Education

Ypsilanti Community Schools Superintendent Alena Zachery-Ross.

With new leadership in place, Ypsilanti Community Schools develop plan for student success

With a new superintendent and new administrators appointed to key positions, school district officials are hoping to create stability and map out a course for the district over the next few years.

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Brian Chambers, Doug Kelbaugh, Peter Allen, Chip Smith, and Greg Holcombe meet at the Ross School of Business to discuss affordable housing in Ann Arbor.
U-M lecturer proposes student-led development accelerator to address Ann Arbor housing crisis

Lecturer and longtime developer Peter Allen envisions an accelerator that would research potential public properties for development and then create affordable housing plans for use by the city or county.

Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living logo.
Business incubator for women of color expands, welcomes second cohort

The free EmpowerYou program is designed to help women of color start their own businesses. A new grant from United Way of Washtenaw County has allowed the program to expand to serve more women.

Neshada Green with her children at Grace Fellowship Church House of Solutions.
Nonprofit in Ypsi Township’s Sugarbrook neighborhood seeks to empower youth and families

Grace Fellowship Church House of Solutions is seeking to address its community's physical and mental health needs through its nonprofit, Community Family Life Center.

Menlo Innovations' "Back to School the Menlo Way" event.
Ann Arbor software company hosts workshop to educate teachers on creating a “culture of joy”

It may seem odd for a software company to hold a professional development workshop for teachers, but making money wasn’t why Menlo Innovations hosted a recent "Back to School" event.

Cheryl Garnett and Omer Jean Winborn of the Washtenaw County African American Genealogy Society.
Ypsi group helps African Americans overcome slavery-era obstacles to genealogy research

The Ypsilanti District Library group was started because African Americans face special challenges when tracing their family roots to eras earlier than the 1870s, but it's yielded numerous incredible discoveries.

Vittoria Valenti.
Profiles in mobility: How 3 metro Detroiters found rewarding careers in the industry

Their job duties range from overseeing a county's traffic operations to promoting mobility studies at Washtenaw Community College, but their paths into the industry were somewhat unconventional.

Cara Altherr.
Hidden truths in Ypsilanti

Cara Altherr's essay on acceptance for LGBTQ people of color, one of the five winning entries in Concentrate and EMU Upward Bound's writing challenge.

Upward Bound writing finalists and advisors David Boeving, Mareka Ray, Alexis Herron, Roderick Wallce, Selena Calzado, Cara Altherr, and Patrick Dunn. Davonna Washington not pictured.
Young Ypsi writers answer the question: “How would you solve your community’s greatest challenge?”

We recently partnered with Eastern Michigan University's Upward Bound program to ask young Ypsi writers how they'd solve their community's greatest challenge. Here are their winning essays.

Selena Calzado.
Selena Calzado on immigration

Selena Calzado's essay on immigration, one of the five winning entries in Concentrate and EMU Upward Bound's writing challenge.

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