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Sarah Rigg

Sarah Rigg is a freelance writer and editor in Ypsilanti Township and the project manager of On the Ground Ypsilanti. She joined Concentrate as a news writer in early 2017 and is an occasional contributor to other Issue Media Group publications. You may reach her at sarahrigg1@gmail.com.

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Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jeanne-Pierre speaks at Eastern Michigan University for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
EMU MLK week activities feature former White House press secretary, nonprofit networking, and more

Eastern Michigan University kicked off a weeklong series of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events Jan. 19, with offerings ranging from an appearance by a former White House press secretary to a nonprofit networking session.

Nesli Erisgen and Amanda Kelly in the food pantry at SOS Community Services.
Ypsi nonprofits faced an avalanche of need in 2025, and they’re preparing for more to come

Ypsi's social service nonprofits are reporting that they're stretched thin after a year of disruptive federal policy.

Tinker the facilities dog with Eastern Michigan University student Elena Quinonez.
Tinker, EMU’s facilities dog, helps students reduce stress in “open paw-fice hours”

Since fall 2024, Tinker the facilities dog has been available to students four days a week on campus.

The Lewis family attends a holiday celebration at the Ypsilanti Community Schools Resiliency Center.
Ypsi schools’ Resiliency Center provides Christmas presents and more for families experiencing homelessness

The Ypsilanti Community Schools (YCS) Resiliency Center hosted its third annual holiday celebration Dec. 17, offering presents and games for about a dozen YCS students.

Biology teacher Laurel Wiinikka-Buesser and botany student Elijah Acheampong in the greenhouse at Ypsilanti Community High School.
Ypsi schools’ new agriscience/botany program has students developing green thumbs

From planting an orchard to using photographs of plants for a postcard charity project, students in Ypsilanti Community Schools' new career and technical education program are getting their hands dirty.

An Eastern Michigan University graduate teaches at Estabrook Elementary in Ypsilanti.
EMU expands loan repayment assistance program to include 16 additional majors

Eastern Michigan University has seen success in a pilot loan repayment assistance program for education students, so the university is now rolling that same protection out to 16 additional academic areas of study.

Palm Leaf Club members Valerie Eaglin, Connie Mason-Taylor, Judy Jackson, Stacey Mack, Eloise Witherspoon, and Paulette Dozier.
Black women in Ypsi have been supporting community for over a century through the Palm Leaf Club

Ypsilanti's oldest African-American women's charitable organization, the Palm Leaf Club, grew out of a church club established in 1904.

Shelter Association of Washtenaw County staffers Alondra Burne, Nicole Adelman, and Dawn Gemler at a "Fill That Van!" event, collecting food donations for people experiencing homelessness. The Shelter Association of Washtenaw County is one of nine local organizations that will receive opioid lawsuit settlement funds.
Here’s how opioid lawsuit settlement funds are being used in Washtenaw County

$16 million in opioid settlement funds are coming to the county over the next 18 years. Here's how the first round of funds will be spent.

Ypsi activists advocate for women’s prison to address mold and related health concerns

Ypsilanti-based advocacy group Survivors Speak and its founder, Trische' Duckworth, are turning up the heat on legislators, asking them to address life-threatening mold at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Pittsfield Township.

The first Michigan Restorative Justice Summit takes place at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.
Michigan’s first statewide restorative justice summit debuts in Ypsi

More than 200 people attended the first statewide Michigan Restorative Justice Summit Oct. 30-31 at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti.

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