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Career Education in the Kitchen

Patrick Dunn Saturday, September 14, 2013
At Ann Arbor's Food Gatherers, feeding the hungry is only part of the equation. Preparing at-risk young adults for careers in the food industry is another. 

Mentoring For Children From Migrant Families

Pam Landes Saturday, September 07, 2013
Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance's Migrant Mentoring program offers community advocates and coaches an opportunity to connect with school-aged migrant children.

The Power of Collective Impact

Amy Kuras Saturday, August 24, 2013
From Detroit, to Battle Creek to Holland, nonprofits, businesses, and community members are impacting social problems using a collective impact framework. 

Speaker Series: Creative Cities, The Next Generation

Michigan Nightlight Monday, August 19, 2013
Join us August 22 in Detroit or Grand Rapids for a dual-city conversation on the state of arts education.

Truffles Not Trouble For Convicted Young People

Zinta Aistars Monday, August 12, 2013
Dale Anderson wanted to help kids by teaching them building trades skills. He ended up teaching them how to make truffles. Here's the story on Confections with Convictions.

Southwest Comes Alive With Arts Education

Amy Kuras Saturday, August 03, 2013
Southwest Detroit attracts people with its ethnic food, its early 20th-century architecture, and, increasingly, its innovative learning projects. 

The Next Generation of Creative Problem Solvers

Melinda Clynes Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Arts education contributes to all that we want for Michigan kids: academic achievement, emotional and social maturity, and equitable opportunity. But with pressure to raise standardized test scores, arts and culture programs are often pushed aside. We’ll take a look at who is filing the arts gap and why.

VIDEO: Arts Education Detroit - Filling the Gap

Michigan Nightlight Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Arts education meaningfully contributes to academic success, social development, civic engagement, and equal opportunity -- all the good things we want for Detroit kids. In our latest Michigan Nightlight video, we look at who's filling the gap in arts education and why. 

VIDEO: Shaping Creativity for Grand Rapids Youth

Michigan Nightlight Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Colorful, relevant, and inspiring, this Michigan Nightlight video looks at who is filling the gap in arts education in Grand Rapids and why.

Knee-High Naturalists Introduces World of Wonder

Margaret DeRitter Friday, July 19, 2013
Petting reptiles and learning about amphibians too -- it’s all in a day for Battle Creek's Knee-High Naturalists. 

Open Roads Opens Doors For Kalamazoo Young People

Zinta Aistars Friday, July 12, 2013
Once you've learned how to fix a bike what else can you fix? For young people in Kalamazoo, Open Roads teaches the skills to find out. 

Creative Writing, Tutoring Build Student Confidence

Melinda Clynes Thursday, July 04, 2013
The nonprofit 826michigan recently expanded programming into Detroit. Participating students are digging it. 

Creating Change In Michigan's Food Systems

Victoria Mullen Saturday, June 22, 2013
How is Michigan doing in creating systemic change around food access, nutrition, and sustainability for low-income children and families? 

Teens Find New Direction With Mountain Biking

Deb Pascoe Saturday, June 15, 2013
Start the Cycle introduces court-referred and at-risk teens to the sport of mountain biking as a positive alternative to drug and alcohol use and other unhealthy activities. 

Building Community Through Hip Hop

Shannon Nobles Monday, June 10, 2013
All of the Above in Lansing uses the fundamentals of hip hop to engage kids in community change.
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Even when controlling for poverty, education level, and tobacco use of a mother, maternal and infant health outcomes are far worse for minority populations than European-American women. What's causing the continued disparities? And what can West Michigan do to ensure all babies born here have the best chance of reaching their potential? Zinta Aistars reports on Strong Beginnings, one local program working to give all families a fair start.
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Company Supports 4th Grade Field Trips to Lake Michigan

Victoria Mullen Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Parents working more than one job or odd hours, a lack of funds, and no transportation often prevent kids from experiencing one of Michigan’s incredible natural resources. For the majority of west side Grand Rapids elementary school kids, Lake Michigan is sadly out of reach. OST has teamed up with Grand Rapids Public Schools to give fourth-graders at west side schools the opportunity to experience the big lake firsthand.
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Youth Decide Where Grant Dollars are Spent

Anya Zentmeyer Wednesday, August 13, 2014
For Grand Rapids students who serve as trustees-in-training on the GRCF Youth Grant Committee, giving back to the community goes hand in hand with empowering students to succeed. 
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