Grand Rapid's North West Neighborhood

Shawmut Hills needs more than great teachers, it needs investment from GRPS

Submitted 05-22-2018 under OPINION

Staff at Shawmut were and are feeling overworked. Inequity has become more glaring as the intensity of needs grow in our community. Families are leaving. With an improved facility and shared Title I dollars, Shawmut Hills will be the vibrant community that it was when I first discovered it.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to speak on pandemics and other global challenges

Submitted 05-13-2018 under NONPROFITS

Former U.S. Ambassador William Garvelink will speak on the three global challenges facing us: pandemics, corruption and failed states.

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City Connection: Commissioner Joe Jones guest during May episode

Submitted 05-07-2018 under NONPROFITS

City Connection tonight will feature Commissioner Joe Jones and a discussion on the 2nd ward.

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Catalyst Radio: A look at spring happenings in Ottawa Hills and the West Grand Neighborhood Organization

Submitted 05-04-2018 under NONPROFITS

In this episode of Catalyst Radio, Rapidian Managing Editor Kiran Sood Patel speaks to neighborhood leaders Howard Slenk and Fred Davison from Ottawa Hills and talks with Annette Vandenberg, executive director of the West Grand Neighborhood Organization.

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Local immigrant rights groups hold press conference over ICE detentions

Submitted 04-25-2018 under NEWS

Cosecha GR and GR Rapid Response to ICE cohost a press conference decrying recent arrests by ICE in the Grand Rapids area and urged community members to attend a march on May 1, 2018.

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Spring brings opportunities to support local, independent radio

Submitted 04-17-2018 under PLACE-MATTERS

WYCE's Spring Fund Drive begins Friday, April 20, 2018 and is followed by a programmer training orientation and the National Federation for Community Broadcasters Midwest Summit.

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Civil discourse series seeks to cultivate community

Submitted 04-03-2018 under NONPROFITS

Three-part civil discourse series will be held at the Wyoming Branch of the Kent District Library on April 10,17 and 24.

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Catalyst Radio: A conversation with organizer Levi Gardner on community farm, market and education center Urban Roots

Submitted 03-30-2018 under NONPROFITS

Host Jessica Gladden speaks with Levi Gardner, executive director of Urban Roots, a community farm, market, and education center in Grand Rapids' Madison Square Neighborhood.

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