Education Beat: 3 FCS board incumbents choose not to run; 12 line up to replace them
By Harold C. Ford At a critical moment in the history of Flint Community Schools (FCS), three incumbent members of the district’s board of education have decided not to run for reelection in the Nov. 3 election. Casey Lester, board president (with nearly two years on the board), Betty Ramsdell, secretary (11 years), and Blake Strozier, trustee (10 years), take more than two decades of Flint board experience with them as they step...
Review: Caste is “the bones,” race “the skin” in America’s body of discontents
By Robert Thomas Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson offers a deep, scholarly dive into the foundations of human hierarchical organization. “A caste system,” she defines “is an artificial construction, a fixed and embedded ranking of human value that sets the presumed supremacy of one group against the presumed inferiority of other groups on the basis of ancestry and often immutable traits, traits that would...
Street sweeping is back, Mayor announces
The following press release came from the City of Flint today: ” For the first time in at least seven years, the City of Flint is deploying its street sweepers into residential areas. Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced today that a caravan cleanup crew has worked its way through 61 percent of the city — sweeping away years of neglect on more than 310 miles of neighborhood and local roads. “The effort will continue throughout...
“Examining Identity Construction” exhibit at Mott-Warsh Gallery open, extended to Jan. 23
By Harold C. Ford “Your perception of me doesn’t affect me on an abstract level. It poses a real danger.” Inscription imbedded in What You Lookin At, Pat Ward Williams, contemporary photographer In the cataclysmic global response to the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis law enforcers on May 25, 2020, the current exhibit at Mott-Warsh (MW) Gallery, “Examining Identity Construction,” couldn’t be more timely or relevant. ...
City of Flint customer service office to reopen Wednesday, Aug. 19
The following announcement was released by the city today:”Mayor Sheldon Neeley announced today that Flint City Hall will partially reopen to the public starting Wednesday [Aug. 19], as part of a planned, phased-in reopening. “The Customer Service department and City Hall lobby will reopen with limited hours beginning Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. As a reminder: all City Hall offices can be reached by phone, email and,...
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