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Of the 30 funded projects, only 13 out of 30 were rated green across feasibility, sustainability, AND eligibility.💥The Diatribe was rated ✅GREEN✅across ALL THREE CATEGORIES, but we weren’t funded🤔Make it make sense🤔🗣Why spend $200,000 on a consultant, just to ignore what they say? 👀 It might not make sense to us, but it did to the Kent County Commission👀 If you want to help, you can email YOUR commissioner and tell them how The Diatribe has impacted your life❤️🔥 Find your Commissioner at the link in our bio⬅️ ...
💥We’ve told y’all our ARPA story- NOW HERE ARE THE FACTS!🔥The Emory Arts and Culture Center was rated 🆙HIGHER🆙 than 93% of ALL proposed projects AND rated ☝️HIGHER☝️ than 70% of all FUNDED projects… ➡️But we didn’t receive that funding. Make it make sense🤔👀 If you’re confused, angry, or even disappointed, we’re in the same boat🖤 BUT We are NOT giving up! We’ve been speaking UP and OUT about this injustice, and we’re asking our community to rally around us and do the same💯🗣❤️🔥 💥Email your commissioner, let them know how we’ve impacted your life, why you feel The Emory Arts and Culture Center is impactful for our community, or ask them WHY they set out a WHOLE PROCESS just to ignore its outcome‼️💯 Find your commissioner at THE LINK IN OUR BIO💥💥💥
For all our District 6 folks, Stan Stek’s email can be found here➡️ Stan.Stek@kentcountymi.gov 🔥
🔥Graphics by @pink.zip 🔥 and data compiled by Petersen Consultants! @jodipetersenresearch ...
✨With our #2000Journals campaign coming to an end, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO CONTRIBUTED IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN FOR OUR YOUTH!! ❤️🔥 We greatly appreciate every donation that was made and every like, comment, and share showing support! 💛
🎥 Thank you to @madethnicfilm for capturing @angchri3 🔥 ...
💥We have some exciting news for y’all: 💥The Diatribe (that’s US!!!) had our very first Cabinet Kickoff Meeting!!! 🔥As you all may know, we have been working on making our dream of having a permanent home a reality- and that’s what this event was all about- making The Emory Arts and Culture Center a REALITY!🔥 💎Our amazing Cabinet, full of dynamic community leaders, had its first meeting last Wednesday at the @pyramidschemegr, 🔥kickstarted by amazing performances from @gleasonrising and @nktamminga 💎 We are so excited to show y’all some fire flicks from the event BUT FIRST 🌟We want to thank @tamijvb for helping us host this AMAZING event, and to the folks at @kennariconsulting for helping us turn our dreams into reality.
💛Big thanks to @venusxflyytrap for being the BEST DJ EVER, Scratch by Patria for the amazing food and to @pink.zip, @alfiedagreat and @gwoppedupspeedy for the amazing pictures, music and video💛➡ (coming soon!!!)💥 ...
In the very poetic words of our Vibe Manager “SQUUUUUAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!” On Sunday we got (most of) our fam together at @lotusbrewcoffeedrybar . For some of us it was our first time meeting face-to-face, but that didn’t matter because by the end of the night it felt like a FAMILY REUNION. We had a spades game going, 💣BOMB💣 food from @patriaskitchengr and delicious mocktails and coffee being whipped up by the 🔥AMAZING MAX🔥. We are 💥THAT TEAM💥 We have the dopest collection of POETS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, ARTISTS, ORGANIZERS, DREAMERS and MOTIVATORS! Amazing to share some laughs, jokes, aspirations and (in the case of the spades game) even a few threats! 💯BIG BIG THINGS ON THE HORIZON 💯
Thank you @pink.zip for your absolutely 💫PHENOMENAL💫 photos ...
💥Y'ALL💥We are looking to make a 🔥🔥🔥addition to OUR TEAM! If you are excited about our work and interested in taking on a full time position... ✨Don't be shy!✨ Apply to become our NEW Culture and Strategy Champion! The Culture and Strategy Champion will be handling our day-to-day strategy AND operations🌟 And if you’re wondering about pay 🛑STOP RIGHT HERE! The Culture and Strategy Champion will be making $60-85K annually! So if you're ready to learn MORE about this position AND the work we do➡ Apply NOW at the LINK IN OUR BIO💎 ...
💥Y'ALL!!! We are so PUMPED to announce that we have a new addition to our ROCKSTAR TEAM: Leslie Orduña, (she/her/hers).💎 Leslie will be joining us as our Productivity Liaison, keeping us on track and bringing her spark to our team. ✨Help us in welcoming the AMAZING Leslie with love and kindness💛! ➡A little bit about Leslie,"¡Hola! My name is Leslie Carina Orduña, I am a native of Burton Heights - Grand Rapids, MI. I’m a daughter of immigrants from Michoacan, Mexico and a first generation college graduate from Western Michigan University. I'm passionate about social justice, DEI, and spreading kindness to other humans. I find joy in art, music, nature and spending time with my family." 🎉We are so grateful to have Leslie at The Diatribe, and in our community.🎉 ...
The city wanted to hear from 💛OUR COMMUNITY💛, but even when we show up ❌THEY STILL AREN’T LISTENING❌ We learned the rules of their game, jumped through the hoops, put in the leg work 💥AND YET WERE STILL LEFT OUT OF THE WINNERS CIRCLE💥 We are taking the steps to make The Emory a 💫REALITY💫 because we know that 💛OUR COMMUNITY💛 and 🖤OUR TEAM🖤 wants to see us SUCCEED.
Thank you @slickbreaks for the 🔥🔥🔥 edits ...