The West Michigan Center for Arts and Technology will train adults in cybersecurity and governance, risk and compliance (GRC). The courses are free, and students will receive a stipend while training.

Weekly we focus on the work of area individuals and organizations advancing equity in our community.

56-year-old Beverly Ann Bratcher of Newaygo was charged in the 61st District Court in Kent County, with one count of second degree vulnerable adult abuse, a four-year felony.

The HOME-ARP allocation plan will use $63,793,681 in funds to develop affordable rental housing, offer financial assistance to qualified renters to prevent evictions, provide support to local homeless service agencies, and acquire and/or rehabilitate existing structures for non-congregate sheltering.

24-year-old Sarah Nassar represents Michigan in this year’s competition. The winner will be crowned, Saturday August 20.

The classes are funded by a $10,000 grant from the DTE Energy Foundation.

Patmos Library was defunded in early August, after it refused to take its collection of LGBTQ+ - centered books off the shelves. The library board says a new millage proposal on the ballot this November could keep the doors open.

New research shows an “urgent” need for reform in homeless services when it comes to survivors of trauma, and the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence says, it is time to change the system

The third-annual Black-Owned Business Showcase will run from 10am - 7pm on August 13 at the Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids.

Weekly we focus on the work of area individuals and organizations advancing equity in our community.