Moving Forward: “Why we Still need to talk about Race”
Health and Human Services Building, Rooms 024-025 at 515 N. Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48933
St. Paul’s Joins with LCC to Discuss Why We Still Need to Talk about Race
Tuesday, March 31st: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
“Racialized Structures”
This segment looks at how institutional inequities in the education and criminal justice systems lead to inequities in the lives and opportunities of people of color.
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Tuesday, April 7th: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
“Toward Equity”
This final segment of the series continues the look at education as a central, structural issue that leads to inequitable outcomes for communities of color and is intended to serve as both a conclusion and a call to action.
By Deborah M. Walker
There is a new call to action for dog owners. Environmentalist are asking that you pick up after your dog. The waste is a threat to our waterways, drinking water and our health. If you have a dog, it is not too much work to clean up after them.
Rina Risper, President and Publisher of The New Citizens Press
Top: Tuesday, March 24th and Wednesday, March 25th, 2015, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s Kappa Delta Lambda Chapter (logo shown above) (Lansing Alumni) and Shabazz Public School Academy will host the “REAL MEN READ!” challenge. Shown above: Attorney Richard King, Haywood J. Edwards, Sr. and Dr. Eugene Cain during “Real Men Read” last year
Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk; Yvonne Young McConnell, Senior Analyst, Customer Service Administration, Michigan Department of State; Kyle Dymond, Assistant Administrator, Michigan Department of Treasury and Linda Lee Tarver, Community Affairs Director, Michigan Department of State spent a day helping citizens understand issues surrounding suspended licenses.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Robert Robinson Taylor, believed to have been both the first African-American graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the nation’s first academically trained black architect was inducted into the Postal Service’s Black Heritage Stamp series today as the 38th honoree. His great granddaughter, White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett joined Postmaster General Megan Brennan in dedicating the stamp. 
Left: Turtle Beach Elite 800 Wireless DTS 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Gaming Headset
Jalisa Brown dances in a Happendance Spring Concert.