Issue Media Group launches new publication ‘The Helm’’ serving Greater Sandusky Region

Issue Media Group is excited to announce the company’s latest online news platform – The Helm Sandusky. This publication will tell the stories of investment, innovation, entrepreneurship, and individuals that are shaping the Greater Sandusky Ohio region.

2023: What our journalists are watching in Detroit

We are pretty proud of the award-winning journalists and photographers who keep the pulse of the city and report on what's next. Here's their take on the year ahead. 

Mark Erwin with Rep. Rashida Tlaib at the Clairmount Center ribbon cutting
Supportive and safe housing for LGBTQ youth

Amy Kuras spoke with Mark Erwin of Ruth Ellis Center about the recent opening of Detroit's first housing center dedicated to LGBTQ youth. The Clairmount Center also has wraparound services, including health care and employment support, co-located on the premises, to remove common barriers to access for this population. 

“Wayne State is located in the largest majority-Black city in America, and our curricula should reflect that,” says Wayne State Provost Mark Kornbluh.
Wayne State to hire 30 new faculty, launch the Detroit Center for Black Studies

“Wayne State is located in the largest majority-Black city in America, and our curricula should reflect that with more courses that center the Black experience and the role that race has played in American history, culture, and society,” says Wayne State Provost Mark Kornbluh.

Tina Swanton, Michigan Health Improvement Alliance (MiHIA) executive director of community impact and strategic partnerships, and MiHIA CEO Heidi Tracy at Hidden Harvest and East Side Soup Kitchen in Saginaw.
Despite agricultural hub, Michigan’s Thumb has high food insecurity. Can collaboration change that?

The Michigan Health Improvement Alliance is taking a new approach to addressing food insecurity in the 14 heavily agricultural counties it serves in central and eastern Michigan.

Minyon Properties is working to keep Le Chateau/7 Mound Apartments affordable for residents.
Here’s who is supporting affordable housing development in Detroit, and how they close the deal

A new fund is working with other organizations to help build more affordable housing in Detroit.

Jametta Lilly.
As it prepares to disband, Michigan task force on COVID racial disparities leaves a healthy legacy

Task force members are looking back on the work they've accomplished and the groundwork they've laid for continued progress toward dismantling health disparities in Michigan.

Survivors of trafficking take their lives back

Sanctum House creates a living environment that is welcoming and safe for women survivors of human trafficking. We talk with Karen Moore, executive director, about the real challenges residents face in moving forward with their lives.

Art teacher Steven Pryce teaches at Lincoln High School in Augusta Township.
State program helps Michigan schools handle students with extra care if they’ve experienced trauma

Since it was piloted in 2017, the state's Handle With Care program has helped schools provide compassionate care to thousands of children identified by law enforcement as having experienced a traumatic event.

Members of TAC cut a ribbon for The Vault's newly renovated kitchen.
Resilient Neighborhoods: East Side Teen Center opens new kitchen to promote cooking skills, wellness

A newly renovated kitchen will allow youth at local teen center to learn valuable life skills.

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