will help shape major strategic initiatives such as increasing student success and completion, advancing teaching and learning (faculty, curricular, and pedagogical development), leading community talent and workforce development, reinventing diversity and multiracial

our advocacy and push towards greater access to treatment for all.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that those 13 and older get tested for HIV at least once in their lifetime.

Getting tested for HIV is the only way to find out if you have HIV. Getting tested is the first step to accessing medical care and preventing the spread of the virus. Without medical care, HIV leads to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) and premature death.

For more information please call the Wayne Health Center at ­734-727-7100 or the Hamtramck Health Center at 313-871-1926

From page A-1 democracy initiatives, expanding strategic community partnerships, redesigning data-informed and technology-enabled institutional processes, improving internal policies and practices, and strengthening faculty and staff professional and leadership development.

CORRECTION In an article titled “Violence and mental illness, a combustible mix,” which appeared on A-1 of the June 15 edition of the Michigan Chronicle, it was incorrectly reported that community activist Brenda Hill was the head of the organization Mothers of Murdered Children.

Hill is a member of the organization, but is not the organization’s leader. Andrea Clark is the actual founder and executive director. The Michigan Chronicle regrets the error.

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New Matrix Human Services site now enrolling scholars for a summer of the award winning program at SEED Sowing Empowerment & Economic Development, Inc. (SEED) is gearing up to bring the award winning Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools® Program to the children and families in the Osborn community.

Developing Women of Tomorrow

By Princess Hayes Tuff Cookiez is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide guidance, support and encouragement to young women. Through exposure, education, and character building, Tuff Cookiez will provide young women with the resources, skills and confidence that may be lacking in their communities.

Dorothy Burston, founder of Tuff Cookiez, has always given her assistance to those in need, especially young women. The idea of Tuff Cookiez has been a vision she has had for some time. “I believe it's essential as young women endure challenges in life that they are equipped with the right set of tools to develop a strong sense of who they are and who they desire to be,” said Burston.

Carol Weaver, deputy executive director of Development and Community Outreach for Detroit Public Schools, aware of Burston’s vision, informed her that Cody High School was in dire need of a girls mentoring program. With that being said, Tuff Cookiez was born.

Tuff Cookiez’ first event, “Women of Tomorrow,” was held on Monday, June 6 at Cody High School.

The panel consisted of successful professional women with Detroit roots. The goal of the dialogue and discussion was to motivate and inspire the students of Cody High School with people they could relate to.

She also takes them on social outings. “I have to give a special thanks to Mrs. Nolton, community schools site director at Cody High School for being so welcoming and helpful. She loves what I’m doing for the girls and I appreciate her contribution and involvement with Tuff Cookiez,” Burston said.

The panelists were Aireal Taylor, founder of Kids Cab Transportation Service; Blair Sandlain, CEO of PINK Elephant; Nailah Ellis-Brown, founder and CEO of Ellis Infinity LLC; Royda Urey, CEO of Valiant Public Relations; and Rebekah R. Coleman, attorney and owner of Law Offices Of Rebekah R. Coleman PLLC. The moderator for the event was radio and TV personality Paigion with performances by LaBritney and DMK.

As stated, Burston enjoys working with the young women of Cody High School. However, Tuff Cookiez doesn’t stop there. She plans on mentoring many more young women in the inner city as well as the surrounding area, but she can’t do it alone. She is looking for more innovative women to be a part of the Tuff Cookiez team.

The panelists shared their challenges and inspirations, as well as valuable moments that they’ve experienced on their journey to success.

Burston meets with the girls of Cody High School once or twice a week at lunchtime at the school.

Tuff Cookiez’ mantra is: “I can't love until I love myself. I can’t respect others if I don’t have respect for myself. I can't appreciate your worth if I don't appreciate my worth.”

To learn more about Tuff Cookiez, email tuffcookiez07@gmail. com and follow @Tuff_Cookiez on Twitter.

Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies’ graduating class achieves 100 percent acceptance to post-secondary education With 100 percent of graduates accepted to a two or four year college, university or other accredited post-secondary program and a total of $5,481,456 awarded to continue their educational futures, Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies’ Class of 2016 is the school’s highest achieving graduating class to date.

Members of the HFA: SCS Class of 2016 have been accepted to the College for Creative Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Michigan State University, Grand Valley State University, Howard University, North Carolina A&T University, and many other 2-and 4-year colleges and universities in-and out-ofstate.

“Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies was founded with the express dual purpose of providing students with an intense art and design focused experience and equipping them with the academic, social, and creative problem-solving foundation to thrive in post-secondary education and careers of their choice. We are thrilled to see the impact of our program on our students as they begin the next exciting chapter of their lives,” said Nanette Gill, superintendent of the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies K-12 District.

In addition to meeting all of the academic expectations established by the State of Michigan, HFA: SCS students are required to fulfill two graduation requirements that directly support exploration of and preparation for life after high school.

They must develop and successfully present a comprehensive art and design portfolio to a panel of their instructors and peers, as well as select College for Creative Studies faculty.

Another graduation requirement is the Senior Mastery Process, a signature Henry Ford Academy experience that requires students to complete a 60+ hour internship in a career area in which they are interested, complete a senior thesis based on research and their internship experiences, and publicly present their

research and personal growth findings to an evaluative committee.

The art and design middle/high school was co-developed and opened

by Henry Ford Learning Institute and the College for Creative Studies in 2009 with support from

the Thompson Educational Foundation; this is the school’s fourth graduating class. The HFA: SCS College and Career Transitions Office, created through support from Ford Motor Company Fund, is a resource for all HFA: SCS middle and high

school students and their families, and reinforces the school’s 90/90 commitment for high school graduation and college enrollment.

Learn more at www. hfaelementary.org and www.schoolforcreativestudies.org.

This will be SEED’s second Freedom School site, the first to be held in Detroit. Since SEED became a sponsoring organization in 2009, more than 200 scholars from elementary and middle schools county-wide have participated in the award winning program.

The SEED-CDF Freedom Schools program, will provide another summer of enrichment through a model literacy curriculum that supports children and families through academic enrichment, parental involvement, social action, intergenerational leadership and nutrition and health.

Located at Matrix Human Services, CDF trained college students from Southeastern Michigan and other university campuses across the Country, will teach the kindergarten through 8th grade scholars while working to boost their motivation to read, generate more positive attitudes toward learning, and connect the needs of children and families to the resources of their communities.

“This program is more than a specialty camp with a catchy title, said SEED President Lisa Butler McDougal.

“It’s a place where children

come to develop a new love for learning, where servant leader interns from universities across the country mentor, encourage and teach, and where parents reach new heights in involving themselves in their children’s education and developmental needs.”

At the SEED-CDF Freedom Schools program site children are surrounded by caring adults and college-age young adults (at an intern-tochild classroom ratio of 1:10) who share their enthusiasm for learning and reading, and commit to serving them as authentic mentors.

As part of the Integrated Reading Curriculum, used in Freedom Schools Program sites across the country, children read high quality books and are engaged in learning activities that are appropriate to their developmental needs and interests.

Each day begins with “Harambee!,” a 30-minute self- and group-affirming celebration and preparation for the work ahead.

Throughout the day the children receive two nutritious meals through the Summer Food Service Program and a healthy snack.

The six-week program will run from June 27th through August 5, 2015.

For additional information on the SEEDCDF Freedom Schools Program site, call Doria Barnes at 313-247-8853.

STATE OF MICHIGAN BEFORE THE MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION **** NOTICE OF HEARING FOR THE CUSTOMERS OF DTE GAS COMPANY CASE NO. U-18024 • DTE Gas Company requests Michigan Public Service Commission approval to reconcile its Energy Optimization (EO) plan costs and revenues for 2015.

• The information below describes how a person may participate in this case.

• You may call or write DTE Gas Company, One Energy Plaza, Detroit, Michigan 48226, (800) 477-4747, for a free copy of its application. Any person may review the application at the offices of DTE Gas Company.

W H E N S T R OKE H AP P ENS, MI N U T E S M A T T ER .

In the time you read this, someone in the United States will have died from stroke.

HENRY FORD STROKE CARE On average, one American dies from a stroke every four minutes. While anybody can have a stroke, the risk of having a first stroke is nearly twice as high for African-Americans, who are also more likely to die following a stroke. Immediate care from an expert can help prevent long-term disability or even death.

FORD ACUTE STROKE TREATMENT (FAST) TEAM When treating stroke, no factor is more critical than time. With our FAST team, you’ll find stroke experts in the Henry Ford Hospital emergency room, qualified to connect you to all of the latest stroke treatments. The goal of the FAST team is to assess, triage and make a stroke treatment decision in less than 60 minutes of a patient’s arrival to the emergency room. Henry Ford Hospital is one of only a few certified comprehensive stroke centers in Michigan, equipped to provide advanced stroke care 24/7.

WARNING SIGNS OF STROKE If you think you’re having a stroke, think FAST: • Face: Ask the person to smile. Does one side of the face droop?

• Arm: Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

• Speech: Ask the person to repeat a simple phrase. Does the speech sound slurred or strange?

• Time: If you observe any of these signs, it’s time to call for help. Studies show stroke patients who arrive at the hospital by ambulance receive quicker treatment than those who arrive on their own.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING ANY OF THESE SIGNS, CALL 9-1-1 AND ASK TO GO TO HENRY FORD HOSPITAL. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT HENRYFORD.COM/STROKE.

Henry Ford Hospital

• A public hearing in this matter will be held:

DATE/TIME:

Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.

This hearing will be a prehearing conference to set future hearing dates and decide other procedural matters.

BEFORE:

Administrative Law Judge Dennis W. Mack

LOCATION:

Michigan Public Service Commission 7109 West Saginaw Highway Lansing, Michigan

PARTICIPATION: Any interested person may attend and participate.

The hearing site is accessible, including handicapped parking. Persons needing any accommodation to participate should contact the Commission’s Executive Secretary at (517) 284-8090 in advance to request mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (Commission) will hold a public hearing to consider DTE Gas Company’s (DTE Gas) May 16, 2016 application to reconcile its 2015 EO plan costs and revenues collected for natural gas service. DTE Gas states that under the surcharge in 2015, the Company has calculated a net underrecovery of $10.2 million. DTE Gas is proposing that the cumulative underrecovery be carried forward into 2016, on a customer class basis, and used as beginning balances for the 2016 reconciliation. DTE Gas also seeks Commission approval to collect a performance incentive payment, approval of associated tariffs, and necessary accounting authority.

All documents filed in this case shall be submitted electronically through the Commission’s E-Dockets website at: michigan.gov/mpscedockets.

