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Neighborhood Employment Hubs provide lessons for workforce development in Battle Creek

Michigan Works! Southwest, a regional workforce development agency, launched Neighborhood Employment Hubs in Battle Creek, Michigan to create more opportunity and stronger pathways ...

By Colleen EbingerMarch 10, 20230

Education

Investing in public schools is investing in the local economy

Battle Creek Central High School's Career Academies combine academics with skills training, preparing students for career opportunities.

By Samantha MeinkeMarch 7, 20230

Community Engagement

Sustaining community-driven racial healing

The Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) initiative was launched by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 2017 with the understanding that relationships and ...

By Every Child ThrivesFebruary 9, 20230

Community Engagement

The healing power of gathering

Battle Creek’s National Day of Racial Healing celebration featured a free community dinner with music, dancing, drumming and author readings from BCTRHT’s 2022 ...

By Nick BuckleyFebruary 3, 20230

A young Black boy watering flowers outside in the school garden in New Orleans.

Community Engagement

What mattered most to you in 2022

Every Child Thrives shares the real-life experiences and knowledge of communities mobilizing for a brighter future. In 2022, we shared more than 180 ...

By Minda CorsoJanuary 16, 20230

Battle Creek: creating a new multi-racial narrative

The series drew together five women from these three communities to discuss their work and their dreams for Battle Creek’s future.

By Kari CarlsonJanuary 11, 20230

Racial Equity

Education

Battle Creek early childhood system builds resilience to weather child care crisis

In 2014, only 15.5% of children in Battle Creek were ready for kindergarten. But just a few years later, in 2022, the city’s ...

By Samantha MeinkeDecember 6, 20220

Community Engagement

Engaging Battle Creek in Mexican history, art and dance

The history of Mexican Americans in Battle Creek lives on through everyday cultural practices of art, research and collaboration.

By Alana G. WhiteDecember 6, 20220

Food Systems

How do you feed hungry families in Michigan? Ask them.

University of Michigan School of Public Health Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences Kate Bauer assembled a team to launch Feeding MI Families to ...

By Samantha MeinkeNovember 9, 20220

Community Engagement

Torti Taco’s triumphant story

Torti Taco is an award-winning restaurant in the Battle Creek, Mich., community. Its authentic Mexican dishes blend farm-to-table ingredients with family recipes tracing ...

By Samantha MeinkeOctober 21, 20220

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Neighborhood Employment Hubs provide lessons for workforce development in Battle Creek

Investing in public schools is investing in the local economy

Sustaining community-driven racial healing

The healing power of gathering

What mattered most to you in 2022

Battle Creek: creating a new multi-racial narrative

Battle Creek early childhood system builds resilience to weather child care crisis

Engaging Battle Creek in Mexican history, art and dance

How do you feed hungry families in Michigan? Ask them.

Torti Taco’s triumphant story

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