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Grand River Water Festival combines musical entertainment, discussion of water protection
by (dylangrosser)
Submitted 06-20-2018 under NEWS
The ninth annual Grand River Water Festival, an educational and musical event centered around the appreciation of water and its necessity to our lives, will take place this Saturday, June 23, 2018 at Riverside Park. The event will feature...
Screening of 'Nor Any Drop to Drink: The Flint Water Crisis' in Grand Rapids
by (Cedric Taylor)
Submitted 04-17-2018 under NONPROFITS
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is without question one of the most serious man-made disasters in recent memory. Most of us undoubtedly have seen news reports of brown, brackish tap water, bags of hair, skin rashes, marches and protests, crowded...
Parents react to data showing 49507 leads state in lead poisoned children
by (Talor Musil)
Submitted 11-07-2017 under PLACE-MATTERS
After a decade of decline, the number of lead-poisoned children in Kent County is rising. Recent data shows a 40 percent increase in lead-poisoned children in the 49507 zip code during the past two years. This Grand Rapids neighborhood ranks number...
Grand Rapids Public Schools’ Parent University to host screenings of American Divided
by (Natalie Hart)
Submitted 08-08-2017 under NONPROFITS
On Wednesday, June 28, over 600 people gathered at Celebration Cinema South to watch two screenings of America Divided, a film series that explores some of America’s thorniest issues—criminal justice, housing equity, education,...
Local Westside school collecting water for Flint Public Schools
by (jullianiemackey)
Submitted 02-02-2016 under NEWS
The Harrison Park School community is organizing in a collaboration between parents and school administrators to help our neighbors in Flint with their need for safe water. The Parent Action Leader, Petronila Solares, at Harrison Park School, was an...
Environmental concerns reflective of racial inequity
by (prfcgr)
Submitted 01-25-2016 under NONPROFITS
Water is a natural resource that, in the developed world, we often take for granted. On a daily basis, most people in the United States do not question whether or not their drinking water is safe. In Grand Rapids, most people don’t think about...
Paradigm shifts and detractors: Decriminalization from Grand Rapids to Portugal
by (Daveed)
Submitted 12-28-2012 under OPINION
Decriminalizing marijuana locally as well as nationally seems not only logical but ethical and sensible. In a country where tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals are the norm, it seems ludicrous that marijuana is not yet decriminalized in the United...