Dear Members of National Multicultural Diversity Institute: (NMDI)

Welcome! It is a privilege to, once again, have you in our building for

this very special 27th Annual Multicultural Diversity Day Celebration!

The NMDl's work to foster multi-cultural respect, understanding,

appreciation, and awareness is outstanding and so needed, especially in today's

world. As an organization that strives to enhance lives through the art of music,

dance, and theatre, we here at the Flint Institute of Music (FIM) are very aware

of the importance of acceptance and unconditional caring for everyone who

enters our doors.

Thank you, on behalf of the FIM staff, for your unwavering

commitment and outstanding leadership. We are proud of our partnership with

the NMDI, and congratulations on 27 years of excellence!

Sincerely,

Rodney Lontine

President & CEO

Flint Institute of Music

NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY

INSTITUTE (NMDI)

PRESENTS THE

27th ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY

CELEBRATION PROGRAM

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

THEME: E. PLURIBUS UNUM

(Out of Many Become One)

Multi-

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Flint Institute of Music\

1025 E. Kearsley Street

Flint, Michigan 48503

Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose, Founder & President of NMDI

Hello (English) Buenos Dias, (Spanish) Shalom, (Hebrew)

Assalamu Alikum (Arabic) Bonjour, (French) Jambo, (Swahili) Namaste, (Hindu) Guten Morgen (German) etc.

NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY INSTITUTE

We thank God, President Lontine & Flint Institute of Music, NMDI,

Founder & President, Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose & Paul DeBose & our Families,

NMDI members, Sponsors, Clark family & other supporters, program participants,

audience, and all who contributed to the success of this program.

National Multicultural Diversity Day (NMDD) started in my classroom and

was adopted by the National Education Association which currently represents

approx. 3 million educators. In 2000 (NMDD) grew and became National

Multicultural Diversity Institute (NMDI) with a 501 c 3 non profit status. From

1996 to the present NMDI’s Caring Is Sharing Community Outreach has been

giving annually to many charitable organization.

Multicultural Diversity Day can help increase awareness of the tremendous

need to celebrate diversity collectively. This day of celebration is to give tribute to

the strength and beauty that multicultural diversity brings to America. This kick off

celebration can serve as a catalyst for ongoing teaching and learning programs.

NMDl's Mission: To promote mutual awareness, understanding, respect,

and appreciation for different cultures.

MNDI's Strategy and Methodology also includes: Forums for multicultural

diversity day (s) celebrations, festivals, workshop presentations, curriculum

development, publications, scholarships, etc.

NMDI’s Motto: To Love the Creator and our neighbors as ourselves,

showing love starting at home and then spreading aboard.

Let this Multicultural Diversity Day Celebration, other programs, as well

as everyday experiences provide great opportunities for each one of us to check our

own biases as well as reach out and get to know someone better, who is different

than we are. A difference may be in language, gender, nationality, ethnicity,

religion, or one may be physically challenged or the difference may be in other

areas of diversity. Still we all smile in the same language. Quite often we will find

that after we really get to know our neighbors, our similarities outweigh our

differences. As a result more appreciation, respect, and peace can develop and lead

the way for our neighborhoods, and global communities to become a better place.

“To melt the divisions, and dividers of anti-diversity, try an OD (overdose) of

Love, and heaping spoonfuls of kindness one to another” (C. S. DeBose)

DIVERSITY QUOTES

“Men hate each other because they fear each other, and they fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they

don't know each other because they are often separated from each other." (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.)

"We must be the change we wish to see in the world. " (Mahatma Gandhi)

“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups,

alone in races, even alone in genders.” (Maya Angelou)

“To succeed internationally, we need to understand the cultures of the world; and we have all cultures of the world represented

right here-a tremendous competitive advantage.” (Ernest Thompson, Proctor and Gamble)

BOOKS AVAILABLE (For Purchase)

BOAZ Found Me, A Love Story, & Companion Guide

Author, Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose, M. A. cscministries.org

Pearls of Wisdom from The Scruggs House of Soul

Food for the Body & Food for the Soul

Author, Mother Deborah Walker Scruggs cscministries.org

Before The Morning Star the Almira S. Steel Story

Author, Edward Mattox mattox2@peoplepc.com

NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL

DIVERSITY INSTITUTE, GIFTS OF LOVE

PLATINUM PLUS $ 2,000-$ 3,500

FLINT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER

PLATINUM $ 1,000-$ 1,999

WALMART FOUNDATION-FLINT, MI

GOLD $ 500-$ 999

WALMART FOUNDATION-FENTON, MI

SILVER $ 300-$ 499

REAL ESTATE FOR A CAUSE-HELENE SALDANA

SABITA TUMMALA FOUNDATION

SOVITA CREDIT UNION

BRONZE $ 100- $ 299

MICHIGAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (MEA) REG 10

AFFORABLE COMPUTER SERVICES, MIKE HAYDEN

TEN COMPUTER REPAIR, MR.TRAVIS SCHLOSSER

GENESEE LAPEER ED. ASSOC. RETIRED

LAWRENCE E. MOON FUNERAL HOME

DR. CHARLES & JACQUELINE DEBOSE

JIM ANANICH, STATE SENATOR

ELDER & SISTER C. HAWKINS

TARGET, INCORPRATION

ROSEZINA BARD

MEIJER, INC.

