B-Ray: Flint’s local DJ and community activist
Flint's Brandon "B-Ray" Jamison hosts a popular radio show on Club 93.7, and also uses his influence to help the community.
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“Holding his hand every day felt like the last bit of humanity I had left”
We were terrified. No one had ever lived through something like this before. None of us had ever witnessed a virus take the lives and health of individuals so quickly and so aggressively.
“When you’re not allowed to give up, you change”
Motivated by a desire to give back to his hometown, Jake Saldaña and wife Ashleigh opened Sal's Gym three years ago.
10-week ‘LaunchIt’ program aimed at helping entrepreneurs now enrolling applicants
LaunchIt gives students an opportunity to take steps toward launching their businesses, has graduated more than 600 entrepreneurs across the country.
Mott Foundation continues grant funding to bolster blight elimination efforts in Flint
The most recent grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation will strengthen Flint’s blight elimination plan and help coordinate blight elimination efforts throughout the city.
A writer reflects on what it means to be a journalist in Flint
"As a young boy, they filled me, my classmates, and my community with feelings of hopelessness. These stories and more were often written by those who weren’t from Beecher."
Flint United is providing hope for local hoop dreamers
"It means everything to the city.”
M.A.D.E. Men: Transforming the lives of returning citizens
“We work to restore the civil/human rights of the formerly incarcerated and those affected by violence."
Creating funky music, groovy vibes, and freedom with Flint music group PhZD
"Success for me is waking up every morning and being able to decide if I want to work. Freedom, that's the goal."
“When we take care of other people that brings the community together”
Residents received 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week at Flint Northwestern High School.
