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WestSouthwest February 20, 2017

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Courtesy of Robert Weir

A new hotline has been launched in an effort to reduce infant mortality in Kalamazoo County. And a Kalamazoo writer chronicles a civil rights pilgrimage. 

Cradle Kalamazoo is the latest effort to address infant mortality and the large racial disparity in Kalamazoo County. YWCA Kalamazoo CEO Grace Lubwama explains how a new hotline - 269-888-KIDS will connect pregnant women to resources.

Writer Robert Weir was part of a journey last year to key sites in the civil rights movement in southern states. He wrote about the pilgrimage for the February issue of Encore Magazine. 

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Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.