Education: Schools and Community
Allies for Change
Allies for Change provides anti-oppression education, training, and resources for individuals and organizations committed to social change. Believing that justice work is deeply spiritual work, our programs invite participants to sharpen their tools for structural change while enlarging their capacities for compassion, hope, and joy.
Attend a Public Forum on Education
-Proposed for State Board Approval May 10, 2011-
Michigan State Board of Education
Hosts Public Forums on Education
Event
Join elected Michigan State Board of Education members at one of several regional education forums. The forums are an opportunity for education stakeholders to meet with State Board of Education members, discuss current education conditions, reform and budget proposals, and the future direction of education in Michigan.
Forum Dates and Locations
West Michigan
Monday, May 23, 4-6 pm: Grand Rapids Community College, Devos Campus
415 Fulton Street, Grand Rapids
Southeast Michigan
Wednesday, May 25, 4-6 pm: Macomb Community College – Center Campus
Professional Development Center, University Center
44575 Garfield Rd, Clinton Township.
Thursday, May 26, 4-6 pm: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan League
Hussey Room, 911 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor
Central Michigan
Tuesday June 7, 4-6 pm: Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant
Voigtman Family Seminar Room – Room 413
CMU College of Education and Human Services Building
Open to Public
Events are open to the public. Participants are invited to make written or oral comments.
For more information
For more information on the forums please contact:
John Austin, State Board of Education President, jcaustin@umich.edu
Marilyn Schneider, State Board Executive, schneiderm@michigan.gov
State Board of Education
The State Board of Education is the state-wide elected body charged by Michigan’s Constitution to provide leadership and supervision over all education, determine K-12
Boggs Education Center
We are parents, educators, community members, and residents of Detroit who are developing a model for creating transformative educational experiences in Detroit’s Eastside.’ Visit our website to hear our story, learn our guiding principles, experience our vision, learn about our process, and make a donation.
Catherine Ferguson Academy
The Catherine Ferguson Academy is a Detroit public high school for pregnant teens and teenage mothers. Paul Weertz, the agriscience teacher at the academy, has developed a small farming program at the school, complete with chickens, bees, rabbits, goats,a cow and a barn constructed by the students. This innovative program has helped foster important life skills for young parents and enhanced an sense of connectedness and purpose among students.
Centro Obrero
Centro Obrero/Latino Worker Center opened its doors on May Day (May 1). We occupy the space formerly known as Casa de Unidad, at 1920 Scotten St., in Southwest Detroit. The Center will initially be run by a couple of staff and lots of volunteers. It is meant to provide a space for workers to come to learn about their rights at work, to learn English if necessary and desired, and to read and discuss issues relevant to the world in which we live. It is a place for us to hold meetings about things happening in the workplace, understanding health and safety issues, wage and hour issues, as well as the overall rights and responsibilities of employees, employers, and all members of the community.
Co Lab Creative
Based in Detroit, Co-Lab Creative is an interdisciplinary group formed to initiate creative, educational projects that address social inequity and ecological distress. Our projects emphasize community involvement and involve Detroit youth at a variety of ages. Current projects include schoolyard gardening and grassroots product design. The goal is to create beautiful, well-crafted, quality designs and places that express respect for humanity and the natural environment.
Dads From Day One
About The Program: Dads from Day One (DFD1) is a program for fathers and their newborn child(ren). DFD1 partners with the community in Wayne County to help dads become involved with their child(ren) at birth. A strong bond between dad and his child will support the healthy growth and development of that child. As a father, it will be the most important relationship of your life. Call 313-629-3234 to make a difference in your child’s life.
Education Conversation
Hello Everyone,
I am writing to invite you to another discussion gathering, hosted by The Boggs Educational Center and held at Victory Outreach Church.
The theme this time will be “Dreams for our Children.” As we continue to work towards a new idea of education, it is important, we think, to hold always in our minds the vision we are striving toward. It is not enough to be against the policies being shoved our way that do not seem to take into account the needs of our communities. We must be thinking of what we are for, what it is that we want to create.
