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...
by SEMIS Coalition | Nov 19, 2022 | Blog, Civic Engagement, Community Forum 2022, Humanizing Education, Power of Community
It is a pure delight to share my experience at the 2022 SEMIS Coalition Community Forum held at Bob’s Lake House on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. Before I go any further with how wonderful the day was, please allow me to introduce myself. I am Audra...
by Ethan Lowenstein | May 31, 2022 | Blog, climate change, Community Forum 2022, Events, Gratitude, Humanizing Education, Intergenerational Dialogue, Power of Community, Youth Voice
Welcome to this year’s SEMIS Community Forum and the third event in our Forum series this week! This is the first time we’ve had an in-person Community Forum in 3 years and the first time we’ve ever had it outside, so this is a very happy moment for all of us in the...
by Nigora Erkaeva | Mar 20, 2022 | Events, Power of Community, Professional Development Materials
YOU ARE INVITED! The Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition is celebrating its 15th anniversary next year! Since its founding in 2007, SEMIS has helped teachers at more than 35 southeastern Michigan schools bridge classroom learning to the community, so students can...
by Lisa Voelker | Feb 23, 2022 | Gratitude, Image Gallery, Power of Community
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Between November and December of last year we did a Giving Tuesday campaign along with a year-end fundraising campaign. Individual donors helped us reach our match goal! Funds from these efforts will support the 2022 Community...
by Ethan Lowenstein | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog, Humanizing Education, Power of Community, Readings
I took a vacation this summer. Maybe you did too. It was not enough. Not enough to heal, rest, and re-set my body and mind after close to two years of constant tension and stress. As we head into the school year, let’s remember to: Listen to our bodies—We are...
by Miriam Furlan Brighente, PhD | Apr 2, 2021 | Civic Engagement, Community Partners, Environmental Sustainability, New Community Partners, Paulo Freire, Place-Based Education, Power of Community, Transformational Partnership, Youth Voice
Continuing the annual virtual series learning as we are still experiencing a global pandemic, SEMIS Coalition met with teachers, community partners, administration staff, and coaches for the Winter ’21 Professional Learning. One of the main goals was to use...
