Alumni Spotlight: Ke-Shawn Smith

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General, Stories on April 4, 2020

March 2020 with Noah Shin Ke-Shawn vividly remembers the first time he walked into a session of GRIL U’s teen program. He was another young, intimidated teen dragged into the program…mostly because of his mother’s insistent nudgings to attend. The room was filled with 35 members – some high school seniors, some college students, some […]

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Ideas on How to Lead Well in the Pandemic!

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year on April 3, 2020

How can you stay proactive in your community? Volunteer opportunities and finding ways to de-manage stress can lead to an anxious-free lifestyle! Check out the following volunteer opportunities, and check michigan.gov and cdc.gov to find out how you can stay busy! – Want to learn more? Connect with the #GRIL Community this Saturday at 1pm on Zoom. See ya there!  

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A Living Legend

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on March 27, 2020

Last week we had the opportunity to interview, Cleo Cross, as we dove into the book City Within a City with our Breakthrough class on Zoom.

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Social Distancing with Impact – What Does it Look Like?

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on March 27, 2020

How can GRIL do social distancing with impact that would be helpful for you? A. Webinars on Core Values B. Small Gatherings for Community Change C. Impact days of where we tackle social justice questions on line Drop us a note at info@grileadership.org Be Safe But Be Purposeful – GRIL Leadership

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Creating a Vision for a Healthy Community

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on March 12, 2020

GRIL U Class doing Asset Mapping and learning about the resources in their community.  

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Skating Fundraiser – Come and Join Us!

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on March 12, 2020
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Systems Thinking

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on March 6, 2020

Learning how to see the bigger picture.

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Join Us in Making a Difference!

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on March 6, 2020

You are invited.  If you are looking for an activity within the city to promote justice, GRIL would love to invite you and your family or friends or even teens you might work with to join us for our annual awareness-raising event that we call our Silent Demonstration.  This year we will again be partnering […]

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Visioning about Equity and growing as Cross Cultural Leaders

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on February 13, 2020

Pray for this amazing group of board and board team members who tackled the question about equity and GRIL’s role in causing change during the morning of February 8 while the GRIL U teens are learning in the room next door what it means to lead as cross-cultural leaders.

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Youth Worker Gatherings!

Published in 2019 2020 Program Year, General on February 13, 2020

Last week GRIL hosted another Youth Worker Gathering. If you’d like to attend one of these exciting bi-monthly lunches, contact us at info@grileadership.org.

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