Requirements and instructions for filing can be found in the User Manual on the E-Dockets help page. Documents may also be submitted, in Word or PDF format, as an attachment to an email sent to: mpscedockets@michigan.gov.

If you require assistance prior to e-filing, contact Commission staff at (517) 284-8090 or by email at: mpscedockets@michigan.gov.

Any person wishing to intervene and become a party to the case shall electronically file a petition to intervene with this Commission by July 5, 2016.

(Interested persons may elect to file using the traditional paper format.) The proof of service shall indicate service upon DTE Gas’ Attorney, Richard P. Middleton, DTE Gas Company, One Energy Plaza, Detroit, Michigan 482261279.

Any person wishing to appear at the hearing to make a statement of position without becoming a party to the case may participate by filing an appearance.

To file an appearance, the individual must attend the hearing and advise the presiding administrative law judge of his or her wish to make a statement of position. All information submitted to the Commission in this matter becomes public information, thus available on the Michigan Public Service Commission’s website, and subject to disclosure. Please do not include information you wish to remain private.

Requests for adjournment must be made pursuant to the Michigan Administrative Hearing System’s Administrative Hearing Rules R 792.10422 and R 792.10432. Requests for further information on adjournment should be directed to (517) 284-8130.

A copy of DTE Gas’ request may be reviewed on the Commission’s website at: michigan.gov/mpscedockets, and at the office of DTE Gas Company. For more information on how to participate in a case, you may contact the Commission at the above address or by telephone at (517) 284-8090.

Jurisdiction is pursuant to 1909 PA 300, as amended, MCL 462.2 et seq.; 1919 PA 419, as amended, MCL 460.54 et seq.; 1939 PA 3, as amended, MCL 460.1 et seq.; 1969 PA 306, as amended, MCL 24.201 et seq.; 1982 PA 304, as amended, MCL 460.6h et seq.; 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1001 et seq.; and the Michigan Administrative Hearing System’s Administrative Hearing Rules, 2015 AC, R 792.10401 et seq.

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Comerica colleagues work side-by-side with local residents to rake and remove shrubbery around the front of the school.

Comerica colleague Tonya Brown (left) joined her daughter Arma and fellow colleague Marvin ­Rushing in putting down and raking topsoil before adding grass seed.

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Comerica colleague Crystal Dennis joins the clean-up efforts by trimming shrubbery near the school’s entrance. Dennis has served on Ross-Hill Academy’s Board of Directors for the past 10 years.

It was a family and community affair at the site of the future Ross-Hill Academy in Detroit on a Saturday in late May. Comerica Bank volunteers joined Ross-Hill faculty, students, parents and residents from the surrounding community to lend a hand in preparing the school’s playground, adjacent community garden and adjoining Calcara Park for elementary students transitioning to the new facility in June.

“The community makeover project is a great example of the work that can be

achieved when local companies get involved and partner with community members,” said Patricia McCann, national civic affairs manager at Comerica Bank who leads Comerica’s volunteer efforts.

To prepare for the students’ arrival, volunteers brought gloves, shovels, trimmers and a dedicated spirit to the project. In a fullday’s work, more than 50 people removed enough brush, weeds and grass to fill a 30yard compost dumpster. The volunteers were also joined by members of the Bailey

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Comerica colleague Samantha Cunningham, with her youngest daughter in tow, sweeps up the last few pieces of mulch laid around the school’s playscape.

A Ross-Hill Academy student throws sticks onto a tarp to be hauled away from the community garden near the school.

Comerica colleagues work together to remove weeds and mulch at Ross-Hill Academy’s playground, making the area safer for students and local children to play. Volunteers laid more than 900 square feet of topsoil and 1,500 square feet of mulch around the playscape.

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Comerica Bank’s Michigan Index flattens as auto production stabilizes Comerica Bank’s Michigan Economic Activity Index declined in March, down 0.7 percentage points to a level of 127.2.

March’s reading is 53 points, or 72 percent, above the index cyclical low of 74.0. The index averaged 124.3 points for all of 2015, seven points above the index average for 2014. February’s index reading was 127.9.

Ross-Hill Academy substitute teacher Wilberto Sobers cuts branches around the tennis court near the school’s playground. Sobers’ youngest son attended Ross-Hill Academy. He says he is grateful his son can serve as an example of successful charter schools in the city of Detroit.

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Park Project, a local organization which has helped maintain the park recently.

“Our Michigan Economic Activity Index dipped slightly in March and remains range bound since late last year. Jobs are still being added to the Michigan economy, but the state’s important manufacturing sector is facing three challenges.

First, demand for manufactured goods from the oil and gas industry has collapsed. Second, the relatively strong dollar and tepid global demand are headwinds for export oriented manufacturing. Third, the auto sector increasingly looks like it Robert A.Dye is at the top of its cycle and will not significantly increase production from here,” said Robert Dye, Chief Economist at Comerica Bank. “Supporting the Michigan Index in March were payroll employment, house prices, auto production and sales tax receipts. Drags in the index in March came from exports, initial claims for unemployment insurance (inverted), housing starts and hotel occupancy.”

“I’ve been banking with Comerica since 1971 and I’m overjoyed to know that Comerica is giving back to the community,” said Dr. Nellie Hawkins Williams, founder of Ross-Hill Academy. “We had so much to do to get our school to where it should be for the students and with Comerica coming out to help us, we’ve achieved nearly 100 percent of what we need on the outside of the building.”

Ross-Hill Academy was started by Dr. Williams as a nursery school in 1971.

“Once parents got involved with us they didn’t want to leave us,” said Dr. Williams.

Kindergarten through 6th grade classes were added over the years with the school earning its charter in 1998 and expanding through the 8th grade.

Detroit resident Lucius Mitchum removes overgrown brush from Calcara Park’s baseball diamond backstop. our children to play,” said Temperance. “If the school is not kept up, it allows people to feel like they can violate it, so by helping to upkeep the space we are helping to protect both the school and our homes.”

While the outside of the building has been rejuvenated, Dr. Williams says there is still much work to be done. The school is renovating the interior wing-by-wing and will continue to transition students to the new building as additional renovations are completed.

Being Part of the Solution

It Takes A Village Temperance, a resident living across the street from Ross-Hill Academy, along with her two children and other kids from the neighborhood, assisted with the makeover project throughout the afternoon. She has encouraged other neighbors to join in similar clean-up efforts over the years.

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Samantha Cunningham, an assistant manager at Comerica Bank, brought her entire family including her husband and their three daughters – the two oldest ages seven and five – to join in the clean-up. Cunningham kept her infant daughter close, carrying her in a baby carrier throughout the day, but that didn’t slow her down from digging into the project. Cunningham says she has her girls get involved with different community projects at least once a month, often bringing them along to Comerica-sponsored volunteer opportunities.

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“My husband and I try to stress com-

munity service with the girls. Volunteering teaches our children the importance of helping others and that the world doesn’t revolve around them,” said Cunningham.

“We can complain about the things that are wrong with our communities, but if no one ever pitches in we can’t make things right.

We hope to teach our children that they can be part of the solution.”

“Our colleagues understand the importance of having a clean and safe green space for children to play, exercise and be active,” said McCann. “We hope this clean-up project is a catalyst for new programming and activity at the playground and park.”

The Michigan Economic Activity Index consists of eight variables, as follows: nonfarm payrolls, exports, hotel occupancy rates, continuing claims for unemployment insurance, housing starts, sales tax revenues, home prices, and auto production. All data are seasonally adjusted, and indexed to a base year of 2008.

Nominal values have been converted to constant dollar values.

Index levels are expressed in terms of three-month moving averages.

Comerica Bank, with more than 200 banking centers in Michigan, is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a financial services company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In addition to Michigan and Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, and Florida, with select businesses operating in several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico.

“I think it’s important to put our face out there and let everyone know that Comerica is a part of the city,” added Cunningham.

For the latest details on Comerica Bank’s volunteer efforts around Detroit, visit www.facebook.com/Comerica.

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Wayne County announces annual free summer food program for children The 32nd annual Wayne County Summer Food Service Program, for children and teenagers through age 18, kicked off June 20 and lasts through Aug. 19. The program provides free nutritious lunches at several sites including parks, apartment complexes and churches in the communities of Bellville, Dearborn, Inkster, Romulus, River Rouge, Riverview, Taylor and Wayne.

The Summer Food Service Program is available in school districts where 50 percent of the children receive free or reduced-price meals during the regular school year.

The cold lunches are served weekdays over a two-hour block during lunch and include a sandwich, fruit, juice and cookie. Exact times vary by site.

“This program allows Wayne County families to stretch their food dollars during these economical-

Sites and times for the Summer Food Service Program Ford Woods Park

Greenfield and Donald Street, Dearborn

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lapeer Park

Salina and Lapeer Rds., Dearborn

11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Morningside Park

Wyoming and Morningside, Dearborn

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Dozier Park

Middlebelt, Inkster

11:10 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.

Hamlin Place Estates

2680 Hamlin Dr., Inkster

11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Inkster DHS Office

26355 Michigan Ave., Inkster

11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

Lemoyne Park

Inkster and Lemoyne Rds., Inkster

11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Operation Refuge

27741 Carlyle, Inkster

Joyland Learning Center

6420 Textile Road, Ypsilanti

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Beachwood Center

421 Beachwood, River Rouge

12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Memorial Park

11051 W. Jefferson, River Rouge

11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

St. Johns AME Church

505 Beachwood, River Rouge

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Riverview Methodist Church

13199 Covin, Riverview

11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Birch Run Co-Op

35477 Garner, Romulus

11:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.

West Village Estates

7040 Shawnee, Romulus

10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Ponds of Taylor

15111 Pond Village, Taylor

12:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Salvation Army

2300 Venoy, Wayne

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Victory Church International

32747 Grand Traverse, Westland

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

ly-challenging times and enables their children to benefit nutritionally by receiving complete, wholesome meals during the summer,” said Warren C. Evans, Wayne County Executive.

In addition, the program provides free meals

for residents through age 26 who are determined to be mentally or physically handicapped by a state or local educational agency, or who participate in public or private non-profit school programs for the handicapped.

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mami, director of the Department of Health, Veterans and Community Wellness, said, “We are extremely pleased to once again support this important program for Wayne County’s young people and residents by providing nutritious meals and

DMBA Foundation’s foster children’s charity to hold gala on June 25 After several years in other venues, on June 25 the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation’s foster children’s charity is returning to Southfield’s Park West Gallery.

The event, In Seventh Heaven, will raise operating funds for the DMBA Foundation’s foster children’s charity, For The Seventh Generation (www.fortheseventhgeneration.org/inseventhheaven).

