My City March 2023

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FLINT IS TRULY A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY THAT THRIVES BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN IT. WHERE I FIND THE NEED, THAT’S WHERE I WILL GO."

He expects 30-35 more murals to be painted in the near future adding that the current project grant is closing out and they are looking for new funding. Another project Schipani is working on this year will allow people from all over the world to enjoy the Flint murals through a VR/AR experience being created by MXD World. For the last five years, Schipani has been a project assistant in the grant-funded Flint Leverage Points Project, which was created to find ways to improve the process of food delivery and reduce food insecurity.

"I spent four years studying the food systems in Flint and how they work," he shares. The project’s goal is to identify challenges and increase access to healthy food for people in the City of Flint and surrounding Genesee County communities. Schipani also wants to remove the stigma associated with food assistance. Now that the project has been completed, the Crim

- Joseph Schipani

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