Tag: Ashley Nickels
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Review: “Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan” probed in Ashley Nickels’ enlightening new book
By Robert Thomas An abiding iconic Flint visual for me is the news photo of a child holding a protest sign stating the case for what happened in Flint: “I’ve been POISONED by Policy.” The photo quickly leads to the question: “How does that happen?” Ashley E. Nickels, a professor of political science at…
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“The Folks of Flint,” a stunning 58-portrait exhibit, opens at the Capitol Theatre
By Patsy Isenberg A stunning exhibit of Flint native Dan White’s 58 larger-than-life portraits, “The Folks of Flint: A Tribute,” opens at the Capitol Theatre Thursday. The labor of love reveals a lot about the city that White, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, wishes to honor. There’s the determination written all over Michael Jackson’s face –…
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18 Flint people on the water crisis: A Village Life gathering at Woodside Church
By Jan Worth-Nelson A visit to Flint by a Boston film crew in July led to a gathering of 18 Flint residents invited by East Village Magazine to talk about their lives in the city and their reflections on the water crisis and its effects. Their comments that night, all filmed and on the record,…
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Commentary: Why to vote “Yes” on the Charter: Placing the collective interests of residents first
Placing the collective interests of residents first: an interloper’s support for proposed Charter By Ashley Nickels, Ph.D. On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Flint residents will vote on whether or not to adopt revisions to their city charter for the first time since 1974. As an encouraged interloper, an outsider, a political scientist, I have followed Flint’s…
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