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February 9, 2022 Climate change / Community stories

Destructive Climate Change in Texas

By Monique Bedford Editor: Katie Williams In this episode of her podcast, Monique Bedford sits down with Corinna Alveya to

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January 2, 2022 Ability / Acceptance / Community stories / Family

Surviving Polio Without Pity

By Allison Ludwig Editor Katie Williams Kathleen Sims is a wife, mother, grandmother and retired nurse but also a polio

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December 6, 2021 Community stories / Healing

Balancing Mental Health and College Life

By Krysta Lindaman Editor Katie Williams Madison Lindaman is an alumnus of Grand Valley State University where she got her

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November 11, 2021 Community stories / Family / Identity / Intersectionality / Race / Sexuality

I’ve Never Met a Stranger

By Emily Steslicki Editor Katie Williams Yolanda Moore is a 39-year-old woman who has experienced drastic socioeconomic changes throughout her

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Family of five, with three children teen age and younger, husband wearing military marines uniform
June 2, 2021 Community stories / Immigration / Race / Veterans

Becoming an American

By Samantha Sayles Samantha shares her mother’s story immigrating as a young mom from the Philippines after marrying a U.S.

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April 28, 2021 Community stories / Immigration / Race

Being an “Only”

By Hannah Reed Paula Diedrich’s story is one that needed to be shared. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica in

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Family of three white people, young daughter on the mom's lap, smile with river in the background
March 23, 2021 Age / Community stories / Gender

Former Correctional Officer Turned Mother

By Alaina Grady Eighteen-year-old Sarah Harper left her small town after graduating in 2009 and moved eight hours away looking

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March 9, 2021 Community stories / Ethnicity / Family / Immigration / Rural

A Little Money and A Couple of Outfits

By Cydney Slinger Ilir Dervishi is well-known for his restaurant business and for being a part of one of the

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Two women smile hugging each other, one young with blond hair, the other older with brown hair. They're mother and daughter.
March 4, 2021 Community stories / Gender / Healing / Suburban

Life with an Eating Disorder

By Erica Kennedy Kirsten Haglund, founder of the Kirsten Haglund Foundation talks about the lifelong relationship she has had with

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Young black man smiles by brick house with rounded wooden door
March 2, 2021 Community stories / Family / Race / Urban

Inequality in Education, Working Harder

By Joe Popis  Semaj Shelton is a student-athlete at the University of Detroit Mercy. In the future, he plans on

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