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Domestic violence is a problem in virtually all countries, cultures, classes and income groups. It is a complex and multifaceted problem with individual solutions that are different for all who have been impacted by it. Photo by istockphoto
Left: Reverend Larry Woods and Michigan State University student, James Bosko, chat at the West Acres Student Lounge. Photo by Bob Chaphalkar
Top Left to Right: Charles James, Miller Mendenhall, James Jones, Jay Johnson, Nathaniel McGhee and Henry Rogers
Below Left to Right: Johnnie Risper, Dennis Johnson and Joe Lane
The Josephine Brown Women’s Missionary Society Observes Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October
It’s time to head back to school for many students and your local Better Business Bureau is warning consumers against online programs that offer fast and easy high school diplomas or college degrees.
Students paid for Jefferson High School’s online test for a high school diploma but they didn’t receive valid credentials.
Left: Former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Freddie Scott was once in action and focused on the endzone. He is now focused on the fight for early detection of prostate cancer. He recently spoke at New Hope Church of God In Christ in Lansing.
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Plaxico Burress, the former New York Giants wide receiver who accidentally shot himself in the leg at a nightclub last year, was sentenced September 22, 2009 to two years in prison on various gun charges.
Dr. Henrie M. Treadwell (left) recently spoke in Lansing at an event entitled “A Roadmap to Eliminating Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities in Michigan”.
Halloween with the Horses Sierra Rose Farms Healing Hearts with Horses
Sierra Rose Farm’s Christine Smith and Lee Ann Hull with their miniature horses. Healing Hearts With Horses Foundation offers programs for those with specialized needs. at State of Our Health: Through the Voices of Our People 2008 held at Bethlehem Temple.
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LANSING, MI — Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the month of fasting from dawn until dusk. The fasting is to develop humility for mankind and also learn self control. It’s a time of intensive prayer and reflection. Ramadan is also the month in which the first verses of the Qur’an was revealed. The annual date of Ramadan is based on the sighting on the moon.
Left: Al-Farooq Masjid located at 442 14th Street in Atlanta, GA.