International Women’s Day Rally scheduled in Flint
By EVM Staff An International Women’s Day Rally is scheduled for this Saturday, March 8 at noon in Flint’s Willson Park. The event was organized by community members Megan Ropeta and Samantha J.L. Siebert and features a roster of performers and speakers, including Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet of Michigan’s 8th District. “Megan Ropeta had the idea that our community needed this event, and we were connected by...
Press Release: City of Flint, Legal Services of Eastern Michigan to host free property tax foreclosure clinic
By EVM Staff The City of Flint is teaming up with Legal Services of Eastern Michigan and First Ward City Councilman Leon El-Alamin to offer a free property tax foreclosure clinic this Friday, March 7, 2025. According to a City of Flint press release on Tuesday, the event is meant to “assist residents in understanding their rights and exploring options to avoid foreclosure” and will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the...
FlintNOW Fund announces over $1.5m in grants to support the Flint community
By EVM Staff The FlintNOW Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Flint (CFGF) announced its first round of grant funding in mid-February, totaling $1,595,000, to support what it called “essential programs” in the Flint community. The grants range from $50,000 to $500,000 to multiple organizations for projects in healthcare, education, and well-being: Communities First, Inc. was awarded $120,000 to support Safe Play at...
Mott Community College to host free screening of ‘St. John Street: Story of a Neighborhood’
By Kate Stockrahm Mott Community College (MCC) will host a screening of the new PBS documentary “St. John Street: Story of a Neighborhood” on February 26, 2025. The documentary features first-person interviews “chronicling families in Flint who built a vibrant community” on the city’s north side before urban renewal and Interstate-475 displaced the more than 7,000, mostly Black residents that called the St. John neighborhood home....
Education Beat: Last month at the Flint Ed. Board: a first step for Central, officer elections, bye bye to the balanced calendar, a $700k settlement and more
By Harold C. Ford By any measure, January 2025 was a consequential month for Flint Community Schools (FCS) and its school board. Most newsworthy, perhaps, was a kick-start to the possible reopening of long-abandoned Flint Central High School, which EVM covered earlier this month. Other important developments included the election of officers by the Flint Board of Education (FBOE), abandonment of the district’s balanced...
Library to host ‘Literacy Festival’
By EVM Staff The Gloria Coles Flint Public Library will host a Literacy Festival this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. “In celebration of literacy and to encourage a community of readers, we invite you to meet children’s author Rae Chesny, adult author Jamila Minnicks and create songs with local musician Anthony Feimster,” the library’s press release states. “Rae Chesny will share her children’s book Zora’s Garden and...
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