The Grand Rapids History Center is pleased to share a rare and important piece of Grand Rapids' early-20th century Black experience. Published in Grand Rapids f
Board of Library Commissioners Welcomes New Members
The Board of Library Commissioners of the Grand Rapids Public Library welcomes Justine Bryant and Bryan Holt as new Commissioners – their first board meeting taking place on January 28, 2025. Bryant and Holt join 5 other publicly elected Commissioners including; Rachel S. Anderson (President), Kelly Boston (Vice President/Secretary), Kathryn Dilley, Kevin Peterson, and Lauren…
Book Review | “We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance” by Mara Kardas-Nelson
By Business and Career Librarian, Steven Assarian Every so often, I read a book that upends my previous understanding of an idea. I just read a book like that. It’s the book We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: The Seductive Promise of Microfinance by Mara Kardas-Nelson. It’s a book about micro-finance: extending…
Interview with Carlos Martinez, President of People First Economy
Interview by Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian People First Economy is a business support organization that provides equity and resiliency-building resources here in Grand Rapids to help build a ‘people first’ economy. But what does it mean to be ‘people first’ in business? I sat down with Carlos Martinez, President of People First Economy…
An Interview With Roy Messing, Executive Director for the Center for Employee Ownership
Interview by Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian I met Roy Messing by chance at an event for professionals that help businesses thrive, and he most certainly fits that bill. He works to promote employee ownership of companies in our state. I saw down with Roy to understand how employees can become owners, and why…
“Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout” by Cal Newport
Book Review by Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian Human beings, by and large, want to produce. And we want to know that we’re producing. In sectors like manufacturing and agriculture, it’s fairly easy to know that you’re productive. How much grain is grown or how many widgets get made are easy questions to answer.…
Interview: Dan TenHoopen, AFL-CIO Labor Liaison for the Heart of West Michigan United Way
By Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian
Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian at the Grand Rapids Public Library: There’s been quite a lot
Book Review: “Fight Like Hell: The Untold Story of American Labor” by Kim Kelly
By Steven Assarian, Business and Career Librarian
When I worked at Kettering University in Flint, I used to take walks on my lunch break.
I’d walk down Chev
Book Review: “A History of America in 10 Strikes” by Erik Loomis
By Sam Easter, Library Assistant. A History of America in Ten Strikes, historian Erik Loomis’s story of labor struggle in the U.S., was published in 2018 – but
Book Review: “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon” by Michael Lewis and “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud” by Ben McKenzie with Jacob Silverman
By Sam Easter, Library Assistant
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis, the story of the explosive rise and extraordinary fall of
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