Category Archives: Community & Nonprofit Organizations

Supporting Michigan Business: It’s a local thing

June 10, 2010 – 8:24 am

“Going local does not mean walling off the outside world. It Means nurturing locally owned businesses which use local resources sustainably, employ local workers at decent wages and serve primarily local consumers.” ~Michael H. Shuman, author of Going Local The People of Detroit: Happy Cream by Noah Stephens The 7th Annual Local First Street Party [...]

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Stand for Michigan’s Land & Water on Thursday

June 1, 2010 – 6:54 am

Editor’s Note: Absolute Michigan has actively opposed the dangerous practice known as sulfide mining or acid mining since it was first proposed as we feel that Michigan’s water is a resource to vital to the lives and livelihoods of Michigan’s residents to jeopardize with this risky technology. Yellow Dog by Luminous Light Huntress Stand for [...]

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Can we save our schools in Michigan?

March 9, 2010 – 9:16 am

Gray school1 by wardmac The Detroit Free Press reports that a group called Save Our Schools Michigan (SOS Michigan) is predicting a bleak future for Michigan schools: Michigan public schools will lay off thousands of employees and more than 100 districts could be insolvent if the state doesn’t find a way to plug a $400-per-pupil [...]

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Michigan’s Rich African American Past

February 10, 2010 – 7:28 am

For years, February has been recognized as Black History Month. In nearly 250 years of living in Michigan, African Americans have made many important-and often overlooked–contributions to our state’s past. One of the earliest records of African Americans living in Michigan came in the early 1760s when the British replaced the French at Detroit. Two [...]

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Art is Everywhere, for Everyone

December 29, 2009 – 11:27 am

Guardian by Ralph Krawczyk Jr Our years of neglect of the ongoing structural problems in our budget has left Michigan in a position where we’re cutting all kinds of services drastically. When you’re taking millions from classrooms, public safety and basic human services for our most needy, it’s hard to advocate against cuts for the [...]

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Michigan Good Food Tour: Fair Food Matters in Kalamazoo

December 14, 2009 – 8:49 am

beets450 by CreateWithKim The Michigan Land Use Institute’s Patty Cantrell is reporting on how communities across Michigan building stronger communities with healthy, local food in the Good Food Tour. The latest, Kalamazoo: Oh, the Webs They Weave!, begins: The rise of Kalamazoo’s strong Good Food movement is a story about people—and about how one good [...]

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Noel Night: 37 Years of Holiday Merriment

November 19, 2009 – 11:30 am

The 37th annual Noel Night will take place on Saturday, December 5th from 5:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. in Midtown Detroit’s Cultural Center Area. Over 40 institutions, including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Detroit Science Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Detroit Historical Museum, and the Detroit Public Library, [...]

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350 International Day of Climate Action in Michigan

October 22, 2009 – 7:43 am

Green Rocks by {D} Scientists say that 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is the safe upper limit for life as we know it. We’re currently pushing 400, and this Saturday (October 24, 2009) is the 350 International Day of Climate Action, a day designed to show through public action that [...]

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Winners of the 2009 Grand Rapids ArtPrize

October 10, 2009 – 10:05 am

ArtPrize 09-Open Water no.24 by deviant_anomaly ART PRIZE 2009-0032 by RichardD72 AND THE WINNER IS… by rkramer62 DETAIL FROM WINNERS CANVAS by bitsorf The first-ever ArtPrize in Grand Rapids has ended with Open Water no. 24, a 6′ x 19′ oil painting by Ran Ortner being chosen as the winner by public vote from 1,262 [...]

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350 is something you need to know, Michigan

September 29, 2009 – 7:54 am

This weekend, some folks with TC 350 headed out to the Dune Climb at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to help raise awareness about a very important number for Michigan and the rest of the world. It’s set to the music of Getdown to 350 by May Erlewine. The song will probably tell you [...]

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