[column type=”1/3″] [/column] [column type=”2/3″ last=”true”] For me, it was Mr. Randall E. Raymond. During my sophomore year at Cass Technical High School, Mr. Raymond shared with our class that […]

[column type=”1/4″] [/column] [column type=”3/4″ last=”true”] I attended Greenfield Park Elementary until my family moved and then I transferred to Greenfield Union in the fifth grade.  At that time, Greenfield

[column type=”1/4″] [/column] [column type=”3/4″ last=”true”] You have to see the surprised look in someone’s face when I explain that Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico’s Independence Day.  I go

“Since feeling is first”…the poet writes… “who pays any attention/ to the syntax of things/ will never wholly kiss you.” (e. e. cummings) Or, alternately, “A little Madness in the

[column type=”1/3″]  [/column] [column type=”2/3″ last=”true”]   My name is Audley “Kano” Smith and I am a proud product of the Detroit Public Schools System! I entered Longfellow Elementary School

[success_box] “A monk once asked Zen Master Yun-men, “What is the essence of the Supreme Teaching?” Yun-men said “When the spring comes the grass grows by itself.” *[/success_box] With the coming

[column type=”1/4″] [/column] [column type=”3/4″ last=”true”] I attended McDowell Elementary, Beaubien Junior High and Cass Tech.  I remember being very proud about attending these schools, because they were known for

March is the month when we focus on the amazing women who have helped to shape our culture and our society. We celebrate and applaud those who have accomplished extraordinary