Coordination/Collaboration

Diana Bernal-Canseco (right) of Buenos Vecinos helping students in an ESL class at YCHS.

Ypsilanti-based program works to improve Latinx community’s quality of life by supporting its youth

Buenos Vecinos provides both academic assistance and a supportive social network aimed at addressing the local Latinx community's top concerns.

Latest in Coordination/Collaboration
Staff drivers Ola Ibrahim and Traci Bibins load a van for YMOW's first Saturday delivery in 14 years.
Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels partners with Michigan Medicine, expands meal deliveries to Saturdays

This is the first time in 14 years that the organization has been able to provide meals on Saturdays.

YDL-Superior branch manager Mary Garboden poses with kids at the branch's garden in 2016.
Ypsi school and library gardens bring education outside

Every school in the Ypsilanti Community Schools system has an on-site garden, as does each branch of the Ypsilanti District Library. Here's how they create a variety of educational experiences for kids. 

Participants in last year's Bridging 23 Unity Walk walk through Ann Arbor.
Bridging 23 Unity Walk expects increased participation for second Ypsi-Ann Arbor march

Forty people participated in last year's walk from Ann Arbor to Ypsi. Eighty have already registered for this year's event, which will reverse the route.

Patrick Elkins, Jim Cherewick, and Noor Us-Sabah at the Dreamland Theater.
Totally Awesome Fest celebrates 15 years of free, spontaneous art in Ypsi

A laid-back, experimental spirit has continued to draw performers and audiences to the annual event, which takes place in unconventional venues across Ypsi.

South State Street at I-94.
Could south Ann Arbor’s office district become a second downtown?

The city and members of the business community are considering a variety of new strategies to diversify the area's business mix and add new infrastructure and amenities.

The Michigan Growth Capital Symposium.
Midwest Growth Capital Symposium expands focus, offers investment opportunities for entrepreneurs

The former Michigan Growth Capital Symposium will mark a shift to a broader regional focus when it returns on May 14 and 15.

A screenshot of Microsoft's Wild Me software for endangered species identification.
Ann Arbor software companies and Microsoft team up to save the planet with AI

Two Ann Arbor companies are sponsoring an upcoming Earth Day event aimed at bringing environmentalists and AI professionals together to solve environmental issues. 

Maria Ibarra-Frayre, Desirae Simmons, and Julie Quiroz of Untold Stories of Liberation and Love
Local women of color to share “Untold Stories of Liberation and Love” through new poetry project

Five local activists and poets have launched a series of workshops in Ypsilanti that will culminate in the publication of a poetry anthology by Washtenaw County women of color.

Shamar Herron, Emmanuel Jones, Tabitha Bentley, Marcus Johnson and Darryl Johnson of WMBK
With new funding coalition, Washtenaw My Brother’s Keeper builds momentum for local youth of color

The local chapter of an Obama-era program aimed at supporting young people of color has had ups and downs since it launched in 2016, but numerous community partners have recently aligned to push it forward.

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