Beginning in December, the Center for Michigan’s public engagement team has been traveling the state to facilitate Community Conversations about jobs and workforce development. These discussions, titled “Getting to work: Opportunity and hurdles to success in Michigan,” have gathered more than 1,600 people in more than 50 cities across our state to date.

Where we’re going

Over the next two weeks, we have Conversations scheduled on the following dates and times:

• Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Flint, April 24th, 9:30-11 am
• Career Navigation discussion in Flint, April 24th, 12:30-2 pm
• College Value and Affordability discussion in Flint, April 24th, 3-4:30 pm
• College Value and Affordability discussion in East Lansing, April 28th, 7-8:30 pm
• Career Navigation discussion in Lansing, April 29th, 12:30-2:30 pm
• Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Monroe, April 29th, 3-5 pm
• Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Petoskey, April 30th, 8-9:30 am
• College Value and Affordability discussion in Grand Rapids, April 30th, 6:30-8 pm
• Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Manistee, May 5th, 8:45-10:30 am
• Career Navigation discussion in Manistee, May 5th, 1-2:30 pm
• College Value and Affordability discussion in Manistee, May 5th, 7-8:30 pm
• Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Ferndale, May 6th, 6:30-8 pm
• College Value and Affordability discussion in Flint, May 6th, 6:30-8 pm

To find a Conversation to attend near your home, visit the Center for Michigan’s Community Conversation calendar. Keep checking back! We’re adding new Conversations weekly.

How to host

Don’t see your city on this list? We want to come to you! If you are interested in learning more about how to bring a Community Conversation to your town, contact Outreach Director Amber DeLind at 734-926-4285 or adelind@thecenterformichigan.net.

Participate online

Can’t make it to an in-person Community Conversation? We’ve got you covered. Click here to head over to the online version of our Conversations, and make your voice heard!

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by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan
April 22, 2015

<h1>Where in the world is the Center for Michigan?</h1> <p class="byline">by Bridge Staff, Bridge Michigan <br />April 22, 2015</p> <p>Beginning in December, the Center for Michigan’s public engagement team has been traveling the state to facilitate Community Conversations about jobs and workforce development. These discussions, titled “Getting to work: Opportunity and hurdles to success in Michigan,” have gathered more than 1,600 people in more than 50 cities across our state to date.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Where we’re going</h2> <p>Over the next two weeks, we have Conversations scheduled on the following dates and times:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Flint, <a href="http://bit.ly/1bvKTJb">April 24th, 9:30-11 am</a></li> <li>Career Navigation discussion in Flint, <a href="http://bit.ly/1DBwCQU">April 24th, 12:30-2 pm</a></li> <li>College Value and Affordability discussion in Flint, <a href="http://bit.ly/1De5qr2">April 24th, 3-4:30 pm</a></li> <li>College Value and Affordability discussion in East Lansing, <a href="http://bit.ly/1DiExU6">April 28th, 7-8:30 pm</a></li> <li>Career Navigation discussion in Lansing, <a href="http://bit.ly/1JcCGHx">April 29th, 12:30-2:30 pm</a></li> <li>Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Monroe, <a href="http://bit.ly/1bvLv1a">April 29th, 3-5 pm</a></li> <li>Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Petoskey, <a href="http://bit.ly/1JuQVUP">April 30th, 8-9:30 am</a></li> <li>College Value and Affordability discussion in Grand Rapids, <a href="http://bit.ly/MLiveGR">April 30th, 6:30-8 pm</a></li> <li>Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Manistee, <a href="http://bit.ly/1EcDTv6">May 5th, 8:45-10:30 am</a></li> <li>Career Navigation discussion in Manistee, <a href="http://bit.ly/1yQyyJx">May 5th, 1-2:30 pm</a></li> <li>College Value and Affordability discussion in Manistee, <a href="http://bit.ly/1bjtSRv">May 5th, 7-8:30 pm</a></li> <li>Challenges to Upward Mobility discussion in Ferndale, <a href="http://bit.ly/1GjvCbj">May 6th, 6:30-8 pm</a></li> <li>College Value and Affordability discussion in Flint, <a href="//bit.ly/FlintMLive">May 6th, 6:30-8 pm</a></li> </ul> <p>To find a Conversation to attend near your home,<a href="https://www3.thedatabank.com/dpg/585/mtglist.asp?formid=Calender"> visit the Center for Michigan’s Community Conversation calendar</a>. Keep checking back! We’re adding new Conversations weekly.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">How to host</h2> <p>Don’t see your city on this list? We want to come to you! If you are interested in learning more about how to bring a Community Conversation to your town, contact Outreach Director Amber DeLind at 734-926-4285 or<a href="mailto:adelind@thecenterformichigan.net"> adelind@thecenterformichigan.net</a>.</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Participate online</h2> <p>Can’t make it to an in-person Community Conversation? We’ve got you covered.<a href="http://thecenterformichigan.net/online-community-conversation/"> Click here to head over to the online version of our Conversations</a>, and make your voice heard!</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/center-michigan/where-world-center-michigan-3/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://bridgemi.com&quot;&gt;Bridge Michigan&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/bridgemi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/cropped-android-chrome-192x192-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://bridgemi.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=10533&amp;amp;ga4=G-1E2G9MSHX5&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://bridgemi.com/center-michigan/where-world-center-michigan-3/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bridgemi.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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