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Catalyst Radio: Junior Achievement focuses on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, job searching for kids

Submitted 03-02-2018 under NONPROFITS

Host Jessica Gladden speaks with Greg Hampshire, Education Director for Junior Achievement of Michigan Great Lakes.

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Artist feature from UICA: Katelyn Kronshage

Submitted 02-27-2018 under NONPROFITS

Katelyn Kronshage (Opal Stone) is a fine artist and jeweler living and working in Grand Rapids, MI. Kronshage has a degree in Metals and Jewelry and creates detailed art objects using fabricated and found objects. An admirer of the natural world, Kronshage often incorporates nature into her fine art

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Catalyst Radio: Interview with Dominican sisters, anti-nuclear weapons activists

Submitted 02-23-2018 under NONPROFITS

Adreth Platte and Carol Gilbert have worked with the ploughshares movement to promote peace and oppose war, particularly nuclear arms. Both women are convicted felons, who have spent years in prison for their activism.

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Powerful, individual stories behind homeless numbers

Submitted 02-21-2018 under NONPROFITS

Numbers tell an important story, but more meaningful is the powerful story of each person represented by those numbers.

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Examining the U.S. Defense Budget: An expert speaks in G.R. on February 19

Submitted 02-15-2018 under NONPROFITS

The World Affairs Council's "Great Decisions" series on Feb. 19 examines the U.S. Defense Budget. Are we getting "the right bang for our bucks"?

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A new kind of community garden

Submitted 02-13-2018 under NONPROFITS

Introducing a new model for community gardens and urban food growing called The Sharing Garden.

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Artist feature from UICA: Curt Ikens

Submitted 02-13-2018 under NONPROFITS

Curt Ikens created new work for this solo show. Ikens' recent work grapples with diverse issues such as environmental sustainability, the awkward merging of Eastern and Western cultures, historicism, and child labor.

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Creating a community for those affected by rare disease

Submitted 02-13-2018 under NONPROFITS

On March 3, 2018, Calvin College and the Rare Disease Research Group will hold the first Rare Disease Symposium.

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Updated: City Connection: Deputy Chief Eric Payne discusses police community relations

Submitted 02-12-2018 under NONPROFITS

Join us today, Monday, February 12, 2018 at 5 p.m. on LiveWire, Comcast Cable 24, for tonight's episode of City Connection. Mayor Rosalynn Bliss will be joined by Chief Deputy Eric Payne. The topic of the show will be community/ police relations.

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In Season: February 10, 2018

Submitted 02-10-2018 under NONPROFITS

Join us all winter for a great selection of Michigan grown, raised and created items!

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