Category: News/Updates
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7 Organizations form Clarkston College Career Coalition
A group of like-minded youth-serving organizations gathered a year ago to nominate students for scholarships for the Posse Foundation. Since then, the group has discussed other efforts to serve high-school and college-aged students
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Clarkston parents speak out about early care and education
If you had three wishes for education, what would they be? If you could tell the new Mayor of Clarkston what you want for your children, what would you say to him?
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Community Trust Project Selection Report
On February 9, 2014, thirty-eight (38) community residents (including three (3) resident Community Trust Trustees), six (6) other Community Trust Trustees, and nineteen (19) volunteers, gathered at the Clarkston Community Center to continue the process of determining an Education project to fund from the Clarkston Community Trust.
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VilCap Focus Groups
Please join us at the Clarkston Community Center on February 26 from 6:15-8:30pm for a series of focus group sessions designed to help the 15 entrepreneurs in the VilCap:Start-Clarkston program refine their product and service offerings.
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Residents Select After School Collaborative as Trust Project
Last June, when CDF announced the creation of the Clarkston Community Trust, CDF did so by asking a few “what if” questions. What if residents had the opportunity to determine for themselves the use of financial resources for the betterment of the entire community? What if a fund existed that was devoted solely to community…
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Having a Vision, Setting Goals
Twenty-five parents speaking 4 languages were active participants in the second session of Vision and Voice: A Family Leadership Institute, held February 8 at the KD Moore Family Development Center in Clarkston. While the parents enjoyed a scavenger hunt as well as listening, visioning and goal setting exercises, their children enjoyed
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Comfort Zone Abandoned: Somali SpeakEasy
Most of my adult life has been spent trying to grow understanding between people of different backgrounds. From nationality, to race, to class, to gender, I’ve always encouraged people to step at least an inch outside of their comfort zone. However, when it comes to language, I tend to get squeamish.
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CDF to Host The Somali SpeakEasy
Each month, language lovers gather at CASIE: The Center for the Advancement and Study of International Education to immerse themselves in a new language at the CASIE SpeakEasy. CDF is pleased to host the SpeakEasy in Clarkston!