Meet Nikebia, Our Newest Intern: Centering, not Silencing
Starting college four years ago, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. Then, my freshman year, I enrolled in an introductory social work class. Later, after watching the documentary,…
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Meet Maddie, Our Newest Intern: Community Building and Education Online
Over the past few decades, neighborhoods in many areas have drifted apart. Now amidst this pandemic, people don’t have the same opportunities that they did a few months ago to…
Rising Strong
While the world waits for a vaccine to combat the coronavirus, partner organizations in our fight to create equity for marginalized people, strengthen families, and improve supports and services for…
Census: Closing the Gaps a Pandemic Further Exposed
Families and communities across the nation are having to make many tough decisions, many of which they never considered before. The closure of schools and workplaces have left many Michiganders…
Work Groups Get to Work
It’s a sticky Wednesday afternoon in June but nearly 100 educational professionals are crammed into three workgroups- virtually that is. All this, in participation with the Michigan Department of Education’s…
Public Policy in Defense of Black Lives
Oftentimes, we enter into our work of public policy advocacy with many goals on the forefront of our agenda, both individually and organizationally because we know the greater real-life impact…
Protest is Advocacy, Advocacy is Essential
I am horrified by our systematic police brutality and unwarranted excessive use of force with the rest of the state and nation, and I am ever-challenged to help change the…
Foster Care Awareness Month: Make Sure All Kids are Counted
May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and this year our children, youth and families in care are facing so many additional challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic. As we look…
Setting Ourselves up for Opportunity Now and Later
Okay, I know things are grim and honestly getting grimmer. This will run its course with much destruction in its wake, and I’m sure we will be talking about how…
Real-life Stories Provide Insider’s Look at the Consequences of State Budget Battles
Budget disputes have consequences. Just ask young Michiganders like Diego Garcia, Alexis Caples, Nicole Calver, or program providers like Patty Sabin, or a mom, Shelley Garcia. In a series of…