With a mission to nurture positive, healthy, and fulfilling lives, Odindi Youth Action Village envisions a future where every young person has the resources and encouragement to reach their full potential.
Life After Incarceration: Transition and Reentry (LAITR) offers life-changing resources for formerly incarcerated people.
In April 2022, the city of Ann Arbor allocated $500,000 in relief for artists and arts organizations. Here are three of their stories.
Seven community gardening projects in the greater Ypsilanti area have received mini-grants to support their efforts through Ypsilanti nonprofit Growing Hope's new Sprout Grant program.
Washtenaw County-based nonprofit Life After Incarceration: Transition and Reentry is working closely with Ypsilanti Township officials to provide paid work opportunities to returning citizens and others who have been impacted by the justice system.
Ypsilanti-based Riverside Arts Center's two newest resident artists are using their art to address complex local issues like development and education, and engaging the public in the conversation.
SCRAP Creative Reuse Ann Arbor has been rescuing materials that would otherwise be considered junk and selling them as affordable craft supplies since 1983.
Ypsilanti-based nonprofit Growing Hope's new Community Garden Grants program will offer grants ranging from $200 to $1,000 for garden projects that serve under-resourced communities in the Ypsi area.
Washtenaw County government and nonprofit entities are making it easier for small farmers to access farmland through innovative programs like conservation easements, farm linking, and more.
In May 2017, Kristen and Jeffrey Roberts were shaken when their son Miles died by suicide at age 15. Now they're working to support the mental health of student athletes like Miles at Ann Arbor's Skyline High School.
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