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Democracy in Black: A Black History Month Discussion with IGE

igeger — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 02:12:14 +0000

Black families lost home equity, retirement accounts and years of accumulated wealth in the recession of 2008 amounting to triple the losses of white families. The effect on the next generation is already devastating. Yet political developments make the situation either invisible or misunderstood to most Americans in an election year. How did we get here, […]

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From Grand Rapids to a Guatemalan SaqJa Village

igeger — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:45:55 +0000

From Grand Rapids to a Guatemalan SaqJa Village A report on building friendship and partnership Thursday, March 17, 2016 6 – 8pm @ Institute for Global Education (IGE) 1118 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids Our reflection will focus on the progress in rebuilding the Mayan, Quiche village of SaqJa, destroyed in the ’80s by the U.S. […]

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IGE meets the challenge!

igeger — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 13:45:34 +0000

Thanks to many of you, the Institute for Global Education met our challenge grant awarded by the Fountain Street Church’s–Social Action Committee! Thru a matching grant, we raised $5000 for IGE to work on peace and social justice in our community. With your donations, we hired an office coordinator for 15 hours per week to […]

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