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LANSING, MI — Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced the launch of a new website to help students find internships in the State of Michigan. Internships help students find the skills they need to land a full-time job and give businesses a cost-effective way of finding talented workers. The new website, MiInternship, can be found at www.michigan.gov/miintern.
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.
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Who is willing to pay the cost to be the boss? I am talking about us men, standing up and being accountable for something. Yes, I am talking to you. I am also talking to myself. What about that beautiful wife that God blessed you with? What about your children? Are you doing all you can do for them? Who comes first in your life?
As the debate on privatization of the Social Security System rages on, I have been forced to consider many factors of where we came from, where we are and where we are going. I first reflect on what people did before the system was instituted as a safety net for those who could not sustain an ongoing method of income to meet basic needs. In those unenlightened days [as some would say], family and community personally were considered the safety net of last resort. In those days, elderly family members who no longer could support themselves was generally taken in by family or sometimes a concerned community member. Before I go too far sounding like a conservative, let’s seriously examine this ever-fading phenomenon.
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.