The gala will include live entertainment; a strolling supper and open beer and wine bar; and a raffle and live and silent auctions with exclusive prizes. The event will take place from 7 to 11 pm.

Attendance costs $125 per person or $200 per couple and can be purchased on site by cash, check, MasterCard or Visa.

“We’ve had a lot of success in other venues, and we’re particularly grateful to the individual who allowed us to hold In Seventh Heaven in her incredible Franklin Village home last year,” said DMBA Foundation and For The Seventh Generation Executive Director Lorraine Weber.

“At the same time, though, the Park West Gallery and the Park West Gallery Foundation have been among our most generous sup-

porters since we started For The Seventh Generation in 2005, and sometimes it’s just nice to bring an event back to its roots.”

Since 2014, For The Seventh Generation has served more than 1,000 foster children and families a year, matching them with donors of necessary goods and services the foster care system doesn’t pay for. Weber’s organization’s work frequently makes makes it possible for foster children to stay with a friend or family member instead of with strangers while in care.

In addition to providing for these urgent needs, For The Seventh Generation also distributes donations ranging from toys and prom dresses to computers to allow foster children to do their homework.

“Michigan’s foster care system provides most of the basics to ensure children survive while in foster care,” Weber said. “But any parent knows that children deserve more than just survival. They deserve to thrive and we’re here to help them do just that.”

While For The Seventh Generation operates very efficiently by using a website to match donors with foster children and families in need – thus significantly reducing the need for staffing and expensive pa-

perwork – the organization’s efforts still require funding.

“This event raises the bulk of our operating expenses,” Weber explained. “These are the dollars we use to do community outreach, and pay the people who staff our Help Closet and do the work involved in making sure that the donations we receive are delivered.”

“We’ve vastly increased the number of children served, and done it on a budget that can only be described in terms of ‘shoestrings.’ This year, we’re hoping to make those shoestrings a little bit longer.”

For more information about For The Seventh Generation, visit the organization’s website at: www. fortheseventhgeneration.org or its Facebook page at www.facebook. com/fortheseventhgeneration.

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After Orlando, drive out hate with light and love

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.

Orlando now will be added to the haunting list — Newtown, Conn., Virginia Tech, San Bernardino, Calif., Charleston, S.C., Aurora, Colo. and more. USA Today provides a graphic of 310 mass killings since 2006 (with four or more dead), the dots tracking across the nation.

Mass killings still shock us.

Somehow we’ve grown accustomed to the daily terror — in Chicago, nearly five times as many people have been shot and killed since the beginning of the year than the 49 that died in OrJesse L. Jackson lando.

Orlando was, as President Obama said, “an act of terror and an act of hate.” The grisly toll was also a product of the easy access to guns, particularly guns made for the military at war.

The killer called 911 in the midst of his rampage to announce his allegiance to the Islamic State, but this came as a surprise to his friends and former wife.

His father said that his son was outraged by the sight of gay men kissing on the street, that he didn’t think that religion “had anything to do with it.” An act of terror and an act of hate.

The human reaction is to want to strike back. Escalate attacks on the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Redouble surveillance and crack down on Muslims at home. Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, went, characteristically, to the most extreme, calling on the president to resign and Hillary Clinton to withdraw because they didn’t use the words “radical Islam,” as if that were a magical chant that would set everything right.

He raised alarms about “thousands” of radical Muslims in the United States, and reiterated his call for banning any Muslim immigration. Hillary Clinton was more tempered, while arguing that we had the capacity to eliminate lone wolf terrorists at home and the Islamic State abroad.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. taught us a different lesson. Faced with the violence and terror unleashed against African-Americans in this country, he called on us to reach out, to love and

not to hate. “Darkness,” he wrote, “cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction.”

This wisdom should not be forgotten now. We would do better to reach out to Muslims in this nation and respect their religion and their rights, rather than to hunt them, to isolate them or to denigrate them. Muslim organizations across the country have issued statements condemning this act of terror.

We should embrace them as part of the American community, engage them in the effort to identify the violent extremists, not treat all Muslims like a threatening stranger.

We would do better to reassess our strategy in the Middle East rather than double down on violence. We have displaced the Taliban in Afghanistan and killed Bin Laden; we’ve overthrown Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Moammar Gadhafi in Libya; we’ve decimated al-Qaida; our allies have carpet bombed Yemen; our drones bomb in seven countries.

Yet the terror spreads, the violence spreads, the chaos spreads. More violence generates more terrorists. Redoubling our efforts can wipe out the Islamic State, but it will surely add to the terrorist ranks at the same time.

Most mass shootings are not political. The victims most often are relatives or friends. Most casualties do not come from “radical Islamic terrorists.” More Americans have been killed by homegrown terrorists motivated by racial or anti-government or anti-gay hatreds than have been killed by those motivated by Islamic extremism.

Gun control cannot end terror, neither the mass shootings like Orlando nor the daily horror as in Chicago. Omar Mateen, the killer in Orlando, was a security guard, apparently with a record clean enough that he was able to buy guns legally.

But surely it is inconceivable that military assault weapons like the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle that he used (and that was also used in Aurora and Newtown and San Bernardino) should be so easily purchased. Reviving the ban on assault weapons that lapsed under President Bush is not a full remedy, but it is simple common sense.

Muhammad Ali: An inspiration forever

By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist

“Where you been, boy?” When I heard those words in June 1966, I knew I was going to have rough time in the U.S. Navy. My immediate reply to that Petty Officer was, “Who are you calling a boy?

I am a man!”

I was 21 years old, already an angry, black man who experienced separate bathrooms, water fountains, restaurants at Greyhound bus stops that had “Coloreds served round back” signs posted on their front doors, and James Clingman having to sit in the balcony of the local theater in Winston-Salem, North Carolina during my two years of high school there.

I was already angry about Medgar Evers, Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney, and Malcolm X. So I knew at that very moment when I was called a “boy” by this southern White guy, I would be a marked man on that ship because of my belligerence and unwillingness to go along to get along.

Ten months later, when Muhammad Ali refused to step forward to be drafted, I took a step up, got on his shoulders and have been there ever since. My view from that perch has given me the spirit, the drive, the commitment, and the dedication to do what I have done for decades now. His example gave me the audacity and temerity to stand before anyone, white, black or otherwise, to state my case and stand my ground. A backbone is much stronger than a wishbone; Ali had backbone, and he passed it on to me without ever knowing it.

Ali and those few athletes who stood with him were giants in a land of cowering, timid, “yessah” men. He was bold, brash, brave, and brutal in his in-yourface assessment of society’s ills. Ali was the personification of dreams, the realization of hopes, and the culmination of victory, with his fists as well as his voice, which could only be silenced by Parkinson’s disease.

His impact on my life has lasted for fifty years, and it will continue until I

die. When they stripped him of his title and took away his right to earn a living, I became even angrier at the government for such a gross injustice. Years later, watching him fight the daily rounds of his real “Fight of the Century,” against such a relentless opponent as Parkinson’s, my commitment to help others grew even stronger.

Now that I am in the fight of my life, against my greatest opponent, ALS, which is similar to Parkinson’s in some ways, I think about Muhammad Ali often. I think about his children, especially his “Little Girl” Laila, in the same vein I think about my daughter, Kiah. And I pray that I will be strong like he was until the end. Ali’s strength made me a better person. I have the courage of my convictions and the fearless sacrificial mindset of that man among men.

In today’s society of “make money without making waves,” prominent athletes should learn from Ali. It was not enough to wear hoodies when Trayvon was killed, not enough to turn shirts inside out and throw them on the basketball court in response to a racist franchise owner, not enough to wear “I Can’t Breathe” t-shirts after Eric Garner was choked to death, not enough to stand in front of the Walmart where John Crawford was killed for checking out a BB Gun, not enough just to voice outrage after Sandra Bland died inside a jail cell despite not committing a crime, and not enough to say, “I haven’t really been on top of this issue,” when twelve year-old Tamir Rice was executed for carrying a toy gun in the “Open Carry” State of Ohio. Empty gestures are temporary and cause no real changes.

It’s easier to speak highly of Muhammad Ali than it is to do what he did. I am proud to say that I did what he did, and will continue. I am reminded of the following quote from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ 2003 article titled “Compa$$ionate Capitali$m”: “Forty years (after his death), it’s easy to quote Malcolm and put him on a postage stamp — now that we’ve killed him.

Martin Luther King Jr. was ultimately abandoned by the civil rights establishment for his stand against poverty and war. Today he has a national holiday, and even conservatives have to honor him — now that he’s no longer here to shame them.

— Martin Luther King III

Things the Republican Party gets totally wrong about race

By Raynard Jackson NNPA News Wire Columnist

While there is no denying that Donald Trump has had a terrible past couple of weeks with his dogged focus on some obscure federal judge in San Diego, I think Trump can right the ship, but he has an extremely narrow window to do so.

I will deal with that in a future commentary.

This controversy with Trump and the judge has revealed yet again how unprepared the Republican Party is, in the 21st century, in Raynard Jackson dealing with the issue of race, especially, relative to the Black community.

I have advised some of the biggest names in politics, business, sports, and entertainment on racial and other career threatening crises. The first thing I have noticed with Republicans dealing with the issue of race is that they deny that whatever happened was racist. Why does this happen? Well, that’s an easy question to answer. Republicans are surrounded by white staffers, who think they know more about the black community than black people do. And I’m speaking from personal experience, as recently as last month.

Memo to Republicans No. 1: Never, I mean never say to the media, “I am not a racist.” That means you are losing the argument. Remember former President Nixon’s famous rejoinder, “I am not a crook?”

Again, for purposes of this commentary, I am not specifically talking about Trump and the judge, but rather the Republican Party in general when it comes to issues that have a racial component.

There are absolutely no blacks in positions of power or influence anywhere within the Republican Party. There are none within the Republican National Committee (RNC), National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), nor any of the presiden-

tial campaigns.

Republicans have all white advisors and consultants trying to advise them on racial matters impacting the black community, and they can’t understand why things keep blowing up in their faces. Duhhhhh!

Memo to Republicans No. 2: Don’t just go out and grab the first black person you see and come back to me and say, “Now we have a black, so please shut up.”

Many black Republicans are whiter than their White counterparts, and this is by design. Many black Republicans have absolutely no connection to the black community, nor any skill set to put them in a position of advising the party on racial matters.

The Republican Party wants blacks around them who they are “comfortable” with, not blacks who will speak their mind and who know what the hell they are talking about.

You have black Republicans being pimped by the media to constantly denounce Donald Trump, because they are media whores who are looking for the proverbial pat on the head from “massa,” but these same black Republicans have laryngitis when it comes to the lack of “real” black staffers, consultants, and advisors within the party.

