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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0July 3, 2020Grand Rapids Youth Employment Program is an insult to the community in the midst of calls for Defunding the GRPD

0July 2, 2020Black Queer and Black Trans organizers push the Grand Rapids Pride Center to own its participation in White Supremacy

0July 1, 2020What can we expect in West Michigan from the recent Supreme Court ruling that would force taxpayers to underwrite religious education?

0June 30, 2020Local News Coverage of so-called unity rally in Grand Rapids makes it clear it was nothing more than a pro-police event

0June 30, 2020Taking money from Police Unions is a Bi-partisan affair across the country and in Michigan

1June 29, 2020Unity event is really a pro-police, All Lives Matter Rally in Grand Rapids

0June 29, 2020The Power of Social Movements and Organized Resistance: Part I – GRPS back tracks on School Budget cuts in the face of community opposition

0June 28, 2020Local news reports Cop exonerated from shooting civilian with 40mm chemical round during the May 30 uprising in Grand Rapids, but fails to discuss the Riot-Control Industrial Complex

0June 26, 2020Defund the GRPD campaign makes clear demands on the City of Grand Rapids during Press Conference

0June 25, 2020The dominant narrative of Grand Rapids is Whiteness: A deconstruction of the We Are GRStrong video