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25/03/2026

We're hiring for the Mobile Support Services Initiative (MSSI) program coordinator. If you don't know about the MSSI, it's a county office on wheels and we need another team member to help coordinate the program.

Last year the MSSI participated in or hosted 138 events in every corner of Washtenaw County. In 2026 we are already on track to surpass that number. If you know someone who might be interested, pass the word!

APPLY HERE:
https://secure.ewashtenaw.org/hrjobs/AppViewPosting.do?postingId=16703

23/03/2026

The Youth Assessment & Resource Center (YARC) is designed to revolutionize the juvenile justice system by connecting kids to community resources, not systems. The person running the project is key to its success. Know anyone who would be good for the role? Pass it along.

https://secure.ewashtenaw.org/hrjobs/AppViewPosting.do?postingId=16702

21/02/2026

They Killed My Son, A Father’s Silent Cry.

A packed house for such a powerfully moving conversation hosted by Supreme Felons. Thanks for your work and leadership in working to stop violence on our streets.

19/02/2026

Pay attention. This is Ann Arbor but impacts us all. I’m not sure if this plan is the best answer, but I do know Commissioner Daniel Adams was on point with this comment.

“Zoning’s preoccupation with isolating detached single-family homes from all other housing structures has a dark origin story,” he said, saying it’s based in 1920s racism, xenophobia and classism.

“This is just the beginning,” Ann Arbor Planning Commission Chair Donnell Wyche said.

10/02/2026

Save The Date!!!! The 4th Annual Community Violence Intervention Summit date has been confirmed. Year one was an introduction, year two was the expansion, year three was the impact, year four is the evolution!

Pass it along.

02/02/2026

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

16/12/2025

Federal changes. Local impact. Pay attention.

The future of housing programs, like the one that helped mother Kania Wright secure housing, are at risk due to expected federal changes, local leaders say.

01/12/2025

The poorest time in any families life is just before and just after a child’s birth. The impact RxKids has had in other communities is profound. Hats of to City of Ypsilanti, MI Government for being the first in the county to step forward for our families.

The wait is finally over! Enrollment is now open for Rx Kids in the City of Ypsilanti! ❤️

Rx Kids is a program that provides all pregnant residents with no-strings-attached cash of $1,500 during pregnancy and $500 each month throughout the baby's first 6 months of life. Learn more and apply at Rxkids.org/ypsilanti

01/12/2025

"Donating their services free of charge, geophysicists with Terracon Consulting, an engineering firm with locations across the country, walked the cemetery with ground-penetrating radar machines."

Great work Debby Mitchell Covington! Giving voice to those who can no longer speak for themselves.

Ground-penetrating radar revealed 160 potential gravesites at Woodlawn Cemetery in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County's only known historic Black cemetery.

15/11/2025

TODAY from 9:30-11:30 at Briarwood Mall Ann Arbor is the 3rd of 4 Food Gatherers emergency food distribution events. Pas it along.