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Community Updates: Friday, October 28
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 10-28-2022 under NEWS
SAFE Task Force to Host "Pitch and Highlight Night" in November The SAFE Task Force has announced that it will be holding a "Pitch and Highlight Night" at the Grand Rapids Center for Community Transformation on Wednesday,...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Sex, Violence, and Hollywood, part 2
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 08-15-2022 under OPINION
Over the years, Hollywood has gotten more and more explicit in displaying nudity, sexual situations and violence. I am curious about how the clergy members on this panel choose which content they will view, especially on the various streaming...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Sex, Violence, and Hollywood, part 1
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 08-01-2022 under OPINION
Over the years, Hollywood has gotten more and more explicit in displaying nudity, sexual situations and violence. I am curious about how the clergy members on this panel choose which content they will view, especially on the various streaming...
Community Updates: Friday, May 20
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 05-20-2022 under NEWS
The Kent County Prosecutor Releases a Statement Updating the Public on the Status of the Patrick Lyoya Case On May 18, about a month and a half after Patrick Lyoya was killed by Christopher Schurr of the Grand Rapids Police Department, Kent County...
Ethics and Religion Talk: How Do We Solve the Problem of Violence?
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 12-06-2021 under OPINION
Linda Knieriemen, Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Holland, responds: “Violence and corruption will always be a part of this created world. Always have been, always will. Humans have free will, are prone to selfishness, and...
Ethics and Religion Talk: Violence and Religious Proselytization
by (Rabbi David J.B...)
Submitted 10-11-2021 under OPINION
Fred Stella, the Pracharak (Outreach Minister) for the West Michigan Hindu Temple, responds: In 2005 I embarked on a lecture (and listening) tour of 4 states of India that have a significant Christian majority. Many of these expressions of...
Community updates: Thursday, July 15
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 07-15-2021 under NEWS
Grand Rapids Urban League selected to lead Cure Violence in Grand Rapids The Grand Rapids Urban League (GRUL) has been unanimously selected by the Grand Rapids City Commission to lead the Cure Violence program in the city, the City of Grand Rapids...
Community updates: Thursday, Nov. 19
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 11-19-2020 under NEWS
City of Grand Rapids launches small business grant program, announces temporary service adjustments The City of Grand Rapids has launched a new grant program for small businesses negatively impacted by the pandemic, it announced Tuesday. Eligible...
City commissioners to vote on funding for ShotSpotter in Grand Rapids, as resident input continues
by (Brett)
Submitted 11-11-2020 under LOCAL LIFE
Grand Rapids city commissioners plan to vote Nov. 17 on allocating CARES Act or city police funds to a gunshot detection system for Grand Rapids. Called ShotSpotter, the detection technology will cost around $500,000 for the first two years of its...
Grand Rapids, Kent County leaders call for using COVID-19 relief funds toward anti-violence resources
by (Brett)
Submitted 09-04-2020 under LOCAL LIFE
A coalition of community leaders are calling for more resources to address Kent County's recent rise in shootings and thefts, which they say is directly tied to the pandemic. In a September 1 press conference organized by Grand Rapids Second...