Participated in the DEI executive roundtable, an initiative designed by the Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within local organizations.

Appointed to the Lansing School District (LSD) Equity Advisory Subcommittee under the Lansing Board of Education. The subcommittee meets biweekly. The committee is charged with reviewing the report from the Systemic Equity Review; reviewing current p...

Scenario workshop with community stakeholders

Ninth-graders from the Lansing School District attended Launch your Dream at Lansing Community College, where they were exposed to different colleges and university opportunities. Nearly 300 high school students learned about options for veterinary m...

Presented a lecture at a regional urology meeting. Demonstrated how developing resilience can improve success in the medical field.

This community-partnered study will scale provider, health system, and community organization-level interventions to reduce African American maternal morbidity and mortality disparities in two Michigan counties (Genesee and Kent).The intervention wil...

Join Michigan State University Department of Art, Art History, and Design third-year graduate students Benjamin Carey, Evan F. Christopherson, Nicolei Buendia Gupit, Hannah Tamiko Mackey, Erik Mueller, and Lillian Young as they discuss their work inc...

Serve as board member, advocating for Michigan families intending to breastfeed.

The goal of the Child Welfare Improvement Task Force is to support the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) in bringing about change and to improve the safe, fair, and equitable treatment of all Michigan’s children and families....

Annual awards program that honors Michigan traditional artists, culture bearers, and organizations that carry on with authenticity and a commitment to education their community artistic and cultural traditions. Usually three-six juried awards are pre...

Co-director of Michigan Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (MI-LEND). Help with administrative tasks; teach in several of the modules and participate in curriculum development. MI-LEND is an interdisciplinary leadersh...

A grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts to support master/apprenticeships in the traditional arts for the state of Michigan. A juried selection from nominations from across the state. Funds are provided for the master/apprentice...

Served as a member of a steering committee for the webinar series for K-12 teachers organized by the Michigan Department of Education. Also offered two segments of the webinar.

This exhibition explores public art in the Greater Lansing region. Public art takes many forms and is an important part of the landscape; it also often means different things to different people. Art Along the River, Grand celebrates the public art i...

Help plan Muslim Journeys programming hosted by MSU Libraries and the Muslim studies program. Participated in planning committee meetings and arranged for speaker at the East Lansing Public Library.

This event included an after-hours opportunity to view the exhibition Zaha Hadid Design: Untold; a lecture by historian Edward Curtis IV, author of the new book Muslims of the Heartland; and a book signing.

In 2021, the National Farm to School Network and MSU Center for Regional Food Systems surveyed early care and education (ECE) providers across the country to better understand current initiatives, motivations, and challenges in applying farm to ECE a...

Co-founder of the New Music Forum, a nascent mutual aid society devoted to experimentalism in the performing arts. The forum hosts a monthly concert series in partnership with the Turner-Dodge House in Lansing attended by diverse community members.

This proposed project addresses health outcome inequities for Michigan Indigenous children, who experience a higher prevalence of obesity and type 2 diabetes than their white peers. N-MICCHE would expand the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan's work in...

Students restored the medical home using the principals of Public health care Removal of out dated medicine,. Using an Amazon Wish List restock the house with pampers, formula, personal care items for the community. Food distribution/giveaway selecti...

Gave poetry readings that touch on Lakota culture, political activity, and history. Also presented lectures on treaty rights and political activism.

This committee participates in the planning of an annual national conference attended by students, speech-language pathologists, educators, and health care providers from around the world to advance the clinical practice of speech-language pathology.

Carole Gibbons and her team interviewed youth service workers and youth with experiences with community violence in Lansing. To build relationships and further collaboration, constructed a project logic model to disseminate results to those we interv...

Analysis of access to transportation and its impact on low-income communities in Detroit with a focus on access to food, employment, and health services.

The social work continuing education program provides relevant and accessible professional development and training guided by the school’s social justice and positive change mission to social workers and human services professionals across the stat...