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Nate Rauh-Bieri is Head of Projects for JustAir

Collaboration gets Dearborn air quality data to people who need it

The City of Dearborn’s air quality monitoring program makes hyper-local air quality data easily accessible to residents. Since its launch last year, people have used it to make decisions about spending time outdoors, and the city has used data to assess options to improve air quality.

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Small business 101: 7 guiding principles to help your business succeed

We asked four Washtenaw County-based experts to weigh in on the must-know guiding principles to help your business succeed in 2025.

Expert presenters share evidence-based information traversing the lifespan from early intervention and initial diagnosis to quality of life for older autistic adults.
Navigating Autism Today Conference connects autism community to facts, friendships, and resources

The Autism Alliance of Michigan Navigating Autism Today (NAT) Conference connects autistic people of all ages and their loved ones with education, resources, and community.

“Friendsgiving dinner” with a group of teen participants in One Michigan’s CALM program
‘Our kids are very stressed’: Program boosts immigrant youth mental health

The threat of losing relatives to deportation compounds mental health stresses for immigrant teens. A youth-designed program uses conversation and community to help.

Janelle Smith (seated) and Kate Litwin
Cross-sector partnerships key to prosperity in downtown Howell

A bustling downtown Howell – including a fanciful outdoor play space – has been built from strong partnerships.  

Autism can be a very isolating. AAoM shares and hosts events that are relevant to the autism community.
Welcome Kit helps Michiganders navigate autism resources and support

AAoM Welcome Kits provide a broad yet concise overview of AAoM’s roster of services. Available in two versions — one for families raising autistic children and autistic adults and another for professionals serving the autistic clients — Welcome Kits extend a warm handshake that welcomes them to AAoM’s services.

Color of Autism Foundation provides training for families of autistic children
Ending the stigma of autism in communities of color

“I would go to support groups, but no one looked like me,” says Camille Proctor. She eventually founded the Color of Autism Foundation to end the stigma of autism among communities of color and create a better understanding of autism and autism services for families.  

Rebel Dogs has a distinctly Detroit approach to ethical animal advocacy
Rebels with a cause: How Rebel Dogs has changed the animal advocacy landscape in Detroit

Rebel Dogs was started by a couple of engaged citizens who wanted to alleviate the suffering of stray dogs. Today, it’s a comprehensive dog-rescue operation that helps Detroit pet owners on multiple levels.

Newcomer Mohammed arriving at the airport to a welcome from Ruth, a member of the Cassopolis, Mich., private sponsor group that worked with Zaman during the 90-day resettlement period
Welcome to Michigan: It takes a community to integrate refugees to U.S. culture

Welcoming refugees to Michigan is part and parcel Zaman International's work with Welcome Corps

Chris Grimm as Enrico Fermi and Greg Kovas as Werner Heisenberg in "Last Summer."
Ann Arbor meeting between physicists Fermi and Heisenberg dramatized in new original play

The Ann Arbor District Library and Ann Arbor Civic Theatre have teamed up to present "Last Summer," an original one-act historical play about a pivotal conversation on nuclear weaponry that took place in Ann Arbor in 1939.

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