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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

2February 14, 2026GRIID Class on US Foreign Policy since WWII – Week #5

2February 14, 2026Student Walkout from Southwest Middle High School was emotional and a powerful statement about ICE terrorism in Grand Rapids

1February 12, 2026The GRPD showed up to a meeting where GR Rapid Response to ICE was invited to speak

1February 11, 2026There is significant pushback on data centers, but the organized resistance cannot get comfortable here in West MI

0February 10, 2026New ICE commercials airing in Michigan are based on a false narrative about what ICE does

2February 9, 2026Killing and assaulting Black people, protecting power and criminalizing dissent: A grassroots account of what Chief Winstrom actually did over the past four years

0February 8, 2026GR history through the lens of those in power vs a people’s history of GR

3February 6, 2026GRIID Class on US Foreign Policy since WWII – Week #4

0February 5, 2026Griffins hockey team President who made a racist and homophobic statement works for the DeVos/Van Andel families

2February 4, 2026GRPS students from the Museum School engage in a walkout to protest ICE terrorism in Grand Rapids