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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Scholarships Vocational Training

Vocational

No Worker Left Behind (NWLB) is Governor Granholm's vision for accelerating the transition of thousands of workers into good-paying jobs by providing up to two years worth of free tuition at any community college, university, or other approved training provider to gain the skills and credentials for new careers in high-demand occupations, emerging industries, or to start a business. The program will expand on job training and education services currently available to job seekers through Michigan Works! Service Centers. For more information go to www.michigan.gov/nwlb or call 1-800-285-WORK.

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The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship enables writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Butler got her start. It is meant to cement her legacy by providing the same opportunity that she had to future generations of new writers of color. In addition to her stint as a student at the original Clarion Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania in 1970, Butler taught several times for Clarion West in Seattle, Washington, and Clarion in East Lansing, Michigan.

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Did You Know?

New York City had more black-owned firms than any other city in the country at 98,076. The city with the second largest number of black-owned businesses was Chicago (39,424), followed by Los Angeles (25,958), Houston (21,226) and Detroit (19,530).