EVERETT MAGNET ACADEMY FALL PLAY IS ORIGINAL STUDENT WORK

 

 

 

 

 

Everett High School student, Marsheda Ewulomi directs the actors, while Assistant Director, Marilyn Buford looks on. Photo by Mark Mayes.

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Nooses in Michigan?

In the last edition, Iva E. Anthony our New York correspondent wrote about how nooses are showing up all over the country and Michigan is no exception.

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Adopt-A-Non-Profit

With the holidays coming, kinship care families’ budgets are stretched. The Kinship Care program at Allen Neighborhood Center needs basic supplies.

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January Primary a “Post-Holiday Nightmare”?

Michigan Association of County Clerks object to the closed
primary, they say that it is too late to guarantee that some would have time to apply for, receive and return ballots.  Lansing City Clerk, Chris Swope says that he is confident that his office will be prepared.

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Corporate America — Don’t Preach Diversity, Practice It

Stanley O’Neal, forced out of the top job at Merrill Lynch, is the highest ranking casualty of the sub-prime loan fiasco — even as diversity in corporate America is still an issue.

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St. Stephen’s Community Church Awards 10 College Scholarships to Area Students

Since 1996, St. Stephen’s Community Church, United Church of Christ on Lansing’s eastside has awarded over $75,000 in scholarships to students in mid-Michigan.

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U & I Model and Talent Management welcomes all on November 17

“Everyone is welcome. We all have talents within us.”
Nadia Sellers, co-owner of
U & I Model and Talent Management

New Modeling and Talent Agency needs

Models
Actors
Designers
Dancers
Comedians

Please bring your best photos to their open call on
November 17, 2007.

 

 

 

Joseph Johnson is a model and actor with U& I Model and Talent Management and he seen above modeling cookware. Photo by Steve Ragland

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The New Citizens Press Q & A: Soulja Boy Tell’em

 

17-year-old DeAndre Way – AKA Soulja Boy Tell’em – utilized internet marketing to make his production and raps a must-have by music consumers. With tens-of-millions of people visiting his website and Myspace page, his single “Crack That” became a #1 hit, and one of the most popular singles of 2007. Signed to Collipark Music/Interscope Records, Soulja Boy Tell’em’s career, like his website, could remain popular for years to come.

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Nooses More Than a Nuisance

The presidential election of 2008 will be historic in several ways. For the first time ever, a woman and an African American both have a viable shot at being the Democratic nominee.

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