Events
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Community baby showers aim to support Kalamazoo parents
Four times a year, nonprofit Cradle Kalamazoo holds a free baby shower — with the goal of improving infant health outcomes through access to resources. On a chilly Saturday morning in March, the parking lot of Kalamazoo’s Urban Alliance building on Stockbridge Avenue was packed with cars. Inside, families with kids in strollers and wagons…
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Urban Alliance’s Terra Bautista Honored with Community Impact Award
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Urban Alliance Executive Director Terra Bautista received the Transformation Through Opportunities Community Impact Award from Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine during its 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration on Jan. 16. The award recognizes Bautista’s leadership and lifelong commitment to creating pathways of opportunity for individuals and communities that…
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Urban Alliance’s ‘Life Camp’, Community Gathering Aim to Deter Local Gun Violence
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Urban Alliance will host two powerful events designed to educate and empower youth voices while addressing the devastating impacts of gun violence. Known as Champions Night and Life Camp, these two events create a weekend of community-backed partnership and prevention aimed at breaking cycles of violence and sowing seeds of hope across Kalamazoo. On…
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Kalamazoo’s Life Camp to help young people find a path away from gun violence
When you’re talking to young people about gun violence, you never know who’s in the audience, says James Harris. Those involved in shootings in Kalamazoo and other cities have included youths who were already headed down a path to violence and crime, as well as those who seemed to be on a path to a…
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New executive director takes over at Urban Alliance
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Urban Alliance has selected Terra Bautista to fill its Executive Director role. Bautista is well-versed in the operations and mission of Urban Alliance, having served on the organization’s Board of Directors since 2017. She served as Board Secretary in 2018 and as Board Chair from 2020 until transitioning into her new role. Former Executive…
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‘Returned Citizen’ Turned Entrepreneur to Share Experiences Sept. 14
KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Urban Alliance and Southwest Michigan First invite the public to a powerful evening with trailblazing entrepreneur and author Keidrain Brewster on Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 5 to 6 p.m. Brewster will share his compelling story of transformation from incarceration to successful business ownership at The Catalyst Center in The Warner Building, 180 E. Water…