News For, By and About People
The Third Annual Sikh Day festivities brought about 2,000 people to Riverfront Park. The Sikh’s wear saffron orange to represent allegiance to their flag which is also saffron orange. Photo TNCP.
The New Citizens Press will be doing a series of articles on healing, prayer and religion.
Students “fine tune” their poetry, create an artful “book” for it, and perform a poem at a Nu Poet sponsored event at the Reach Studio “café.”
“Turning Words in Works; Dialogue into Deeds”
Lansing, MI — On Saturday, April 21, 2007, The Greater Lansing Area Club of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. (NANBPWC) will celebrate 25 years of service to the Lansing area community. This year’s silver anniversary theme, “Honoring our Past, Celebrating Today & Embracing the Future,” will be reflected through a visual historical presentation during the brunch.
Celebrating Earth Day is becoming more and more popular as gas prices rise and high pollution begins to affect smaller communities. Do your part and conserve. Photo TNCP.
The new leader of Sankofa Shule, Theo Overton, surrounded by students, brings expertise and passion for teaching and reaching
students.
“The strong leadership that Theo brings to the school will help to bring it back to its initial
foundation of academic excellence,” says
Murray Edwards,
Sankofa board president.
Spring Author Series
E. Lynn Harris
FREE tickets are available at these CADL locations:
Main Library and South Lansing. You may also request tickets by calling 517-367-6348. There will be a presentation and book signing at the Lansing Center Ballroom.
Listen & Learn: Students from Shabazz Academy listen intently as Dennis Pace talks about his experiences as a business owner. Pace and Partners employee, Roni Rucker-Waters, who was recently a contributing writer to The Greater Lansing Business Monthly looks on.
Exploring future job opportunities: 26 young men from Shabazz Academy visited businesses in Old Town.
Left: Savon Hicks and Calvin Dennis examine a to scale model of an expansion job at Swanson Design Concepts.
Right: Rick Preuss and Dr. Eugene Cain explain the rules while in Press Pets. Dr. Cain also told the students that Preuss provides the fish for the fish tank at their school. TNCP Photos.
Local community leaders create a network to tackle the issues that plague the community.
Save the Date!!!
What: A Town Hall Forum
When: March 31, 2007- 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Where: Trinity African American Methodist Episcopal Church, 3500 West Holmes Road, Lansing, MI 48911.
Who: There will be a panel of experts to answer your questions. If can not be done there
Everyone is welcome. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of a society that is beyond the color of a person’s skin and not to discriminate based on differences but to embrace them as a part of your learning process.Everyone is invited.
For more information contact Rev. Nathan A. Dixon at 517-525-3110 or Rina Risper at 517-372-8466.
LANSING, MI – In my business, sifting through e-mails can be a chore. When The New Citizens Press received an email entitled: "What do you think?” It investigated the claims made by Attorney Ray Mullins from Ypsilanti, MI.