The Chaldean Community Foundation (CCF) participated in the Macomb Student Diversity Summit. This annual event provides an opportunity for more than 400 middle and high school students to dialogue about race relations and current relevant cultural matters.
Read MoreWireless Vision, in partnership with the Chaldean Community Foundation, hosted a kickoff event for 12 professionals within the community who were selected to participate in the first ever Learn with a Leader Program. Participants gathered at 220 Merrill in Birmingham to enjoy an evening of food, fun, and interaction.
Read MoreSerial entrepreneur, NFL All-Pro, and philanthropist Herman Moore visited the Chaldean Community Foundation to discuss the Tackle Life Entrepreneurship Program and the Chaldean Community Foundation’s continued partnership with Team 84 Staffing.
Read MoreThis photo of a Chaldean-owned liquor store appeared in the August 4, 1967 issue of Life Magazine, detailing individual stories about the unrest in Detroit that summer. Jerry Yono operated Imperial Market at 9739 Linwood in the city. The sign in the window says “soul brother” because he was so involved in the Detroit community that the residents considered him important.
Read More“European customers are switching to electric vehicles at a faster rate than anywhere in the world.” So says Jaclyn McQuaid, and she should know. GM is all-in on EV, investing $35 billion through 2025 in electric and autonomous vehicle technology in Europe, and Jaclyn oversees the entire operation on that side of the pond.
Read MoreWhen Genevieve Kashat was 3 years old, she watched with awe as her mother made a rich, delicious, and familiar banana bread for her family to enjoy. Years later, this moment would blossom into something much greater: a budding baking career and a shot at Food Network stardom. The road from mom’s banana bread to the Kids Baking Championship requires just the right mixture of talent, hard work, creativity, and inspiration.
Read MoreIn October 2022, Dr. Paulo Botta visited San Salvador de Jujuy and El Carmen, two towns of the Jujuy province in the north of Argentina. There he met with descendants of Chaldean Iranians who immigrated to Argentina between 1900 and 1930. Botta, a professor of Social Sciences affiliated with the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, explained, “Nobody even knows about that group of Chaldean families who arrived here almost a century ago.”
Read MoreIt is hard to hide a secret when one is randomly babbling, chaotically removing everything from the freezer, or suddenly talking to an imaginary cat on the top of the fridge. These were Johnny Shamou’s odd behaviors in front of his family while he was addicted to heroin. His addiction began with illegally prescribed drugs as a teenager, and before that he had smoked cigarettes and dabbled in marijuana and alcohol once in a while if it was around. This was because of his need to “fit in” with the crowd.
Read MoreAccording to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), suicide is currently the 12th leading cause of death in the United States. There is an average of 130 deaths by suicide every day. In 2020, 45,979 Americans died by suicide and there were an estimated 1.2 million suicide attempts. The suicide rate in 2020 was 13.48 per 100,000 individuals.
Read MoreTravel boom continues despite high prices and poor service. Rumors of the travel industry’s decline based on pandemic fears, high airfare prices and poor, undertrained workers are vastly overstated. In fact, travel is back at record levels for 2023 and beyond, despite the aftereffects of COVID.
Read MoreRita Soka – daughter to Samir and Najat Elias, an immigrant, wife, mother, transfusion medicine technologist, and health care validation consultant has added yet another item to her resume. As of last year, she graduated from Detroit Mercy School of Law (UDM) and became a barred attorney – and as of as last month, she partnered up with her former professor at Detroit Mercy School of Law and formed a new law firm, Taylor Soka, PLLC.
Read MoreAva Sarafa’s storied volleyball career at Birmingham Marian High School is over. Now she’s getting ready for the next stop in her journey. Soon, she’ll be off to the University of Kentucky to play volleyball for the national powerhouse Wildcats. “Time has gone by so quickly since I verbally committed then signed, especially since I signed,” she said, referring to September 4, 2021, when she made a verbal commitment to Kentucky.
Read MorePioneers deserve recognition and celebration. They serve as our foundation, a guiding force toward an advanced and progressive society. They act as catalysts for passing wisdom onto new generations, inspiring individuals to become their best selves. Habib Hannona is a living example of one such pioneer. His achievements in the United States, Kuwait, and Iraq exemplify human strength, enduring spirit, survival, and success.
Read MoreChildren in Iraq make playgrounds where they are able, including the grounds of churches. In Tilkepe, kids play street soccer near the Sacred Heart Church, an area that parents believe to be the safest place for their kids to play. Many churches were destroyed by ISIS in recent years but are now being rebuilt.
Read MoreMarch is International Women’s Month, which means not only here in the U.S., but in the United Kingdom and Australia, people are celebrating us! We also happen to feature a few articles about the fairer sex in our current issue. Our March cover is the remarkable Genevieve Kashat, who competed in the Kids Baking Championship on Food Network.
Read MoreColorectal screening saves lives. Part of raising awareness is helping people understand the value and importance of getting regular cancer screenings for early detection. As a primary care doctor, a large part of my role is preventive medicine. The goal of preventive medicine is to ultimately prevent disease, disability, and death. Colorectal cancer screening is one way of implementing this.
Read MoreAs the season of Sawma Raba (Great Lent) begins in the Church, we must not forget the point of Lent – to prepare our hearts and minds for the glory that is the Resurrection of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Resurrection of Christ is the central aspect of our faith; it is the reason why we offer our hearts to Christ as we celebrate Mass each week. As you prepare to celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday – the greatest event in all of human history, and dare I say, the entire universe – you must ready your heart to understand this key event of our faith by traveling and fasting with Jesus in the desert.
Read MoreAlmost three decades ago, three friends joined forces for a professional journey none of them could have predicted. Patrick Tomina and Eric Hardy met at University of Michigan-Dearborn. They came together from very different backgrounds—Tomina is Chaldean and has roots in independent retail businesses; Hardy is African American and from a family in which his father worked for General Motors and expected his son to follow a similar path.
Read MoreThe Patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako, warned that “future generations will be without faith” unless Churches overcome their differences to address the reality of life in the region.
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