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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0April 29, 2026Grand Rapids City Commission meeting dominated by demands to adopt 6 sanctuary policies as activists shut down the commission chambers

0April 28, 2026Rick DeVos and his family have been coming for you and your children for a very long time

0April 27, 2026Cosecha’s direct action on Friday confronts business as usual politics and West Michigan Nice

1April 26, 2026Nine years of demanding immigrant justice: Movimiento Cosecha May Day march in Grand Rapids in this Friday

2April 25, 2026GRIID Interview with Pastor/Rev. Greta Jo Seidohl on the solidarity fast being organized by religious leaders to draw attention to the detainee hunger strike at the ICE detention facility in Baldwin

1April 25, 2026Salsa shutdown brings attention to ICE terrorism in Grand Rapids and the boycott campaign against one of Mayor LaGrand’s businesses since he refuses to adopt sanctuary policies

0April 23, 2026Former Grand Rapids 1st Ward Commissioner Drew Robbins once again has the endorsement of the GRPD union, this time as a candidate for the State House

4April 22, 2026West Michigan Foundation Watch: The Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation

1April 22, 2026No Detention Centers in Michigan organized a protest in solidarity with detainees who began a hunger strike at the detention center in Baldwin

0April 22, 2026Proposed Aquarium in Grand Rapids is a microcosm of how power functions in this city