equity

Efforts to create a more equitable community continues as we move toward 2025. The Peace Neighborhood Center in Ann Arbor will partner with other non-profits and open a new facility on the eastern side of Washtenaw County. Bonnie Billups is executive director of the Center, and he joined WEMU's David Fair to discuss the new Peace HUB Community Resource Center.

It won’t be official until January, but Alysha Dyer was sworn in Tuesday night as the next Sheriff of Washtenaw County. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

There are a great number of organizations working in Washtenaw County and southeast Michigan to combat unequal power dynamics and systemic racism. These social sector organizations have become increasingly important amid rising inflation and a divided political climate. Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) has always put these issues at the fore. Now it is working to build collective power in the social sector to more effectively create the visions and strategies to better provide needed services and to remove the barriers to change. NEW president and CEO Yodit Mesfin-Johnson and Vice President of Strategy Will Jones III joined WEMU's David Fair for a look at how to build that infrastructure.

This past October marked the 30th anniversary of the Eastern Michigan University Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center. The staff has been celebrating by reflecting on the center's impact on the EMU campus and greater Ypsilanti community. Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale discussed the center's history and future with EMU history and philosophy professor, Dr. Kate Mehuron.

Eastern Michigan University is hosting a non-partisan public panel today about the role of women and gender in the upcoming 2024 election. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has more.

On October 1st of 2023, The United Way of Washtenaw County ceased being an entity unto its own. It merged with, and was rolled into, the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. At the time, leadership said it would not only maintain staff and services in Washtenaw County but expand them. WEMU's David Fair discussed where the merger stands one year later with chapter president and CEO, Dr. Darienne Hudson.

“A2 for All.” That’s the vision slogan under consideration as Ann Arbor compiles a new comprehensive plan. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ann Arbor Planning Commission is holding a virtual meeting tonight to update and discuss the city’s Comprehensive Plan. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development wants to help women and minority-owned general contractors get more business. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

The celebration will run from 11am-3pm Sunday on the Southeast side of Gallup Park. As WEMU's Taylor Bowie reports, it will feature educational programming on diversity, equity, and inclusion.