The LEADeres program at Ferris State University has increased Latino representation at the school and continues to create new leaders and stakeholders throughout the West Michigan community.
West Michigan's new Gather 2 Grow program is providing lunches for youths. This year, the program has expanded to serve Allegan and Muskegon counties.
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a beloved Holland tradition returned over the weekend. Thousands gathered for ¡Fiesta!, an annual celebration of Latino heritage and cultures sponsored by LAUP.
Community Action House Food Club is helping low-income families take advantage of a federal program that pays for broadband service and internet connected devices.
Bringing together a number of services needed right now, the Momentum Center of Holland and Grand Haven will help people register to vote, receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and meet other likeminded people in a stigma-free setting this month.
Latin Americans United for Progress' Fiesta has returned to the Civic Center after a COVID-induced hiatus and several years at a different location. The return to the festival roots and the change in date is no coincidence, organizers say.
Veterans are almost at twice the risk of suicide of the civilian population. “It’s kind of basic and simple but still not told enough,” USMC Sgt. Travis Snyder says. “You are valued. You’re worthy of just as much joy as anyone else in this world. But no one can help us if we don’t open up.”
Jon Cauchi, who became blind at age 12, performs a comedy routine called “The Real and Funny Side of Having a Disability” that brought down the house during Laughfest in March 2020.
Responding to clients who were frustrated about missing out on critical COVID-19 information, staff at Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services in Grand Rapids made changes to better serve them.
More than 1,000, people gathered in Holland on June 17-18 for the annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival. A national holiday, Juneteenth commemorates the end of legal slavery in the United States.
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