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Hayley Roberts
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Marketing & Biz Dev director at IssueMediaGroup.com

Building support for local, community-driven journalism.

Lover of small things with big potential, including cities, solutions, and my kid.
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From Input Fort Wayne: Volunteers dedicate time and effort to advocacy, education, and community building in hopes of uniting people around real-world issues.
Meet the organizations shaping civic engagement and action in northeast Indiana – Input Fort Wayne
Volunteers dedicate time and effort to advocacy, education, and community building in hopes of uniting people around real-world issues.
inputfortwayne.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Need a reason to smile today? Read this.

When Florida began purging street art, local artist Michelle Sasha launched Love Thy Neighbor to paint mural art for free at homes around Pinellas County. More than 200 people signed up to get free murals:
Community artists go positive following state's street mural ban – 83 Degrees Media
Community art projects spread a positive message to counteract negativity stirred by state's street art ban.  Community art projects spread a positive message to counteract negativity stirred by state...
83degreesmedia.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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When legislators visit a site, it’s often a ribbon-cutting or a roundtable with adults in suits. But in Indiana, lawmakers are engaging in a different kind of site visit—one that might involve finger painting.

Read more about the Legislators and Learners program in Input Fort Wayne:
When legislators become learners: Bridging the gap between policy and early childhood education – Input Fort Wayne
Early childhood education advocates are inviting legislators into classrooms in hopes of addressing systemic issues in childcare across Indiana.
inputfortwayne.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Building the early childhood workforce:

Learn how innovative programs like Child Care Back Office, MI Tri-Share Childcare, and Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative have the potential for phenomenal results—and why policy and culture change remain critical to longterm change.
Innovation and advocacy: Building the early childhood workforce – Common Ground
If implemented, the many innovative solutions for building the early childhood workforce could have phenomenal results.
fromcommonground.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Hey Bluesky! We're Common Ground, a new platform curating the best solutions journalism from the Issue Media Group network of local publications.

We reach more than 300,000 subscribers, we're paywall-free now and forever, and we're focused on the people and ideas driving progress in communities.
New platform to share 'Common Ground' from community ideas and solutions – Issue Media Group
Issue Media Group, a multilocal network of solutions-based, issues-focused digital publications, has launched a new national platform for increasing the reach and impact of its journalism. Common Grou...
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October 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Check out our latest WEMU 89.1 radio segment, featuring Ypsilanti Youth Mini-Grant recipient Sean Brandon Jr. of the All About Speed Track Club: www.wemu.org/show/on-the-...
May 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For more than 15 years, Global Detroit has supported immigrant-led startups that bring hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars to Michigan's economy. In this dizzying political environment, they're keeping a cool head and doubling down on their mission.

Read more about their incredible work:
As border, visa policies face upheaval, Global Detroit remains committed to immigrant-founded biz
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April 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In IMG's March newsletter: we are not going to debate the richness of diversity, the necessity of a more just and equitable society, or the value of creating a more inclusive world. These are deep needs; beautiful aspirations—and we report on them across the communities we serve: shorturl.at/yanQF
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM