BLACK BEAR SPEAKS

Great Lakes environmental headlines, progressive commentary, good books.

Monday, August 29, 2005

The Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID) has created a progressive directory which includes approximately 75 organizations. Here's the link: Progressive Directory of West Michigan - Connecting Groups for Social Change

Jerome Alicki: Jerome Alicki currently works in customer service and marketing for a healthcare furniture manufacturer in Western Michigan. Jerome attended the University of Oregon (Eugene) and briefly did research on salt marsh ecology and wetlands restoration at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology. He has worked for a number of non-profit organizations in fundraising, marketing and administration, including: U.O. College of Music, Oregon Bach Festival, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (Lincoln City), March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation and the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. In 1999-2000, he lived and worked in Yellowstone National Park, studying the geology and hydrology of geothermal landscapes. The "Testifying Bear" logo was created by Professor Molly Alicki Corriveau, Kendall College of Art & Design/Ferris State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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