The party has virtually no black surrogates who can push back in the media against all the black liberals on MSNBC and CNN, so a lie that is repeated enough, becomes the truth.

And to my black Republican friends, I don’t think all of your denunciations of some of Trump’s comments are not legitimate, but where are your voices on other issues that impact the Black community relative to the party?

What have you done to get more black students internships with our congressional members? What have you done to promote legislative solutions to address issues of particular concern to blacks (access to capital for black entrepreneurs, aide to HBCUs, promotion of school choice, etc.)?

And finally, Memo No. 3: To my black Republicans, always remember, when all is said and done, there is more said than done.

Muhammad Ali did not ‘transcend race’

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist

Muhammad Ali was, among other things, a proud black man. He embraced his blackness, and often referred to it.

He is often quoted for saying he had no quarrel with the Vietcong, but less frequently quoted for saying, in the very next sentence, “the Vietcong never called me a nigger.”

Muhammad Ali was unapologetically black. Why, in death, are white folks claiming that he “transcended race”?

White people must think it Julianne Malveaux some kind of compliment to say someone “transcended race.” I consider it an insult. Race is nothing that someone has to overcome, or “rise above.” Race is not an impediment. It is simply a fact. Muhammad Ali is “the greatest,” he was amazing, was an outstanding boxer, he was a humanist and he was a black man. Nothing to transcend. Something just to be.

I have never heard anyone say that a white person “transcended race” because, perhaps, whiteness is not perceived as a handicap, as something to rise above. Whiteness is perceived as the norm, and everything else is perceived as at least somewhat deficient.

This manner of thinking is what allows the likes of Donald Trump to disrespect a judge because his parents were born in Mexico. It is the kind of thinking that allows a judge to sentence a teenaged white Stanford rapist to six months in jail because he would be damaged by jail time.

It is the kind of thinking, indeed, that compelled tens of thousands of people to call for the parents of a black child who fell into a gorilla pen in Cincinnati to be investigated by Child Protective Services. It is plain and simple white privilege that allows a White person to speak of an African American icon as having “transcended race.”

Why not say that Muhammad Ali had “universal appeal”? Why not speak to his humanism and his kindness? Why is it necessary to implicitly put his blackness down, to compliment the man while going negative on his race?

He never went negative. He was essentially, and centrally, a Black man.

He converted to the Nation of Islam when he was in his early twenties and had adhered to that faith for the rest of his life. His friendship with Malcolm X was likely the foundation of his unwillingness to be drafted to fight in Vietnam.

Many African Americans decried his conversion, but he was so firm in it that he fought all the way to the Supreme Court to protest his elimination from professional boxing.

Through it all, Ali was outspoken and defiant. He proclaimed, “I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me.”

White folks kind of got used to him, but they attributed their acquiescence to the fact that Ali had “transcended race.” What he actually did was eluded them — he took no tea for their fever. He was a black man, an unapologetic black man who cared about humanity because to be black is to be human, not to be transcendent.

There is so much of Muhammad Ali’s life that is inspirational. Yes, he was an amazing boxer, and he was also an amazing human being. He stood for what he believed in, regardless of the cost, losing his prime years of boxing, because of his religious beliefs. He did, as he said, “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”

He stung with his fist and with his words. He made us smile, he made us laugh, and he made us inhale with his awesome athleticism. And when he succumbed to Parkinson’s disease, he made us marvel at his grace and dignity.

Whatever we have to say about Muhammad Ali, let’s not say that he “transcended race.” He was a black man. A courageous man. An unapologetically arrogant man. Yes, he had universal appeal, but he was always black.

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Law firm partners with DPS to provide backpacks for students The Mike Morse Law Firm announced a bigger and better partnership with Detroit Public Schools (DPS) to include backpacks filled with school supplies for students from grades K-8. Mike Morse has been working with the Detroit Public Schools Foundation to ensure students are ready for the first day of school.

“Given the hardships many Detroit residents face, it’s important that students have the proper school supplies to begin the year winning,” said Morse. “The disadvantages these students face by going to school without proper supplies can be devastating, affecting their self-worth, self-image, confidence, attitude, behavior and willingness to participate and to learn.”

Last year, the Mike Morse Law Firm provided over 22,000 backpacks full of school supplies to DPS students, grades K-5. The effort met with resounding success, for which the firm garnered a “Spirit of Detroit” award.

“This can be a major game-changer for some students,” said Alycia Meriweather, interim superintendent for De-

troit Public Schools.

“Being able to start the school year with appropriate supplies is a great first step in being well prepared for a successful school year. On behalf of Detroit Public Schools, I want to thank the Mike Morse Law Firm for choosing to invest in our

students in this tangible way so that our K-8 students can start the year with a baseline of school supplies all across the district.”

Approximately 31,500 backpacks will be distributed with supplies this fall. Please watch for

more information by visiting detroitk12.org in August.

“Our goal is to increase every child's chances for academic success by leveling the playing field as much as possible from the outset. Having the proper supplies increas-

es a student's ability to perform,” said Morse.

“It provides dignity and confidence. And showing them there are people out there who care, who have their back on this, is huge to them. We’re glad to do more this year by expanding the number of students we serve.”

The Mike Morse Law Firm is Michigan’s largest personal injury firm, handling cases statewide, with their main office in Southfield. If you or your company would like to help in the school supplies initiative, visit 855MikeWins.com to learn more.

Eastside Community Network’s youth program still going strong Eastside Community Network’s (ECN), formerly the Warren/Conner Development Coalition’s longest running program, Youth on the Edge of Greatness (YOE), turned 30 this year. The program is a substance abuse preventive program licensed through the State of Michigan.

The purpose of YOE is to develop leadership in youth through education, activism and service. Its focus is to involve youth in environmental sustainability through training, projects and entrepreneurship toward developing the knowledge, skills and understanding

Detroit youth need to become effective future leaders within their communities and the city.

YOE is currently getting ready to launch this year’s iteration of its free summer camp for middle school youth.

YOE’s summer program is a daily six-week camp experience where youth leave empowered with skills that are immediately marketable to the larger world.

Components of camp in addition to substance abuse prevention are computer programming, cultural enrichment, self-esteem, college and job preparation and entrepreneur-

ship. This year, the YOE youth will be running a fresh-cut flower business by tending to their gardens and vending at various farmers’ markets throughout the city.

“YOE is a proven program where young people develop new skills and relationships that help propel them on a path to success. The things I learned in the program have directly shaped the way I think about service to our community infinitely. YOE has been the difference in young people becoming leaders in our community versus losing them to the

streets,” said Sharlonda Buckman, CEO of the Detroit Parent Network and YOE alumna.

Buckman graduated from the YOE program when she was a teenager and has a 30-year track record. Another outstanding program participant, Martell Pettaway, is a graduating senior from Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School and is an All American football star signed to West Virginia University.

“YOE has been one of the most influential programs that I’ve ever completed. The program provided me with many

life essential skills that I still use today. The greatest example I have is that it taught me how to be a team player,” said Pettaway.

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity for your child to join the amazing stock of leaders that YOE has produced. Register your child at 313-331-3499 or www.ecn-detroit.org before the YOE summer camp begins on June 27. The program will be held at the old Bellevue Elementary School located at 1501 Canton St. on Detroit’s east side.

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COMERICA IN THE COMMUNITY

Negro Leagues Players honored at Comerica Park Comerica Bank returned as a sponsor of Negro Leagues Weekend at Comerica Park. In addition to recognizing former Negro Leagues players on the field in a pre-game ceremony, representatives from Comerica presented a check to the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP). For almost 40 years DAPCEP has been partnering with universities, training programs, and K through 12 school systems to provide students the best educational experiences in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine in Michigan. The bank’s contribution will be used to support DAPCEP’s efforts to de- Patricia Alexander, vice president and lender in Comerica Bank’s Northwest liver more exciting and inspiring Business Banking group, threw out the first pitch at the Detroit Tigers’ Negro STEM programs to students.

Leagues Weekend tribute game.

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COLLEAGUE SPOTLIGHT

Crystal Michelle Dennis Crystal Michelle Dennis, vice president, banking center manager, for Comerica Bank’s 8 Mile and Gratiot office, started her career with Comerica Bank soon after graduating from Michigan State University in 2001. She has been fascinated with the financial field since her childhood and now she is celebrating her 15-year anniversary with Comerica Bank.

“When I was a little girl, my grandmother and I would walk to the local bank down the street,” said Dennis. “I liked seeing and talking with the bankers as they sat behind their desk in a freshly pressed suit. Those trips stuck with me and because of them, I knew I wanted to become a banker and here I am today, a banker.”

Dennis is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations for the banking center. She recruits new retail and business clients, makes sure the bank is compliant with state and federal law, and continually looks for new ways to motivate and keep her staff happy and productive. Unique to her banking center, Crystal Dennis Dennis implemented Fun Fridays, where every Friday, employees are encouraged to take a break from their daily operations, let loose and take part in a different activity like playing a game, learning a dance like the hustle or even Zumba.

Dennis is dedicated to improving the lives of and serving as a resource to her banking customers and employees.

She is adamant about getting to know each customer on a personal level. She talks with them, listens and looks to her network to provide assistance to her customers for needs outside the services of the banking center, sometimes even suggesting a lawn service or a program to help file taxes.

Comerica Bank representatives Stephanie Mitchell, Janice Tessier, Patricia Alexander and Linda Forte and Michelle Robinson (center left) of the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council met Detroit Tigers legend Willie Horton on Negro Leagues Weekend at the ballpark.

Representatives from Comerica Bank presented a check to the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program before the Negro Leagues tribute game at Comerica Park.

“For the vast majority of customers I work with, I’ve been privileged to start with them and watch them grow,” said Dennis. “I bank their families and their businesses. When they come to the banking center, I know their name and they know mine. Customers really become like family.”

Dennis challenges her employees, gives them the tools needed for success and encourages them to be proac- Crystal Dennis shared her excitetive about their future. ment with her family on graduation

day after earning her master’s in

American Heart Association Heart Walk More than 300 Comerica colleagues participated in the American Heart Association’s 2016 Metro Detroit Heart Walk at West Riverfront Park in downtown Detroit. Comerica was one of the largest fundraising companies, raising more than $40,000 to help fight heart disease and stroke.

Comerica colleagues Muhsinah Sami, Lauren Miller, Michele Stewart, Suhama Jadan, Shanea Fletcher and Kevin Watkins celebrate the opening of their Southfield Town Center office which recently relocated. The new banking center is now located at 2000 Town Center, Suite 140, in Southfield.

