Community

The local All Faith Alliance for Refugees (AFAR) is teaming up with area choirs to try to raise $10,000 for refugee resettlement and education programs in our area. ELi's Jessy Gregg reports.

East Lansing Info has obtained $5,000 in bonuses from NewsMatch because we hit two important benchmarks in our 2019 Sustainability Campaign. ELi's Jessy Gregg brings the good news.

Elderly Instruments and the Ten Pound Fiddle Concert Series get together this Friday for a night of roots, blues, and Americana music. ELi's Christopher Wardell tells you what makes this a blow-out night not to miss.

East Lansing High School's theater department originally planned to present "Dreamgirls" as its spring musical. ELHS student Kata Rothorn has the story of the plan, the controversy, and the ultimate decision to scrap "Dreamgirls." 

This week, you can help East Lansing be part of the Great Backyard Bird Count, an international citizen-science project. ELi's Aron Sousa reports.

What do we learn from East Lansing's Human Relations Commission looking into complaints made against ELPD during the last three years? ELi's Chris Root reports.

The deadline is fast approaching to submit applications for East Lansing's Emerging Leaders program, designed for citizens "to learn more about their local government and prepare themselves to become more civically engaged in the community they call home.” Jessy Gregg reports.

East Lansing Public Library invites community members of all ages to visit a mobile history museum with over 7,000 artifacts, hear a lecture on the history of Black lives in America. 

Volunteers with expertise in relevant fields (architecture, construction, recreation, real estate development) are being sought for a committee that will examine how to better use Hannah Community Center.

A special committee will consider how to better utilize and market the Hannah Community Center, a facility currently costing over a million dollars a year to operate. Noa Kuszai and Alice Dreger report.

When the decision was made to repurpose the Bailey Community Center to provide senior housing, many community members breathed a sigh of relief. The project hasn't quite worked out as all had hoped. ELi's Alice Dreger brings a special report.

Jodi Spicer has joined the ELi team to help with "office" work. Why is "office" in quotation marks, and why is Spicer's addition an important sign? Our Publisher explains.

A fake story of young women being abducted near MSU by “six Arabic men” is circulating around town. ELPD says it is not true, community leaders are calling it harmful, and a law professor spoke to ELi about the context for this kind of messaging.

Today at 11 a.m., MSU's carillon bells will ring out, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The City formally observed Veterans' Day on Friday, with a wreath-laying ceremony attended by the top Marine's mother. ELi's Alice Dreger reports.

What can a young civil rights leader learn from a veteran activist? ELi's Alex Hosey sat down with legendary activist Ernest Green when he was in East Lansing recently, and here's what they discussed.