The annual evaluation of Western Michigan University President John M. Dunn, a move to make WMU tobacco free and new apartment rental rates for 2014-15 are all on the agenda when the WMU Board of Trustees. FIND OUT WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON AT WMU!
Author: Sonya Bernard-Hollins
Fulfillling a Dream: Get That Book Out of You!
For more than three years, my husband, Sean of Fortitude Graphics, had helped more than a dozen authors realize their dream to become self-published authors. Each time we handed a book to the author it was like we had helped deliver their own precious child into the world. I know how they feel. READ MORE ABOUT AREA SELF PUBLISHED AUTHORS AND HOW WE CAN HELP GET THAT BOOK OUT OF YOU!
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CIS Celebrates Campaign Results, Changing Lives
Community in Schools (CIS) celebrates the great beginning to a 3-year fund raising effort. Read More!
Congrats to City Commission!
Congratulations to Kalamazoo City Commissioners!
Motown Artist Feature of Play to Debut in Kalamazoo
Ever wonder how Motown artist came to be signed to the historic label? Well, a new play, “On the Edge of a Dream,” tells the story of Cal Street of the Velvelettes and how her dream became a reality in the midst of the civil rights era. READ MORE!
Girls Can! Magazine Unveiled to Packed Audience at LLA
The world of media just received 12 more reporters–and they haven’t gone to college yet. Girls of the Tate-Stone Travel Writers Academy unveiled the 1st Girls Can! Magazine to more than 100 supporters who packed into the historic Ladies’ Library. READ MORE!
160-Year-Old Ladies Library Opens Doors to Inner City Girls
At 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, (during Art Hop) the girls will welcome the community to celebrate in the unveiling of their Girls Can! magazine edition at the newly renovated Ladies Library Association (333 S. Park St., Kalamazoo) and present a new, 21st-Century face to an organization whose membership was originally all-white, established women of the community. READ MORE! ATTEND THE UNVEILING AT THE LADIES LIBRARY DURING ART HOP!
A Week of Adventure and Writing with Community Voices
Twelve girls from Battle Creek and Kalamazoo will experience everything from flying a plane to conducting a mock trial during the first Tate-Stone Travel Writers Academy at Kalamazoo College! Stay tuned for updates and forgive me as I take a week off to help inspire youth. See you with updates to Community Voices during the week of July 15!
Still Time to Help a Local Girl in Experience of a Lifetime!
Give a local girl a chance to meet amazing women during a unique 6-night residential writing camp on the campus of Kalamazoo College! READ MORE ON HOW TO DONATE!