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Letter to Roy Roberts/Carta al Roy Roberts

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February 13, the Maybury Local School Community School Organization writes Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager on the closing of the school at the end of the 2011-2012 academic school year. For English and Spanish versions of this letter please click [...]

Statewide Coalition To Repeal Michigan's Emergency Manager Law Hosts Rally Night Before Turning In Petitions

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Who: Organizers of the repeal of the emergency manager law, supporters, organized labor, progressive groups

What: rally and release final number of gathered signatures

When: 5:30 PM, February 28, 2012

 Where: 600 West Lafayette in downtown Detroit (next [...]

Michigan Forward and Detroit NAACP Host Powering Democracy Prayer Breakfast February 23

Michigan Forward and the Detroit Branch NAACP invite you to a prayer breakfast, “Powering Democracy” on

 Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:00 A.M. Fellowship Chapel 7707 W. Outer Drive Detroit, MI 48235

This breakfast fundraiser reaches out to the [...]

Michigan Forward and Detroit Branch NAACP Share Judge's Initial Opinion of Open Meetings Act on Financial Review Teams

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Michigan Forward and the Detroit Branch NAACP support the informal opinion by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette that meetings by review teams must follow the Open Meetings Act.  The judge advised for an end to secret and closed door [...]

Michigan Forward and Detroit Branch NAACP Call On Governor For Transparent And Accountable Review Teams

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On Monday, January 23, Michigan Governor, Rick Snyder received a letter from Michigan Forward and the Detroit Branch NAACP calling for greater transparency and accountability from the Governor’s teams conducting emergency management reviews in Detroit and Inkster. The letter mailed [...]

Dr. King Would Want People to Fight Emergency Manager Law

It is with joy that we celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who fought tirelessly to make sure every American’s vote counts. And it is with outrage that we recognize that in Michigan we have to fight [...]

6 Reasons To Attend MLK Occupy Democracy Rally January 16

Brit Satchwell, President of the Ann Arbor Education Association gives six reason why you should join the Occupy Democracy Protest Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16 at 4PM.

Colleagues,

Unions, community activists, and churches from across lower Michigan will [...]

Former Emergency Manager Says New Emergency Manager Law Unnecessary

Fred Leeb, the first emergency manager for the city of Pontiac shares his opinion on Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law and changes to it under Public Act 4 with Crain’s Detroit Nancy Keller. Keller shares her opinion of Public Act 4 [...]

Civil Disobedience & Public Act 4

Civil Disobedience & Public Act 4

On December 22, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rainbow PUSH and allies met at Bethany Baptist Church in Detroit for a community meeting and later press conference regarding Public Act 4. These allies included Michigan members of the Occupy Movement, faith and [...]

(VIDEO) Michigan Forward Talks about PA4 on InnerView with Reginald Lane

(VIDEO) Michigan Forward Talks about PA4 on InnerView with Reginald Lane

InnerView with Reginald M. Lane is a Detroit based news and current events program discussing local and national issues. Airing locally each week, Mondays 6:30am on MYTV20 Detroit, host Reginald M. Lane interviews city officials, politicians, and community activist [...]