Sarah Rigg
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Contributor at Second Wave
Articles
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1 week ago |
secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg
Ypsilanti's annual Juneteenth celebration will run a full weekend this year, starting with a day of action on Friday, June 20. It will continue with music, vendors, a walk to bring awareness to sickle cell anemia, and a Juneteenth ceremony on Saturday, June 21. The event will conclude with a fellowship service and gospel concert by a Grammy Award-winning musician on Sunday, June 22. Event organizer and Survivors Speak nonprofit founder Trische' Duckworth says the day of action is new this year.
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2 weeks ago |
secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg
On June 13, Safe Demo Day at Ypsilanti Township's American Center for Mobility (ACM) showcased the latest developments at the state-of-the-art testing facility, ranging from new technologies to an expansion of ACM's scope.
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2 weeks ago |
secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg
From micro-lending to expanding child care openings, the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation's (AAACF) Impact Investing program has spent the past four years supporting Washtenaw County community projects that otherwise wouldn't have been funded. The idea of impact investing has been around in the nonprofit world for over 20 years. But it's relatively new to AAACF.
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2 weeks ago |
secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg
An initiative that promotes no-strings-attached financial assistance for new parents could be coming soon to Ypsi, according to a June 9 talk given by its founder at Eastern Michigan University (EMU). Dr. Mona Hanna, a nationally recognized leader in mother and newborn health and the founder of Rx Kids, spoke at EMU's Student Center ballroom in an event co-sponsored by the A2Y Chamber and the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation.
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3 weeks ago |
secondwavemedia.com | Sarah Rigg
More than 200 people showed up at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse when Cheers to Queers (C2Q), a grassroots LGBTQ+ organization, hosted an event called Queer Prom this April. Co-organizers Danya Youssef-Agha and Marisa Quiery say their third queer prom had about 220 in attendance. Tickets sold out a week before the event, which aimed to create a positive, celebratory environment for LGBTQ+ adults who may have had unpleasant experiences at their high school proms.
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