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Monica Smith, Yevgenia Gazman, and Christine Sauvé, MIRC Detroit Office.

Ataques a las familias inmigrantes y lo que eso significa para la educación temprana

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August 5, 2025

En 2024, los educadores de la primera infancia en el suroeste de Detroit observaron una caída significativa en la inscripción preescolar tras el aumento de la actividad de control de inmigración. Aunque el descenso no fue documentado oficialmente en ese momento, las organizaciones comunitarias informan que aproximadamente el 15% de los estudiantes fueron retirados de los programas preescolares del área en cuestión de semanas.

Partner Partner Content Lock Arms and Unite for Autism: Campaign commits to continued advocacy and support

By Estelle Slootmaker

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Community Development

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July 24, 2025

AAOM’s current fundraising campaign, Lock Arms and Unite for Autism seeks to raise $31,000 to support its services for the one in 31 people diagnosed with autism in Michigan.

Simranjit Kaur, the author of this story.

Creating safer spaces for domestic violence survivors of marginalized identities

By Simranjit Kaur

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Community Development

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July 24, 2025

People from non-Asian communities may not always understand the cultural factors that impact domestic violence survivors from South Asian and other marginalized communities. Student writer Simran Kaur digs into the issue for our Voices of Youth series.

Nicole Triplett, of Black Wall Street Kalamazoo, and Nicole Parker, of Sisters in Business

Kalamazoo leaders spark regional collaboration to empower Black entrepreneurs

By Shandra Martinez

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Diversity

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June 24, 2025

Nicole Triplett, of Black Wall Street Kalamazoo, and Nicole Parker, of Sisters in Business, helped launch a West Michigan coalition that just earned state funding to expand support for Black-owned businesses.

Voices of Youth: Racism is a hard lesson for young people in high school

By Kayla Ricardo

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Community Development

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May 19, 2025

This Voices of Youth story focuses on teenagers' experiences with racism in their schools, describing the casual use of slurs and stereotypes as both painful and normalized among peers trying to fit in. While some youth express hope for change, others feel racism has become more insidious and less overt.

How this native of India has become an advocate for Kalamazoo’s unhoused

By Katie Houston, Encore Magazine

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Arts and Culture

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May 1, 2025

Now completing her first year as director of development and operations for Kalamazoo Housing Advocates, Maliha Raza seeks to help others find their home here.

AAoM NAT Conference vendors include autistic artists and entrepreneurs.

Partner Partner Content Beyond awareness, autism acceptance affirms neurodiversity and improves lives

By Estelle Slootmaker

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Community Development

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April 17, 2025

The Autism Alliance of Michigan and other advocates for autistic people are working hard to move from raising autism awareness to fostering autism acceptance.

La ‘Cohorte COVID’: Cómo el ‘salto pandémico’ está afectando a los jóvenes adultos

By Por Julie J. Riddle | Encore Magazine

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Arts and Culture

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November 14, 2024

Tres años después del apogeo de la pandemia, a pesar de que la vida normal se ha reanudado por completo, algunos adultos jóvenes sienten que su edad mental y su etapa actual de la vida no coinciden con su edad cronológica. Así es como están ayudando los programas de preparación universitaria, la capacitación laboral y los servicios integrales individualizados.

Mientras los jóvenes enfrentan problemas de salud mental, el tratamiento de caballos ayuda

By por Julie Mack

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Arts and Culture

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September 23, 2024

La terapia asistida por caballos, en la que un terapeuta de salud mental tiene formación adicional para usar caballos como parte del plan de tratamiento, es una modalidad que parece estar en expansión por todo el país. Esto es particularmente cierto en la era post-Covid, ya que el número de niños diagnosticados con ansiedad, depresión o ambas ha aumentado considerablemente.

CDFI funding helps Corktown Health expand services for Detroit area’s LGBTQ residents

By Sarah Spohn

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Building Communities

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April 23, 2024

Corktown Health has evolved and grown from offering end-of-life services during the HIV/AIDS epidemic to providing primary care for the LGBTQ community. Through financial support from IFF, and through partnerships with local organizations including MiGen, the health network continues to provide a life-changing impact on the patients it serves.

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