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Black Lives Matter Lansing gathers at Capitol to honor George Floyd one year later
Gatherers at the event for the one-year anniversary of George Floyd s death hold up their phone flashlights and a portrait of George Floyd at Michigan s Capitol building on May 25, 2021. Photo by Lauren Snyder | The State News
A year after the murder of George Floyd that sparked nationwide protests, Black Lives Matter Lansing led a small gathering outside the Michigan Capitol Tuesday evening to pay him respects on the anniversary of his death.
Local activists, Black Lives Matter members and the organizers of the event spoke on the racial injustice faced by the Black community in the city of Lansing.
Butt pinches, threesome requests and a glass ceiling: sexism is systemic in Michigan’s political culture
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A woman stands underneath the glass ceiling on the ground level at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing Michigan. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
There’s a glass ceiling in the Michigan Capitol.
Designed as a glass floor for the building’s rotunda, it’s a big draw for school groups and other Capitol visitors. Little girls lay on it, faces pressed to the cloudy glass to see if they can make out shapes moving one floor down.
But to the women entering below – staff, consultants, public relations professionals, interns, journalists, lobbyists and lawmakers – it’s a visual reminder of what they’re pushing up against.
If you have ever dined at Clara’s Restaurant in downtown Lansing, you know the place we are writing about. This 113 year old former train station is in the process of being redeveloped, if a brownfield redevelopment plan is approved according to the Lansing Mayor s office. This facility is in a prime downtown location only blocks from our state capital. As with many downtown redevelopments, the Gillespie Group is working on the project.
“The redevelopment of the train station on the Michigan Avenue Corridor will be the latest project to further revitalize the Stadium District in downtown Lansing,” Mayor Andy Schor said in a statement. Recent development in the area includes the opening of the Capital City Market and the Courtyard by Marriott hotel. “The repurposing of this now vacant building will help create an even more vibrant Michigan Avenue, while still allowing residents to enjoy its historic charm,” Schor said.
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