Presenting a program called PE-Nut in classrooms, the foundation uses a whole-school approach to motivate students, parents, and educators to eat healthier and be physically active.
"We have a saying here: If you don't have shooting, you don't have hunting; if you don't have hunting, you don't have conservation, and if you don't have conservation, you don't have wildlife.”
Detroit artists and partners Bakpak Durden and Cyrah Dardas, who have been working as artists and with artists in the city, didn’t see a space for artists like them. So they made one of their own.
When raising a houseful of five young Black men means you have to prepare them so they can survive.
Michigan has officially entered summer, a season that brings tens of thousands of migrant and seasonal farmworkers to the state for temporary employment picking produce. COVID-19 has complicated this journey, housing, and benefits for migrant workers, and attorney Ben O'Hearn of Migrant Legal Aid breaks down the unique challenges they face.
Residents have learned many healthy lessons through a program that offers nutrition and physical activity education and encouragement tailored to the needs of clients with cognitive impairments.
Several communities have closed select streets to automobiles, and advocates hope that the pandemic may prompt long-term positive changes in how we use public space for health and fitness.
Micah 6 is just the right size to answer needs in our community. We're not so big that we can’t adjust our focus because we’re writing change proposals to our large grantors, but we’re not so small that we can’t think beyond a few families that we serve.
“I think we just have to call the thing a thing, and figure out how to deal with it and be bold.”
Steven Penkevich shares the story of how a generous donor and Reader’s World see books as an important way to support Black Lives Matter and promote anti-racism.
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