With that in mind, we have an exciting idea for our conversation. While we are talking, local artists will be making our visions come alive on a wall of paper in the room, creating a live-action mural that illustrates the dreams we have for our children! This is something we can share going forward, giving a concrete idea to anyone who will listen what it is that we are planning for the future of Detroit.
Please come share your dreams with us. Help us to answer the question: What is it that we see when we picture the ideal education for our children?
We hope to see you there and we hope you come with at least two other people. The vision won’t be complete without your voice!
In anticipation,
The Boggs Educational Center Team
(Julia Putnam, Frank Donner, Nate Walker, Amanda Rosman, and Al DeFreece)
2nd Community Conversation: What are our Dreams for our Children?
Saturday, July 9, 2011
1-3pm
Victory Outreach Church
3839 Wabash St.
Refreshments and Childcare Provided
Please RSVP to julia.boggsedcenter@gmail.com
Education Meeting
 
Education Meeting  
(In Spanish with English Translation)
Take Advantage of this opportunity to come out and be informed of your educational system!
Come out and join us! Know your rights!
When: May 17, 2011
Time: Doors open at 5:00pm. Meeting from 5:30pm-7:00pm
Location: Benett Elementary School
2111 Mulane St, Detroit 48209
What is going on with Detroit Public Schools and school closures!?

For any questions or concerns please contact Maria Salinas at 313-384-2173 (cell) or 313-914-5315 (office number)
Fireweed Universe-City
Fireweed Universe-City is a grassroots, not-for-profit movement to transform a devastated, burned-out Detroit city neighborhood into a sustainable, eco-friendly, intentional community that will be the grounds for urban farming, residential and creative space for artists, healers, musicians, and like-minded, forward-thinking, progressive individuals, families, small businesses, and the surrounding community already in place.
Hush House
The Hush House offers leadership training, programs for homeless and low income families, space for community meetings and operates a community black world history museum.
Let us Show Our Love and Support!
——HELP SPREAD THE WORD——
4:00PM @ the Douglas Academy for Young Men
2001 W. Warren St. Detroit
Tuesday MAY 3rd Demonstrate Your Support
Pregnancy is a leading cause of teenage dropouts in the United States.For over twenty years, The Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit, Michigan has acted as an educational and community center for pregnant and parenting teen mothers, and their children in the Detroit area. Catherine Ferguson Academy will be one of 18 schools to close or become a charter unless we speak up and show up in numbers. CFA provides services like WIC, healthcare, and early education from birth through pre-K. Without this support, most high school aged mothers do not graduate. In addition to being a successful school, CFA is an anchor to the community of young mothers.
” These girls are working too hard to get their education, they shouldn’t have to worry about their school closing. Future generations depend on the success of these women. ”
Support Pregnant Teen Mothers By:
Show up in Numbers to the final decision meeting on Tuesday May 3rd
4:00PM @ the Douglas Academy for Young Men
2001 W. Warren St. Detroit
Tuesday MAY 3rd Demonstrate your support
( ::: wear a pillow under your shirt as a visual demonstration if you’re not already pregnant ::: ) Gentlemen, you too!
Catherine Ferguson was a freed slave who founded a “Sabbath School” where freed black slaves and other working poor learned to read and write, cared for orphaned children, and provided childcare allowing women to work again. She was described to have responded to “the needs of the poor in an era which the poor were notably neglected”.
Also:
Be aware that the same day CFA is up for its presentation, 2 alternative schools, the school for the deaf, AND a school that serves students with cognitive impairment and autism are also on the chopping block and defending their right to exist. We cannot give up on the students who have refused to give up themselves. CFA is a success story and represents a different vision for education.
Note: (Nationally 70% of young women who get pregnant leave school, the alternative school students have been expelled from other schools but continue to attend the ones Bobb wants to close…)
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Marygrove
Marygrove College supports ALL these values and work. Recently we have moved in the direction of Urban Leadership as a working vision at Marygrove. Part of this mission involves partnering with the community on priority issues such as safety, youth, capacity building and so on. We have an urban garden on campus. Moreover, our Master’s in Social Justice program incorporates a praticum and project that specifically embraces “Another Detriot is possible.”
