Tag: Stacie Scherman
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Village Life snapshots: Not everything is gloomy in Flint Town
It’s been a rough year but there are so many moments of cheer available, even in Flint. Take for instance the annual Santa Run (three photos pictured here) and the much beloved Tuba Christmas at the Flint Farmers’ Market last weekend. Wonderful reprieves from worry and bad news. Photos by Jan Worth-Nelson
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Access to lead-fighting food expanded in Double-Up Bucks program
By Stacie Scherman Many low-income Flint residents now have greater access to lead-fighting fruits, vegetables, and milk, thanks to a recent Double Up Food Bucks expansion in Flint. According to a press release, Fair Food Network (FFN), the nonprofit organization behind Double Up, has committed up to $750,000 to fund the expansion through December 2017.…
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Former Dort Motor Car Company factory eyed for “makerspace”
By Stacie Scherman A former factory of the Dort Motor Car Company, built a hundred years ago for the budding auto industry, soon could be the home for making things again, this time on a very 21st century model. That might include people repairing small machines, people repairing bicycles, and even people making custom ballet tutus. The…
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Hispanic/Latino group aims to help undocumented Flint residents cope with water crisis
By Stacie Scherman Among groups affected by the Flint water crisis, as some worried social service providers have pointed out, the undocumented immigrant community has been much challenged and under-represented. San Juana “Juani” Olivares, president of the Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative (GCHLC), is trying to do something about that. She is working to make…
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Flint Public Art Project evolving to local leadership, “Motion in Play”
By Stacie Scherman Flint Public Art Project (FPAP) is now under new local leadership as a result of recent changes to its organizational structure. Former director and FPAP founder Stephen Zacks stepped down into the newly created creative director position. He is succeeded by FPAP’s new interim director, Joe Schipani. Zacks has been commuting to…
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Local poets, singers make art from water crisis, racism, justice at “Power of Witness”
By Stacie Scherman Kimberly Brown of Flint steps up to the mic at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Flint in the warm glow of spotlights illuminating the stage, and launches into a poem. “We are so vulnerable to what happens to the waters that nourish us,” she reads. “It was always the other creatures that…
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Syracuse, New York galvanizes city-wide response to Flint’s water woes; Buffalo joins, too
By Stacie Scherman Four hundred miles away from Flint, Daren Jaime, pastor of the People’s AME Zion Church of Syracuse, New York, recently “had a vision in the middle of the night” about helping Flint residents cope with the water crisis. The next morning he reached out not just to his congregation but to the…
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