May 13 - Steppin-Out-On-Faith - Mask Memorial CME Church will host the first of a series of Praise Team and Step Teams performances. The event kicks-off a five-week City-wide promotion of the Juneteenth Celebration. Additional churchs participating includes: Friendship Baptist, Holy Temple Ministries, Faith United Methodist, Pentecostal Outreach and Union Missionary Baptist. For info call: 4877-3775 ex 105.

May 13 to 15 - A Healing History: Drawing Strength from Ancestral Wells - A workshop & retreat for African American women led by Rachel Harding at the Leaven Center, Lyons, MI (between Lansing & Grand Rapids). Cost: $185 (includes program, lodging and meals) scholarships available. Call: 989/855-2606 or e-mail leavencenter@leaven.org

May 21 - PAC-MAC Spelling Bee at 10:45 a.m. at J.W. Sexton High School, 102 McPherson, Lansing, MI
- Welcome and Opening -
Grade 1 11:00-11:25
Grade 2 11:30-11:55
Grade 3 12:00-12:25
Grade 4 12:30-12:55
Intermission/Drawings
1:00-1:15
Grade 5 1:20-1:40
Grade 6 1:45-2:05
Grade 7 2:10-2:30
Pac-Mac will be awarding 2 His/Her Bicycles to a contestant that participates in the Spelling Bee. The grand prize drawing will be awarded at the end of the bee. FOR REGISTRATION AND/OR INFORMATION CALL: (517) 323-4011 or
(517) 887-2118 or web site www.pacmac.org

May 21 -The 26th Annual Senior Salute Luncheon beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the Big Ten Room A of the MSU Kellogg Center. The Delta Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. sponsors the luncheon to honor over 100 African-American graduating seniors. The luncheon is free to the graduating seniors and they are to wear their cap and gown. Students must make reservations for the luncheon. Send e-mail to: akaviviantansil@att.net

Ongoing Monthly Events

Every second Saturday of each month - General membership meeting of the Black Men Inc. of Greater Lansing at the Black Child & Family Institute, 835 W. Genesee St. @ Butler St. at 8 a.m. Everyone invited.

Sunday's Smooth Ballroom Dancing Classes at Gregory's Ice and Smoke, 2510 N. Martin Luther King, Blvd., Lansing, MI. Music starts to play at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.