Members of the Detroit Election Commission approved “Proposal P” during a 2-1 vote on Thursday.
Detroiters will have the chance to vote on a new charter, a potential restructuring of the city’s government, during the upcoming August primary municipal election. The Detroit Election Commission approved the ballot question, now dubbed “Proposal P,” during a 2-1 vote on Thursday.
But there’s uncertainty among drafters of the document and election officials on the specific charter they will be voting on.
“The version I provided the true copy certification for is the only one that we considered,” City Clerk Janice Winfrey told WDET. “It was the only one that I put up to vote today.” The city clerk says she received the “true copy” of the charter on May 5.
Image credit: Detroit Black Community Food Security Network
The Black-led, community-owned grocery store is moving forward with a property on Woodward Avenue.
A food co-op more than 10 years in the making is a little bit closer to fruition. The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) has signed a purchase agreement, paid a down payment and is awaiting city approvals on a property located at 8324 Woodward Ave. in Detroit, the future site of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op.
“It’ll be a full-service grocery store that emphasizes what the industry calls natural and organic foods,” says Malik Yakini, the executive director of DBCFSN and a board member of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op.
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Tlaib pushes bill to upgrade housing in left behind communities
Washington Michigan lawmakers are pushing a bill in Congress to provide $5 billion in housing grant money to assist local communities with development and revitalization efforts over the next decade.
The legislation, introduced by Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit and Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, would create a program administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and targeted at communities struggling with urban decay, especially those hurting from the economic damage of the pandemic. This would be targeted towards communities like mine that have high rates of eviction, high rates of tax foreclosure, that have high concentration of poverty, Tlaib said.
‘Long distance runners’ needed in activism, UM panelists say during MLK keynote address
Updated Jan 18, 2021;
Posted Jan 18, 2021
Panelists Gloria House and Malik Yakini speak about the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his influence on their own work as activists in past decades during UM’s MLK Symposium keynote Monday, Jan. 18.Image provided | University of Michigan
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ANN ARBOR, MI At a time when many in the United States are asking, “Where do we go from here?” panelists at the University of Michigan examined the question in light of the legacy left by the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.