Pioneers for Peace
The mission of the program is three-fold: 1) To increase awareness about the impact of violence and educate the public on ways to reduce the incidents among at-risk youth, 2) To discuss with youth means for conflict resolution and the importance of making wise decisions, and 3) To increase the awareness about the abilities of persons with disabilities.
Project Education
Project Education is a forum for anyone who is committed to education. We hope the postings found on this page will help you rethink the purpose and potential of education inside and outside of educational institutions. We are concerned citizens, educators, students and parents.
Shrine of the Black Madonna
During the Civil Rights decade-the 1960s-Reverend Cleage became increasingly Afro-centric in his thought. He changed his name to Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman and then developed an Afro centric version of Christianity, so he renamed his church, The Shrine of the Black Madonna. He contended that Christ and many of his disciples were African in origin and suggested that Europeans had captured and twisted Christianity to assist in their enslaving Africans. He argued strongly for African American control of their own fate.
Support Now!
—HELP SPREAD THE WORD—
Pregnancy is a leading cause of teenage dropouts in the United States.
For over twenty years, The Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit,
Michigan has acted as an educational and community center for pregnant
and parenting teen mothers, and their children in the Detroit area.
Catherine Ferguson Academy will be one of 18 schools to close or
become a charter unless we speak up and show up in numbers. CFA
provides services like WIC, healthcare, and early education from birth
through pre-K. Without this support, most high school aged mothers do
not graduate. In addition to being a successful school, CFA is an
anchor to the community of young mothers.
” These girls are working too hard to get their education, they
shouldn’t have to worry about their school closing. Future generations
depend on the success of these women. ”
Support Pregnant Teen Mothers By:
Show up in Numbers to the final decision meeting on Tuesday May 3rd
4:00PM @ the Douglas Academy for Young Men
2001 W. Warren St. Detroit
Tuesday MAY 3rd Demonstrate your support
( ::: wear a pillow under your shirt as a visual demonstration if
you’re not already pregnant ::: ) Gentlemen, you too!
Catherine Ferguson was a freed slave who founded a “Sabbath School”
where freed black slaves and other working poor learned to read and
write, cared for orphaned children, and provided childcare allowing
women to work again. She was described to have responded to “the
needs of the poor in an era which the poor were notably neglected”.
Timbuktu Academy Growing Program
Charter School Timbuktu Academy Adds 9th Grade to its K-8 Program
Biomedical and Communications Technology
How would you like for your child to know who they are? How would you like your child to be at a school that puts their arms around their hearts and minds? A school that provides foreign languages, and classes that prepare students to get up to 30 college credit hours in high school? How would you like a school that prepares your child for tomorrow today, with an African-centered instructional team, with a 10:1 student teacher ratio and where all teachers understand the importance of our history to our childrens’ confidence? A school that will give your child the skills to get a job in biomedical technology or digital media when they graduate, and where teachers know and use the latest research on how the young mind develops?
Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology invites you to give your child a school-home today that will prepare them to reshape their world tomorrow. Come to your open house and get a free backpack on Thursday, September 1st, from one to six p.m. at 10800 East Canfield Street in Detroit. Call them at 313 823 6000 for more information, and visit Timbuktu at:
www.timbuktuacademy.org
University of Detroit Mercy
As an independent Catholic institution of higher education, the University of Detroit Mercy supports a mission focused on teaching and learning. However, another important facet of UDM’s mission is service to others. Both the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, which guide the University, have emphasized community service as a vital aspect in the education and development of students. Through a comprehensive curriculum, students are challenged to develop their social, leadership and service responsibilities. UDM continually reaffirms this commitment to service as students, faculty and staff initiate and participate in community outreach activities to benefit Detroit area residents.
Word & World
Word & World is a school, a celebration, a movement. Through week-long gatherings, each rooted in a different city, this “moveable institute” seeks to provide education, training, and capacity-building for Christian disciples dedicated to the work of social transformation.
Words of Peace Michigan
Words of Peace Michigan is a non-profit group of volunteers who promote education on the topic of personal peace and fulfillment. Our activities and events feature the message of Prem Rawat, known widely as Maharaji.