The We Hear You Coalition requests that Midland County residents over the age of 18 complete the Midland Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion survey. Results will be shared and discussed publicly to establish goals and action plans for change.
Diane Brown Wilhelm has served on Midland’s City Council for almost 10 years. Her primary job is working as a senior program project manager for Accenture. Brown Wilhelm reflects on what led her to serve on the City Council, what challenges are facing the City, her mentors, and what it means to receive the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Award in the Great Lakes Bay Region.
Jacey Pomaville, the winner of a 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship, discusses the challenges she faced growing up in a small town with little diversity.
The region celebrated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy this week by honoring local students and community leaders.
Great Lakes Bay Pride is focusing on four areas – developing a referral system, improving access to programs, creating a physical space, and restoring programs canceled in 2020.
Andrea Norton, a graduate of Western High School in Auburn, traveled the world with the U.S. Air Force. Now, she works to help veterans in the Great Lakes Bay Region get the health care they deserve.
A few years ago, Tristan Dean was a client of Game Changer Pediatric Therapy Services. Today, he’s an employee of the therapy clinic.
Black residents have borne a disproportionate share of Michigan's COVID-19 cases and deaths, but in recent weeks those disheartening numbers have begun to turn around.
Change begins by initiating conversations and providing opportunities to listen, learn, and grow. By continually as a community asking, “What’s next?” and steadily building upon that, Midland County can take steps toward becoming a more inclusive and safe space for everyone to live.
National bestselling author Austin Channing Brown offers comments at a recent Midland event about racial justice and why she wrote her book I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness.
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