Artist and muralist Jamari Taylor, inspired by her own Battle Creek Central High School art teacher, is paying it forward through classes and one-on-one art instruction through the Arts and Culture Collective of Battle Creek.
Kalamazoo playwright Buddy Hannah was inspired by a friend s trip to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington D.C., an event that brought African American men together to empower them to improve their lives and communities.
The Spring 2023 Voices of Youth Kalamazoo drew 14 writers and artists. The subjects they chose ranged from minority representation in Advanced Placement courses to life for a high school transgender athletes to the impact on youth mental health due t
Southwest Michigan Second Wave is thrilled to launch its third cohort of stories from Voices of Youth Battle Creek, a student-paid journalism-training program. Over the next four weeks, we will be publishing the students passionate stories and artwo