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A Passport to Possibilities: How Travel is Transforming Local Youth

“Miss White, why are you sitting up there lying to us?” That was one of the questions students directed at...

Community Stories

From Struggle to Strength: One Young Man’s Journey with Groundwork Indy

Originally from Gary, Ind., Rahiem Lawshea relocated to Indianapolis as a child. At just 17, he joined Groundwork Indy’s youth...

Articles & Interviews

Beyond the Headlines: Mothers Share the Realities of Life After Gun Violence

The headlines tell us who was shot, where it happened, and when. But what comes after? In the documentary What’s...

Articles & Interviews

Rethinking Homelessness: Why Housing — Not Just Hardship, Is the Root Cause

Economist Gregg Colburn sheds light on why structural issues, not just individual struggles, are driving homelessness in U.S. cities.

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Articles & Interviews

A Passport to Possibilities: How Travel is Transforming Local Youth

• 8 minute read

Youth Global Perspectives opens the door to new life-changing opportunities

Community Stories

From Struggle to Strength: One Young Man’s Journey with Groundwork Indy

• 7 minute read
Articles & Interviews

Beyond the Headlines: Mothers Share the Realities of Life After Gun Violence

• 5 minute read

A recent screening of What’s Left Behind spotlights the voices of grieving mothers — shifting the conversation from crime stats to lived experience

Articles & Interviews

Rethinking Homelessness: Why Housing — Not Just Hardship, Is the Root Cause

• 5 minute read

Economist Gregg Colburn sheds light on why structural issues, not just individual struggles, are driving homelessness in U.S. cities.

Eastside 37 Keystone apartments project closer to becoming reality

• Mirror Indy 

The project, 37 Keystone, would be near East 38th Street and North Keystone Avenue.

Haitian leader in Indy talks ‘stress and anxiety’

• Mirror Indy 

Heated rhetoric and increased immigration enforcement are affecting Haitians here.

Love nature? Here’s your chance to help document Indy’s wildlife in the City Nature Challenge

• Indianapolis Recorder 

For the eighth consecutive year, Indy will join a global effort to document urban biodiversity in the City Nature Challenge.

BLACK: A Festival of Joy announces Brick by Brick Fund to fuel spaces for Black joy

• Indianapolis Recorder 

The Brick by Brick Fund was launched on Feb. 28 with the goal of using collective action to secure resources and funding for the fourth annual BLACK: A Festival of Joy