Tag: Beecher High School
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Juneteenth organizers reflect on the national holiday and local effects in Beecher and Flint
By Canisha Bell As local Juneteenth events wrapped up, two community leaders actively involved in area celebrations reflected in interviews with East Village Magazine on what it all means. Community organizer April Cook-Hawkins said she believes that Juneteenth events can bring healing to a racially divided city. “I’m a woman of God, and outside of…
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Super volunteer, Beecher coach, labor/environmental justice priest honored with Riegle Community Service Awards
By Jan Worth-Nelson Three lifelong activists with deep roots in Flint will be honored Thursday, Sept. 12 as recipients of the 30th annual Donald Riegle Community Service Awards. The three are League of Women Voters leader Rhina Griffel, Beecher High School football coach and former NFL star Courtney Hawkins, and Christ the King Catholic Church…
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