News For, By and About People
LANSING, MI — Despite the numerous construction projects along the parade route, the African American Parade got underway on Saturday, August 5, 2006, with all the grandeur and good humor as in the past 7 years.
JACKSON, MS — According to Dr. Stephen Jones, parents can save thousands of dollars by mapping out a back to school shoe string budget.
LANSING, MI — The Mexican Consul, Vincente Sanchez-Ventura, will bring his Mobile Consulate Office to Cristo Rey Community Center located at 1717 North High Street on September 9, 2006 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Any Mexican citizen needing to renew a passport, or an ID card (Matriculas Consulares) may apply for one on this date at Cristo Rey Comminty Center.
These students are preparing for their first semester on campus. Raising children is a difficult job a lot of parents say that they cannot wait for their children to fly the coop. But when that time finally comes, some parents find themselves feeling sad, lonely, and even depressed.
Going to college is more than just "going back to school." The departure is a significant milestone in the life of a family and ushers in a time of separation and transition, requiring an adjustment on the part of parents, the college bound youngster, and the whole family.
With great sadness, we are passing on the news that our beloved and enormously gifted poet, teacher and mentor to many, Trinidad Sanchez, Jr., died on Sunday, July 30, 2006 at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio. TX. He was such a loving man, gentle spirit and leader. His words and laughter will live on forever. The poet, activist and teacher must live on in all of us!
Photo by Jesse Herrera, Laredo, TX
LANSING, MI – Sankofa Shule Public School Academy announced Dr. Saleef Kafajouffe as its new Chief School Officer (CSO) on Tuesday, July 25, at Sankofa Shule Public School Academy at 4817 Bristol Road in Lansing. At the news conference, will announce key elements of his vision for the school’s future.
LANSING, MI — As a young girl, Elizabeth Crenshaw, grew up watching the Miss America Pageant, she would imagine herself under the lights of the Atlantic City stage holding the winner’s bouquet.
Customer Willis C. Bradley checks out the tomatoes as he contemplates dinner for the evening. He said that he really loves the concept of being able to buy fruits and vegetables locally and hopes that more people come over to the southside to support the store. TNCP Photo.
LANSING, MI — B&B Southside Produce opened in May of 2006. It is located at 2215 W. Holmes Road on the corner of Pleasant Grove.
On Thursday, July 27, 2006 at a White House ceremony attended by NAACP leadership, members of the Board of Directors, staff and Civil Rights coalition partners, President Bush signed H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 into law.
MSU MUSEUM, EAST LANSING, MICH. – The MSU Museum’s fifth annual Great Lakes Folk Festival is hitting all the right notes with this year’s music program. Klezmer, juke joint swing, Caribbean, Creole, Ugandan and more spectacular sounds and stories will fill the streets of downtown East Lansing for the three-day event, Aug. 11-13, 2006.