News & Events
Events
May 2012
Mercy Education Project will celebrate its 20th Anniversary Doorway to the Future Dinner on May 10, 2012 at the Detroit Institutue of Arts. Sponsorship opportunities are available for the event. Please contact Lisa Fuller at (313) 963-5881 or lfuller@mercyed.net.
March 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, March 7, 2012 - 5:30 - 6:30pm
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 9:00 - 10:00am
Wednesday, April 18,...
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...
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News
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...
October 2, 2011
Robin Erb and John Gallagher | Detroit Free Press
On a personal level, the stories of people who can't read are of humiliation and frustration, of opportunities lost and secrets kept.
On a larger scale, Michigan's literacy issue is about losing hold of the future: losses in workers' earning potential, an eroded tax base, a drain on social services and higher health care costs.
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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.”
