Now is your chance to LEAD: Apply to Serve on the Citizen’s Redistricting Commission By Josiah Jaster, LEAD Alumni This is a great opportunity to become active in our state and have a long-term, positive influence. In November 2018, the people of Michigan...
Blog When counting one’s blessings, it can be easy to throw out the usual—I’m thankful for food, I’m thankful for family, etc.—and be done with it. To be sure, I am thankful for those things, but I’m going to be honest; I also take much for granted. Often, I think I...
By Pamela Guillen It was July of 2018. I was at Friday’s closing session for LEAD’s third week campers. Excitement was high as the campers entered their final session and as anxious parents waited to hear all about what their little darlings had experienced while away...
Life at the SSI office revolves around a single ritual… I had just begun my first day of work, my spirits high, mind focused, and expectations set. Sitting at my desk, elated to finally be where I’d wanted to be since age 15, I thought I was prepared. My fingers...
The last week of July was amazing! After completing the third week of LEAD in Michigan, I took one day of rest and then got on a plane to visit the LEAD Programs running in other states. During the first half of the week I was a guest speaker for the Minnesota...