In the past 50 years, Colleagues International, now Global Ties Kalamazoo, has hosted thousands of international visitors from more than 100 countries in settings that let them get to know someone as a person.
If you are an undocumented immigrant in Kalamazoo County who has been affected by COVID-19 the MI Gente fund can help. And you are eligible to be vaccinated, too.
This year's juror for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts regional Area Show, Larry Ossei-Mensah, has developed an eye for art by people who might not have the elite connections or other privilege that could lead to a successful career in art.
Two authors from two different Americas meet on a book tour, become friends, and write an award-winning book together. They will discuss 'Antiracism and You' on March 16.
"It's for us and it's by us," is the way Sharmese Anderson describes the work of Friends With Disabilities. The Kalamazoo group led by those with disabilities not only offers activities like movies, bowling, and barbecues but a chance to make friends, too.
Face Off Theatre is "coming out of our beginnings into a new era," artistic director Marissa Harrington says. So they are calling the 2021 season Rebirth.
At the recent National Day of Healing in Kalamazoo, community leaders explored the truths that can lead to healing and transformation.
Whole seasons and series were canceled in 2020 as arts organizations sorted out how to deal with a situation where it was not safe in many cases to invite an audience to see their works. Creativity and new options ermerged.
"The trail is 99.9 percent complete, and highly utilized by a diverse group of people," Galesburg Mayor Lori West says. "It's beautiful."
Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Kalamazoo (TRHT) is partnering with Rootead Enrichment Center and local community groups to connect residents to therapists of color in order to heal racial trauma.
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