News & Events

Events

May 2012

Doorway to the Future Dinner
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Detroit Institute of Arts
5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48202 -...

May 2012

Please join us for a Spring “Come and See MEP” event and tour held monthly at Mercy Education Project. You will see firsthand the good work of the organization. Tours are free. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Lisa Fuller at (313) 963-5881 or lfuller@mercyed.net

Upcoming dates are:

Wednesday, May30, 2012 - 5:30 - 6:30pm
Thursday, May31, 2012 - 9:00 - 10:00am

 

 

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January 2012

 Yes, Mercy Education Project celebrates 20 years of learning and achievement beginning in January 2012! That’s 20 years of helping girls and women achieve the goal of completing school and going on to higher education, jobs or job training. We hope you will participate in some of our celebration activities.

20th ANNIVERSARY CALENDAR

JANUARY 27    20th Anniversary...

News

February 22, 2012

Seven Comerica volunteers serving as MEP tutors are featured in the Comerica Homefront section of the Michigan ChronicleClick here to access the article and read quotes by the generous volunteers.

February 17, 2012

Listen to executive director, Amy Amador, share about how Mercy Education Project helps women and girls improve their education on Destination 313 on WJR 760 AM.  Click here to go to the Destination 313 website to download the podcast.

 

December 16, 2011

Mercy Education Project (MEP) has recently completed its Strategic Plan for 2012-14.  Using a process led by Board and Administration and relying heavily on input from MEP Staff as well as a large number of internal and external stakeholders, this Strategic Plan is embedded in two critical concepts:  Sustainability and Scalability.

[Sustainability]  To ensure MEP’s financial future the Plan calls for the development of a reserve fund and the creation of policies for growing and protecting its endowment fund and for utilizing surplus funds.  In addition the Board has committed itself in the first year of the Plan to engaging in a think tank on earned income and to challenging each...

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Media/Press

Media inquiries, please contact:

Maureen Mulcrone, RSM
Director, Development & Marketing
Mercy Education Project

1450 Howard Street
Detroit, MI 48216
Phone:  (313) 963-5881
Fax:  (313) 963-0209
Email: smmulcrone@mercyed.net

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Bulletin Board

Here are some recent comments from community members, volunteers, students and others who are commenting on Mercy Education Project.

"There is no more important work being done than that of Mercy Education Project, which is helping to craft the lives of future women leaders. I am so proud to be a part of its mission and purpose. MEP deserves the support of the entire state."

Rochelle Riley, Columnist and Author
Detroit Free Press
May 2011

"We can't support every good cause, but Mercy Education Project achieves such profound academic results within its small budget …its programs must be sustained.  Too many young girls and women are in need of MEP’s services – they are counting on us.”

Denise Starr, Chief Administrative Officer
Compuware Corporation
January 2011