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loud is Born the Earth shifts the sun is at half mask the moon waits for her first cry the ancestors set the table the flower turn red as blood this is your land continent daughter with tree trunk legs and branches for arms this is your soil Black and photo as your eyes spacing in a part-time Jim Crow current past memories some of us begin the removal of shackles at Birth we grow into the armor of struggle we will courage and Artie blend bravery into our Sunday dinners Joanne Watson you understand nation-building is not a part time job dedicated life is sometimes lonely of honorable choice but it is the only way you know how to operate you are wired for the movements and your black women songs even when tired still fighting still organizing still singing morning spiritual you were born to lead even in your own family the eldest of 10 children boy did Jefferson and lestine you made a man nefertari Steven Maya her children always knew she was larger than life when you are woman in the movement you take the living with you on the journey you bring the babies with you to your college classes when you travel to Ghana for the first time it will be with your daughters in tow when you are fearless National thinking Mama mothering never stops with your own babies 30 godchildren and mentees across the globe the daughter of a ministering mother is how many ordained for good trouble I see you're a prophetic young student preparing for her lifelong role and serve it to her own Community when your purse was in a farmer Jack parking lot many years ago with your kids tickets to Run DMC in the purse you made sure they still got to that concert it even hosted melymel and Furious 5 in your living room cuz Queens make it look easy when you are single mom people will tell you what you can't do instead you the New York City what all for your seeds to do your necessary work with the YWCA cuz Queen make it look easy Ghana Togo South Africa where is your heart mama Watson nurturing spirit bacon melt-in-your-mouth homemade biscuits how many hours do you sleep Warrior Watson what's endless work ethic and blue collar blood racing through your veins how do we say thank you for your work your time your heart we know you would never really retire there is a fire on the path to Freedom there was Smoke there is sacrifice there are stories of justice of women of Tubman to Joyner of Angela start a Coretta and Marley and Betty and Queen Mother Moore some of us know we are ancient that are marrow is laced with Legacy that we are here to bring light to our daughter sometimes it just takes one woman a mother and grandmother a Spitfire grill a sister the only woman to leave at n-double-acp largest chapter sheep daughter the movement of Rosa of Arma she was a birthday gave birth of possibility for other young actor that's like me a true D woman Frontline Fatima play William blood councilwoman leader Tutela Joanne Watson social worker president of the anti-klan network sister inspiration dedicated to the snow girls Hannah voices of women wrapped in West African beauty Regal in Brazilian wake up Detroit wake up South Africa wake up to wake up paw business owners wake up White House wake up operations wake up teachers wake up women wake up schools sleeping is not an option when The Honorable Joanne Watson is wake up Detroit this is your wake-up call I'm join tell me what about me to the wake-up call today we give God all the praise Hallelujah God Alone is worthy to be praised I don't know about you but I can't let one day go by without praising his name we pray Matson to my blessings flow we know it is God who made us and not we ourselves on this terrific Thursday what a blessing it is to come to you with the superintendent Sylvia now the George Washington Carver Academy welcome  cancel happy to have you here until welcome you thank you very much what is a pleasure to be here it's a pleasure to have you you're beautiful thank you thank your heart not tell us up all the good news about George half Academy with George Washington Carver Academy is sitting in the heart of Highland Park Highland Park is have some changes with it yes and so because I am also from Highland Park I am come on now 10-day Liberty Elementary come on now and went to Henry Ford middle school then graduated from Holland Park my mama is so well tended to versity of Michigan mercy and then got two masters from Marygrove come on now so I am excited praise God I intend to create make George Washington Carver the new Private School Highland Park I love it so you know when I was growing up I'm a native detroiter but I the days when having Park was honored Highland Park was out on the iron it was a top performing School District that's right when I was in holler Mark Highland Park sent me to Lansing to be lieutenant governor and on the government governor they sent me to Japan to be a foreign exchange say that so at Highland Park we had we was on the tennis team 9 Mile pause president of the student class we had everything we had extracurricular activities and pride to be in Highland Park because they prepare Parker's to be exit and Highland Park had a wonderful of program back in the day that allowed the Highland Park citizen Goten Highland Park Community College for free absolutely and my affect my mother-in-law got her Nursing degree I love Highland Park Community College closed what has up some of us thought that close it was a racist move by the governor Engler to close Highland Park for nothing it was graduating the highest number of professional nurses and have program that provided the largest number of nurses recommunity so why would you close it made no sense whatsoever but you know I remember the day is win. It was just a nobody know part of the challenge facing the city had to do with the corporate community disinvesting quiet left hand piping money cuz they got in touch right off I remember that there's a lot of high-paying middle-class jobs NN Ford Motor Company's first