Flint Community Initiative: Leveraging Community Assets for Flint’s Future

The Flint Community Initiative prepares and invests MSU's most vital resource -- the time, gifts and talents of students passionate to make a difference -- to engage in meaningful work in nonprofit community organizations in Flint while providing our students with a unique opportunity to develop skills in hands-on, collaborative community development projects.

The Flint Community Initiative began its internship program during the Summer of 2019. At the core of our mission is the belief that the key to revitalizing distressed areas is to look at neighborhoods and communities not for their deficits but for their assets. Our internship program pairs students and leaders of nonprofit community and civic organizations to engage in collaborative, community-driven projects that help to expand community assets and contribute to a thriving future for Flint residents.

Your Support Will Make a Big Difference

This project will support the Flint community by assisting local non-profits with community engagement, identifying community assets, and building organizational capacity while providing an environment of exploration and professional skill-building for MSU students.

Project Budget

Your support will provide resources for students to participate in this internship program that runs for 10 weeks during the summer. Faculty and staff work with community partners to place students for community-based internship project experience.

"Welcoming students through the Flint Community Initiative to learn about the Flint Community and to join in the community-based work that is already happening is one of my greatest joys. I get to share the hidden gems of my community with students who through their internships become part of the Flint story of resilience, recovery, and vibrancy." Monica Villarreal, Program Coordinator

Double Your Impact!

Thanks to a generous donor, all day today, Tuesday, November 28th, all funds will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000. 

Who We Are

The Flint Community Initiative was developed with input and interest from Flint organizations and Flint residents. Every year, project proposals are submitted by Flint organizations for consideration. The Program Coordinator is a Flint resident and MSU Faculty. The program emphasizes the importance of community-driven and community-led initiatives to achieve community revitalization.

Make a Gift by Mail:

University Advancement
Spartan Way
535 Chestnut Road, Room 300
East Lansing, MI 48824

*Make check payable to Michigan State University and write “Appeal 24OOPCF1GTFCI” in the note section.

Connect with Us

• MSU website - https://socialscience.msu.edu/undergraduate/experiential-learning/flint-community.html

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