With innovative programs and community partnerships like their Comprehensive Health Initiative, nonprofit youth drop-in center HQ continues to grow and innovate to serve youth in housing crisis.

Fashion is a choice, one which these designers and retailers have made with an eye for sustainability. From choosing raw materials, to designing the garments, to sourcing them from overseas, the journey from fabric to fashion can be complicated, but these businesses are proving that it doesn't have to rely on human suffering and pollution.

A collaboration between students from all majors, faculty, and staff, the GVSU Sustainable Agriculture Project grows food for students while growing awareness of sustainable food systems through initiatives like its Jan. 31, 2020 Growing Connections Food Summit, which was sponsored by Grand Valley's Office of Sustainability Practices. The summit brought more than 100 people together at GVSU’s downtown campus to discuss growing a healthy food system for all.

The 2020 Inforum Michigan Women’s Leadership Report finds that of the 77 public companies analyzed, 45 had zero named women executive officers. Women of color held only 2% of named executive officer positions, as well as 2% of executive officer roles, and board positions. To help change these statistics, there are steps that companies and women themselves can take but it requires on-going attention and intentionality.

Silence Violence Project is made possible by the collaboration of creatives and community connectors and aims to stimulate real-time outcomes to de-violence inner-city communities using a collective of socialized workshop experiences.