plant was and how to pack the first freeway in the nation Davidson ran through Highland Park what about a lot of things superintendent blessing I've been a volunteer to from time to time of the school with the girls Rites of Passage program I have to facilitate some turkey donations to will it rain the families in need down through the years and I just thought I'd also volunteered at Renaissance Cass Tech Burton School some of the school's called me Big Mama I don't mind going and you know when your grandmother is this good to play that role bringing them eternal spirit into the school think about Highland Park we've always been up Village and wasn't scared of kids I had a mom and having part God Rest her so clean Mother me know Mark it was great great leader and on the Highland Park be counseling with the Highland Park Community College sister-in-law Malcolm X who was just wonderful one anchor of the the matriarchs in Highland Park I know about the Highland Park mothers club in Highland Park is who have the down through the years making sure the children steered in the right direction and that's what you're doing at George Washington Carver Academy talk about increased amount of program Dimock achievement excellent and so we had a meet and greet yesterday with the staff right now we had a good time but the focus I told him question for every can we do will be what is best for key and if what the program is answers that question what says 4K then that's what we're doing come on and if is not best for kids no matter how she ditional how great it is that's right off we went to school because we wanted to make a difference in the lives of children and every time you get that student loan bill you should be reminded hey why you and so what we have to ensure that everything we doing from the time they enter the door yes you're somebody exact the movie love the young people the more they feel invested young people can tell from the way you look at that exact but you love them right now if you want to nurture them whether you see genius and them are not exec ignite excellence in them I challenged them those that are not from our community that you see that's right judge them by the leader and the change agent that they can be and the truth is our all didn't have the gift of Genius we do have our job to pull the layers back to pull the layers that is put gifts and everyone exactly yeah it was gift Educators who told me you should apply for a scholarship to Japan come on now I have full scholarship from Toyota Motor Company magnificent address to help open my eyes praise God how to beat NFC championship and that's what I say what's best for kids famous Bloomfield Birmingham Troy I want to it they have a right that's right and our forefathers died is important that they understand that education is the passport that it's a lot of things going on and yes there's all kind of stores but if you have education if you've been taught how to be a critical night now if you've been taught to believe in you can lose a job and get another job boy from everything and start again critical thinking is Keith game come on now and I work for the city Troy helping families go back amen and they didn't have an education and it was a cycle because these parents who couldn't read who it only finish 7th or 8th G of my location and trying to help with homework while struggling with issues and still stuck with a come on somebody so I went back to school yes I said I'm in the wrong side of the field I need to go where it count before they been damaged yeah somebody told him they can't do anything right because I know what it is to drive past the levitated drug-infested neighborhood with people see the murder capital of the world with no windows my mind talking to the superintendent yo George Washington Carver Academy in Highland Park and at this point is in the school that's on 2nd between Manchester and the Davison freeway and it's one of those entities that helps to provide a foundation for Hannah park right now did the result of the school in Hannover great name is an anchor and the superintendent is Sylvia Browne magnificent not tell us who are your role models who your mentors well in school OFF Fifth my 5th grade teacher Miss Janet Stewart Elementary was a person who did extracurricular activities played and won thanks deal was you can't participate until you get your work done I love it and I used to run my mouth but I wanted to be a part of these plays yes yes and so it taught me early how to balance how to prioritize you can do that yeah do your work first say that when I went to high I had my counselor is the one who who open the pathway for me to go to Japan but one of things he always taught us was be early is to be on time come on now so when I went to college and I lost my mother as a freshman that's your her first quarter I had the only been in school for four months not over the past lower  most people would have dropped out but it was because of the community I had and had apart, cuz it's so many please people that I go all the way back to elementary school dr. esselman and mrs. men's Miss downs and our principal and so many countless people man that poured into me it wasn't one person it was a village that said you can't you're special cuz you're Brown come on now where are roam HP will always be my home come on now cuz that's HP made me HP Tommy tenacity it told me I was somebody else I can fight against yes so when I didn't know I had people protecting time looking out for me praying for me redirecting me come on now and so tell people where my hero love my mother who was an educator at Liberty Elementary greatest praise God praise God help me without boundary come on now help me to be and so I believe that I was crazy enough to be whatever I come on I'm not call your mother's name May Kathryn Looney, Looney Clan that's still wrong through Highland Park now live in Highland Park feel a part of the community as a Looney Looney Tunes we all wrong the the Highland Park the