Students enjoy behind-the-scenes action at the 2016 Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix Twenty-five thousand fans enjoyed racing action free of charge this year on Comerica Bank Free Prix Day, June 3, at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix. Those fans included almost 100 students from Martin Luther King, Jr. High School and University Prep Math & Science Middle School, who were given an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the paddock and garage and had a chance to meet top IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers such as Ricky and Jordan Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing and Eric Curran and Dane Cameron of the Action Express Racing Corvette teams. Motorsports writers John Oreovicz and Tony DiZinno shared their insights on the racing industry as they guided the students through the paddock, introducing them to drivers, team managers and others in the industry along the way. The students also had a chance to watch some racing action, including the SPEED Energy Stadium Super Truck Series presented by TRAXXAS race, and hear from Grand Prix General Manager Michael Montri before returning to their respective schools.

“My door is always open and I want my em- business administration from Baker ployees to be the most College. successful versions of themselves both personally and professionally,” said Dennis. “I ask them what’s next. Do you want to own a home?

Are you going to pursue management? How can I help get you there?”

Dennis attends Chapel Life Church regularly and with the blessing of Pastor James Jones, she started Angels of Praise, a liturgical dance group that travels around the city and performs at different churches.

Additionally, she serves as the business administrator for the church.

For the past 10 years, Dennis has also served on the Ross-Hill Academy school board helping to make curriculum decisions, provide guidance on finance and staffing, and providing assistance with addressing student issues for the kindergarten through eighth grade school.

Dennis graduated from Renaissance High School and resides in Warren, Michigan with her family.

What are your hobbies outside of work?

“Like most moms and wives, my family is my hobby. I spend my time cheering on my son, Charles Dennis III, during his baseball games.

I’m a dedicated dance mom to my daughter Morgan and do all that I can to support my stepdaughter Niah Mellon and my husband Charles Dennis, Jr. Family is a priority for me, but I do take some time for myself and stay active by taking Zumba classes a few nights a week and try my best to travel to a new place once a quarter.”

What is your greatest personal accomplishment?

“Earning my master’s in business administration from Baker College. It took me 13 years to finish. I took a few classes, got married, had children – life happened, but when I finally graduated, I shared the moment with my family and couldn’t be more proud.”

Drivers Eric Curran and Dane Cameron of Action Express Racing met with students from University Prep Math & Science Middle School during the students’ behind-the-scenes tour of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship paddock at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.

For more information on how Comerica colleagues are giving back to our community, visit

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Driver Jordan Taylor of Wayne Taylor Racing talks to Martin Luther King, Jr. High School students after signing Comerica Bank returned as sponsor of autographs in the team’s garage.

Free Prix Day 2016.

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For Tony Murry and Chef Lisa Grove, business partners in the newly opened Southern Belles’ Bistro, the concept of cooking great authentic southern food, serving it in a great atmosphere, and rendering great service has resulted in a great recipe for success. Since its grand opening on Mother’s Day (May 8), Southern Belles’ Bistro has accommodated a steady flow of happy customers.

Located at 22939 Woodward Ave. (just north of W. 9 Mile Rd.), in Ferndale’s “Sweetheart District of Downtown Ferndale Dining,” Southern Belles’ takes pride in satisfying the palate with original homestyle soul food.

“We wanted to create a dining experience that wasn’t a hole-in-the-wall, or wasn’t serving customers from behind bulletproof glass,” said Murry. “Therefore, the idea was to create something unique and inviting to customers of all ethnicities. That was the mindset for opening Southern Belles’ Bistro.”

Murry said the restaurant has an outstanding breakfast, lunch and dinner menu of authentic tasting southern food that includes, but is not limited to, omelettes, crepes, grits, salmon croquettes, biscuits and gravy. Additionally, there’s made-from-scratch macaroni and cheese and collard greens, along with BBQ, baked chicken, catfish, pork chops, turkey chops, chicken and dumplings, meat loaf and more. For patrons with a sweet tooth, there’s bread pudding, sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie and an assortment of cakes.

Rebuilding Detroit, block by block

By Herb Strather More than any other place, Detroit has the greatest inventory of quality homes at huge discounts.

Almost every block in the city has at least one vacant house. If you couple this with the substantial demand for quality homes, you have the perfect scenario for rebuilding a community and creating great wealth.

The question is, why aren’t “we” restoring our neighborhoods?

We can see that certain areas are booming with new construction, home restorations and good sales, specifically, Midtown, Corktown, East Jefferson and the Woodward Corridor. How about northwest or northeast Detroit?

Neighborhood streets like Steel, Sussex, Forrer or Carlisle, Lakepointe and Somerset are receiving very little attention.

I am the first to admit that the

going can be tough.

The students at Strather Academy have acquired more than 100 houses, and we have restored over 80 percent of them. Some were lost due to vandalism by scrapper thieves and non-paying tenants who feel that they can have landlords over a barrel. The “evict me” and then “suffer the consequences” threat that come with some tenants and squatters have many people not interested in being a landlord or rehabber. This is not hard to rationalize.

Notwithstanding the daunting circumstances we face, we all must play a role in the restoration of our communities.

Being a good neighbor and playing a role could mean keeping an eye on a vacant house, cutting the grass or even cleaning out a vacant structure. We “all” should play a role.

Let’s dig deeper into why we aren’t restoring our neighborhoods. Why are we letting others from all over the world restore

our communities or restated — to eat our lunch at our own kitchen table while we sit back and watch?

I think the top reasons that we tell ourselves are: “I do not know how to find the owners of the vacant houses,” “I do not want to be a landlord,” “I do not want to be ripped off while rehabbing,” “I do not have any cash or credit” and “I don’t know how and where to start.”

All of these are good answers.

However, they are not good enough. If we, as responsible adults, do not rescue our blocks, who will? Dan Gilbert? (Although Dan is doing a super job downtown.) Do we need a savior? What will we say to our children and grandchildren when they ask, “Did you benefit from the great recession? Did you buy any real estate or help bring back the community?”

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Murry, a native Detroiter, acknowledged that eating real good southern food was a major part of his upbringing.

“Pretty much everybody in Detroit grew up eating much of the same kinds of southern prepared foods,” Murry said. “I grew up eating southern food made by my grandfather and grandmother who were from Alabama. I also grew up in a black Baptist church, and you know the type of food that was cooked for special occasions there.”

Grove, also born and raised in Detroit, credited her mother and grandmother

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(from Mississippi) for handing down special and secret recipes and ingredients that helped shape her southern cooking acumen. Grove recalled that many kitchen experiences with her mother and grandmother consisted of watching, listening and doing what they instructed her to do.

“We are the new southern cooking connection that’s offering everybody a taste of authentic southern styled cooking,” said Murry.

Yet, after a while, Grove began to add her own touch of soul to her cooking, something carried on today.

Grove and Murry agreed that leap has landed them in a good spot.

“Business has been very good,” said Murry.

“The Ferndale community, as well as many Detroit communities such as Green Acres, University District and Palmer Woods have come out.

The word is getting out

For more on Southern Belles’ Bistro, call 248.607.3788, or log on to www.southernbellesbistro.com.

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And what are the menu items most in demand?

“People are really asking for and loving our They were asked about making the transition collard greens, yams, mac from cooking with and for and cheese,” Grove said, family to cooking profes- with a huge smile. “And our meat loaf has really sionally for customers.

“The thought that I could do it had been there for a long time,” said Grove. “I first went into medical billing, but found myself coming back to doing a lot of soul food cooking. I was getting excellent feedback about my cooking, and people were always asking me when I was going to open a restaurant. After Tony and I started talking about it, we figured something out and opened on Mother’s Day with a big leap of faith.

it, because everybody is is welcomed.”

“We are happy with the reception that we’ve received.

We have hit the market the way that I thought we would, as far as people coming in and enjoying our comfort food. And it’s been diverse people coming in, and that’s the way we like

“It’s very important for my food to taste a little bit different from everybody else’s food,” Grove said.

“It was important to learn how to best season, but not over season, food and learn to use ingredients to give my food the authentic soul food taste.

I am health conscience in my cooking so I don’t use pork for seasoning.

My food is old fashioned southern food with a twist.”

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been ordered a lot…can’t keep it.”

“Customers are telling us that they also love our chicken and dumplings, ribs and catfish,” said Murry, who interestingly holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Wayne State University and a law degree from

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School.

“Our banana pudding is also getting rave reviews.

My favorite is our crepes, ribs, mac and cheese and greens. Actually everything is good eating!”

Consider this: Many people will live in a tough area, if the block is stable.

It could be unwise to restore a single house on a block that has several vacant houses in need of repair. Recently, I drove down several Holmur streets between Dexter and Grand River. I found one of the blocks so appealing that I circled and drove the block a second

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In addition to Southern Belles’ Bistro sevenday-a-week dine-in ex-

Neighborhood I do not want to see my community continue down this current path and be taken over by investors all over the world.

I will go anywhere and talk to anybody or any organization (with Detroit DNA) that wants to be involved in the redeveloping of “the D” and restoring our pride.

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time. I imagined that I could live on that block, notwithstanding the fact that the block was surrounded by other blocks I would not even consider moving to.

Your measuring stick should be, will a single mom move her family into this house on this block?

Will she feel safe or will she be afraid? I feel a single mom would move on that block on Holmur.

I offer this as evidence you can restore a community block by block.

I imagine from the beauty and stability of that Holmur block that one person recruited others who all joined together and kept the block stabilized through these

turbulent times. Whoever you are, God bless you.

For those interested in finding out more about restoring your block or neighborhood, Strather Academy is hosting a free seminar called “Building Blocks.” Wayne County Treasurer Eric Sabree and other civic leaders will join us on Saturday, June 25, from 1 to 4 pm and Tuesday, June 28, from 6 to 8:30 pm at Tower Center 15400 Grand River at Greenfield.

To register go to www. stratheracademy.com or call 313.444.9691.

Herb Strather is a developer, broker, community philanthropist, educator, financier and author.

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Building on its robust membership of more than 3,600, and a Young Leader membership (professionals younger than 40 years old) approaching 1,000, the half-day conference empowers young talent in metro Detroit by connecting emerging leaders with top regional CEOs.

Ford Blue Oval Scholars making a mark

By Jane Riley This year the Ford Motor Company Fund celebrated the achievements of more than 160 Detroit area high school seniors from 10 schools. The Ford Blue Oval Scholars were selected and awarded a total of $100,000 in scholarships.

Shawn Wilson, the manager of multicultural community engagement for the Ford Motor Company Fund, gave the honorees three valuable pieces of advice to take with them: 1) Passion plus learning equals success 2) Successful people don’t make

• Opening remarks by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan • Joe Mullany, CEO, Detroit Medical Center • Dennis Archer, Jr., president, Archer Corporate Services; CEO, Ignition Media • Jeannine Gant, president ans CEO, Big Brothers/Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit

The program was held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. The emcee for the night was Roop Raj, anchor/ reporter from WBJK, FOX 2. Raj expressed how honored he was to be among the young scholars. “It is important to make sure that we tell the positive stories of great young people in the city of Detroit,” he said.

