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How to spend a million in Flint: Mott Foundation wants to know
By Jan Worth-Nelson Flint residents have until Aug. 11 to vote on how the city’s largest and most dominant foundation should spend $1 million. Last November the C.S. Mott Foundation asked Flint residents to suggest how to spend $1 million on Flint neighborhoods. There was no shortage of response. The foundation heard from more than…
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Education Beat: Flint schools start new school year amid great uncertainty
By Harold C. Ford Amid great uncertainty, Flint Community Schools (FCS) begin a new year in August amidst great uncertainty. Sources of uncertainty emanate from international, national, state, and local levels of our pandemic-plagued world. Already weighted down by numerous challenges, FCS is moving into the 2020-2021 school year beset by an erratic pandemic,…
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Flint Public Library opens in temporary quarters with COVID precautions in place
By Coner Segren After a months-long closure due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Flint Public Library reopens its doors to the public at its temporary location in Courtland Center Mall today, July 23. Conditions for the “phased re-opening” include face masks, social distancing, frequent sanitizing, the use of “quarantine bins” for item returns, a…
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He changed my life: A remembrance of John Lewis
By Harold C. Ford “When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something.” — John Lewis, December 2019 It was Sunday, March 7, 1965. I was an 18-year-old freshman student at Flint Community Junior College (FCJC). I still lived at my…
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Marchers rally in Flint Township to combat low wage and economic disparities
By Madeleine Graham Aiming to draw attention to low wages for essential workers and other economic disparities, about 30 people marched Monday from the Flint Genesee Mall former Sears auto shop to McDonald’s on Linden Road and onto the Michigan State Police Post on Corunna Road. Darris Thompson of Flint was identified as the “safety marshall…
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“FACES of Flint” GOTV videos going public
It’s happening! The premiere, LIVE ON ZOOM, of “FACES of Flint: a message from the anvil of American democracy” Two “Get out the vote” videos produced by East Village Magazine feature 130 Flint residents offering a heart-touching Get Out the Vote message. Featuring narration by Flint poet laureate Semaj Brown and East Village Magazine Editor at Large…
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Education Beat: Flint School board approves plan to re-open schools online Aug. 5
By Harold C. Ford A plan for all Flint students to return to school Aug. 5 on a virtual/online basis only has been approved by the board of the Flint Community School (FCS) district. Then in September, following recommendations from the state and other sources, FCS students would continue school in three possible formats: face-to-face/brick-and-mortar;…
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Kildee on John Lewis: he urged getting into “good trouble” in the pursuit of justice and equality
Note: Since May 26, Congressman Kildee, of Michigan’s Fifth District, had been Congressman Lewis’s proxy for House votes at Lewis’s request. Statement by Congressman Dan Kildee on the passing of Rep. John Lewis: Flint — Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, issued the following statement today on…
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Mayor Neeley on the death of John Lewis: “We have lost a great American hero”
Mayor Sheldon Neeley today issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis: “We have lost a great American hero. Congressman John Lewis leaves us after a lifetime dedicated to fighting nonviolently for equity and social justice. He unabashedly stood for what was right — always. I had the honor of repeatedly…
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ACLU sues City of Flint Clerk’s office over absentee ballot concerns
By Jan Worth-Nelson and Tom Travis Concerns about processing of absentee ballots have led to a complaint by The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan against the Flint City Clerk’s office seeking to account for absentee ballot requests submitted to the clerk and getting the ballots out to voters in time for the upcoming…
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