hallways of Highland Park yeah yeah and that education. Love that Community is what I bring Eli's Washington, dad, but I'm coming home and I'm home walking through the same things that I did I look at them as the next Governor mayor of United States recharge hey that's how I want you to know how you treat yeah that's right who says that all the time is what am I ever mothers who lives in Highland Park misses Matilda Foster and everybody's child is somebody's child and they belong to God Netflix because you have opportunities to start from pre-school all the way to the 8th grade all the way to the 8th grade and so we get a minute babies and Farm in the making a difference in a life and a lot of a mine is to embrace the community so that Highland Park can adopt George Washington Carver as I'm home so that's a business is going to community volunteers provide resources for the mini needy needy families that are there uniforms for school supplies to volunteer to read around the school are taking care loud and proud so when I kids look around they don't see black enough they deal with enough to our door we want to share that they say that's right that they feel invested that people love them and when they look around we want them to see hope this is a George Washington Carver Academy in Highland Park now there are a number of persons who just been disappointed with Scoops who they don't know commercials in a talk a good talk in it pass out put signs on buses and everybody claims they can do the best parents make that invest end up bringing their child and they don't quite know if it's what the promise that has been made is going to match what the delivery is can you add the superintendent bus stops with you that's right the bus stop and you are hot in Parker and I'm a Parker came up to Highland Park University Japan travel the lieutenant governor and the governor come on somebody you have an understanding Community the city and that's so critical you know the community that you're serving in the community teachers I had security I loved it I had maintenance and Food Service God queens and when they do something wrong with correcting a child yes we not auditioning for prison addition and Four Courts at directed a child and show them away expectation for every child and every parent I'm at the end of the day that's what they brought the situation sent us to do help them make their child have a better tomorrow I love it and that's the commitment that I bring because I am Highland Park hey I am HP say that HP made me it's a different fire that I have I have a tired of passing everywhere I go and I only worked in urban areas because I wanted to give my talent yes to our key amen that they can know that somebody that look like that came from Community like them that was told what you can't be my Lord assumed that you didn't have my mama yes you can yes you can yes you can yes you can I think they can succeed and you know what when you have high expectations of young people I read a research paper years ago when I was a student University of Michigan by Roosevelt graduating things before I start doing up Journal bring on the my mother and father kept waiting for me to get into the field I put the scoop before cuz I was active with some activist groups around the country and finally got active in the doing what I was trying to do but the God is so good but that there is something about recognizing the gym of hot impart the treasure that is Highland Park and I believe that the we need to change the narrative exactly because now pawsitive about the city of Detroit that's because of the some low-down reply faintly unconstitutional illegal things that have gone on that the bankruptcy was never filed by the city was fine by Kevin the emergency manager laws unconstitutional heart she joined our lawsuit to get a vote back for the Detroit Public away somebody's phone when we consider that hot and Park like Detroit has had an a narrative around it that has been sometimes less than positive for reasons that had nothing to do with the real forces of the city exactly corporations who left who should not have left owing the city money there people who have been suffering from unreasonable water bills and some tax bills that the Harper place a hardship on it and end it it it's not fair to have people treated less than the holler it's a gym and I think some of this has been deliberate make it up less profitable area this is a major commit who ever heard of a city on Woodward right in the heart of one of America's major cities what was designed as a special City it was designed especially what the what the inside of the citizens could attend free so we need to bring back The Narrative of Glory power of x yeah the Highland Park and we have an opportunity to do that with the with these great George Washington Carver Academy that's in Highland Park in Highland Park that's right that's right the Holland Park to George Washington can live anywhere and they can live anywhere that want to come to car because their kids and parents are thirsty that looking for a quality education and the leader they can believe you want to meet this later this morning so then you can people recognize authenticity I know they do they recognize people who are real who are from you can mean anything recognize it come on now we have work to do yes a lot of work yes but we have committed people who are prepared to do the work I love it and if there prepare to do what's best for kids and they don't look at every kid that walk in the door or come on as if they're in a private school and they don't treat every parent that walk in the door is if they have Five Star Customs I love it but you got to be where you gift it to me that's it and you got to love the babies sting about them that's why everything they come with all of that and if you can't deal with that we don't need to try to find you or redirect you to it, I love it I love that is no in between when it comes to the kids is having teachers that I qualified teachers