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Day 4: Gender Identity

October 11, 2023

Gender Identity While a person’s sex assigned at birth is based on their perceived or actual reproductive or sexual anatomy,…

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Day 3: Sex Assignment

October 11, 2023

Sex Assignment All of us, no matter who you are, how you look, or how you identify, share four things…

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Day 2: Intersectionality

October 11, 2023

Intersectionality “I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”…

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Tackling Local Hunger: South Michigan Food Bank

October 10, 2023

JACKSON – For most of us, the biggest uncertainty about our next meal is what we’ll eat. But for thousands…

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Introduction to the LGBTQIA+ Community

October 2, 2023

Introduction to the LGBTQIA+ Community Welcome to the 21-Day Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) Equity Challenge,…

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Welcome to the LGBTQIA+ Equity Challenge

October 1, 2023

Thank you for joining us for our first ever 21-Day LGBTQIA+ Equity Challenge. Over the next 21 days you’ll be…

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RFP: Community Violence Intervention Grants

September 18, 2023

KALAMAZOO – United Way of South Central Michigan is now accepting applications for Phase 2 of the Community Violence Intervention…

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Teens in Jackson develop leadership skills while mentoring youth

September 12, 2023

JACKSON COUNTY – During a summer photo shoot atop a Jackson rooftop, the teen members of DRIP laughed with each…

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Breaking Down Barriers Early: Student Advocacy Center

September 12, 2023

JACKSON – Studies show that a quality education is a vital investment in a person’s lifelong success. That investment must…

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Perspective: Recovery Tide Isn’t Lifting All Boats

September 4, 2023

Editor’s Note: On this Labor Day, President & CEO Chris Sargent offers insights on the economic struggles of ALICE households…

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