KALAMAZOO, Mich.
A unity march took place on Saturday, July 24, 2021 at the Northside neighborhood in Kalamazoo. Nearly 50 demonstrators stomped the pavement to fight gun violence.
Demonstrators started the 1.6 mile march on Woodbury Avenue.
“I need my grandchildren to grow up, I don’t need to worry about a bullet just hitting one of them,” said a woman in the crowd.
The community is concerned about street violence and taking steps to end it.
“I think this is one little way, in which I can do my part,” said Kalamazoo resident Richard Phillips.
“We’re here to bring the community together, let them know that there is love and there is compassion for all demographics,” said Michael Willis, another resident of Kalamazoo.
These moms pass on their passion for fishing to their children
They say it affords life lessons, healthy habits, and meaningful time with their kids.
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Jenny Emlet helps her daughter Nora, 8, cast from their dock on Barker Pond in Hiram. Emlet’s daughter Linay, 5, is to the left.
Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Women have been fishing in Maine for centuries. But in the past 10 years, there’s been a clear growth in the ranks of women anglers in the state – from 19 percent of all anglers in 2010 to nearly 25 percent – or 61,653 with fishing licenses – in 2020.
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Here are a few resources to help women learn to fish, and fish with their kids: