🌱 Guiding Light Program + City Honored For New Hiring System

Grand Rapids MI

25 March, 2022

5:23 PM

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Hello, people of Grand Rapids! Danielle Fallon here with the latest issue of the Grand Rapids Daily. First, today's weather: A.M. snow showers, then windy. High: 37 Low: 19. Here are the top three stories today in Grand Rapids: A Grand Rapids organization has launched a new program to help individuals with criminal convictions find and keep jobs. Local nonprofit Guiding Light has introduced "The Job Post," which partners with the Goodwill Offender Success Program to match candidates with appropriate jobs. The program provides additional support, including transportation and career coaching, to ensure participants are successful in their work. (WOODTV.com)The City of Grand Rapids, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Doug & Maria DeVos Foundation, and West Michigan Works! have been recognized for implementing a new process designed to improve equity in hiring. Grand Rapids partnered with HireReach to provide training workshops, individual consulting support, and ongoing support in implementing evidence-based practices. The goal of the new hiring system was to provide equal access to opportunity in employment. (grbj.com)A former employee of Calvin University is speaking out on her decision to quit for one specific reason: the private Christian school's policy on same-sex marriage. Nicole Sweda, who has been married to her wife for eight years, worked for the university's Center for Social Research. According to Sweda, the university informed her she was in violation of the school's same-sex marriage policy. The former employee said to FOX 17, "It is hard to wrestle with the fact that I should be someone that they're proud to say works for them. And they're not. Only because I'm married to a woman." (FOX 17 West Michigan News) Today in Grand Rapids: Palmer Park Spring Clean - Kent County Parks Department (10:00 AM) West Michigan Youth Ballet Presents Coppélia - Forest Hills Fine Arts Center (1:00 PM) The Art Of Classical Guitar - Grand Rapids Symphony (8:00 PM) Suzanne Westenhoefer - A Night of Comedy - Seven Steps Up (8:00 PM) From my notebook: Police are investigating after a teen was injured in a shooting in Grand Rapids early Friday. The victim's injuries are reported to be non-life-threatening. (WOODTV.com)The Grand Rapids Office of Oversight and Public Accountability (OPA) is looking for attorney volunteers to help with an upcoming expungement event. More details on the free event are available on FOX 17. (FOX 17 West Michigan News)Calling all Motown and Broadway fans: "Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations" is headed to DeVos Performance Hall next week! Click the link for show dates and ticketing information. (GR|MAG) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Featured businesses: GR Sports Massage — (Visit website) Add your business here Loving the Grand Rapids Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all tomorrow for another update! — Danielle Fallon About me: Danielle Fallon is a writer who loves using her creativity to fuel her passion for communication. She is an employee of content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master's Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.