On last night’s episode of the Saturday Six Pack, I talked with Ypsi Community Schools (YCS) art teacher Lynne Settles, an Ypsi High student by the name of Paris, Jackson-based artist Douglas Jones, and local historian Matt Siegfried about a new mural that, thanks to their tireless efforts, and the efforts of a good many […]
Tag Archives: Alejandro Chinchilla
Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awards grant to Ypsilanti teen group for immigration mural project
The Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation recently awarded a $1,000 grant to Melissa Stek, a Masters of Social Work student at the University of Michigan. Stek, who received the award on behalf of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights teen group with which she works, had the following to say about the public mural project […]
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, Awesome Foundation, community organizing, Dos Hermanos, immigrant rights, immigrants, immigration reform, Lois Richardson, Martha Valadez, Melissa Stek, murals, Pete Murdock, political organizing, support groups, teens, undocumented resident, Washtenaw ID Project, Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, WICIR, WICIR teen group, Ypsilanti City Council 41 Comments