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Loy Norrix librarian honored for work with gender and sexuality alliance
Loy Norrix High School teacher librarian John Kreider was honored with an OutFront Kalamazoo #AlwaysOutFront Award in April for his work as the advisor for the school's Gender and Sexuality Alliance. Kreider said they were humbled to receive the award because they know of so many other teachers and staff who have worked to support students.
Reformas y nuevos programas facilitan la búsqueda de servicios de salud mental a precios asequibles
Se calcula que alrededor del 20% de los adultos de Michigan padecen una enfermedad mental diagnosticable a lo largo de un año. Sin embargo, más de la mitad no recibe tratamiento. ¿Un obstáculo considerable? El costo, dicen los expertos.
The second session of training for Black entrepreneurs is under way in Kalamazoo
Sisters in Business Michigan and Black Wall Street Kalamazoo are working to increase the access African-American entrepreneurs and their businesses have the funding and training they need.
Lori’s Voice enriches lives of children with disabilities
Lori's Voice is an all-volunteer nonprofit founded to help young people with disabilities. Founder Lori Hastings remembers what it was like growing up a neurological disorder. Now, she's making sure other challenged youth have what they need.
Un enfoque holistico es clave para la salud mental y la retencion de los estudiantes
Los servicios de salud mental ya no se limitan a los centros de asesoramiento de las universidades; un enfoque holístico es la mejor práctica para atender las necesidades de los estudiantes, dicen los responsables de la WMU, el Kalamazoo College y el Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Issue Media Group Launches Rural Innovation eXchange
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
Henrietta Lacks traveling museum at Arcus Center spotlights medical breakthroughs, bioethics
Jermaine Jackson, Henrietta Lacks’ great-nephew and a Kalamazoo resident, will provide a lecture and question-and-answer session exhibiting the Henrietta Lacks Traveling Museum from 6–8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17. at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership.
Mobile museum sees Black history on the move in Michigan
Detroit-born Khalid el-Hakim’s mobile museum has evolved into one of the biggest collections of African American history and artifacts in the country. Now the pioneer in Black Museum Studies is touring Michigan, from Bloomfield Hills to Beaver Island.
Yeas and nays from public greet Kalamazoo’s Emergency Housing law and efforts to house the homeless
The Kalamazoo City Commission has put in place the steps needed to assess properties that could become the location for POD housing for those who currently do not have stable housing conditions.
Loy Norrix librarian honored for work with gender and sexuality alliance
Loy Norrix High School teacher librarian John Kreider was honored with an OutFront Kalamazoo #AlwaysOutFront Award in April for his work as the advisor for the school's Gender and Sexuality Alliance. Kreider said they were humbled to receive the award because they know of so many other teachers and staff who have worked to support students.
Reformas y nuevos programas facilitan la búsqueda de servicios de salud mental a precios asequibles
Se calcula que alrededor del 20% de los adultos de Michigan padecen una enfermedad mental diagnosticable a lo largo de un año. Sin embargo, más de la mitad no recibe tratamiento. ¿Un obstáculo considerable? El costo, dicen los expertos.
The second session of training for Black entrepreneurs is under way in Kalamazoo
Sisters in Business Michigan and Black Wall Street Kalamazoo are working to increase the access African-American entrepreneurs and their businesses have the funding and training they need.
Lori’s Voice enriches lives of children with disabilities
Lori's Voice is an all-volunteer nonprofit founded to help young people with disabilities. Founder Lori Hastings remembers what it was like growing up a neurological disorder. Now, she's making sure other challenged youth have what they need.
Un enfoque holistico es clave para la salud mental y la retencion de los estudiantes
Los servicios de salud mental ya no se limitan a los centros de asesoramiento de las universidades; un enfoque holístico es la mejor práctica para atender las necesidades de los estudiantes, dicen los responsables de la WMU, el Kalamazoo College y el Kalamazoo Valley Community College.
Issue Media Group Launches Rural Innovation eXchange
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
Henrietta Lacks traveling museum at Arcus Center spotlights medical breakthroughs, bioethics
Jermaine Jackson, Henrietta Lacks’ great-nephew and a Kalamazoo resident, will provide a lecture and question-and-answer session exhibiting the Henrietta Lacks Traveling Museum from 6–8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17. at the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership.
Mobile museum sees Black history on the move in Michigan
Detroit-born Khalid el-Hakim’s mobile museum has evolved into one of the biggest collections of African American history and artifacts in the country. Now the pioneer in Black Museum Studies is touring Michigan, from Bloomfield Hills to Beaver Island.
Yeas and nays from public greet Kalamazoo’s Emergency Housing law and efforts to house the homeless
The Kalamazoo City Commission has put in place the steps needed to assess properties that could become the location for POD housing for those who currently do not have stable housing conditions.
