Nonprofits
Coverage of local nonprofit organizations and the impact they are having in the community
Care Collective of Southwest Michigan
Care Collective of Southwest Michigan partners with local BIPOC and LGBTQIA-led organizations to distribute free menstrual products and diapers throughout the community. “We know that when we provide products to young people and to families that the whole family benefits,”…
Project Pipeline Kalamazoo
From July 23 to July 25, the Detroit chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) will host Project Pipeline Kalamazoo at Western Michigan University. This free summer camp introduces youth ages 12-18 to architecture through hands-on, real-world experiences.…
“A Peaceful Ending to Our Life”
National non-profit Compassion & Choices advocates for the legalization of medical aid in dying, which gives those with a terminal illness and less than six months left to live the option of a peaceful death. Medical aid in dying is…
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.…
“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…
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…
