JANUARY 12, 2024 PUZZLES GROUNDCOVER NEWS 9 Groundcover Vendor Code While Groundcover is a non-profit, and paper vendors are self-employed contractors, we still have expectations of how vendors should conduct themselves while selling and representing the paper. The following is our Vendor Code of Conduct, which every vendor reads and signs before receiving a badge and papers. We request that if you discover a vendor violating any tenets of the Code, please contact us and provide as many details as possible. Our paper and our vendors should be positively impacting our County. • Groundcover will be a voluntary purchase. I agree not to ask for more than the cover price or solicit donations by any other means. • When selling Groundcover, I will always have the current biweekly issue of Groundcover available for customer purchase. • I agree not to sell additional goods or products when selling the paper or to panhandle, including panhandling with only one paper or selling past monthly issues. • I will wear and display my badge when selling papers and refrain from wearing it or other Groundcover gear when engaged in other activities. • I will only purchase the paper from Groundcover Staff and will not sell to or buy papers from other Groundcover vendors, especially vendors who have been suspended or terminated. • I agree to treat all customers, staff, and other vendors respectfully. I will not “hard sell,” threaten, harass or pressure customers, staff, or other vendors verbally or physically. • I will not sell Groundcover under the influence of drugs or alcohol. • I understand that I am not a legal employee of Groundcover but a contracted worker responsible for my own well-being and income. • I understand that my badge is property of Groundcover and will not deface it. I will present my badge when purchasing the papers. • I agree to stay off private property when selling Groundcover. • I understand to refrain from selling on public buses, federal property or stores unless there is permission from the owner. • I agree to stay at least one block away from another vendor in downtown areas. I will also abide by the Vendor Corner Policy. • I understand that Groundcover strives to be a paper that covers topics of homelessness and poverty while providing sources of income for the homeless. I will try to help in this effort and spread the word. If you would like to report a violation of the Vendor Code please email contact@groundcovernews. com or fill out the contact form on our website. MLK VISITS from last page Washington D.C. events contributed to the passage of the civil rights legislation of 1964 and the voting rights legislation of 1965. Many observers think that Dr. King’s visit to Detroit energized and empowered poor Blacks to fight for their rights. From the perspectives of some journalists and community observers, Dr. King’s visit gave rise to the harnessing of Black excellence in music, entertainment, art, science and scholarship. For example, Motown Founder and CEO Berry Gordy recorded Dr. King’s Cobo Arena speech. It is titled, “The Greatest Demonstration for Freedom.” Gordy also recorded Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. In a January 17, 2011 article titled, “Martin Luther King and the Great March for Freedom in Detroit," Michigan in Pictures magazine included some of King’s speech in Detroit, described as Detroit’s version of “I Have a Dream Speech.” King spoke eloquently when he said, “I have a dream this afternoon that my four little children, that my four little children will not come up in the same young days I came up within, but they will be judged on the basis of the content of their characters, not the color of their skin … I have a dream this afternoon that one day right here in Detroit, Negroes will be able to buy a house or rent a house anywhere that their money will carry them and they will be able to get a job.” Conclusion Dr. King’s visit to the U-M campus in Ann Arbor and his visit to Detroit revealed a clear contrast in media coverage and important historical documents. Although many U-M students were thrilled to see Dr. King, some of university leaders saw him as too controversial to share his viewpoints with the campus community. King’s Detroit visit seemed like a huge celebration of common purpose and the prospects of gaining more freedom, more civil rights, equality and racial justice. Black insitutions and social movements were established in the years to come. However, they were not enough. “The more things change, the more they remain the same” is a popular saying of particular relevance to the poor, the homeless and the disadvantaged folks of both Ann Arbor and Detroit.
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