Slow response to N-word at school board meeting generates backlash
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news.yahoo.com‘Hate has no home here’: Rally held in response to KKK flag
GROSSE POINTE PARK — A rally took place Sunday, Feb. 21, in support of JeDonna Dinges and her family after a neighbor hung a KKK flag opposing her home Tuesday, Feb. 16. The rally, organized by WeGP, consisted of speeches and a march along Wayburn. Sarah Godbehere of Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, poet David Santino, State Sen. Adam Hollier, CouncilmanVikas Relan, State Rep. Joe Tate, Grosse Pointes-Harper Woods NAACP Branch President Cynthia Douglas, resident Greg Bowens, the Rev. “We are always fighting,” Dinges said at the rally, “fighting for breath, fighting for justice, fighting for equality, dignity and our humanity. For the last four years and prior, Black Americans have been in an abusive relationship with America.”Along with many residents, Park Mayor Bob Denner and City Manager Nick Sizeland were present at the rally.
grossepointenews.comGrosse Pointe Park Appoints 1st African American To City Council
(CBS DETROIT)– On Wednesday November 18th Darci McConnell was sworn in as a member of the Grosse Pointe Park city council, making her the first African American to hold that seat. “It’s about time that we’ve had some representation on the Grosse Pointe Park City Council.” Said Greg Bowens, Founder & Past President of the Grosse Pointe/Harper Woods NAACPBowens, a long time Grosse Pointe Park resident says, the appointment of Darci McConnell is a huge step in the right direction, but the Grosse Pointe area as a whole, still has a ways to go when it comes to inclusion with government positions. History was made in Grosse Pointe Farms in 2018 when the very first African American woman was appointed to city council in all the Pointes. “She paved the way for other people” Said BowensLike Terence Thomas, the Pointes first and only elected Black council member, he currently serves on the City of Grosse Pointe council. As well Joseph Herd, the only black member of the Grosse Pointe School Board was just re-elected.
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