Neighbor Spotlight Erika Wolf: Former national organizer now approaches change on a block-to-block level by Peggy Schulz photo by Alice Waraxa Erika Wolf, volunteer coordinator at the Riverwest Co-op, has an impressive background as an organizer and activist, on state-wide, national and even international levels. But she’s more than happy to be back in her […]
Neighbor Spotlight
The monthly neighbor spotlight.
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September 2016 Neighbor Spotlight
Neighbor Spotlight: Shannon Molter: An eye, an ear, a feel – and a pitchfork – for creativity photo and story by Peggy Schulz For many of us, our day jobs are completed at less-than-inspiring locations, and our minds turn on and off to the tasks associated with those jobs in concert with our working hours. […]
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Year in Review: October 2016 Neighbor Spotlight Chuck Stebleton -followed by RAA Artist Profile Johnothan Laws
by Peggy Schulz “It’s home,” Chuck Stebelton says of Riverwest, the place he’s lived longer than any other, including his childhood in western Michigan and several years in Chicago. It’s fitting that Stebelton feels so comfortable here. Many of the positive aspects of the neighborhood – diversity, dynamism, openness, stability and even an element of […]
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Year in Review – November 2016 Celeste Contreas Neighbor Spotlight & RAA Artist Profile Kevin Lynch – Jazz Medicine
by Ellen C. Warren photos by Alice Waraxa Imagine a cheerful, bubbling, joyful person. We will call her Celeste Contreras. Then think about death. Why? Because, as incongruous as it sounds, she does, much of the time. Because it is a subject that has drawn and intrigued her for a long time. Because it led […]
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Year in Review: December 2016 Neighbor Spotlight – Else Ankel & RAA Artist Profile Erika Diamond
Else Ankel: Community builder, leader, teacher – – in life and in death by Peggy Schulz, Photo: Else Ankel and Roger Coleman in the classroom trailer that later was transformed into the Urban Ecology Center; Coleman now works at the UEC as an executive assistant. (Photo credit: Urban Ecology Center) Else Ankel fulfilled one of her […]
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