On Saturday, December 10, 2011, The Pyramid Scheme is working with The Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement (TEAM), a 501(c)(3) federally tax-exempt human rights organization, to host a massive dance party at its music venue located at 68 Commerce Street SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503.  The Pyramid Scheme is a very popular music venue that features different entertainment acts weekly.  The dance party is called "TEAMwork: A Night of Dance and Drag for Diversity." The purpose of the dance party is a fundraiser for TEAM's Diversity and Inclusion Program, which debuted its Diversity and Inclusion...


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(C) 2011 Huffington Post.  Entire article retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/22/michigan-groups-sue-gov-s_n_882442.html.   Nearly 30 Michigan residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to overturn a law that gave state-appointed "emergency managers" near carte blanche in cases of state takeover of indebted municipalities and school districts. The suit names Gov. Rick Snyder (R) as a defendant, and claims the law is unconstitutional because it suspends home rule, eliminates citizens' voting rights and violates the separation of powers. The suit also names State Treasurer...


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(C) 2011 The Huntington Post.  Entire Article Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/21/in-memphis-old-strife-hea_n_825974.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A bold bid by the struggling, majority-black Memphis City Schools system to force a merger with the majority-white, successful suburban district has fanned relatively routine fears over funding and student performance into accusations of full-blown racism. The fight over the fate of 150,000 public school students has stirred long-festering emotions in Memphis and surrounding Shelby County, creating a drama that has spread beyond school...


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Courtesy: WoodTV.com MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) - The ACLU of Michigan wants to take up the cause of a transgender Mona Shores High School senior who was denied a chance to become homecoming king. "I'd be willing to talk to them," Oakleigh Reed told 24 Hour News 8 today. Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the ACLU's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Legal Project, said he took an interest in the case after seeing 24 Hour News 8's story on Reed , which aired Sunday. "It raises some concern about how the school has chosen to treat people based on gender," Kaplan said. Kaplan said he would contact...


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Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ### On Monday, July 12, 2010, Founder/President Chris Surfus of the Tolerance, Equality, and Awareness Movement addressed the Jenison Public Schools Board of Education meeting, which was the first meeting of the 2010-11 school year.  Chris Surfus provided the Board of Education with a list of questions TEAM has for the Jenison Public Schools district.  After Chris Surfus provided these questions, Kristen Hansen of GLSEN Grand Rapids presented the GLSEN National Organization to the Jenison Public Schools Board of Education. ...


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© 2010 AHN All Rights Reserved Entire Article Taken From: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7018921817 Windsor Genova - AHN News News Writer Detroit, MI, United States (AHN) - Thirty-two Detroit Public Schools will be closed this month due to shrinking enrollment and the district’s budget deficit, according to Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb. Among the 32 schools facing closure are the Barsamian Alternative High School; Detroit Transition Center East and West; Bunche, Cooley High School; and Hanstein, Osborn High School and Bethune K-8. Clark Elementary, Trumbley Alternative...


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Copyright 2010 Associated Press Entire Article Taken From: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-mi-schoolbullying-su,0,5420212.story LENGTHY EFFORT: Michigan lawmakers have introduced bills to mandate anti-bullying policies in public schools for the better part of a decade, but none of them has become law. Most states already have similar laws. STATUS REPORT: Anti-bullying legislation passed the Democrat-run state House this month. It's pending in the Republican-run Senate with an uncertain future. PRO AND CON: Supporters say Michigan needs the law to force schools to do more to combat...


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