Juanita Moore, president of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, was also in attendance. She referenced Tupac Shakur’s poem, “The Rose That Grew From Concrete”, to note that “while some of the honorees may have grown from concrete, the Ford Motor Company Fund is their water and fertilizer giving them the ability to continue to grow and succeed.”

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One of last year’s Ford Blue Oval Scholars, James Williams, talked about overcoming obstacles and turning his life around to have a

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Wayne County Community College District’s Forty-Seventh Annual Commencement Ceremony

Dr. Mark S. Schlissel, the 14th President of the University of Michigan, delivered the keynote address for the Wayne County Community College District’s (WCCCD) 47th commencement ceremony at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday, June 4th. More than 1,800 students received degrees and certificates in various disciplines.

“I want to give a very special shout out to Chancellor, Dr. Curtis L. Ivery for his amazing 21 years of leadership of the District and opening the doors to higher education for the people of Wayne County,” Dr. Schlissel went on to say.

“The key to thriving through change is education, and the benefits extend beyond enhancing careers. It enhances life – for you as graduates and everyone you interact with,” Dr. Schlissel told the graduates.

“Education is the gift that keeps on giving. It informs how we interact as citizens, how we vote, and how we approach our greatest challenges.”

Among this year’s graduates was Ms. Ruby Watson Parker, a great-grandmother, received her nursing degree at age 87. Ms. Parker

enrolled at WCCCD in 1969, and remembers her journey here at WCCCD. Also making news was Meranda Sawabini, the mother of quadruplets, who graduated with her nursing degree.

Dr. Curtis L. Ivery who conferred the various degrees and certificates reminded the students that “As we approach our 50th anniversary, education continues to be the key to achieving success.

Our students leave with the assurance that they step forward into this changing society with the knowledge and tools they need to succeed.”

These sentiments were echoed by Dr. Schlissel when he said, “We need college graduates. Twenty-five percent of Michiganders over the age of 25 have some college but no degree. Yet, the Business Leaders for Michigan estimates that by the year 2020, 70 percent of the jobs in Michigan will require education beyond high school level. Think about the problems we face as a society in our state, in our schools and neighborhoods. These problems can best be solved by educated citizens who understand what communities need. Congratulations! You made it!”

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June 22-28, 2016

Beyoncé:

An appreciation of a career beyond imagining

Ruth Pointer, senior member of the Pointer Sisters, has said she has “never been good at hiding the truth,” and that is clearly proven in her fascinating autobiography, “Still So Excited! My Life as a Pointer Sister.”

Ruth Pointer has had a lot of issues in her life, but has it all together now. The book is hard to put down, but I wonder what a former member of the Temptations has to say about the segments about him.

Brace yourself.

“The honeymoon of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Edwards lasted about Ruth Pointer as long as one of our crack highs,” she begins. “Dennis and I had become crack fiends, smoking almost 24/7. Dennis, crack and I were a steady threesome.

“In addition to the obvious side effects — paranoia, psychosis, sensitivity to noise and light, irritability and suppression of appetite — the drug did some serious physical damage.

“I don’t care who you are or what your family background is. Fame is a b---- and can and will take you out unless you’re constantly on guard.”

Today, Ruth Pointer is happy, drug free, and very grateful to the Creator.

SPEAKING of autobiographies loaded with explosive information, Bobby Brown’s “Every Little Step: My Story” has just been published.

Among many other things, he reveals that drugs had made him so delusional that at one time he believed that his wife, Whitney Houston, was trying to kill him!

There was also a secret af- Bobby Brown fair with Janet Jackson. As he rather crudely put it, “We were young, horny and extremely taken with each other.

Nature didn’t need a whole of help to get us in bed.”

Then too — and this comes under the heading of “Too Much Information” — Brown informs us that he had a vasectomy.

ANIKA NONI ROSE, a talented and pretty actress who has been active in movies and television since 1999 — I first saw her in the “Dreamgirls” film in 2006 — has announced a new and unexpected project.

In the development stage is Anika Noni Rose a movie about Shirley Chisholm who in 1968 became the first African American woman to be elected to the U.S. Congress.

Rose will star in and produce the biopic, which might be even more of a challenge due to the fact that there is no physical resemblance.

Chisholm also had the courage to run for president in 1972.

SANTANA, the famed Latin rock band headed by master guitarist Carlos Santana, has reunited — 45 years later!

Well, better late than never.

Interestingly, Carlos Santana, who pursued his solo endeavors as Santana, had the biggest al- Carlos Santana bum and single of his career after the age of 50.

“Supernatural” sold an amazing 15 million copies in the United States alone, featuring “Smooth,” with vocals by Rob Thomas reaching No. 1 on the national charts and remaining there for 12 weeks.

“Supernatural” also featured, among others, Wyclef Jean, Cee Lo Green, Eric Clapton and Lauryn Hill.

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The artist conquers Detroit during her visit, leaving behind no doubt

By Paul Warner Special to the Michigan Chronicle

Now that I'm older, I get a chance to see artists grow from the start of their careers, and follow them through the highs and lows of those careers.

With Beyoncé Knowles, it's been almost all highs.

Last week at Ford Field in downtown Detroit, I got to see her make history. Beyoncé became the only solo African American artist to sell out a US stadium tour. She performed to 42,000 people in an indoor stadium in Detroit, the largest crowd I have ever seen an African American solo artist draw. Prince never toured stadiums, and Michael Jackson only toured stadiums in Europe, not the States.

It's an incredible achievement for any performer, but to see an African American woman play to so many people was emotional. The crowd was probably 70 percent African American women. They paid up to $250 dollars for tickets, and packed the bars and restaurants in downtown Detroit before and after the show.

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It's a feat that any performer would want to pull off, but for a female, and an African American female at that, it's even more extraordinary. In an industry and world where women are warned that it's not if they will be sexually harassed, but when they will be sexually harassed, it's a measurable triumph for the

female spirit.

I first saw her perform with Destiny's Child when they were still considered an R & B act, before they "crossed over." It was a radio show (several pop and R&B acts) back around the turn of the century, at a suburban arena, that didn't sell out. They headlined the bill, and there was enough stage attitude to become a headliner, but honestly I doubt if anyone in the arena that day could see that the lead singer in the group would go on to become one of the biggest solo acts of all time.

The next time I saw Beyoncé was at her first official solo show at an anniversary for one of the big three in a suburb of Detroit. The reason why this is a first-person story is because I can't give an unbiased review of Beyon-

cé due to the fact that she once approved me to work for her as her photographer for her record company during her first solo outing, which included Destiny's Child, and her sister, Solange. I was a stand-in for another photographer friend, who passed the job to me. It was my understanding that after finding out that I worked with Prince that she said, "Well, if he can work for Prince, he can work with me."

With the gig, I got a chance to knock off a professional bucket list item. To work a show in a documentary style, backstage, and in front of the stage, from beginning to end. I was amazed to see that she was running the show herself, and she was only 21 at the time. When her at-the-time boyfriend (and future husband) Jay Z joined her onstage in front

of 65,000 people, it would be one of the first times they performed together in public.

When I arrived in the afternoon to start work, the sexist aspects of women in the music business became a topic of discussion. The fact that the women in Destiny's Child had been the objects of unwanted affection of some of their male opening acts came up, and I mentioned that I had half nieces that were actually older than the women in DC, so I said I would look at them like my play nieces, and I've called Beyoncé my play nice ever since. There is a reason for it.

I have been blessed to work with some of what society considers to be the most physically beautiful women in the world, without dropping any names, and I have stopped telling men about working with these women because in most cases their tone would become sexist and salacious, informing me what they "would do" if they met or worked with said person. I would always have to remind them that that was just their male sex fantasy kicking in, and that type of behavior in the presence of said woman would only lead to their removal from the premises. I have actually seen the removals happen at Fashion Week in NYC. My mother, grandmother, and great grandmother have done too much for me in my life to look at women in that way. So I assured my contact that I would look out for them as play nieces, younger family members to look out for and protect, not try to exploit or harass, which is what happens to many women not just in that business, but in

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PITBULL, Prince Royce, DTE Energy Music Theatre, Aug. 9.

Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

GINA’S Jazz & Soul, Friday-Saturing, ongoing, 17410 E. Warren. For more information, call 313.469.1732.

Drake July 30; S.O.S. Band, Brothers Johnson, Aug. 3; Regina Belle, Gary Taylor, Aug. 10; Will Downing, Lynn Marie, Aug. 17; Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Aug. 27.

For more information, visit cheneparkdetroit.com.

DARYL HALL and JOHN OATES, DTE Energy Music Theatre, July 18. Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

DETROIT Paradise Valley Music Festival Weekend, Hart Plaza, July 15-17, featuring Pieces of a Dream, Howard Hewett, Ronnie Laws,

SNOOP DOGG, Wiz Khalifa, DTE Energy Music Theatre, Aug. 12.

Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

R. KELLY, Joe Louis Arena, Friday, June 24. Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

“KUNTA KINTEH Island: Coming Home Without Shackles,” screening of documentary by Elvin Ross, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Friday, June 24, plus male fashion show and VIP reception. For more information, call 313.282.8131.

Beyoncé the "normal" world also.

To see my play niece come back to the Detroit area in 2013, the 10th anniversary of her first solo show, at the same suburban arena that I first saw her perform, I felt like a proud uncle, watching his play niece put on a state-of-theart arena performance. The video she showed that was dedicated to the city of Detroit literally had several audience members, no doubt lifelong Detroiters, in tears. She has a warm spot in her heart for this city.

From her solo start in a Detroit suburb where she performed in front of 65, 000 people, to last Tuesday at Ford Field in front of 42, 000 paying fans (her first solo show was free of charge), she came full Detroit circle. Just about 50 feet in front of me stood a huge cube, reminiscent of the Borg cube from the science fiction TV series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation." The Borg's mission was to assimilate all life forms they encountered into their collective unit. It was hard not to look at that cube (which absorbed images of Beyoncé and her

DARIUS RUCKER, DTE Energy Music Theatre, Aug. 25. Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

SEAL, Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Aug. 31. For more information, call 248.377.0100.

SINBAD, MGM Grand Detroit, July 1, Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations.

THE WHISPERS, Sound Board at Motor City Casino, July 23. Tickets sold at Ticketmaster locations and MotorCityCasino.com. To charge by phone, call 1.800.745.3000.

