“With self-pour technology, (staff) can focus on storytelling and creating an awesome, inviting experience,” says Dayne Bartscht, co-founder and managing partner of Eastern Market Brewing Co.

Parents and childcare advocates showed up at a virtual forum recently to ask local candidates running for Michigan’s State House this November about the issues on families’ minds. Check out what the folks looking for your vote had to say about affordable childcare and universal preschool. 

Padres y defensores del cuidado infantil se presentaron recientemente en un foro virtual para preguntar a los candidatos locales que se postulan para la Cámara de Representantes de Michigan este noviembre sobre los problemas que preocupan a las familias. Vea lo que dijeron las personas que buscaban su voto sobre los créditos fiscales por hijos a nivel estatal y los derechos reproductivos.

El salario promedio nacional para un trabajador de cuidado infantil ahora es de $13.22 por hora, y casi 90,000 personas han dejado la industria en los últimos dos años. En Michigan, la escasez ha dejado a miles de padres esperando lugares abiertos en instalaciones en apuros. Padres y defensores del cuidado infantil se presentaron recientemente en un foro virtual para preguntarles a los candidatos locales que se postulan para la Cámara de Representantes de Michigan este noviembre sobre soluciones.

Parents and childcare advocates showed up at a virtual forum recently to ask local candidates running for Michigan’s State House this November about the issues on families’ minds. Check out what the folks looking for your vote had to say about child tax credits on a state level and reproductive rights.

Bonnie Rolle, a retired Detroit Public School teacher and great-grandmother, wasn't afraid to ask Michigan candidates if they are committed to supporting public education if they are elected in November. Here's how some responded at a recent virtual forum. 

“For them to hire me for this specific project and give me free rein on design, it not only shows their trust in my process, but it also shows their openness to having a queer artist freely express themselves without restrictions on something that is not only personal to me but also to many others in Ferndale and beyond,” says artist Joey Salamon.