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The motto for the Westwood Community School District is "Bulldog Strong: Unleash your potential." Even during a global pandemic, that motto still holds true. When COVID-19 arrived in Michigan in 2020, Westwood Superintendent Dr. Stiles Simmons recalls he recognized the time as a make or break situation for the district and its leadership. "We realized we had one of two choices: you could put your head down and lament the fact that you're going through a pandemic that none of us had ever...
(StatePoint) Women represent the majority of all entrepreneurs today. In 2020 alone, women started 2,000 small businesses nationwide and of those, 64% were founded by women from diverse backgrounds, according to Funderal statistics. While this trend is encouraging, a recent study conducted by the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, Penn State University and Fair Pay Workplace shows that pay, ownership and valuation disparities are compounding the already large gender wealth gap. Barriers to...
A simple google search will tell you that a woman is "an adult female human being". Although that statement is true, the definition of what a woman is goes far beyond the simplicity of gender. Some people will go as far as defining women as the future and or protectors of humanity. Mrs. Kierra Wilson, a wife, mother, student success navigator for Henry Ford Community College, model, entrepreneur, licensed makeup artist and fashion designer, says that "a woman is not defined by specific gender ro...
Are there any specific personality traits that come to mind when you envision an entrepreneur? Talent? Intelligence? Charisma? Colleen Ivana Jones. Simply known as Ivana, or Vonnie possess these qualities, and handfuls more. Miss Jones is not the way she is by accident. She cites her upbringing, on a supportive mother, literature driven father, and a sister who always had time for her shenanigans. Ivana is originally from Romulus Michigan. Later on, she moved to Livonia. Growing up she was into...
Many communities are finding they are in the clear to ditch masks indoors. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has three determining factors to mask lift: hospital beds being used, hospital admissions and total number of new cases within a community. If the area in which you reside is deemed low or medium risk, then you may follow the new CDC guidelines and be mask-less indoors. Numerous Michiganders are skeptical of these new guidelines. It is now a personal choice for those to wear a mask,...
LANSING - Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) awarded an $8 million grant to the Michigan State AFL-CIO Workforce Development Institute to support the Michigan Statewide Pre-Apprenticeship "Ready for Construction" (MiSPARC) program that will connect more than 640 unemployed and underemployed Michiganders. "The 'Ready for Construction' program puts Michiganders first by providing a path to high-paying jobs in construction, an industry...
Our hearts, prayers and support are with the people of Ukraine. No one should suffer such violence and loss in what is supposed to be a civilized global society. We as members of humanity are doing the right thing in providing support for all we can help. But there is also an even greater tragedy occurring which we have seen played out repeatedly in the midst of human suffering and loss. That tragedy is the one of "racism" and we see its presence in the midst of this war. First, the incidents of...
