Labor and Economic Opportunity
Michigan Community Service Commission offering funding for MLK Day volunteer projects
Press Release
CONTACT: Jason Alexander, 517-335-4295, alexanderj9@michigan.gov
Michigan Community Service Commission offering funding for MLK Day volunteer projects
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan Community Service Commission announced it will help support Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service volunteer projects by offering grants ranging from $100 to $1,000. Up to $30,000 will be awarded for projects held between Jan. 8 and Jan. 24, 2021.
“During the pandemic, we wanted a special focus on creating masks for children, thanking frontline workers and supporting needs in communities,” said Michigan Community Service Commission Executive Director Ginna Holmes. “It is a great opportunity to inspire Michiganders to serve in the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.”
administration, he talked a lot. it s the intensity. until groups we can have all the groups. until it becomes the number one issue for millions of people, as it has become for the right it s a proxy issue for so many. what s at stake is a deformation of freedom and liberty that the nra and other groups preyed on and manipulated. i think we need to reframe it. the issue is we did public health, common sense, all that. common sense doesn t drive passion and intensity. there has to be a mood. keeping children safe at university college campus or, you know, in their elementary school granted, the assault weapons ban is not going to solve everything, limited magazines aren t going to solve everything but basic practical steps. familiar dynamic robert describes in his piece. the nra is worried about being primaried. nra worried about nuttier smaller organization that are going to challenge its power and