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Bill
Cosby
Returning
to
Detroit
Sunday
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det)
-
Celebrated
educator,
actor,
activist
and
comedian
Dr. Bill
Cosby,
returned
to
Detroit
Sunday
to
promote
increased
student
attendance
in the
city's
troubled
public
school
system.
Dr.
Cosby is
also
touting
the
Detroit
Public
Library
and
Wayne
County
Community
College
District.
He
created
Public
Service
Announcements
for each
of the
three
agencies
inside
the
Detroit
Public
Library
– main
library
branch,
5201
Woodward
Avenue.
Dr.
Cosby is
returning
less
than two
weeks
after
teaming
up with
DPS
Emergency
Financial
Manager
Robert
Bobb on
September
1, in
efforts
to
retain
and
regain
school-aged
children
for DPS.
No DPS
funds
will be
used to
pay
Cosby’s
expenses.
Dr. Bill Cosby, on his
return
to Detroit talks with the mothers of Thirkell Elementary School 4th
graders, Onyx Burch and Courtney during a DPS taping
on Sunday, September 13, 2009. (Photo by HB
Meeks/Tell Us Detroit)
“While
we have
been
excited
about
the
level of
attention
our
enrollment
campaign
has
garnered,
I could
not have
predicted
the
enormously
important
impact
Dr.
Cosby’s
visit
had on
parents
throughout
our
community,”
Bobb
said.
“His
words
speaking
directly
to them
– both
via the
television
cameras
and
face-to-face
on the
streets
of
Detroit
–
resonated
in ways
that we
continue
to hear
about
every
day. We
thank
Dr.
Cosby
for his
continued
interest
in DPS
and
Detroit’s
assets,
like the
Detroit
Public
Library
and
Wayne
County
Community
College
District.”
Bill
Cosby
says
Detroiters
must
take
responsibility
for
improving
their
city -
and told
kids
"books
are more
fun"
than
toys.
(Photo
by HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit)
Cosby
first
volunteered
to
assist
DPS
after
being
impressed
with CNN
coverage
on the
indictment
of DPS’
workers
for
fraud
and
theft.
On
hearing
Robert
Bobb’s
comments,
"I don't
care if
the
crook is
a little
guy or
the
chief
executive.
I do not
care if
they own
the
company
or drive
the
trucks
to the
company's
loading
dock. I
do not
care if
they've
been
doing
this for
20 years
or 20
minutes.
We're
coming
to get
you,"
Cosby
called
Bobb and
said,
“Where
do I
pick up
my
uniform?
I want
to be on
your
team!”
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