At Luigi’s, Eastsiders “incensed,” “Flint Strong” as Dan Kildee offers hope
Jan28

At Luigi’s, Eastsiders “incensed,” “Flint Strong” as Dan Kildee offers hope

http://www.eastvillagemagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/kildee.mp4 Editor’s note:  EVM board member and contributing writer Bob Thomas was at Luigi’s for the “after party” following the Rachel Maddow taping.  Above is a brief video of U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee’s remarks to the group.   Here is Bob’s account of the evening: By Robert Thomas While I was not one of those invited to Rachel Maddow’s...

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Flint’s Water Crisis Followed Us Across the Country
Jan19

Flint’s Water Crisis Followed Us Across the Country

Here is a piece Jan Worth-Nelson submitted to The Daily Breeze in L.A. after arriving in San Pedro last week.  .http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20160119/flints-lead-water-crisis-weighs-on-san-pedro-snowbirds  

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Literacy Tutor Training Sessions Set

By Anne Trelfa An opportunity to become a certified literacy tutor is being offered by the Genesee County Literacy Coalition starting Jan. 30. The Coalition will train volunteers to help adults learn to read, finish their GED process or learn English as a second language. The two-session training program for new volunteers will be held at Trinity United Presbyterian Church 5151 Lennon Road, Flint, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday...

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Free course on water crisis offered by UM – Flint

By Anne Trelfa A free course focused on the Flint water crisis begins Thursday Jan. 21 at 4:30 in the UM – Flint Northbank Center. The UM-Flint Department of Public Health and Health Sciences is offering 8 sessions initially throughout the winter semester. Planners say each session will involve students and community in panel discussions with leaders and experts, with all participants learning from each other. “We want to offer this...

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Global Film Festival resumes, also features Kildee, Ramsdell, Rao

By Andrew Keast The Global Issues Film Festival continues as usual this month, with another set of cinematic views on people and problems not often covered in the popular media. This, the second half of the Festival’s 14th season, will be held at the McKinnon Theater on the campus of Kettering University, though two of the set’s five films can be seen at the Kiva at UM-Flint as well. The festival is co-sponsored by Kettering, Mott...

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