Teen Talk: Nu Poet Collective “Changes”

 ”Changes” by Aseel Machi.  Her honest poem about change in Lansing primarily due to losses in the auto industry. Pictured is the depressing sight, where mighty factories once stood, while riding down Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.  Photo by Aseel Machi

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Congratulations Willard K. Walker Recipient of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award

 

“It’s not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship”     – a Proverb

 

Former City of Lansing Human Relations and Community Services department director and State of Michigan executive, Willard Walker, is a senior policy consultant at Public Policy Associates (PPA), Incorporated, a national research and development firm.  

 
 

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News Spotlight: Want a Stress Free Life: Just Breathe!!

 What if someone told you to “breathe” your stresses away – would you believe them? There is a very powerful secret to the breath, that can help you achieve the calm, centered mind that most people are looking for.

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News Spotlight: Two Area Law Enforcement Leaders Get Statewide “Crime Fighter Awards”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Michigan – a statewide crime prevention nonprofit organization led by more than 400 of Michigan’s best-known police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and crime survivors – honored two of its members with Fight Crime’s prestigious “Crime Fighter Award”.   Chief Milton L. Scales, Jr., (left) Director, Office of Criminal Investigation, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, and to Chief Martin J. Underhill, (right) Chief of Police, City of Grand Ledge. 

 

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News Spotlight – Michigan Civil Rights Director Dies Unexpectedly

 Michigan Civil Rights Commission Chair Matthew Wesaw comments  regarding the untimely death of Michigan Department of Civil Rights Director Kelvin W. Scott on Saturday, February 20, 2010.

 

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News Spotlight – Granholm, Bing, Ficano Announce Training for Film Industry Jobs Available to Detroit Residents

 

Federal grant supports hands-on education in film production

 

LANSING – Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, and Wayne County Executive Robert A. Ficano today announced that, thanks to a federal grant, Detroit residents can apply for training to work in Michigan’s growing film industry.  The $438,000 U.S. Department of Labor community-based job-training grant will be administered by the Detroit Workforce Development Department (DWDD), a Michigan Works! agency.

 

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me2u – Habit – 9-2

 I do not know what motivated me to start doing it. I do not remember when I started doing it. I feel very strange when I do it. I do not speak on it either. I find the practice rather odd. However, I do see that I am not alone in doing it but I have never spoken with anyone else about my surreptitious activity.

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Haitian-American Family Mourns Loss of Relatives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An earthquake survivor removes debris from a devastated road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on February 2, 2010. The Jan. 12, 2010, 7.0-magnitude earthquake left thousands of Haitians displaced and without access to food, water and vital medical care. Photo by MC2 Todd Frantom

 

 

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TravelMuse: Single Parent Family Vacation Savings Tips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother and daughter spending a day at the beach. 

Photo by: longhorndave, http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidw/. 

 

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PHANTOM The longest-running show on Broadway!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA A MUST SEE!!!

 
Tickets are now on sale online at  www.whartoncenter.com or  by 
calling 1-800-wharton or at the Wharton Center box office.

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