SUPPORTERS $ 50-$ 99

ELDER & SISTER C. BYRD

MOTHER LOLITA PERKINS

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INC.

NMDI GIFTS OF LOVE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS $ 400.00

FLINT INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (FIM) -SCHOOL OF PERFORMING ARTS

IN HONOR OF DR. NALLAPU N. REDDY, U of M-FLINT

FLINT REPERTORY THEATER

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY

DAY & INSTITUTE (NMDI)

STUDENT SPONSORS & PATRONS LIST

NMDI

Families: DeBose,Scruggs

Clark & Bard

HM Church

Elder & Sister C. Hawkins

Elder & Sis. C. Byrd

Elder & Miss’y S. Turner

Elder & Mother W. Stone

Deacon & Miss’y P. DeBose

Deacon & Mother Knighton

Deacon & Sis. G. Anderson

Deacon & Sister E. Bogan

Deacon & Miss’y T. Stinson

Deacon Archie Leflore

Deacon Eugene Banks

Deacon & Sis. D. Akins

Deacon & Sis. K. Bransford

Minister & Sis. P. Johnson

Mother Lolita Perkins

Mother L. Williams (Auntie)

Mother Janice Taylor

Miss’y Cheryl Thompson

Miss’y Humphrey

Sis. Jackie Pritchett

Sis. Jackie Johnson

Sis. Shondra Marshall

Sis. Ridelya Banks

Sis. Ruby Hunter

Sis. Linda Gardener

Sis. Monica Howard

Sis. Avis Otler

Sis. Laurie Olter

Sis. Lillie Hunter

Sis. Izola Hyman

Sis. Jettie Beasley

TABLE SPONSORS

Paul & C. Scruggs-DeBose

Jimmie & Phyllis Clark

Herbert & Lucille Hawkins & Rosezina Bard

Gilbert Block

Ida Hopkins

Robert Wilson

AKA Sorors

Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose

Lucille Hawkins

Sara Hunter Tucker

Dr. Beverly Walker-Griffea

Kim Barge

Karla Turner

Denesha Smith

Phyllis Jones

Mary Crawford

Angie Thornton-George

Masharri Riddle-Rogers

Cynthia Hines

Michelle Brock

Georgia McCall

Yvonne Tucker

Brenda Clack

Barbara Wesley

Alfreda Duncan

Linda Booth

Dr. Brenda Rogers-Grays

Sharena Roland-Williams

Dr. Ernestine Jackson

Dionna Ross

Gladys Scott

Janet Smalley

Monica Frazer

Alfredia Wingate & Corinne Edwards

MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY MENU

MEATS Swedish Meatballs, Hawaiian Meatballs, BBQ-Ribs Pork,

Corn Beef, Chicken Wings, Pizza, Enchiladas, Jamaican Jerk Chicken, Beef Taco Salad, Cheese,

Mostaccioli Southern Style, Pepperoni Pizza, Ground Beef, Onions & Green Peppers,

Ham, Sausage, & Pineapple Pizza,

VEGETABLES

Garden Salad, Potato Salad, Watermelon Fruit Salad,

Vegetarian Stir Fry Vegetables, Cabbage, & Carrots

Spanish Rice, Baked Beans, Vegetable Pizza, Asian Indian Vegetables & Rice

BREADS Dinner Rolls

DESSERTS Cake, Cookies, Sliced Apples

BEVERAGES Coffee, Tea, & Punch

SPECIAL THANKS TO

El Special Mexican, Roma’s Pizza, Happy’s Pizza,

McDonalds, Tia Helletas, Italian Gardens,

Texas Roadhouse, Charley’s BBQ & NMDI Members

Diversity Food Coordinator: Paul DeBose,

Food Servers: Brenda Pate, Sylvia Scruggs,

Rick Scruggs, & Terry Scruggs,

Flyer Design & Program: Phyllis Clark

Ticket Design: Sylvia Scruggs

DIVERSITY PROGRAMME CONTINUED

STAGE DECORATIONS: In Honor of Claude Miller Paintings

STAGE MANAGERS: Phyllis J. Clark & Shana Rauser

STAGE ENGINEER: Ernest Kelly Jr.

PHOTOGRAPHER: Steve Gay

MULTICULTURAL DINNER

DINNER BLESSING: Mother Deborah Walker Scruggs

DINNER: Atrium of FIM

MOTHER DEBORAH WALKER SCRUGGS

90th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Wishing Well will be available

SILENT AUCTION –FINALIZATION

Special Thanks to the following to: Red Lobster, Bob Evans,

Saganos Japanese, Grill of India, Logan's Roadhouse, Onet & Beverly Fortenberry, Doris Harden,

Cecelia Williams & NMDI Members

EVALUATIONS: Please complete & leave on the table.

