Mana de Metro Detroit

06/17/2026

✨ MANA Across the Chapters ✨

One of the things we love most about MANA is that our chapter is part of a much larger network of incredible women making a difference in communities across the country. Every Wednesday, we're shining a light on the amazing work happening throughout our MANA family.

This week we're featuring - MANA de Albuquerque - and their **Summer Book Club!** 📚💛

Their members will be reading "Badass Bonita" by Kim Guerra and gathering for conversation, reflection, and connection; a wonderful reminder that leadership isn't just built in boardrooms or conferences. Sometimes it begins with a good book, honest conversations, and a community that encourages us to grow together.

Thank you, MANA de Albuquerque, for inspiring us with another wonderful way to build comunidad.

06/15/2026

✨ The celebration is getting closer! Join us for MANA de Metro Detroit's 2026 Brindis Luncheon as we come together to celebrate our community, leadership, and accomplishments. Purchase your tickets today, and be sure to check the flyer below for all the event details. Every ticket purchased helps support MANA programs, including our scholarship fund. We can't wait to celebrate with you!

06/15/2026

Wow!

She disguised herself as a boy named Mario just to play soccer — and became Mexico's all-time top scorer. Men included.

Growing up in Chalco, Estado de México, Maribel Domínguez did whatever it took to play the sport she loved. She cut her hair short, told the boys in her neighborhood her name was Mario, and played alongside them for years — nobody suspected a thing. They only found out she was a girl when her photo appeared in the newspaper.

She didn't stop there. She moved to the United States and became the first Mexico-born player to sign with the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) — the top division in the country — where she was one of the league's leading scorers. She then crossed the Atlantic to help FC Barcelona avoid relegation and earn promotions in Spain's top women's division.

In 2004, a Mexican men's professional club — Atlético Celaya — tried to sign her. FIFA president Sepp Blatter blocked the transfer. The world took notice. Instead of breaking her, the rejection made her legacy even bigger.

By the time she retired, Maribel held every major record in Mexican football — men's or women's. Her 82 international goals are more than any player in the history of El Tri. She was the first Mexican player ever to score at a Women's World Cup (1999) and at the Olympic Games (Athens 2004). In 2004, FIFA ranked her among the top 25 women's players on the planet.

She is a CONCACAF Hall of Famer. And the Liga MX Femenil, which now fills stadiums every weekend? Maribel broke the ground it was built on — long before it existed.

She didn't ask for permission. She just played. 🇲🇽⚽

06/15/2026

E&L Reopens on June 19th!

E&L Supermercado Reopens on June 19!
We are excited to share some wonderful news with our community: E&L Supermercado will reopen its doors on Friday, June 19!

After the recent fire, many people expressed their concern, support, and prayers for Mike Fienman, his family, and the entire E&L team. The road to reopening has not been easy, but thanks to their hard work, determination, and the support of the community, E&L is ready to welcome customers back.

For decades, E&L Supermercado has been much more than a grocery store. It has been a gathering place for families and a strong supporter of community events, including food distributions, baby showers, and many other initiatives that benefit Southwest Detroit.

We invite everyone to stop by, show your support, and celebrate this important milestone with a business that has given so much to our community.

Congratulations to Mike, his family, and the entire E&L team. We wish them continued success and are grateful to have them back serving our community.

❤️ Welcome back, E&L!

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06/14/2026

Family Slow Roll Detroit happening Tomorrow Sunday Jun 14th 11am-1pm from Shed 6 at Eastern Market.

06/14/2026

The Henry Ford is welcoming the historic Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home to Greenfield Village with a three-day village-wide block party. The Henry Ford

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06/14/2026

How do you practice citizenship in your daily life?

🇺🇸 June 14 is Flag Day. A day that honors the adoption of the American flag in 1777 and invites us to reflect on the values it represents: freedom, responsibility, and the ongoing pursuit of justice.

Flag Day is not simply about symbolism; it is about the work of citizenship. It asks us to consider what it means to stand for liberty, equality, and dignity for all people.

Dr. Maya Angelou often reminded us that patriotism is not passive; it requires courage, truth, and accountability. “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”

To love a country is also to challenge it, to believe it can be better, fairer, and more just.

Today, we honor not only a flag, but the responsibility we share to uphold humanity, justice, and hope.

How do you practice citizenship in your daily life? ✨

06/13/2026

Meet Jovita Idar....

🦁 In 1914, armed Texas Rangers rode up to a Laredo newspaper to silence a Mexican American woman.

She didn't run. She stood in the doorway and refused to move.

Her name was Jovita Idar — and she was one of the bravest women in Mexican American history.

Jovita grew up in Laredo, Texas, the daughter of Nicasio Idar, who founded La Crónica — a Spanish-language newspaper that exposed the lynchings, segregation, and injustices facing Mexican Americans at a time when signs reading "No Mexicans, No Negroes, No Dogs" hung in shop windows across Texas.

Following her father's footsteps, Jovita became a journalist, a teacher, a nurse, and a civil rights fighter — all at once.

In 1914, she was writing for a newspaper called El Progreso when it published an editorial criticizing President Woodrow Wilson's military occupation of Veracruz, Mexico. The Texas Rangers — notorious for their brutal violence against Mexican Americans — were sent by the state governor to destroy the printing press.

When they arrived, they found Jovita Idar standing in the doorway.

She argued that the newspaper was protected by the First Amendment. She refused to move. The Rangers, facing this small woman who would not back down, left.

But they came back the next morning when she wasn't there — and destroyed the press.

Jovita didn't stop. She helped build a new newspaper. She crossed the border to serve as a nurse during the Mexican Revolution with La Cruz Blanca (White Cross). She organized the First Mexicanist Congress in 1911 — a landmark gathering that tackled racism and the lynching of Mexican Americans and helped spark the Mexican American civil rights movement.

She spent her entire life fighting — through words, through action, through sheer courage.

In 2023, Jovita Idar was honored on a U.S. quarter as part of the American Women series.

A woman who once stood alone against armed state police is now on American currency.

She deserved every bit of it. 🙏

💬 Share her story. Too many people have never heard her name.