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Trump’s second West Michigan visit of 2024 will be brief, but immigrants are here to stay

Well, here we are again. Trump came to West Michigan in April and he’s back again today — with the same anti-immigrant agenda as before…

Jul 20

Jul 20

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An Injustice!

Senate Democrats: Be Antiracists and Pass Citizenship for Immigrants

Since the summer of 2020, following the devastating murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery, countless numbers of people…

Dec 20, 2021

Senate Democrats: Be Antiracists and Pass Citizenship for Immigrants

Dec 20, 2021

When a Paint-By-Number Becomes Your Survival

In times of great duress in my life, making art has been the key to my survival. When things were challenging at home as a kid, I’d hole up…

Oct 10, 2021

When a Paint-By-Number Becomes Your Survival

Oct 10, 2021

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While You Were Sleeping, the Senate Made a Historic Move on Immigration

My email inbox is strangely quiet this morning, other than one email that arrived in the earliest hours of the morning from colleagues in…

Aug 12, 2021

While You Were Sleeping, the Senate Made a Historic Move on Immigration

Aug 12, 2021

No More Misogyny Math, It’s Time to Throw Some Punches

I did a lot of misogyny math today, forgetting that it’s not my responsibility to not be sexually harassed.

Aug 1, 2021

No More Misogyny Math, It’s Time to Throw Some Punches

Aug 1, 2021

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If the Government Can Pull a Vaccine, It Can Pull Police Brutality

There are grassroots efforts in local communities across the country advocating for alternatives to policing

Apr 14, 2021

If the Government Can Pull a Vaccine, It Can Pull Police Brutality

Apr 14, 2021

On Healing and Heliotropism

I pulled my kitchen chair over to the window this morning to inch closer to the rising sun, the early chatter of the birds, the soft yet…

Apr 12, 2021

On Healing and Heliotropism

Apr 12, 2021

Why Our Trauma Waits for Safety

I remember learning early in my social work career that trauma can’t be fully processed and integrated into the interconnected web of our…

Mar 18, 2021

Why Our Trauma Waits for Safety

Mar 18, 2021

The World Needs My Big Emotions

As a woman growing up in a culture that told me that my interpretations of reality and my big emotions were not to be trusted, I’ve always…

Dec 31, 2020

The World Needs My Big Emotions

Dec 31, 2020

The Little I Have is the Little I Can Give

Pastor Samuel sighs with a weariness in his voice, messaging me from his home in Ciudad Juarez after a long day out in his truck bringing…

Dec 11, 2020

The Little I Have is the Little I Can Give

Dec 11, 2020

Melissa Stek

Melissa Stek

If I don’t write, I can’t call myself a writer. I care about racial and gender justice, mental health, and faith. Stick around for what I have to say about it.

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