Five women making an impact in Ann Arbor
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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A day after International Women’s Day, I’d like to highlight some women who have been making a major impact locally. Whether it be through nonprofit work, lending their eye and skills to some of the coolest spaces in town or simple acts of kindness, here are six women who have left their mark on the community in more ways than one.
Eileen Spring
President and CEO of Food Gatherers, Spring was named United Way of Washtenaw County’s Woman of the Year for her work in alleviating hunger when the pandemic caused local need to skyrocket. “We have never seen anything like it,” Spring said in October.
Here’s what hourly workers and small business owners think of a $15 minimum wage
President Joe Biden, along with other Democrats, have voiced support for an increase in the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour.
But recent attempts including a Senate vote on Friday to include a minimum wage hike in the President’s Covid relief package have all failed.
Still, progressive lawmakers and activists are dedicated to the pay increase, which they say would provide millions of workers with a living wage.
“If anybody thinks that we’re giving up on this issue, they are sorely mistaken,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday. “If we have to vote on it time and time again, we will and we’re going to succeed. The American people understand that we cannot continue to have millions of people working for starvation wages.”
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For nearly a year, restaurant workers everywhere have faced unprecedented challenges as they’ve sought to weather the coronavirus pandemic.
“The worst thing about it is the uncertainty,” says Michael Roper, who owns Hopleaf Bar in Chicago and is at high risk for severe COVID-19. “I have only one fully functioning lung. … I don’t want to be gasping for life and have a terrible end. I’m not going to let my guard down.”
While COVID-19 is a new disease, and it is impossible to predict which cases will require hospitalization, certain conditions may put individuals at a particularly high risk for developing a severe, life-threatening case. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, high-risk populations include older adults (especially those above the age of 65) and people with certain underlying medical conditions, including cancer, heart disease, pregnancy, moderate-to-severe asthma, and Type 1 diabetes. The CDC advises people who fall into this high
Korean New Year Is all About the Food for Chef Ji Hye Kim
February 11, 2021
Courtesy of Katie Jozwiak/Miss Kim
There are many traditional dishes eaten during Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year: japchae (stir-fried sweet potato glass noodles), tteokguk (rice cake soup), bulgogi (barbecued beef), bibimbap (rice with meat and veggies). But for Ji Hye Kim, chef and owner of Miss Kim restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan, it’s always been all about the dumplings. Lots of dumplings.
“Lunar New Year is about dumpling making,” says Kim. “The whole family sitting around making dumplings and chatting.”
Courtesy of Katie Jozwiak/Miss Kim