Mexico
Story Matters: Antonio Jaimes explains motivations for coming to USA
by (Elevating Voices)
Submitted 11-14-2014 under NONPROFITS
Leer este artículo en español | Read this article in Spanish We build community when we share our stories - whether they be a memory, an experience or just simply telling what we think is great about this place. The Elevating Voices project is...
Antonio Jaimes habla de sus motivaciones por venir a los Estados Unidos
by (Elevating Voices)
Submitted 11-14-2014 under NONPROFITS
Read this article in English | Leer este artículo en inglés Construimos comunidad cuando compartimos nuestras historias – si son de una memoria, una experiencia o solamente diciendo lo que pensamos es bueno de este lugar. El proyecto de...
Con Artist Crew brings activism, visionaries to art scene
by (empichot)
Submitted 07-09-2013 under NEWS
Vivid black and white painted walls greet me as I enter the Con Artist Crew gallery space one afternoon. Despite the distraction of noisy traffic outside and the loud, color-rich art that adorn the walls, the soft-spoken voices of Magdalene Law and...
Which Way Home
by (DominicanCenter...)
Submitted 05-15-2012 under NONPROFITS
On Friday evening, May 18th from 6 - 8 p.m., the Grand Rapids Dominican Associates are hosting their final film of the season until they begin again in fall. Free and open to the public, this film will be located in...
Grand Rapidians celebrate Day of the Dead
by (Roberta F. King)
Submitted 10-27-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
Day of the Dead, despite its somber name, is a big, colorful and fun celebration of life. Each year on November 1 to 2, Mexicans, Mexican Americans and an increasing number of everyone else enjoy remembering loved ones who have died. Eva...
Voces exhibition honors the dead and challenges viewers
by (nlautenbach)
Submitted 11-24-2010 under OPINION
Voces ("Voices"), a solo exhibition by Mandy Cano Villalobos, addresses the mass femicide in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Femicide is historically defined as the systematic killing of women by men simply because they are women. In Ciudad...
Filmmaker and Human Rights Activist Barbara Martinez Jitner Speaks at GRCC Diversity Lecture Series
by (Laura Chittenden)
Submitted 11-17-2010 under NEWS
Barbara Martinez Jitner drew a significant crowd to her lecture on Wednesday night, Oct 20. From the stage of the Fountain Street Church (24 Fountain NE), Jitner shed light on the situation of young female Mexican factory workers that have been...
Local artist invites you into the living room of an immigrant family
by (lindsmcholme)
Submitted 06-07-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Mandy Burrow, a local artist and art professor at Calvin College, seeks to foster an exchange between United States natives and immigrants in her current installation, "Americans." "Americans" invites viewers into the recreated living rooms of three...Radical Journalist John Ross Speaks in Grand Rapids
by (nickmanes)
Submitted 03-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
Radical journalist, poet, and activist John Ross spoke at Trinity Church on Lake Drive on Wednesday night. Mr Ross was born in the U.S. but has lived in Mexico City since 1985. He has written extensively about immigration reform, both the Mexican...