A new exhibit created by students in Eastern Michigan University's Historic Preservation Program will focus on who has access to university sports opportunities and who doesn't.
Each year, fifth grade students at Ypsilanti International Elementary School present a capstone project encapsulating the "central ideas" they've been exploring all year. This year, they've had help from U-M art students.
The inaugural 2024 Black Business Community Impact Awards ceremony was held Feb. 9, honoring three Black-owned Washtenaw County businesses that have made lasting change through charitable efforts.
Feed the Need Sensory Zone offers sensory-friendly activities for young people, and may offer "sensory buses" and employment opportunities in the future.
Ann Arbor-based FedUp Ministries' WashUp program is offering a mobile shower facility with four full baths at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse Mondays through Thursdays.
"These kids might be the only experts on this job in Washtenaw County outside of the sheriff himself," says organizer Anna Gersh.
Though the residents of Ypsilanti Township's West Willow neighborhood are predominantly people of color, an antiquated legal document technically bans anyone who isn't white from living in about 196 homes there.
Washtenaw County-based coalition Justice InDeed plans to host two events to educate the community about racially restrictive covenants and recruit volunteers to help with a county mapping project.
More Americans will turn 65 this year than any other year in history. Here's how Ypsi senior services organizations are planning to respond to a growing population of older adults.
Friends In Deed is seeking donations of gently-used furniture and volunteers to move large items in the wake of a roof leak that took out most of the nonprofit's stock.
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