Coverage of programs that deal with gender, age, sexual orientation, religion, physical ability, and socioeconomic status; are focused on fair access to resources and opportunities; and those that create environments where people feel welcome, respected, and fully accepted.
Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online media project – Rural Innovation eXchange (RIX). RIX will focus on the innovation, talent, entrepreneurship, social innovation and community development taking place in rural Michigan and feature the work of rural talent and content creators.
Racism is killing mothers and babies in Michigan – and initiatives across the state are working to tackle that root cause and save lives.
On this week's episode of Michigan's State of Health, we're digging into how COVID-19 has helped to raise awareness of Michigan's health inequities and the importance of addressing them.
The sprawling community gardens aim to celebrate and preserve the knowledge and cultural identity of tribal people living in and around the village of L’Anse.
Meet Shawna Patterson-Stephens, the newly appointed Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Central Michigan University and CMU alumna, as she discusses her responsibilities and goals for the new role.
Michiganders who are older, live in rural areas, or have income challenges may have trouble navigating, accessing, or affording the technology they need to keep their telehealth appointments.
Black residents have borne a disproportionate share of Michigan's COVID-19 cases and deaths, but in recent weeks those disheartening numbers have begun to turn around.
National bestselling author Austin Channing Brown offers comments at a recent Midland event about racial justice and why she wrote her book I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness.
The Isabella County Human Rights Committee’s third Let Peace Reign event is scheduled for Sept. 19 from 5-7 p.m. virtually and will feature a variety of speakers, including the Mt. Pleasant Mayor, Anti-Racist Midland, Ebony Steward, representatives from the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe and Central Michigan University, and there will be several entertainers!
With more youth joining the conversation about racial injustice, the Mt. Pleasant Area Community Foundation’s Youth Advisory Committee developed an educational multi-part program “Explore Racism in Modern Day America”. The program starts by encouraging participants to read “The Hate U Give,” and is followed by a virtual panel discussion that will be uploaded to the MPACF Facebook page on Thursday, Sept. 17.
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