Hello everyone, I am announcing a Board position vacancy, available immediately.  We need to have this position filled no later than June 1.  Please review the attached PDF file with position description: Treasurer Position Description   Thank You,       Christopher R. Surfus President TEAM


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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 Reuters.  Entire article retrieved from: http://www.realclearmarkets.com/news/reuters/finance_business/2011/May/04/private_sector_adds_179_000_jobs_in_april__adp.html NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private employers added 179,000 jobs in April, coming in shy of economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP Employer Services report would show a gain of 198,000 jobs. March private payrolls were revised up to an increase of 207,000 from a previously reported 201,000. The report is jointly developed with Macroeconomic...


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Sri Lankan woman says her Saudi employers drove hot metal into her body COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Doctors removed 13 nails and five needles from a Sri Lankan maid who says the couple she worked for in Saudi Arabia hammered them into her body. L.G. Ariyawathi, who was hospitalized with severe pain after returning Saturday from Saudi Arabia, has said the family she worked for punished her by heating the nails and needles before sticking them into her. X-rays showed that she had 24 nails and needles in her body, said Dr. Keerthi Satharasinghe of Kamburupitiya hospital, about 100 miles...


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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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Copyright ©2010 CBS Interactive Inc Entire Article Taken From:  http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/13/business/main6577321.shtml? Spirit Airlines flights were being canceled again Sunday as a pilot's strike entered its second day, shutting down the discount carrier and stranding thousands of travelers. Spirit's CEO said no talks were scheduled with picketing pilots, and a union leader said the pilots "will not return to the cockpit until a fair and equitable contract is negotiated." The privately-held airline based in Miramar, Fla., carries 16,680 passengers per day - about 1 percent...


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