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Tag Archives: Amanda Uhle
More on the last three $1,000 grants awarded by the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Art and Culture Also tagged AnnArbor.com, Bill Streety, Blues, Jazz, local music, micro-philanthropy, Perkins Pickles, photography, Tom Perkins, Trevor Stone 2 Comments
Announcing that five Ypsi schools share one librarian, 826 Michigan asks for volunteers to staff libraries so that our children can once again check out books
When I received the above message earlier this afternoon, I didn’t think there was any way that it could possibly be true… I knew, of course, that Ypsi’s schools had suffered severe cuts. Just a few weeks ago, I’d watched Linette design a poster for Fly Children’s Art Center, drawing attention to the fact that […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Education, Ypsilanti Also tagged 826Michigan, Amy Sumerton, Big Bird, books, budget cuts, Bush tax cuts, childhood, deregulation, dismantling of public education, epic rants, FLY Children's Art Center, librarians, libraries, military budget, Mitt Romney, PBS, public education, tax the rich, Wall Street deregulation, Ypsilanti Public Schools 43 Comments
826 Michigan, growing to meet demand in Ypsi’s public schools, looking forward to Mittenfest VI
As Mittenfest is right around the corner, and since we haven’t heard from our friends at the kids’ literacy and creative writing non-profit 826 Michigan in a while, I thought that I’d reach out to Executive Director Amanda Uhle, and ask what’s new. Here’s our exchange. MARK: It’s been a while since we’ve had anything […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Ypsilanti Also tagged 826, 826 Michigan, Adams Elementary, buy local, creative writing, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Michigan Writing Project, Erickson, How To Rise, interviews, Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair, Lincoln Consolidated, literacy, local non-profits, Mittenfest, Perry, Savannah Charles, tutoring, volunteer opportunities, Woodruff's, Ypsi Public School District, Ypsilanti high school, Ypsilanti Middle School 3 Comments