Nominations Sought for Southfield MLK Community Service Award (MLK Taskforce, Dec. 13, 2017) SOUTHFIELD, MI – The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Task Force of Southfield is currently seeking nominations for the 2018 MLK Community Service Award. The award honors one individual each year who best exemplifies the qualities of the late Dr. Martin Luther…
Pontiac Community Honors Martin Luther King Jr (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 18, 2016) Pontiac, MI – “I pray today that everybody who stands here today doesn’t just take this as another day off of work, but as a day to truly reflect and look back, and say ‘what can I do this year to…
Healing, Justice and Rising Like a Phoenix: Pontiac Honors Martin Luther King Jr. (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 24, 2015) “We started at the Phoenix Center, because like the Phoenix has to rise, we need to rise to the occasion, with the activities and the changes that need to occur,” said Pastor Douglas Jones to…
Oak Park Celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Cheryl Weiss, Photography: Marian McClellan Jan. 23, 2015) “What you celebrate, you attract, “declared Nic South, principal of the Oak Park Preparatory Academy, at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration on January 19, 2015. Students, parents, staff members, administrators, elected officials, and community members gathered to…