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Don’t Waste Food Waste: The City’s New Food Scrap Recycling Bins
City of Kalamazoo's Solid Waste Coordinator, Chris Broadbent, discusses the new food waste program and how it works. Residents are encouraged to collect their food scraps and drop them off at the bins located at the lot at 322 E.…
Providing a Second Chance
An expungement removes criminal convictions from a person’s public record, and for many people like Melody Woods, it gives them a second chance. Kalamazoo Defender provides holistic public legal defense, which looks at the whole client and their unique situation.…
Speed Puzzling
Teams such as “Just Piecing It Together,” “Side Pieces,” and “Perpetually Puzzled” competed at the Speed Puzzling Competition at Shakespeare’s Pub on April 24th. The event was meant to raise money for the Grand Rapids Women’s Rugby team which stars…
“This is Unprecedented.”
YWCA CEO, Susan Rosas, discusses a new website that tracks the effects of funding cuts to area non-profits and the populations they serve. SolidarityData.org, now live, provides detailed information on jobs lost and jobs threatened, funds lost and threatened, the…
100 Days of Solidarity
A cohort of area non-profits hold a press conference to discuss how the administrations first 100 days in power affected those with the least in Kalamazoo County. A new website, www.SolidarityData.org, tracks the impact of the withdrawal of federal support…
Kalamazoo Comic-Con!
From April 11th-13th, cosplayers, comic book collectors, artists, and fans of all different fandoms gathered in the Kalamazoo Expo Center for Kalamazoo’s first-ever independent Comic Con! There were cosplay contests, celebrity panels, tons of collectibles, and unique artwork for sale.…
Raise Money. Raise Hell.
The Stamped Robin hosted the YWCA of Kalamazoo's Raise Money, Raise Hell fundraising event featuring guest bartenders including Mayor Anderson, Vice Mayor Jeanne Hess, former mayor, Bobby Hopewell, the Daily Show's Jordan Klepper, and others. The fundraiser comes as the…
