My New Orleans
03/09/2021
RUSTON, La (press release) – The Ross Lynn Charitable Foundation (RLCF) and the North Central Louisiana Arts Council (NCLAC) have partnered again to organize the 2021 North Louisiana Virtual Residency. This year’s residency started on February 8th and lasts eight weeks, bringing artists from across the globe together as pairs to collaborate on new artwork. Sixteen artists from 7 different countries make up the 2021 residents with diverse art forms ranging from painting, wearable art, and paper arts, to photography, sculpture, performance art, and more.
The first Virtual Residency began in May of 2020 as a way to offer virtual space and support for artists to come together as a community during the early stages of the pandemic. RLCF and NCLAC seek to foster a communal and collaborative environment that brings about connections that would otherwise not exist. To do this they facilitate video calls, online discussions, and interviews with the artists. Th
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It’s been one year since the first COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Michigan. We asked you: how has your life changed over the past year? We took to the streets in Detroit and Grand Rapids to hear what folks had to say.
March 10 marks one year since Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. Following that announcement, executive orders were issued that temporarily closed schools and restaurants, and limited gatherings. Michiganders began planning to stay inside in order to “flatten the curve” for at least two weeks.
But as the number of cases grew and hospitals became filled, it became clear that it would be a long while before things would feel like normal again.
The line of cars queuing for free bottled water at the Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ in northern Flint reaches into the hundreds by 10 a.m., when water distribution begins. For many in Flint, queuing for cases of free bottled water has been a weekly fixture of life ever since elevated levels of lead were discovered in the city supply more than six years ago. Although much of the lead has now been abated, residents’ skepticism remains and it’s now seeping into their views about the coronavirus vaccine.
Dorita Taylor is a lifelong Flint resident who says the water crisis left her with a mistrust that now makes her skeptical of the coronavirus vaccine.
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Undocumented immigrants in Detroit who opt to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the TCF Center, which serves as the city’s main vaccination site, will not be targeted by immigration enforcement according to the Detroit Health Department.
“As of now, there is no sign of this and the site is accessed, controlled and any unusual federal activity would be flagged by the TCF staff,” Detroit Health Department nurse Hannah Ewing said at COVID313, a virtual townhall on Thursday. The event was hosted by the Community Education Commission, a nonprofit organization that partners with the City of Detroit, and 482Forward, a community advocacy organization focused on education.
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan says that there are over 12,000 appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations scheduled at the TCF Center in Detroit in the coming weeks