1st Annual Golf and Networking Outing Thursday, June 30, 2016 8:00am Registration 9:00am Shotgun Start

Cost: $80.00/pp 1pm Luncheon: Only $30.00 www.100blackmendetroit.org Location: The Woodlands of Van Buren 39670 Ecorse Rd. Wayne, MI 48184 To Register click here Contact: 313.405.9089

From page D-1 family and acted as a stage for dancers and opened up to reveal circus type performers dangling from on high) and not think that the audience was not being assimilated into the Beyoncé collective.

As soon as I saw the cube, which must have been nearly 7 stories tall, that was my first thought; "We are being assimilated. The entire Southeastern Michigan area is being assimilated."

The show was an event, a spectacle. I have seen thousands of bands live, including most of the major acts that can sell out a stadium, and I have never seen anything like the Ford Field show. U2 needs to check the show out.

The cube beats the Pop Mart arch in spades.

During the show, Beyoncé mentioned the trip she took with her family earlier in the day to the Motown museum and remarked that the people in Detroit have been privileged to have been witness to so much great talent.

Indeed they are.

Reflections

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ing up with a bit of a complex because all four of her sisters — Traci, Towanda, Trina and Tamar — are tall and she is not.

“I do have height envy,” she said with a chuckle. “I’m 5’1” and my sisters are giants.”

Oprah Winfrey always has something new going on. Next up is a cookbook titled “Food, Health and Happiness,” subtitled “‘On Point’ Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life.” She collaborated on the recipes with several respected chefs to make “healthier versions of my favorite meals.”

No doubt that either on television or YouTube you saw that horrible violence that took place at Chene Park during a recent rap concert. Chene Park Amphitheater had established itself as a classy venue, so it was a huge mistake to add gangsta rap shows to the schedule. “Artists” of that type are famous for attracting hoodlums who arrive planning to fight.

BETCHA DIDN’T KNOW…that in their early years the Dramatics had a single titled “Inky Dinky Wang Dang Doo.” (That title alone was enough to prevent it from becoming a big hit!)

MEMORIES: “I Was Made to Love Her” (Stevie Wonder), “It’s Your Thing” (the Isley Brothers), “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” (Daryl Hall & John Oates), “Dancing Machine” (the Jackson 5),

Oprah Winfrey “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” (Nina Simone), “Walk Away From Love” (David Ruffin), “Do You Love What You Feel?”

(Rufus featuring Chaka Khan), “Maybe” (the Chantels), “Turn Your Love Around” (George Benson), “Special Lady” (Ray, Goodman & Brown).

BLESSINGS to Willie Williams, Donnie Simpson, Luther Keith, Walter Bridgforth, Jr., Georgella Muirhead, Bob Berg, Fannie Tyler, Katherine Adams, Sherrie Farrell and Stefanie White.

WORDS OF THE WEEK, from Lenny Kravitz: “People see my photos and think I labor over my image, but I’m just having fun with it.”

Let the music play!

Steve Holsey can be reached at svh517@aol.com and PO Box 02843, Detroit, MI 48202.

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Arts Academy in the Woods is accepting applications for certified teachers in all subject areas. Please visit the Academy’s website at artsacad.net to view current openings.

We currently have an opening for a High School Guidance Counselor to begin in February of 2016. We anticipate an opening for a High School Art Teacher who can specialize in Multimedia and Digital Art. This position will be available beginning in August of 2016.

AAW is a fine and performing arts public, charter high school serving students from Macomb, Wayne and Oakland counties. Our students complete the Michigan Merit Curriculum while majoring in one or more art areas: dance, vocal music, instrumental music, multimedia art, 2D and 3D visual art, creative writing, and acting. We are a small, close-knit community, and we serve a diverse group of 300350 students and 20-30 teachers. Our community prides itself on its diversity; 60% of our students are white, 35% are African American, 33% are economically disadvantaged, 33% of our students are male.

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June 1st thru July 4th Fireworks Safety Month PUBLIC NOTICE DETROIT EMPLOYMENT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION A Michigan Works! Agency, in cooperation with the Mayor’s Workforce Development Board REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOOD ASSISTANCE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (FAE&T) THIRD PARTY PARTNER PROGRAM SERVICE PROVIDERS THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT The Mayor’s Workforce Development Board (MWDB) is directly responsible and accountable to the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) for the planning and oversight of all workforce training and services in the workforce development area. DESC, a Michigan Works! Agency, is seeking proposals from qualified organizations currently providing employment and training services to individuals who are recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (as distinct from TANF). The US Department of Agriculture, which operates the SNAP program, can reimburse a portion of non-federal resources used, by approved providers, to offer such services to SNAP recipients.

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CUSTODIAN II/HOUSING OAKLAND CENTER AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Oakland Center

Minimum Qualifications: Perform cleaning activities and maintain assigned areas in the residential housing building and the Oakland Center. Two years prior custodial experience, preferably in a university environment/ residential setting. High school graduation or an equivalent combination of education and experience, ability to use and/or mix various cleaning chemicals, perform physically active work, requires frequent lifting, may work in various weather conditions with extremes heat & cold, also may require a MI driver’s license acceptable to the University’s insurance carrier. Salary is $12.11 per hour to start, $12.36 per hour after 90 days. 2nd Shift - Full time position working: TuesdaySaturday: 2:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. – See online posting for additional position requirements.

Must apply online to each position for consideration at: https://jobs.oakland.edu.

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POLICE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Police Department

Under the general supervision of the Police Information Technology Director, supports the research, technology, and computer programming functions of the Police Department. Minimum Qualifications: Associate’s degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, criminal justice, information technology, two years’ experience in a computing operating systems environment, or any equivalent combination of education and experience. Refer to online posting for additional position requirements. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

First consideration will be given to those who apply by June 30, 2016.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu Senior Treasury Analyst General Motors Company, Detroit, MI. Evaluate commodities &currency risks, incldg hyperinflation &devaluations, analyze balance sheet, net income &cash flow statements. Negotiate International Swaps &Derivatives Association Master Agreements with banks to purchase complex derivative options such as lowdelta options. Buy &sell futures &complex derivative low-delta options to hedge currency &commodity risk exposure.

Review current hedging strategies &perform back-test analysis of currency &commodity risk &derivative assets in volatile market yrs such as recessions.

Prepare quarterly cash flow forecasts.

Master, Business Administration. 12 mos exp as Senior Analyst evaluating commodities &currency risks, incldg hyperinflation &devaluations, analyzing balance sheet, net income &cash flow statements, &buying &selling futures &complex derivative low-delta options to hedge mfg client’s currency &commodity risk exposure. Mail resume to Alicia ScottWears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, Mail Code 482-C32D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#555.

Senior Treasury Analyst General Motors Company, Detroit, MI. Formulate &recommend Risk Mgmt &Investment Policies &Procedures &Delegation of Authority protocols.

Evaluate &consult public, pvt &internal clients in global markets &dvlp computerbased financial models to calculate marketby-market capital &investment risk assessments &generate financial risk mgmt &mitigation techniques &strategies.

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ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Athletics Department

Campaign & Stewardship

This position will develop and manage the strategic plan for Oakland University’s comprehensive campaign, which includes a well-coordinated multi-channel fundraising and engagement program that identifies, cultivates, and solicits philanthropic support to advance University priorities and programs.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum 5 years’ experience in fundraising. Demonstrated success in raising gifts of $25,000 and above. This is a full time, administrative professional position, with evening and weekend hours required.

Compensation commensurate with education and experience. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements.

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AUTOCAD/ TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Facilities Management

This position will support facilities management for electronic and paper record keeping of projects construction drawings, asbuilt drawings, topographic surveys, utility record drawings, campus utility maps, building maps and parking spaces maps.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or an Associate’s degree in architectural or engineering or an equivalent verified combination of education and experience with building related architectural and engineering systems. Minimum 3 years’ experience of producing drawings for architecture and engineering related with facilities using AutoCAD & Revit software. This is a full time, administrative professional position, with a salary up to the mid $30s. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements. Compensation commensurate with education and experience.

First consideration will be given to those who apply by June 28, 2016.

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

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SYSTEM SUPPORT SPECIALIST U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan - Systems Support Specialist Vacancy Announcement at http://www.mied.uscourts.gov.

Located in Detroit, the employee provides technical and end user support for Court applications.

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eCOMMERCE AND COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Student Business Services

Manage the MarketPlace system and departmental requests through oversight/ creation, development, testing, training, implantation, data audits and analysis.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. One year business systems management experience. Strong computer and database skills. This is a full time position. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements. Salary up to the high $40s, commensurate with education and experience. First consideration will be given to those who apply by June 28, 2016.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu Design Quality Execution Lead Warren, MI, General Motors Company.

Formulate, create &design math &virtual models supporting physical models of full vehicle exteriors to validate parts interface of psgr vehicle Class A surfaces, secondary surfaces &flanges.

Strategize &work with fabricators to produce physical models to validate math model proposals using UG/NX &TcVismockup. Improve mfg engrg sheet metal processes (stamping, hemming &welding) &general assy. Improve injection mold processes &plastics. Bachelor, Industrial Design, Engineering or Mathematics. 12 mos exp as Automotive Designer or Manufacturing Specialist creating &designing math &virtual models supporting physical models of full vehicle exteriors to validate parts interface of full exteriors incldg psgr vehicle Class A surfaces, secondary surfaces &flanges, &working with fabricators to produce physical models to validate math model proposals using UG/NX &TcVismockup. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, Mail Code 482-C32-D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#54549 Senior'Safety'Performance'Engineer' !

Warren,!MI.!General!Motors!Company.!Assure! that!psgr!vehicles!meet!and/or!exceed!FMVSS! 201U!Occupant!Protection!in!Interior!Impact!G! Upper!Portion!standards,!incldg,!but!not!limited!to! reqmts!for!vehicle!upper!int!cmpts,!incldg,!but!not! limited!to!pillars,!side!rails,!roof!headers!&the! roof,!&upper!interior!head!protection!criteria.!Use! LSGDyna,!Primer!&Animator!to!perform,!evaluate! &assure!strict!compliance!with!201U!in!prototype! &production!vehicles!in!lab,!identifying!target! points!(AP1,!URBP,!URFC),!setting!location!of! free!motion!head,!&launch!test!&measure! accelerations,!calculate!“head!injury!criteria”!

(HICd),!change!vehicle!desg!&content!to!assure! proper!countermeasures!are!added!(such!as! energy!absorbing!materials),!optimize!vehicle! content!based!on!CAE!models!&dvlpmt!tests,! &create/sign!off!on!NHTSA!Safety!Compliance!

Reports.!Bachelor,!Mechanical!or!

