Initiatives

The projects that Together West Michigan teams work on reflect issues identified in community listening sessions that take place throughout the year. 

At times, new projects also spring out of challenges uncovered during existing work. Initiatives are not static. They change or shift as new issues are identified, as new leaders come forward, and as new teams are formed around the work.

Current Priorities

In the Third Ward, especially along Kalamazoo Avenue, hundreds of people are calling for traf...

Huge investments of public money are being made in Kent County and Grand Rapids into private and ...

The current system needs reform, aligned with the realities of human dignity and the rights to li...

In Grand Rapids and cities around the country, minorities and women have long faced great obstacl...

Developing everyday people into agents of change