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Volume 24 Number 70
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35 December 17, 2021 - December 28, 2021
ALP issues formal response to Mayor’s gun violence press conference The Assembly of Lansing Pastors (ALP) continues the commitment to community and youth organizations to end gun violence. Of the five priority community issues being addressed, ending youth gun violence is our number one priority. We previously presented solutions directly to Mayor Schor’s office in relation to ending gun violence. In order to enable partnership, cooperation, and collaboration, ALP looks forward to being informed. We stand with the community in reference to Sheriff Wriggelsworth’s inflammatory and demeaning tone and comments. The narrative around the data
that was shared was divisive and perpetuates a negative perception of People of Color, and our youth in particular. We echo Melik Brown’s comment to Sheriff Wrigglesworth that stated, “blame the oppressed for being oppressed.” Sheriff Wrigglesworth’s comments were directed towards issues that he has with the Prosecutor, but People of Color once again get caught in the crossfire. We agree with Police Chief Sosebee that “accountability does not start and end with the police department,” however, this is a community issue that requires the cooperation of all. We agree with Lansing School
Superintendent Shuldiner’s comments that we all need to own it. We acknowledge the receipt of Mayor Schor’s written reply to our proposal and favorable response to work with churches as resources within the community. Subsequently, the outlined short and longterm solutions included in the proposal require serious and urgent attention. We look forward to a positive, collegial and collaborative meeting with Mayor Schor and his cabinet, with the goal of joining forces together to discuss, develop, and deploy a plan as soon as practical.
Lansing Pastors ALP
Nominations Encouraged for Michigan Lottery’s Excellencein Education Awards to Honor Outstanding Educators Elementary, which is part of the Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. •
Parents, students, school staff members, and others are encouraged to nominate outstanding public-school educators for the Michigan Lottery’s 2021-22 Excellence in Education awards. All public-school employees may be nominated for the awards, which recognize educators who go “above and beyond” to make a difference in the lives of children. To nominate a public-school educator, go to http://bit.ly/ ExcellenceInEducation. The Michigan Lottery established the Excellence in Education awards in 2014 to
recognize outstanding publicschool educators across the state during the school year. One outstanding educator will be selected each week and will receive a $1,500 cash prize plus a $500 grant to their classroom, school or school district. One of the weekly award winners will be selected to receive the Lottery’s Educator of the Year award and will receive a $10,000 cash prize. Each winner also will receive a plaque and be featured in a news segment on the Lottery’s media partner stations: WXYZTV in Detroit, FOX 17 in Grand Rapids, FOX 47 in Lansing, and
WNEM-TV, Saginaw. The winner of the 2021 Educator of the Year award was • Janice Smith. She is a school social worker at Fisher Magnet Lower Academy, which is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District. More than 800 educators were • nominated during the seventh year of the educational awards program and 34, including Smith, were selected to win a weekly award. Previous winners of the Educator of the Year award: • 2020 – Megan Sidge, an Autism Spectrum Disorder teacher at Hickory Woods
2019 – Stewart Kieliszewski, an Earth science, biology, mechatronics, and media teacher for eighth through 12 graders at the Ubly Community Schools. 2018 – Kerri Moccio, a literacy intervention specialist at Bedford Elementary School in Dearborn Heights 2017 – Linda Holzwarth, a social studies teacher at Portage West Middle
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2016 – Daniel Carr, a Spanish and sports marketing teacher at Waverly High School in Lansing
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2015 – Michael Craig, a special education teacher at the Charles Drew Transition Center in Detroit
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Excellence in Education award nominees are evaluated on: Excellence, Dedication, Inspiration, Leadership and Effectiveness
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