City of Lansing issued the following announcement on Feb 17.
The City of Lansing is proud to celebrate Black History Month with our incredible, diverse workforce. We are spotlighting several of these voices to focus on what Black History Month means to Lansing, our employees, and our residents. We honor our Black employees & residents and encourage everyone to celebrate our diversity together.
"Black History is extremely important to me and my family. Its very important to me that my children and others to know that our history did not begin with slavery. Black History Month to me is a time for others to learn what we teach and live 365 days a year. This is a time to seek knowledge beyond what is written in our history books and expand our knowledge of self.
One of my favorite memories of celebration was during our Brand Nu Me Program as a child. Every week, Dr. Leola Taylor taught us to be proud in heritage and pushed us to be great. My grandmother would further encourage me as well as several educators along the way. My children were lucky to have educators such as Dr. Cain and the staff at Shabazz to teach them every day about our history and celebrate Harambee monthly.
I strongly encourage everyone to take a moment and sit and listen to our local Black story tellers and historians."
-DeLisa, Director of the Neighborhoods & Citizen Engagement Department for the City of Lansing
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