Coaching diversity isn’t just an equity issue, it also can be a competitive issue for college athletics, said Allen Trieu, a Midwest recruiting analyst at 247Sports. Prospective student-athletes prioritize diversity when deciding which colleges to attend.
Construction & Development
Trails become friendlier for users with disabilities
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UNIVERSAL ACCESS TRAILS: More trails are becoming accessible to users with disabilities. We hear about three at Arcadia Dunes in Benzie County, Arcadia Marsh in Manistee County and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. For news and outdoors sections. By Jim DuFresne. FOR BENZIE COUNTY, MANISTEE, LEELANAU, TRAVERSE CITY, LUDINGTON AND ALL POINTS.
Diversity Issues
Transgender advocates push back against proposed Michigan youth sports restrictions
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Allies of transgender athletes are speaking up against the increasing wave of bills — including in Michigan – seeking to restrict transgender students from participating in youth sports.
Capital News Service
Disabled tenants in Detroit say they face significant problems, neglect
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HOUSING WOES: A Detroit wheelchair-using tenant in federally subsidized housing says life is a nightmare with a plague of bedbugs that leaves her sleeping in the bathtub and other problems that neither the property owner nor government agencies have resolved. Such experiences are commonplace for tenants with disabilities, she and a former tenant say. We also hear from the Disability Network of Wayne County-Detroit. By Sheldon Krause. FOR DETROIT AND ALL POINTS.
Diversity Issues
Chronic health problems linked to pollution fuels environmental justice movement
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DIRTY AIR: Environmental justice activists say the health of residents in Southeast Michigan’s communities of color is disproportionately harmed by poor air quality. Studies show that one indicator of the disparities is the high rate of asthma in some Detroit neighborhoods. We talk with Detroiters Working for Environment Justice and the deputy director of the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. By Jakkar Aimery. FOR DETROIT AND ALL POINTS
Capital News Service
Suicides in Michigan jumped 33% from 2000 to 2020
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SUICIDES: Suicides in Michigan jumped 33% between 2000 and 2020, and a new report by a state commission says more needs to be done to prevent suicides. Major factors nclude access to firearms, mental illnesses and substance abuse. We hear from experts from Henry Ford Health System, Department of Health & Human Services, U-M and MSU, including a commission member whose brother killed himself. By Sophia Lada. FOR DETROIT, LANSING CITY PULSE AND ALL POINTS.
Diversity Issues
Most trans and gender diverse Michigan residents suffer from depression, anxiety, study says.
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TRANSGENDER MENTAL HEALTH: Trans people suffer from debilitating mental illnesses at much higher rates than the general public. Over 72.2% of the transgender a in their lifetime, and 73% have been diagnosed with anxiety, according to data from the 2018 Michigan Trans Health Survey. Experts from U-=M and XXX discuss. By Brandon Chew. FOR LANSING CITY PULSE, XXX AND ALL POINTS.
Capital News Service
Organizations, education groups work to disrupt school-to-prison pipeline
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SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE — The Michigan Education Association and its national counterpart are working to disrupt what’s known as the school-to-prison pipeline that disproportionately affects Black students. One idea is to replace armed officers in schools with non-uniformed ones. We interview the president of the MEA, Attorney General Dana Nessel and an official with Detroit’s Focus: Hope. By Jakkar Aimery. FOR DETROIT AND ALL POINTS.
Business & Economy
Eviction data needed to help tenants facing eviction, study says
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EVICTION INEQUALITY: New U-M study says more information is needed to protect renters in communities with high eviction rates and could help the state address the problem of insufficient affordable housing. Southfield, Detroit, Lansing, Pontiac and Flint had eviction rates higher than the statewide average, but some rural areas are hit disproportionately hard as well. We hear from the Property Management Association of Michigan, Michigan Association Against Homelessness, Michigan Poverty Law Program and Michigan Advocacy Program. By Brandon Chew. FOR CORP!, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, DETROIT, LANSING CITY PULSE AND ALL POINTS.
Diversity Issues
Michigan tribe avoids COVID-19 losses hitting some Native American communities
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COVID-19 is killing 1 in every 390 Native Americans — the highest mortality rate among any U.S. minority group. But tribal leaders say Southwest Michigan’s Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi so far has avoided those losses.
Capital News Service
Women’s History Month highlights challenges ahead
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WOMEN’S HERSTORY: With Women’s History Month wrapping up, the focus now shifts to looking ahead for ways to remove barriers to women’s success. Those challenges include discrimination and unequal pay. U.S. Rep. Lawrence of Southfield, the Detroit city clerk, a Detroit school board and the president of the National Black Public Relations Society, from Detroit, discuss. By Jakkar Aimery. FOR DETROIT, LANSING CITY PULSE, XXX AND ALL POINTS.