Todd Knepper, Director of the City of Jackson Department of Public Works will talk about our local water system.　Randy Block, Director of the Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network, will talk about several laws currently proposed in our Michigan legislature regarding water. This will be held at the downtown branch of the library on April … Continue reading “Water, Water, Everywhere” Thursday, April 21

The March JXN Community Forum will be entitled “Everything You Wanted to Know about Refugees”. Our speaker will be Bruce Winters from the Refugee Development Center of Michigan. This will be held at the downtown branch of the library on March 17th at 6:30 pm JXN Community Forums …are free and open programs to encourage … Continue reading Everything You Wanted to Know about Refugees – Thursday, March 17

Students from Michigan State University College of Law will talk about how treaties made by the US government with Native Americans more than a century ago still affect Michigan tribes and their people. Jackson Community Forums are free and open programs to encourage dialogue about the challenging issues of our day.　The series is sponsored by … Continue reading Thursday, February 18 – Impact of Land Treaties with Native Americans

 Stasia Milligan, Child Welfare Director at Family Service and Children’s Aid, and a panel of foster parents, youth in foster care and case managers, will discuss the reality of what teens in foster care face, and what the community could do to make things better. JXN Community Forums…are free and open programs to encourage dialogue … Continue reading “Strengths and Challenges of Teens in the Foster Care System”

This January JXN Forum will present a forum on “A Living Wage. What does this mean to you?” The participants will be 2 local ministers, the president of the Jackson Chamber　of Commerce and an economics instructor from JC. Join us on January 21, at 6:30 at the downtown library in the basement auditorium.…are free and … Continue reading Thursday, January 21 ~ A Living Wage. What does this mean to you?