A Women’s Advocate: Katy Conklin
Katy Conklin gained her bachelor’s degree in social work from Michigan State University in 1989. She did her internship at EVE’s House and stayed on as a volunteer through 1990. Now that she understood the stigma attached to victims of domestic violence, she knew she couldn’t stand by and watch. The way society treated these women, and the lack of legal...
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Growing In Community: Joan Nelson
“We live in community,” said Joan Nelson, director of the Allen Neighborhood Center, and community is the thread that connects the beads of Nelson’s life. Her parents were big on civic duty, which led Nelson to study social science as an undergrad at Michigan State University; she later added a master’s degree in exercise physiology. She also studied...
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Joy Baldwin: A Growing Collage
Joy Baldwin uses her many talents to help people make a better life, whether it is growing children’s appetites for garden-grown vegetables or growing a small local business. Baldwin’s program in human services at Lansing Community College required an internship. She did hers at the Northwest Initiative, a nonprofit organization working to strengthen communities...
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