Special Update: “The Baha’i’s, Iran’s Largest Religious Minority Are Being Perscuted”

    In the fast moving swirl of world events, the most vulnerable of oppressed people are easily forgotten. However, we would do well to remember “the least of us” and stand up for justice. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere, is injustice everywhere.”r

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Special Update July 6, 2009

MICHIGAN SECURES NEW HOMEOWNER PROTECTIONS
AGAINST FORECLOSURE

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July is National Ice Cream Month

Arctic Corner opened just in time for the summer season.

There is a new owner and new optimism about the future of ice cream in Old Town.

April Woody, 33 and her two daughters, Alexis Woody- Brown, 13 (far left) and Teasia Brown, 11, enjoy ice cream sundae at Arctic Corner.

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    The Evolution of Ice Cream

    The Evolution of Ice Cream

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    Power of 9

    LANSING, MI — The Power of 9 kick-off event, at The Venue Live located at 6810 S. Cedar St., was a great success.  Lansing gospel rapper, Mizz Reality started the program and set a  positive tone (as shown above), followed by the Pioneers for Peace from Detroit who  spread the message of violence prevention and last but not least,  five young people took to the stage for open mic with song, spoken  word, and ministry in mime!

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    Power of 9

    LANSING, MI — The Power of 9 kick-off event, at The Venue Live located at 6810 S. Cedar St., was a great success.  Lansing gospel rapper, Mizz Reality started the program and set a  positive tone (as shown above), followed by the Pioneers for Peace from Detroit who  spread the message of violence prevention and last but not least,  five young people took to the stage for open mic with song, spoken  word, and ministry in mime!

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    Remembering the Other Michael Jackson August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009

    The world  is mourning after the death of super pop star Michael Jackson (Left)

    Near the end of the first week of Michael Jackson’s infamous child molestation trial in 2005, a large group of African-American community activists and leaders gathered at a community center in Los Angeles to talk about Jackson, the trial and whether he was a target because he was a rich, successful, and famous African-American. This is the slightly paranoid tinged chatter heard whenever a black celebrity, and there have been a lot of them, wind up in the court docket for real or alleged crimes or are lambasted in the media for bad behavior.

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    Book Review 8-12

     Sleeping with the Enemy: God’s Man

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    News Briefs 8-12

    Update: Bernie Madoff Ordered to Forfeit Assets Worth $170 Billion and to Serve a 150 Year Sentence

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