HOMELESSNESS AMONG STUDENTS IN WASHTENAW COUNTY… After kicking things off with the awesome into song written by our recent guest Frank Allison, we jumped right into things with Eastern Michigan University student Ramone Williams, the subject of a recent investigative piece on homelessness among Michigan’s college students. Williams told us about the circumstances that lead […]
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Homeless students share their stories, a Flint mother tells about the poisoning of her family, and a local business owner divulges details of his rock and roll past… on episode 36 of The Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Local Business, Michigan, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Allie Schachter, anemia, charity, Chris Stranad, citizen scientist, Coming Down is Harder, compassion, corrosion control, coverups, Eastern Michigan University, Education Project for Homeless Youth, Emergency Manager, empathy, EMU, entrepreneurship, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, failure to thrive, Fantasee Lighting, Flint, Flint River, Grand Funk Railroad, Grande Ballroom, Grateful, homelessness, housing instability, Illuminart, Kate de Fuccio, Keith Richards, lead, Lead and Copper Rule, lead poisoning, Led Zeppelin, Lee Anne Walters, lighting, Magic, Marc Edwards, McKinney-Vento, MDEQ, Megan DeVoe, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, National Science Foundation, Ozone House, Pete Larson, public health, public health emergency, Ramone Williams, Rick Snyder, scandals, Six Pack Portrait Project, Stefan Graf, things I'm thankful for, water | 12 Comments
Youth homelessness, the Flint water crisis, and the oral history of rock… on this weekend’s edition of The Saturday Six Pack
This past summer, during the episode of the Saturday Six Pack where we had local teens talking with our Mayor, Chief of Police, Sheriff and Superintendent of Ypsi Community Schools about issues that mattered to them, we heard from a young woman by the name of Brittney Barros, who, during our discussion, mentioned her experience […]
Posted in The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized | Also tagged Allie Schachter, Eastern Michigan University, EMU, Fantasee Lighting, Flint, Flint water crisis, homelessness, Illuminart, lead, lead poisoning, Led Zeppelin, Lee Anne Walters, lighting, Magic, Ozone House, public health, Ramone Williams, Stefan Graf, water, Water You Fighting For? | 5 Comments