by Anna Balzer | Nov 11, 2024 | Blog
Learn more about Anna! Check out our social media Dear SEMIS Coalition, Many years ago, I attended a training that opened with an invitation onto ‘the balcony’. This balcony wasn’t a physical place, but a metaphorical higher vantage point on which to rest, reflect,...
by Anna Balzer | Oct 17, 2024 | Blog
Learn more about Anna! Check out our social media Hello SEMIS Coalition! There are several points every year that bring the word ‘transformation’ to mind for me, but none so readily as fall. Watching the trees transform from bright greens to even brighter shades of...
by Anna Balzer | Sep 16, 2024 | Blog
Learn more about Anna! Check out our social media Dear SEMIS Coalition members, Welcome to the start of another new school year! We’ve been hearing so much from our teachers and community partners over the past few weeks about your plans for the upcoming year and we...
by Anna Balzer | Aug 11, 2024 | Place-Based Education, Summer Institute
Learn more about Anna! Check out our social media Dear SEMIS Coalition members, I hope everyone has been able to enjoy their favorite parts of summer in Southeast Michigan and to find time for rest, reflection, and rejuvenation amidst all of your other activities...
by Anna Balzer | Jul 9, 2024 | Blog, Gratitude, Power of Community, SEMIS Staff Spotlight
Greetings SEMIS Coalition members! I am so honored and excited to be serving as the new Director for the Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition and to be working within and across this powerful, and hopeful community. If we haven’t met yet, my name is Anna Balzer...
