Understanding white privilege “like trying to explain water to a fish” at first 2019 Tendaji Talk
By Jan Worth-Nelson Trying to understand white privilege and power is “kind of like trying to explain water to a fish,” one panelist, a white woman, admitted to a circle of 25 Flint neighbors grappling with the kickoff topic of the 2019 Tendaji Talks Tuesday evening at the Flint Public Library. If you grow up like she did, in a white suburb of Detroit, Judy Alexander said, “You don’t see it because everybody...
Young playwrights festival keeps youth in The Rep with four statewide winners
By Patsy Isenberg Four young playwrights, either getting to see their very first play read by actors or just getting started in their playwriting careers, were featured in the inaugural Young Playwrights Festival at the Flint Repertory Theatre (The Rep) over St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The statewide contest invited submissions from any Michigan student 22 and younger in three categories, 10-minute plays, one-act plays, and...
News Brief: Challenges, transitions of local news focus of March 26 Flint forum
The next 2019 Flint Area Public Affairs Forum convenes at 5:30 p.m. Tues., March 26, at the Flint Public Library, 1026 E. Kearsley St. With the theme “Have You Heard the News? Local News Sharing in an Age of Media Transition,” the discussion, moderated by Dawn Jones of ABC12, features a panel including media professionals John Counts, news editor of the Flint Journal; Marjory Raymer, publisher and managing editor of Flintside; and...
Artwork, fundraising begin to add women “Heroines and Humanitarians” to Flint’s sculpture pantheon
By Paul Rozycki A heroine of the Flint water crisis, a matriarch of civil rights, an Olympic gold medal boxer, an ardent advocate for the poor, a benefactor of a major library, and a tireless champion in the NAACP: all these Flint women are deserving of sculptures in their honor, a Flint Institute of Arts sculptor and a Mott Community College trustee contend. Jane Trotter, Flint Institute of Arts sculpture instructor, her students,...
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