Thank you, (English) Asante Sana, (Swahili) Danke Schon (German) Shoukriah (Hindu) Toda Raba (Hebrew) Merci Beaucoup, (French) Shurkran, (Arabic) Muchas Gracias, (Spanish) etc.

NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY

INSTITUTE (NMDI)

P. O. BOX 355-FLINT, MICHIGAN 48501

E-MAIL: connectdiversity@yahoo.com

WEB: cscministries.org/diversity.html

MEMBERSHIP ROSTER

Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose: Founder & President

Mother Deborah Walker Scruggs: Advisor

Phyllis J. Clark: Secretary & Chair, Caring Is Sharing

Cleora Magee: Grant Writer

Paul L. DeBose: Food Coordinator

Sabita Tummula: Liaison Asian Indian

Dr. Colleen Ford: Liaison Native American

James Rush: Liaison China & Africa

Rosezina Bard: Liaison China & Africa

Ulise Nedson: Chair Liaison Outreach, and

Committee Members: Lucille Hawkins, Connie Edwards,

Shirley S. Sanders, & Sherita Swanigan

Sylvia Scruggs: Liaison Publicity & Stage Coordinator

Teanna Clark: Liaison Youth Chair

Ruth J. Baker: Liaison Youth Supporter

POSTHUMOUS

Dansby Tedford

Dorothy Burns

Commissioner Lu Johnson

Brenda Wilson

Claude Miller

Ramon Hill

Elizabeth Coffer

Polly Allen

Deacon Cleophus Scruggs

27th ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL

DIVERSITY DAY CELEBRATION

PROGRAMME

4:00 pm-Registration: Cleora Magee

Greeters: Teanna Clark & Kianna Fant

Refreshments & Dinner: Paul L. DeBose, & Committee

NMDI Silent Auction: Chair, Dr. Colleen Ford,

Committee Members: Connie Edwards & Cleora Magee &

Judy Gail Armstrong

CULTURAL WORKSHOPS & DISPLAYS BY PRESENTERS

Asian Indian Artifacts & Henna Painting: Saroja Reddy &

Sabita Tummala, & Bindu Jain

Crim Fitness Foundation’s Mindfulness Initiative: Canisha Bell &

Tom Hauer

Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS), Strategies to work through Trauma for

Youth, Presenter: Breanne Lundt, LLMSW, Case Manager

Flint Water Class Action Legal Team, Presenters: Taylor McClain,

Emily Michel & Channing Robinson-Holmes Breast Cancer Awareness, Presenter: Karen Scruggs

The League of Women’s Voters, Advocacy & Education for a Stronger

Democracy, Presenters: Linda Hoff, Doris Sain, Vicki Leland,

Mary Ann Smith Real Estate For A Cause, Presenter: Helene Saldana

Disable American Veterans (DAV), Presenter: Tom Larrison

5:00 pm-MULTICULTURAL DIVERSITY PROGRAM

Mistress of Ceremony & Welcome: Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose

Invocation: Silent Meditation, Elder Carl Hawkins

Pledge Alliance: Boy Scout Troup # 310, Scout Master, Robert Rawls

Flint Institute of Music: Rodney Lontine, FIM President & CEO

Acknowledgements of Guest, Audience & NMDI Supporters:

Cleorah Scruggs-DeBose, NMDI Founder & President

Theme: E. Pluribus Unum (Out of Many Become One), Rose Bard

Mother Deborah Walker Scruggs, Happy 90th Birthday

NMDI Caring Is Sharing: Phyllis J. Clark

Cleora Magee, Grants & Funding

DIVERSITY PROGRAMME CONTINUED

Family Worship Center Int’l, Sherita Swanigan: Praise Dancer

Family Worship Center Int’l, Brennis Ferguson: Spoken Word

Dir. D. Pierson-Torre & Music on the Move Coordinator, A. Johnson,

FIM-F.S.P.A. Performance Faculty & Students

Crim Fitness Foundation’s, Canisha Bell & Tom Hauer:

Gratitude Practice Drama

Big Brothers Big Sisters, Antonio & Anaiya Sweeney: Spoken Word

“Together We Can”

Tapology Youth Ensemble: Director Bruce Bradley

CULTURAL FASHION SHOW COMMENTATOR:

MARY ATKINSON

Representing School Days

Candice Ferguson, Ava Ferguson,

Charlotte Ferguson & Teanna Clark

Representing African Culture

Rosezina Bard, Andre Bard

Alicia Bard & Robert Charleston

Representing-Mexican/Hispanic &Latino Culture Antonia Facundo

Representing African American Traditional Sundays Best Jimmie Jay, Tyrese Clark, Tashayna Clark,

Teanna Clark, Kristian Allen,

Ulise Nedson & Shirley Sanders

Representing-Asian/Indian Culture

Neelam Puri, Director of Bollywood Dance Academy, & Students

Modeling attire from India & Pakistan

Martha, Terri, Diana, Andrea, Anoopa, Abhi, & Ambreen