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A school board microphone can make your interest in education policy feel suddenly personal.
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A school board comment period where grant funding, support staff, and student needs collide.
This single-episode review follows the April 11, 2024 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education public comment period as a funding dispute opens onto a broader argument about who counts as an educator.
A structured district forum balances environmental policy contrasts with practical ballot guidance.
The League of Women Voters candidate forum frames the 63rd State House District race as a structured civic event, guided by Gordon Evans, Fran Eckenrode, and A.J. Howard.
A local candidate forum ties criminal justice reform and environmental justice to practical voting guidance.
The League of Women Voters forum for Michigan House Districts 60 and 61 sets criminal justice reform and environmental policy in a local civic context.
A Kalamazoo panel traces local support for entrepreneurs facing barriers to capital and credit.
Kiva arrives as a local opening for entrepreneurs in the greater Kalamazoo area, but the episode is really about the support system around people trying to start or grow a business.
A practical Kalamazoo discussion on equity, business access, and the systems that shape opportunity.
Kalamazoo's equity conversation stays close to the systems that decide who gets a real path into business ownership. Antonio Mitchell's role as Community Investment Manager for the City of Kalamazoo gives the discussion a civic anchor, while the panel looks at how public…
Pastoral sermons for healing, faith, and release.
Faithful steps for God-shaped dreams.
Christian marriage counsel with prayerful accountability.
Christian steadiness for unsettled news and cultural life.
At the April 11, 2024 Kalamazoo Public Schools Board of Education public comment session, speakers repeatedly challenge the district's decision to limit the educator compensation grant to teachers.
Public Media Network Podcasts carries a League of Women Voters forum for Michigan House District 63 on October 1, 2020, with Fran Eckenrode and Gordon Evans opening the event and Matt Hall absent.
["The League of Women Voters forum for Michigan House Districts 60 and 61 features Fran Eckenrode, Gordon Evans, Gary Mitchell, Stephanie Moore, Christine Morse, and Julie Rogers under one-minute rules.", "The first major exchange focuses on voting access, with Moore citing 22 years of registration work, Morse pointing voters to michigan.gov/vote and permanent absentee ballots, and Rogers asking for postage-paid ballot returns.", "Education, criminal justice, climate, and housing split the field: Mitchell pushes charter schools and a citizenship test, Moore and Morse call racism structural, and Rogers ties climate action to PFAS cleanup and clean drinking water.", "Kalamazoo County voters comparing District 60 and 61 candidates on schools, elections, infrastructure, and equity will get the most from it."]
Matt Halloran moderates a Public Media Network panel with Debbie Howe, Pat Taylor, and Chris Dilley about Kiva community entrepreneurship financing in greater Kalamazoo.
Public Media Network’s “Community Update: Equity in Business in Kalamazoo” brings together Antonio Mitchell, Nicole Triplett, Luke Kwiatkinski, and Jacob Pitney-Johnson to discuss racial equity and business access.
Public Media Network’s August 2020 community panel brings together Nathan Wynn, Marshall Kilgore, Hazel, and Connor Clock to discuss LGBTQ allyship in Kalamazoo.
Interview with the chair of Kalamazoo Bike Week discussing the history and mission of the event.
A discussion about using faithfulness to God as a measure for trust in romantic relationships.