with program so they can meet the needs of kids turning to the school my momma Sylvan Learning going to be there doing the day I love it and they're going to pull students out who struggle with math and I lower grade says they can get skills that they need they may not put them on the bus we're not telling their parents where they can go we going to create that program creating a mentorship Graham does mentoring and tutoring I'm not just going to you until you do your homework but it's going to be my responsibility to go to the teacher and ask didn't get turned in and I love her and to come on now because that's what it take if I knew how to do my work I went be in tutoring hello and if I was responsible I wouldn't be struggle of it so we going to give them what they need Brown service yeah we're also partner with new center community social workers and crisis managers to the school excellent what is Crisis we haven't had anything our kids spends crisis everyday when a drive-by happen or divorce separation of parents that's trauma they come to school and expected to focus on learn you can be a middle school to be stopped by police and be stopped come now they need to know to handle it handle it and they also need to know that if I have an issue yes I can go talk to somebody come on give you a card and tell you tell your parent I love it no I want to bring somebody from the community in the schools God so these are things that I've done in less than a week wow cuz I hit the ground wow what's best for kids to service the students to service the parent I love it so I'm reaching out to community members to see can we get a GED program for parents praise God man at a type of things that you get when you come to George Washington Carver because when you are park or you understand what the babies need that's right Disney and then we try to make it happen that's it that's not what what is the address of George Washington Carver can address is 14510 2nd Avenue okay enaz Highland Park boy 2:03 and it is there a phone number people can call yes that's 33865 0 to 4 we are having open enrollment every day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and it's K through 8 8th grade if someone wanted to enroll their child today with what they need to bring for a Roman you need a birth certificate the last report card and your driver's license record have it and you want to pick up an application so you can begin the process and ask cancel get a tour of the school the office is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to go to all questions you can also go online amen be able to download the application is a grandmother or grandfather or onto your godmother who is a guardian care of children who happen to Van that age range Pre K through 8 and they sometimes rearing of children has fallen on some other than the mother and the father from The Cab solutely we encourage them to come and bring the program's if they don't have everything when they when they we will work with them to find out that help them get the documents so they can register the student excellent excellent it's so wonderful to have someone from leading the George Washington Carver Academy with this point it's the only academic institution left in Highland Park in the city proper Highland Park Desert School by George Washington Carver Academy it deserves a superintendent superintendent Sylvia Browne Hooser who is the park Sharon Taylor is in the Chuck Gordon's in the doctor writes and the doctor come on now dr. Brian all of those who were my principles yes yes let us and taught us and and directed us in provided programs we have programs that other public schools in have they say you didn't have Windows but we had air conditioning when will Williams in air with a Atrium and a wing that had extracurricular activity fat ass and you better say how did all those things with just a part of what we did so if you weren't prepared for college you would prepare for a trade it's all the way in the seventies and eighties Highland Park had the philosophy to prepare kids for Success excellent and so that's the thing that we want to bring back to ensure that what we're doing is preparing it for says not just a job but a career to be a good standing citizen to understand character to understand what it is to be a leader whatever you be just be a leader essay it whatever professing you are you going to rise because cream when you doing what you love the money will come because you're doing your best you're doing some of you love so you can't help but to be good at it what's the things you want to power and teach our kids and and help develop that in them that it doesn't matter what you seen or what your story is your record is clean so you have an opportunity to rewrite the story I love it people try to write my story now they couldn't write your story can you grab my purse from Hollow you must get a good at calculus had trigonometry I got that from the halls of Highland Park they have to go to another school say that I have foreign language I had all of the things that I needed for a quality holistic educated at say that that my creative side it nurtured my leadership I had no choice have it that live in look at you now superintendent cited excited excited to be excited to be in Highland Park student side of the school year so we having a parent orientation on September 1st okay because we want to share what I paying what time is it we having a 10 a.m. session and a 5 p.m. okay I work in parents trying to be flexible so that they can hear what we're doing excellent and they can we want to be accountable by saying this is what you can hold us accountable down right into the year so when you say everybody say that well imma give you what you can hold me with accountable for us so you can great did she do what she said she who's going to come on now I love it so that sounds like a report that's a report card love it I love her that's called day that we met that's what I'm sorry about praise God praise God praise