Exciting things are happening in Battle Creek's art scene. The new Arts and Culture Collaborative of Battle Creek will provide resources, support, space to create, and possibilities for creative collaboration, with a specific focus on helping marginalized artists. "Without creative careers, a city will fail," says Vania Word, ACCBC Executive Director.
April is National Poetry Month and Kalamazoo has more than its fair share of homegrown poets – which suits this year's Kalamazoo Poetry Festival theme of "The Garden." In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the festival takes place April 13 to 15, featuring both local and visiting poets, including Kzoo's own Pulitzer Prize-wining poet Diane Suess, Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall (WMU graduate), Hala Ayhan, and Kaveh Akbar, among others.
Growth in both housing prices and population in Kalamazoo's Oshtemo Township has put the township board on alert. The area's fastest-growing community is working to formulate a housing action plan. After surveying residents, the township drafted a plan which will be presented at the township meeting Thursday, April 13, 2023
Young people bear brunt of the gun-violence epidemic but have no power of policymaking, no say in what resources are provided, or which way the limited support available is directed. This is the story from NowKalamazoo of a young man shot twice in 18 months and the search for help for his resulting trauma.
Los jóvenes son los más afectados por la epidemia de violencia armada, pero no tienen poder para formular políticas, no pueden decir qué recursos se proporcionan o de qué manera se dirige el limitado apoyo disponible. Aquí está la historia de NowKalamazoo de un joven baleado dos veces en 18 meses y la búsqueda de ayuda para su trauma resultante.
The Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative, through its Mental Wellness Project, is profiling six approaches that address growing concerns about mental health issues experienced by young people in its new solutions-focused reporting series, A Way Through: Strategies for Youth Mental Health.
La Colaboración de Periodismo del Suroeste de Michigan, a través de su Proyecto de Bienestar Mental, está perfilando seis enfoques que abordan las crecientes preocupaciones sobre los problemas de salud mental que experimentan los jóvenes en su nueva serie de informes centrados en soluciones, A Way Through: Strategies for Youth Mental Health.
OnPoint and Northern Lakes Community Mental Health share how adult foster care homes empower Michiganders with disabilities while enriching our communities.
Hace aproximadamente 23 años, un grupo de profesionales del área de Kalamazoo inauguró el Centro de Evaluación de Trauma Infantil del Suroeste de Michigan en la Universidad de Western Michigan para evaluar a los niños traumatizados que no solo se ha convertido en el modelo para centros similares en Michigan y Colorado, sino que también ha producido un cambio en el estado. sistema de bienestar infantil y más allá.
Cuando TRAILS fue creado por el Departamento de Psiquiatría de la Universidad de Michigan en 2013, servía solo a dos escuelas de Ann Arbor. Hoy se ha instituido en 700 escuelas en Michigan, y TRAILS ha brindado capacitación, materiales y apoyo para la implementación a escuelas en 50 de los 56 distritos escolares intermedios de Michigan.
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