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Catalyst Radio: Calvin College history professor discusses Umm el-Jimal Project

Submitted 08-03-2018 under NEWS

Bert de Vries is Professor Emeritus of History at Calvin College and Director of the Umm el-Jimal Project, an archaeological site in northern Jordan. Over the past ten years the focus of the work at Umm el-Jimal has moved from mapping and...

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New WYCE station manager says Grand Rapids' music scene is "diverse and bursting with talent"

Submitted 08-03-2018 under NEWS

Grand Rapids Community Media Center is pleased to welcome Hayes Griffin as the new station manager for WYCE. Grand Rapids Community Media Center also includes Wealthy Theatre, GRTV, The Rapidian, Education and IT Services. Griffin hails from Ohio....

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Photo Gallery: Movimiento Cosecha GR protests Kent County contract with ICE at commission meeting

Submitted 07-30-2018 under NEWS

The immigrant rights group Movimiento Cosecha GR came out in numbers again to the Kent County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, July 26, 2018 to protest Kent County's contract with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.) Read...

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Commissioner Womack leads way in signing commitment to discontinue ICE contract in Kent County

Submitted 07-27-2018 under NEWS

The immigrant rights group Movimiento Cosecha GR came out in numbers again to the Kent County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, July 26, 2018 to protest Kent County's contract with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....

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Catalyst Radio: The Diatribe works to unite the community

Submitted 07-27-2018 under NEWS

Host John Williamson speaks with Marcel Fable Price and Rachael Gleason and two students of The Diatribe. The organization works to unite the community and people from every generation through the performing arts.

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Public invited to open house highlighting public transit service improvements along Michigan Street corridor

Submitted 07-25-2018 under NEWS

The public is invited to join community, business and civic leaders at an open house Monday, July 30, to learn details about the Aug. 27 launch of plans to significantly improve the Interurban Transit Partnership (“The Rapid”) Route 19...

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City Commissioners fill vacant Third Ward seat

Submitted 07-25-2018 under NEWS

The Grand Rapids City Commission voted 6-0 on Tuesday, July 24, 2018 to appoint Nathaniel Moody to fill the Third Ward seat vacated by the resignation of David Allen last month. Tuesday night's vote followed interviews with the three finalists...

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Local Leukemia and Lymphoma Society begins recruitment for the next West Michigan Man, Woman of the Year

Submitted 07-23-2018 under NEWS

We all know someone who has been diagnosed with cancer. Those words, "You have cancer," are hard to accept and even harder to process and begin to navigate. I remember the exact feeling all too well when I was diagnosed with leukemia...

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Catalyst Radio: What's trending on The Rapidian Recap show

Submitted 07-20-2018 under NEWS

Rapidian Managing Editor Kiran Sood Patel and Community Engagement Specialist Elizabeth Rogers Drouillard discuss recent article highlights that can be found at TheRapidian.org.

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City, health officials show up to talk Westside cancer concerns to sparse resident attendance

Submitted 07-20-2018 under NEWS

Regional health officials and local City employees came in numbers for two neighborhood meetings Thursday, July 19, 2018 at Servants Community Church on the west side of Grand Rapids, but very few neighbors did. “The Westside usually shows up...

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