God for a superintendent in Highland Park love the babies who is connected with the parents and the commuter who's from the community born is Highland Park seeds and planted in Rich black soil and now she's going to Japan gone to East Montgomery superintendent of her own community of the George Washington Carver Academy website also get the phone number in the address one more time okay the website gwc Carver at GW Carver Academy that okay the website of the address 14510 2nd Avenue phone number 313 865-6024 excellent as a school year of commences in September and is science and students begin to Flat the George Washington Carver Academy we want to wish you all the best for so proud of you thank you thank you for coming back home thank you thank you for staying to plant which seeds in Highland Park the community where you grew up and went to school and helping the showcase by example how you can grow and succeed and Excel in Highland Park you doing it thank you so proud of you thank you so much children right now right now rolling everyday praise God praise God here's been blessed to come in from time to time and it's just I love this have the babies hug me around and knees and you know just act as if they because they doing that loving environment you have to bring love you have to model what love looks like come on now healthy love looks right so even if they have dysfunction yes at least they seen what it can be say that they can set a goal of that's what life can be after this is why education is important so I can do something different yeah having people that believe that I will be better and that I can be more success I love than those who came before me cuz they said my mother said so and do more than she did look at you play a happy here at this station I certainly thank God for our leader RJ Watkins he's a Watkins & Watkins broadcasting and son Sean is running engineer Michelle Lee Henry Tyler always been a special link between the station which is headquartered in Highland Park and the George Washington have a cannabis to lift up turn in that sea talking about their hopes and dreams and their goals and what they want to be in the future so we want to maintain that that connection and let you know that we are solidly behind George Washington Carver Academy we thank God for you thank you praise God praise God set support George Washington Carver Academy in if you don't know the story of George Washington Carver you how to get it and be good reading for your family and good reading for you want a reminder when did the African World Festival is coming to Detroit this weekend this is 11 and color this is not tape or Memorex this is alive and this weekend starting tomorrow add 4 p.m. will be at the Charles Wright Museum of after macnician let me say good morning to a mother Roberta Hughes write the first lady of child Sage Wright Museum of African history who watches this shows that we thank God for attorney and thank God for what Museum of African history will be launching on this afternoon at 4 p.m. stravaganza with African drums and dancing and music and Exhibits and activities and programs on the 1st inhumanity the truth is everybody is of African descent because all human life again on the continent of Africa so we praise God for the African World Festival coming to the Charles Wright Museum of African history campus starting this weekend beginning with the opening tell me about patience and a welcome  I'm count of Elders members like me tomorrow at 4 they program on Saturday including a espresso launching of new character and the American Girl series that will happen from 6 to 8 on Saturday adding the dozens dozens and dozens of giveaway at products of the American Girl products to school children do the Detroit that was library and on Sunday at 5 to 6 p.m. you'll be a special ceremony honoring righteous ancestors current members of the Council of Elders of the city of Detroit who provide counseling mentoring support for families and individuals and especially people in this community so we hope you will take advantage of all the programs and services of the African World Festival that will be launched on tomorrow at 4 p.m. on the campus of the Charles Wright Museum of African American history was so glad about it and its own on this day take a moment to acknowledge this is the birthday of The Honorable Marcus mosiah Garvey today is the actual birthday of the greatest organizer in the history of African people in the world The Honorable Marcus mosiah Garvey his birthday celebrated on today August 17th week of God all the praise 18th birthday was yesterday we give God all the praise God Alone is worthy to be praised we thank God for the  privilege do you unblock on Airwaves in Highland Park Marvin Willis and Maxine Willis and the Willis family and Sean Watkins and all the members of the family who are such a blessing to this community we give God praise for the privilege of sharing this wonderful information about George Washington Carver Academy look forward to going over there right several times this semester and next semester so I can be the resource Big Momma on my online at the help those babies when they we thank you for being a part of my program today and if you want to be a blessing to this station in send a little something to 160 Victor 48203 and make that attention RJ Watkins our president CEO thank you for being part of my wake-up call and let us collectively Chowder the one who made us in His image weeping form wake up Detroit Wayne County community colleges in Beacon of Hope for so many people can see the impact it to me and that we're celebrating the 50th anniversary and all the good that is done it has been the pathway for so to obtain a higher education congratulations to Wayne County Community College for 50 years of service to Detroit Wayne County and all of Southeast Miss making education much more available affordable 50th years just the beginning of the first century

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