Aerospace/Aeronautical!Engineering.!2!yrs!exp! as!Safety!Performance!Engineer!or!CAE!Safety!

Engineer!in!job!offered.!Mail!resume!to!Alicia!

ScottGWears,!GM!Global!Mobility,!300!

Renaissance!Center,!Mail!Code!482GC32GD44,!

Detroit,!MI!48265,!Ref#23349.

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This position will be responsible for assisting in the administration of a sound program of athletic injury/illness evaluation and immediate care of injury/illness, the rehabilitation and reconditioning of injuries/ illnesses and the administration of this healthcare system. Minimum qualifications require a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Board of Certification, (BOC) Certified Athletic credentials. Possession of Certified Athletic Trainer credentials. Perform all jobs duties in a manner consistent with NCAA, conference and University rules, regulations, ordinances, policies, procedures and guidelines. This is a full time position with evenings and weekends required. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements.

Compensation commensurate with education and experience. First consideration will be given to those who apply by June 27, 2016.

Must apply on line to: https://jobs.oakland.edu Component Validation Engineer General Motors Company, Warren, MI. Design, dvlp &test Hardware in loop (HIL) architecture using MATLAB, Simulink, &C/C++, lead Design (DV) &Product Validation (PV) &review &evaluate electrical, app soft (diagnostics &serial data communication soft) &vehicle cybersecurity (secure programming, secure unlock, secure diagnostics &controller hardening) validation results of External Object Calculation (EOCM) electronic control unit (ECU), Short Range Radar (SRR) ECU, &ADAS Map (AMM) ECU, according to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), ISO 16750, ISO 20653, USCAR-25, IEC 60068, ISO 14229 UDS safety, reliability &CAN standards.

Lead feature specific soft validation &testing of all active safety features such as Lane Keep Assist, Pedestrian Collision Mitigation, Collision Imminent Braking, Side Blind Zone Alert &Rear Cross Traffic Alert, that are validated on Bench/Vehicle.

Bachelor, Electrical Engineering. 12 mos exp as Engineer dvlping &testing HIL architecture using MATLAB, Simulink, &C/C++, lead DV &PV &reviewing &evaluating electrical, application soft (diagnostics &serial data communication soft) &vehicle cybersecurity (secure programming, secure unlock, secure diagnostics &controller hardening) validation results of vehicle ECU, according to EMC, USCAR-25/IEC/ISO 14229 UDS safety, reliability &CAN standards. Mail resume to Alicia Scott-Wears, GM Global Mobility, 300 Renaissance Center, Mail Code 482-C32-D44, Detroit, MI 48265, Ref#38936.

TEACHER, 10 MONTHS AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Lowry Center for Early Childhood

This position will plan and implement a developmentally appropriate curriculum within the guidelines and philosophy of Oakland University’s School of Education. Minimum qualifications require a Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development; Early Childhood Education; or closely related field or equivalent combination of education and experience. Minimum of one year experience working with children under six in a high quality early learning setting; preferably NAEYC accredited. This is a parttime, individual contract position, working 20-25 hours per week, 10 months per year. Refer to online posting for additional qualifications and requirements. Salary is $14.00 per hour, commensurate with education and experience.

First consideration will be given to those who apply by June 27, 2016.

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

ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT ACADEMIC HUMAN RESOURCES AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY Academic Affairs

Provide leadership for all academic personnel administration. Provide strategic planning and advice to the Provost and university administrators on all matters relating to academic personnel. Advises the Provost, deans, academic administrators, department chairs and other university administrators on the faculty agreement. The AVP serves as the grievance officer, primary liaison to the faculty union and is the University’s representative on joint labor/management committees with the faculty. See on line positing for additional position requirements. Minimum Qualifications: Master’s Degree and 5 years of progressive administrative experience in human resources administration, labor and employee relations and contract negotiations, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Demonstrated experience in analysis, negotiation and problem resolution.

Experience or knowledge of compensation strategies and professional development.

Salary commensurate with education and experience. First consideration will be given to those who apply by June 30, 2016.

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

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OBITUARIES Anita was educated in the Detroit Public School System, attending Miller High School where she enjoyed the spirit of the school’s environment to the point of inspiration and motivation to higher education. While still raising her children and volunteering as a parent helper at their schools, den mother for the boy scouts and helping with community and church programs, Anita returned to college.

She attended the University of Detroit where she graduated with honors, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education. Anita worked as a Certified Special Education Teacher with the Detroit Public School District for over 30 years.

After retirement, Anita found much enjoyment in her family, most honorably being a grandmother to many. After a long illness, Anita made her transition peacefully at home surrounded by her loved ones.

AnitA Jones MAson Standing from left: Jasmine Johnson, Kierra Tarrance, Quartesia Fields, Marcia Davis and Lavina Gordon. Seated from left: Ms. Pamela Latimore, national treasurer; Dr. Bridget Leonard, Ways and Means Committee chair; Dr. Nutrena Tate, Middlewest regional director; Mrs. Sharon Burnett, president, Lambda Chi Chapter; and Mrs. Sheri Mixon-Kemp, Scholarship Committee chair.

Scholarship and Awards Luncheon On Saturday May 14, Lambda Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., a professional nursing organization, hosted its annual Scholarship and Awards for Excellence Luncheon at the Club Venetian Banquet Center in Madison Heights. The theme this year was Kentucky Derby.

Five nursing students from multiple local colleges and universities were awarded the Aliene C. Ewell Scholarship. The scholarships were granted in various

amounts to each student to assist with the cost of their nursing education. One student, Lavina Gordon, was also awarded the Sarah Campbell Vaughn Scholarship. Additionally, Kierra Tarrance had been awarded a Middlewest Regional scholarship and Jasmine Johnson had been awarded a Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. national scholarship. The students (standing), are pictured with members of Lambda Chi the local chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.

Pastors, you can still help

Wayne County Executive Warren C. Evans and the First Ladies of Wayne County held a brunch at Greater Grace Temple to kick off the Bringing Justice Initiative, a campaign to raise $50,000 for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s Sexual Assault Kit Task Force to test, investigate and prosecute the untested rape kits found in 2009.

Women representing metro Detroit faith institutions attended to pledge their support to the Bringing Justice Initiative would target 100 faith institutions from across Southeast Michigan by encouraging each faith institution to donate at least $500 and asking others to join them.

They are reaching out to faith leaders and their congregations to support these women who have been assaulted

and have yet to receive the justice they deserve.

If you would like to support the Bringing Justice Initiative, there are two ways for you or your church to make a donation.

Donate online by visiting http:www. aa490challenge.org, click Donate, then go to the Bringing Justice Initiative link.

Submit a check or money order made out to The Michigan Women’s Foundation with Bringing Justice Initiative in the memo section.

Checks can be mailed or delivered to the Wayne County Executive Office, Guardian Building, 31st Floor, 500 Griswold St., Detroit, MI 48226 c/o Rev. Greg Roberts.

Anita Dorothy was born in Cookeville, TN on May 11, 1933. She was an only child to her parents, the late Scott and Mildred Harris. The family moved to Detroit when Anita was oneyear old. Anita continued to reside in Detroit throughout the duration of her life. Anita, gentle as a giant, peaceful as a dove, a heart filled with so much love, accepted Christ at an early age. Anita was also a social butterfly, loved to dance and enjoyed good food and friends.

She met and married the late Charles “Charlie” Jones and to their union three children were born. After a time of estrangement, Anita met the late John W. Mason, Jr. Together they shared the enjoyment of the different cultural arts as well as sewing. To the union of Anita and John, four children were born.

She leaves to cherish her memories: Children Vallie “Vanae” Jones, Debra Jones Christopher (Nathaniel), Charles “Chuck” Jones, Troy Mason, Lance “Wes” Mason (Gail), Harlan Mason (who preceded her in death), and Sahiem Mason; Grandchildren: Lanay Harris Brown (Kenneth), Shanan “Lamar” Harris Lavall Harris, Tyna Logan, Joyce Alfred Christopher, Michael Christopher, Latrice Jones, Makarra Mason-McKay, Brandon Celestine, Dexter Mason, Scott Mason and Nickolas Mason; Great grandchildren: Lamar “Mooka,” Fred, Marshayla, Josiah, Malachi and her friends at the Eastside Elderly Apartment as well as a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were entrusted to Clora’s Funeral Home. Interment was at Gethsemane Cemetery.

Dorothy Lee Kaigler Services for Dorothy Lee Kaigler were held on Saturday, June 11, at Fellowship Chapel with Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony officiating.

Mrs. Kaigler passed away on June 6, 2016.

Dorothy Lee Kaigler was born on May 15, 1923 in Macon, Georgia to Magnolia Gilbert Ribbron and Mack D. Ribbron. She married Charlie Wesley Kaigler and they remained married for 53 years, until his passing. She raised nine children.

Mrs. Kaigler had numerous jobs in her lifetime, but the most rewarding was working as an oral surgery

dental assistant in the offices of Dr. Robert E.L. Perkins and Dr. Darnell Kaigler Sr. She was active in the church and was a member of the Eastern Star, Baulah Chapter, No. 57.

Cherishing the memory of Dorothy Lee Kaigler are her children, Charles Jr., Darnell Sr., Felicia, Leonard, Francine and Debra; sisters, Celestine Mason, Daisy Edwards, Mildred Jackson and Mary Flewellyn; and many other relatives and friends.

Swanson Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Interment took place at Mt. Hope Memorial Gardens.

ARETHA’S CELEBRATION AT NEW BETHEL

IN HONOR OF THE RENAMING OF LINWOOD AVE. TO

C.L. FRANKLIN BLVD. 8430 C.L. FRANKLIN BLVD. (at Philadelphia)

FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 2016 2 PM TO 5 PM GUEST ARTISTS:

■ ARETHA FRANKLIN ■ YOLANDA ADAMS ■ REV. ROBERT SMITH ■ BRENDA CORBETT ■ EDDIE FRANKLIN ■ MILLIE SCOTT

Yolanda Adams

GUEST SPEAKERS:

■ REV. DONALD PARSONS ■ REV. JESSE JACKSON ■ REV. JIM HOLLEY — INVOCATION REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. Canapés, hors d’oeuvres and “the best fried chicken you ever tasted.”

Lighted, secured parking.

REV. ROBERT SMITH/HOST PASTOR

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Ebenezer AME marks 145 years … and counting Ebenezer AME Church in Detroit recently celebrated a landmark event in the church’s storied history — it’s 145th anniversary. To mark the auspicious occasion for 145 years of service to God, community, and Detroit, church officials and members celebrated with a stylish soirée held at the elegant St. Regis Hotel on West Grand Blvd. in the heart of the city.