JOBS Program offers free training and resources, Mayoral candidate McPhail’s initiative
By Eric T. Campbell The Michigan Citizen
DETROIT — The Detroit Healthcare Career Center, 455 Fort St., is probably the greatest success story to emerge from the Detroit Workforce Development Department (DWDD) in recent years. The city department that helps Detroiters find work, DWDD, has been drastically improved. It currently operates four One Stop Career Service Centers. [more]
Soul Men, in theatres now, features (l-r) Bernie Mac, Isaac Hayes and Samuel Jackson. Mac and Hayes died in separate incidents on the same weekend in August 2008. The film marks the last screen contribution of both entertainers. Malcolm Lee, Spike Lee’s cousin and the film’s director, said he wanted the film to be a tribute to the two men. Some critics have called the film “bittersweet” with lots of laughs but many in the audience may find themselves missing the legends. At the time of death, Mac was 50, Hayes 65. COURTESY PHOTO [submit opinion]
Home rule and self determination is what prompted almost 50 community activists, seniors and residents to pack a Wayne County Commission meeting in support of Wayne County Commission Chair Jewel Ware, Nov. 18. Last week, The Michigan Citizen reported that Ware found herself in the middle of a “racially motivated” power grab when an anonymous letter was leaked to the mainstream media and fellow commissioners accusing her of hiring no-show employees and employees with criminal records. At her request, the Wayne County Auditor General is currently investigating. [more]
DETROIT — The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has agreed to represent a Benton Harbor minister who was sentenced to three-10 years in prison for writing a newspaper article that criticized the judge who presided over his trial. [more]
LANSING — Overcrowding of county jails remains a concern for local sheriffs.
About 80 percent of county jails are at or above capacity, according to Terrence Jungel, executive director of the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association. [more]
At least 150 protesters marched through downtown Detroit Nov.15 in pouring rain to call for an end to discrimination and anti-gay and transgender laws such as Proposal 8, which just passed in California, striking down that state’s same sex marriage law. They also protested the elimination of same sex benefits by many public and private employers in Michigan in the wake of last year’s Proposal 2. Afeni Hill of Detroit is shown with Stop H8 sign. [submit opinion]
LANSING — Overcrowding of county jails remains a concern for local sheriffs.
About 80 percent of county jails are at or above capacity, according to Terrence Jungel, executive director of the Michigan Sheriffs’ Association. [more]
DETROIT — As of press time, reporter Diane Bukowski was awaiting arraignment on five felony counts brought by one Michigan State Trooper for Bukowski’s alleged actions at the scene of a fatal police chase Nov. 4.
Although originally arrested at the scene at Davison and Justine by Trooper Burton on a single misdemeanor count of obstructing an investigation, Prosecutor Kym Worthy subsequently handed down five felony counts of assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer on Nov. 7. The counts carry a possible sentence of 20 years. [more]
