Common Ground Media

11/18/2025

New name! New look!

Second Wave Michigan has evolved into Common Ground, a national platform dedicated to uplifting the best reporting from Issue Media Group's network of publications and beyond.

Visit us at fromcommonground.com to add a dose of solutions to your media diet.

12/04/2023

To Michigan's research universities, like Wayne State University University of Michigan and Michigan State University, sustainability is imperative to discover ways to meet today’s economic and health needs and ensure a healthy environment for future generations.

University Research Corridor, Op-Ed, Leading the Way in Sustainable Innovation

09/25/2023

VOICES OF YOUTH KALAMAZOO starting soon!

Looking for youth reporters, researchers, artists, photographers, and podcasters to create projects about issues that matter.

Sign up for Voices of Youth Kalamazoo now. Next cohort starts October 7. Please share!

07/08/2023

BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL: We’re in downtown Kalamazoo with food trucks, vendors with beautiful things, activities, and lots of joy.

10/16/2020

FOR KIRK LATIMER: The community will get a chance to say goodbye to poet and motivational speaker, Kirk Latimer, at a Sunday memorial scheduled at Arcadia Creek Festival Place in Kalamazoo.


Speak It Forward, Inc.

One half of Kinetic Affect. The co-founder of Speak It Forward. A best friend. Father to Ethan. A man who listened. An inspiration to many. Kalamazoo will say goodbye this weekend.

04/11/2017

A look at how military veterans are finding new jobs in the industry: http://bit.ly/2ovdveW

Military veterans' leadership training, skills, and perspective give them a grounding they need to help meet the challenges of producing food and rebuilding rural and urban communities. In Michigan, these protectors are turning into agricultural prod

03/09/2017

Pontiac, it's time to share your story! On The Ground is coming to Pontiac through May 31. Each week look for features coming from Pontiac.

Think there's something worthy to share? Tag it

We're looking for story's everywhere from to the neighborhoods.

Join us at the Community Open Newsroom on Thursday's LIVE from the Alleycat cafe to pitch your ideas, and network with the story makers of Pontiac.

Pontiac, it's time to share your story! On The Ground is coming to Pontiac through May 31. Each week look for features coming from Pontiac.

Think there's something worthy to share? Tag it

We're looking for story's everywhere from to the neighborhoods.

Join us at the Community Open Newsroom on Thursday's LIVE from the Alleycat cafe to pitch your ideas, and network with the story makers of Pontiac.

03/04/2017

Show us how your Michigan community is embracing diversity. Take a photo or a video and post it to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtag . We'll share some of your posts next week.

Across the nation, communities are coming face-to-face with racism and fear. Here in Michigan, we're confronting that fear in our neighborhoods and cities by celebrating our diversity.

This week, Second Wave takes a look at ways Michiganders across