A day in the life of a visually impaired teen

My name is Da'Nyah and I'm visually impaired. I know what you’re thinking: how do I get through my day, and how do I live my life? Well, I'm going to take you through a typical school day, complete with all of its ups and downs.

Members of the community enjoy yoga Nov. 1 at the Mylander Pavilion.
Free yoga classes at the Pier now through December 17th

Get ready to downward dog, cobra and warrior your way to a stress-free start to the weekend with Yoga for Seasonal Stress every Saturday at the Jackson Street Pier.

Erie County kids pose with fishing nets during an EMP NOW event at Lions Park this summer.
Erie Metroparks’ Nature on Wheels program brings nature to you

Erie Metroparks is now offering EMP Nature on Wheels, a mobile unit providing science and nature education complete with live animals. 

Karen Moore
Survivors of trafficking take their lives back

Sanctum House creates a living environment that is welcoming and safe for women survivors of human trafficking. We talk with Karen Moore, executive director, about the real challenges residents face in moving forward with their lives.

Kirk Mayes
A smarter food security system

Kirk Mayes is the outgoing CEO of Forgotten Harvest. We talked with him about changes the organization has experienced and new models for combatting food security. 

Art teacher Steven Pryce teaches at Lincoln High School in Augusta Township.
State program helps Michigan schools handle students with extra care if they’ve experienced trauma

Since it was piloted in 2017, the state's Handle With Care program has helped schools provide compassionate care to thousands of children identified by law enforcement as having experienced a traumatic event.

The FireHouse Community Arts Center, home of the Memphis Black Arts Alliance.
Memphis Black Arts Alliance to launch inaugural Black Arts Legacy Honors & Ball

“Our honorees are artists of color who have set a standard of excellence throughout the world and the time has come for us to salute them for carrying the legacy of greatness,” says MBAA Executive Director Lar'Juanette Williams.

LITE Memphis Pitch Night to present the next generation of Memphis entrepreneurs

“(We're trying to) ultimately close the racial wealth gap in our city, for students to either own their own businesses or to have the skills necessary to secure high wage jobs,” says Larissa Gregory, Executive Director of LITE Memphis. “We believe that those things combined will really help close the racial wealth gap in our city.”

PHOTOS: Take a sneak peek at the $750K addition planned for South City’s Foote Park

Work has begun on the BlueCross Healthy Place at Foote Park, a $750,000 investment in South City and the second such project in Memphis. See what’s in store.

Lynn Hendges, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services manager of housing and homeless services.
New data management tool aims to help medically vulnerable Michiganders escape homelessness

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is developing a standardized, statewide indicator to track not only an individual's homelessness risk but also their medical fragility. 

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