Issue 3 : March 15, 2025

It took three issues but this week’s zine is closer the form I dreamed of than any previous; that of a zine created for and by the community.

Issue 3 Spotlights:

Check out “It’s Worth It” to read excerpt of an anonymous interview by a community member about her experience living in Lansing as a Trans woman and what resistance looks like to her. Thank you again for your honesty and generosity.

You will also find a two page break down focusing on The Allen Center, a place-based nonprofit organization that has been serving Lansing's Eastside since 1999. For the last 24 years, ANC has pioneered and continues to offer successful programs in health access and education, food security, youth development, housing, economic development, and social connectivity. They center grassroots organizing and finding neighborhood solutions to systemic health and housing issues. Ethan was generous enough to share with the zine how the community can get involved with their impressive and invaluable efforts, whether by donating time or income.

Finally, you will notice a new page about CARE, a research conglomerate aiming to identify specific community needs and use a public health approach that prioritizes the community’s well-being and resiliency to address harms caused by those holding extremist ideologies. We met with them last week, and they offered the zine invaluable encouragement and advice. You can learn more about them at perilresearch.com/care

Have you witnessed extremists ideology in our community? Email CARE directly here: CARE_Michigan@american.edu