We walk together for early childhood care & education
The Wiikwedong Early Childhood Development Collaborative in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan is part of the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative (IELC) ...
Education
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Racial Equity
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.
West Michigan Center for Art + Technology’s new cybersecurity training is creating career pathways and economic growth
The West Michigan Center for Art + Technology connects the Grand Rapids community to career pathways in cybersecurity, as well as diversifying the ...
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 ...
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.
Education
Ryan the Lion delights young Detroit readers
“Read, Write, Roar!” is a literacy educational program by Detroit Public Television to help students build literacy skills through word-building lessons, read-alouds, writing ...
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 ...
