Arthur Horwitz, publisher emeritus and former executive editor of the Detroit Jewish News, has officially been inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.
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Colorado Division of Securities invites Coloradans to live stream the virtual event “Investing: What’s New & What’s Not” on April 23, 2021 at 11:00am
Colorado Division of Securities invites Coloradans to live stream the virtual event “Investing: What’s New & What’s Not” on April 23, 2021 at 11:00am Monday, April 19, 2021
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Denver (CO) – April 19, 2021 The Colorado Division of Securities (the “Division”) part of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies is partnering with the Investor Protection Trust and PBS Books to produce “Investing: What’s New & What’s Not” virtual event to livestream on the Department’s Facebook page on Friday, April 23, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. MT.
Utica High School junior discusses mental health on DPTV livestream
Utica High junior Sophia Meguid was part of a panel of local students who discussed mental health and suicide awareness on a Detroit Public TV program called “Please Listen: Students Talk About Mental Health and Suicide Awareness” April 28.
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP A Utica High School junior had a chance to be on live television with other local students during a Detroit Public TV program called “Please Listen: Students Talk About Mental Health and Suicide Awareness” April 28.
Sophia Meguid was one of the local students who were involved in the discussion. The live event included a question-and-answer segment, during which audience members were able to share their own thoughts and questions with the panelists.
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Scott Talley, Special to the Detroit Free Press
May 5, 2021
It is one of the oldest public service organizations in Detroit you may have never heard of.
A small group of dedicated and educated Black women, founded in September of 1928 with the stated purpose “to stimulate interest in business women, and to build a program on sound educational principles emphasizing fellowship, charity and leadership.”
And for more than 90 years, they have been doing just that.
Now called the Elliottorian Business and Professional Women’s Club, the organization holds the distinction of being the first club of Black business women in Detroit and the state of Michigan; the presenter of Detroit’s first observation of “Negro History Week” in 1931; and a longtime provider of scholarships for deserving students regardless of “race, creed or color.” Named after its founder, Elizabeth Nesbitt Elliott, the organization has endured through the Great Depression