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The fourth and latest 21-Day Equity Challenge in Washtenaw County is complete. The challenge seeks to create awareness about inequity, injustice, and both…
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When you have to worry about food, housing, and transportation, education can fall away on the list of priorities. Add in a healthy mistrust of a system…
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Many consider Washtenaw County, Ann Arbor in particular, an affluent community. Yet, the truth is that a large number of Washtenaw residents are at, or…
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America still struggles with reconciling its slave-owning past. An exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, entitled "Unsettling Histories:…
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For many in Washtenaw County, environmental justice is lacking. Low income residents and people of color often find themselves subjected to environmental…
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The Black Stone Bookstore and Cultural Center in Ypsilanti has a mission: To unite all people, regardless of race, religion, or politics, and to highlight…
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It was July of 2016 when Dr. James Smith began his tenure as president of Eastern Michigan University. Over the course of five years, he has faced…
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Discussing racism, whether individual or systemic, is important, but sometimes awkward or uncomfortable. Not in the Kekere Freedom School program. It is…
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Many communities, including Washtenaw County, have declared racism a public health crisis. There are no simple cures for such a crisis, but holistic…
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There can't be equality until equity is achieved. Self-awareness and understanding of where systemic and institutionalized bias exists is the launch…