Author Amina Smith Amina Smith's Latest Articles A Middle Kind of View: Where Do Children Learn Community When the Schools Are Gone? By Amina Smith ● Neighborhoods ● December 10, 2025 Columnist Amina Smith asks: Where Do Children Learn Community When the Schools Are Gone? Introducing “A Middle Kind of View” Column Series by Amina Smith By Amina Smith ● Featured Post ● December 3, 2025 A Middle Kind of View” is a bi-weekly column series by University of Michigan–Flint student and Flint native, Amina Smith. Community correspondent Amina Smith shares her experience in Flintside’s journalism fellowship By Amina Smith ● Community Development ● January 31, 2024 Flint native Amina Smith shares her experience participating in Flintside's free journalism fellowship which helped her hone her writing skills as a community correspondent in the Ballenger Highway neighborhood. Flint through the eyes of a hopeful high school student By Amina Smith ● Arts and Culture ● May 9, 2022 High school student Amina Smith gives us a look into her life as a teen growing up in Flint while awaiting the next chapter of her life.