I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of books lately. First it was the conversation I had with New York Times bestselling author Shaka Senghor about his discovery of literature in prison and how transformative that was for him. Then, a little bit after that, I heard local historian Matt Siegfried, standing in front […]
Tag Archives: foster care
Three ways to turn a local kid on to reading and change the world for the better
Posted in Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged anime, books, call to action, children's books, comic books, Jazmin Truesdale, LaRon Williams, literature, Matt Siegfried, Peri Stone-Palmquist, prison, reading, Shaka Senghor, Student Advocacy Center, summer reading programs, The Keepers: Origins, the power of books, Xavier Small, Ypsilanti District Library 16 Comments
Shouldn’t foster kids also have to eat from garbage cans?
Guess what? Michigan is making national headlines again for its innovative Republican solutions to the problems that confront us… This time it’s State Senator Bruce Casswell getting the attention for his exciting “out of the box” thinking. Casswell, if you haven’t heard, is suggesting that foster kids in Michigan only be allowed to purchase secondhand […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Bruce Casswell, Dave Agema, Department of Human Services, empathy, empathy fail, hand-me-downs, helping the poor, Michigan Information & Research Service, punitive measures against the needy, Susan J. Demas, thrift stores, used clothes 30 Comments
Life after prostitution in Ypsilanti
It doesn’t happen terribly often, but occasionally something will happen on this site that will remind me why I spend several hours each night, hunched over this little computer screen, churning posts out into the abyss. Today, was one of those days. An amazing comment was left in an old thread about local prostitution, and […]
Posted in Other, Ypsilanti Also tagged addiction, alcoholism, attempted suicide, bad parenting, Blondell, cautionary tales, child abuse, Dilaudid, domestic violence, gun violence, Hash Bash, heroin, hitchhiking, homelessness, Hubba Bubba, jail, Kincheloe, life on the street, Michigan Avenue, molestation, morphine, pimps, prostitution, rape, Sault St. Marie, second chances, Social Services, turning your life around 47 Comments