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Personal Stories of Young Women’s
Experiences with Breast Cancer
(In our next edition we will have local people speak about how Breast Cancer has affected their lives and loves.)
DETROIT, MI — The night before Easter 2005, Cheryl Perkins, 37, and her family colored Easter eggs in their kitchen. Joining the festivities were a neighbor, Leslie, age 8 and a friend, Sydney, age 10.
Cheryl understands the power and love that family and friends have to offer her. Cheryl is a mother to four beautiful girls Haille, age 12, Stefanie age 10, Natalie age 5 and Kennedy age 3.
Rina Risper, President and Publisher of The New Citizens Press and Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. chatted about his illustrious legal career at an Operation Reachback in Association with Black Seventh-day Adventists Professionals event in Detroit in November 2002.
Operation Reachback’s state philosophy is “Climbing Upward – Reaching Back” which means that once they achieve educational, financial and career heights, they remember to turn around and lend a helping hand to those still climbing the ladder.
LANSING, MI — Hiphop in Lansing. The phrase brings to mind images of violence, drugs and ignorance. This inaccurate view is presented in the media through pieces on violent drug related ignorance at local Hiphop venues. With all the negative press the Kulture of Hiphop has received, it is due time for real Hiphop to shine in the media.
A remarkable woman noted for breaking barriers of gender and race in science.
EAST LANSING, MI – A new endowed scholarship program in Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science will provide $5,000 scholarships to students from Lansing’s J.W. Sexton and Eastern high schools starting in the fall.
Woman claims she wrote tune after daughter became pregnant
Renewing vehicle tabs is a snap thanks to automated self-service stations now in Secretary of State PLUS offices and SUPER!Centers across Michigan, Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land announced today.
February 1 was the signal that a new month began. That meant that it was time to pay rent, balance my budget, turn the page of my calendar, and organize my schedule for the new month’s activities. But there was one thing that I almost forgot. February is Black history month; so I decided to reflect on some of the contributions that African Americans made to society.