Late last year, the Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development (OCED) moved from Ann Arbor to downtown Ypsilanti. Following is a brief conversation I just had with Mary Jo Callan, the director of OCED, on why they decided to make the move, and what she and her organization are presently doing to help […]
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“We’re seeing real consequences of growing inequity play out locally,” says Mary Jo Callan, director of the Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development
Posted in Ann Arbor, Local Business, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged affordable housing, Center for Labor and Community Studies, economic development, economic segregation, Eyrie, Growing Together or Drifting Apart? Economic Well-Being in Washtenaw County’s new Knowledge Economy, homelessness, income inequality, inequality, job training, Mary Jo Callan, non-motorized transportation, OCED, poverty, public policy, Retail, Shape Ypsi, The Rocket, Washtenaw County Office of Community and Economic Development, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, Water Street 14 Comments
Ypsi School Board’s Dr. Celeste Hawkins on race, class, segregation, and the prospect of a merger with Ann Arbor Public Schools
A few days ago, I posted something here about the findings of a study on affordable housing commissioned by Washtenaw County. The published report, as you may recall, didn’t paint a very pretty picture. Our communities, according to the authors of the study, are rapidly becoming segregated, with less-well-off people, especially people of color, quickly […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged affordable housing, Celeste Hawkins, equity, poverty, public education, race and poverty, racism, school consolidation, segregation, social justice, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County's Affordable Housing Needs Assessment, Whitmore Lake, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Ypsilanti School Board 18 Comments
Ypsi Police Chief Tony DeGiusti on body cameras, the militarization of police forces and the impact of Ferguson
On Tuesday evening, our City Council voted to approve a resolution making funds available, among other things, for the purchase of 15 body cameras to be worn by Ypsilanti police officers while on patrol. As readers of site know, this is something that I’ve been pushing for since first reading about the results of a […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged body cameras, Citizens Police Academy, Community Policing, Eastern Michigan University, Eastern Washtenaw Safety Alliance, EMU, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Leforge Road, Michael Brown, Pete Murdock, police brutality, police tactics, public safety, public safety officer, Rialto, school shooting, Staten Island, surveillance culture, SWAT, the militarization of the police, Tony DeGiusti, transparency, video surveillance, Wayne, YCAT, Ypsilanti Community Action Team, Ypsilanti police department 32 Comments