Tag Archives: social work

Elected leaders and civil rights organizers join Sheriff Clayton to discuss the policing of communities of color at Unity Town Hall

By Mark | July 21, 2016

This evening I attended the Unity Town Hall at Eastern Michigan Union, during which Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Black Lives Matter Organizer Myles McGuire, Wahstenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton, Mark Fancher of the Michigan ACLU’s Racial Justice Project, and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Brian Mackie sat before an audience of about 250, responding to questions about civil […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged ACLU, Aura Rosser, black lives matter, Brian Mackie, de-escalation, Debbie Dingell, dismantling of public education, drugs, fear, Jerry Clayton, Mark Fancher, mental health, Mobile Justice, Myles McGuire, police violence, public education, Racial Justice Project, Seattle, slavery, threats to public education, Unity Town Hall, Washtenaw County, Washtenaw County Prosecutor | 15 Comments

Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Kayla Mishler

By Mark | April 12, 2016

I got word a few days ago through my network of informants that a young woman by the name of Kayla Mishler might be planning to pack up and leave Ypsilanti, so I headed out to find her. Here’s her official exit interview. I hope you enjoy it. MARK: So I’ve heard a rumor that […]

Posted in Special Projects, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged addiction, Chicago, exit interviews, heroin, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews | 12 Comments

Ann Arbor’s plans to take on Art Prize with Pop-X, Ypsi’s rising fame as a singles city, and empowering the poor …on this weekend’s Saturday Six Pack

By Mark | October 9, 2015

[Last weekend the specter of Pa Ingalls loomed large over the Saturday Six Pack. Grass Lake homesteader Joe Trumpey and I talked about Pa’s fiddle playing in the Big Woods, his reliance on spanking, and the homes he built with his family as they made their way across the American frontier. [Trumpey said he would […]