Almost three years ago, we started discussing how NEW could address the racial leadership gap in Washtenaw County. As we start receiving applications for the next Champions for Change cohorts, it feels important to resurface the 'why' behind this work. Why now? Why...

“Things don’t always get better,” a friend told me years ago when I was living in Atlanta. “But you get better at moving through things.” Or, maybe he used a more descriptive word than “things.” I’m holding this wisdom as the heaviness of the pandemic and racial...