The East Village Magazine – April 2024
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Mott Community College to host Flint, Genesee County housing crisis summit
By EVM Staff Mott Community College (MCC) will host a day of discussion on Flint and Genesee County's housing crisis with a "Housing Summit 2.0" event Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The summit will take place in college's event center on its main...
Crossover Outreach reopens in new building in Flint’s Grand Traverse District
By Canisha Bell After eight years of planning and four months of construction, Crossover Outreach opened the doors to its new building on April 8, 2024. The day’s open house event kicked off at 414 W. Court St. with speeches from Crossover’s board president Lionel...
Flint City Council now has ‘official’ YouTube channel
By Kate Stockrahm Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue has shared a new way to watch Flint City Council meetings: an official YouTube channel. “I am happy to announce the formal launch of the Flint City Council’s YouTube Channel: Official Flint City Council,” Donahue said...
City of Flint, EGLE respond to spill on the Flint River
By EVM Staff The Genesee County Health Department is recommending no contact with the Flint River, including fishing and recreational activities, from Dort Highway to Riverbank Park, after a spill was reported around 10 p.m. on April 3, 2024. According to a City of...
Education Beat: Ratification, relief, reflection follow Flint Schools teacher union settlement
By Harold C. Ford After months of labor unrest, Flint Community Schools (FCS) and the United Teachers of Flint (UTF) have arrived at a settlement of issues, though details of the new agreement have not yet been made public. The agreement follows a "sick-out" and...
Marriage On the Rocks at The Rep: A Review of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’
By Patsy Isenberg Two couples engage in a late night drinking fest — all the while dangerously dissecting their marriages — in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” now playing at the Flint Repertory Theatre. The play opens on the hosts of the evening’s...
John Sinclair, Flint ‘poet/pot activist,’ dead at 82
In honor of Flint-born marijuana activist, poet, and music producer John Sinclair's passing, we're republishing one of our favorite stories on the incredibly storied man: 'Poet/pot activist John Sinclair comes briefly home, still paying dues in 'Trumpville,'' by Jan...
Tough Times: The Death of a Student Newspaper in Flint
By Gordon Young The Michigan Times, the student newspaper at UM-Flint, is officially "sunsetting." That's the sort of euphemism a good editor would slash and replace with something more clearcut. It's a nice way of saying the publication that has been covering the...
Nominating petitions now available for 1st Ward Flint City Council seat
By EVM Staff Nominating petitions for the 1st Ward Flint City Council election are now available, Flint City Clerk Davina Donahue announced in a press release on March 27, 2024. The petitions can be picked up from the City Clerk's Office from Monday through Friday, 9...
UM-Flint student highlights Urban Renaissance Center for graduation project
By Linkin Carlson University of Michigan-Flint social work student Bryce Aguilar is teaming up with the Urban Renaissance Center (URC) for his graduation project, and residents are encouraged to come see the outcome on Saturday, March 30, 2024 from noon to 4 p.m....
Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise offers grants to support youth in Genesee County
By Kate Stockrahm The Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise plans to award around a dozen grants to groups and organizations committed to helping Genesee County's historically underserved children and their parents or caregivers facing challenges in their homes,...
Flint Clerk’s Office announces updated list of 1st Ward City Council applicants
By EVM Staff Flint's Office of the City Clerk has released an updated list of applicants to fill the 1st Ward vacancy left by the death of Councilman Eric Mays in late February. In a press release the evening of March 20, 2024, the office listed nine "qualified...
The East Village Magazine – March 2024
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Village Life: Let’s get to important things, again
By Kate Stockrahm In the first ever issue of East Village Magazine on July 3, 1976, our late founder Gary Custer got straight to the point. “It’s customary for a new publication to justify its existence by running a long list of idealistic goals in its premier issue,”...
University of Michigan – Flint faculty union wins recognition by university administration
By Jan Worth-Nelson A union for University of Michigan - Flint tenured and tenure-track faculty has come one step closer, with university administration agreeing March 13, 2024, to recognize the bargaining unit. Union organizers from the nascent UM - Flint AFT-AAUP,...
Is Donald Trump a Marxist? Maybe, but which one?
By Paul Rozycki After several presidential primaries, it's clear the 2024 election will be a rerun of the 2020 contest between Democratic President Joe Biden and former Republican President Donald Trump. But while the candidates are familiar, their campaign rhetoric...
Funeral arrangements announced for late Flint Councilman Eric Mays
Funeral plans for Flint City Councilman Eric Mays, who passed in late February, were announced today via a press release from Lento Law Group, the law team for Mays' son, Eric HaKeem Deontaye Mays. The following details were shared in the March 14 release: Friday,...
Flint Board of Ed pledges to continue negotiations with Flint teachers after sickout, strike vote
By Harold Ford A whirlwind day of intense labor relations in Flint Community Schools (FCS) on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 began with an early-morning “sick-out” by teachers that closed all 11 of the district’s in-use school buildings. (Holmes students are currently...
Wellness expo geared toward Flint’s Black families scheduled for March 15
By EVM Staff Hamilton Community Health Network and Flint Area Links, Incorporated will host a wellness exhibition geared toward Flint’s Black families on March 15, 2023. The “Black Family Wellness Expo” is set to run from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Hamilton’s main clinic,...
Global Flint Initiative: ‘making Flint a welcoming and engaging community’
By Harold C. Ford “Immigrants are a breath of fresh air.” – Jennifer Alvey, University of Michigan-Flint, March 5, 2024 On Tuesday, March 5 a diverse group of more than 40 people from the Flint area gathered at the Gloria Coles Flint Public Library to launch the...
Final phase of Flint’s Saginaw Street restoration project to begin March 11
Saginaw Street will be closed between First Street and Kearsley Street beginning Monday, March 11, 2024, as the final phase of the city's downtown brick restoration and infrastructure project gets underway. The project will see the restoration of Flint’s main...
Christopher Paul Curtis, author and Flint native, wins lifetime achievement award
By Canisha Bell In late January, acclaimed novelist and Flint native Christopher Paul Curtis received the 2024 Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award is presented every even-numbered year to an African American author,...
Community Foundation of Greater Flint makes final push for 2024 neighborhood small grant applications
By Kate Stockrahm The deadline to apply for the Community Foundation of Greater Flint’s (CFGF) 2024 Neighborhoods Small Grant Program is fast approaching, with all applications due March 15 by 3 p.m. The available grants, which range from around $1,000 up to $25,000,...
City of Flint to hold vigil for late Councilman Eric Mays, Clerk’s Office shares interim appointment information
By EVM Staff The City of Flint will host a candlelight vigil in memory of Flint City Councilman Eric Mays, who passed away on Feb. 24, 2024. The vigil will take place in front of Flint City Hall at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, according to a city press release on...
