Housing stability can have a significant impact on how successful an individual is finding and maintaining employment. While the current housing system has failed to ensure the most vulnerable have access to safe and affordable housing, local advocates are finding ways to connect residents to resources and support.
The Seeds of Promise Health and Wellness Impact Team Impact was birthed out of the Madison Square neighborhood’s organizing for holistic health care access — a kind of access that sees members of this community as human beings who have been forced to navigate systems that did not always center their experiences. Today that model continues to demonstrate how a community’s voice can lead and change to create the kind of resources and support a community wants and deserves.
“Black Girls Be Like” is the title for Racheal Floyd’s debut feature film, or what she calls, “a love letter to Grand Rapids.” The film is currently in pre-production stages expected to be released in the Winter of 2018.
Joanie Davis, a back-end developer, and intern at Collective Idea, believes diversity in tech can begin by simply providing every girl the possibility of seeing themselves represented in the industry.
Kaitlyn Califf is a front-end developer in Grand Rapids working to ensure other women and people of color have access to the technology industry.
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