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Content
Here's where you'll find content produced by both our team!
Explore our Content Categories, Most Recent Content, and how to become a Content Contributor in the sections below!
“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.”
– Yehuda Berg
Content Categories
Articles
A broad compilation of various types of written content produced both by our team and select submissions by community members. Just about anything you can think of can be found here!
Comics/Art
Comics and other forms of art created by both our team and community members with the purpose to relate with or inspire others; to challenge views; to bring awareness; or to just make you laugh and smile.
Podcasts
Audio recordings from contributors and community members discussing issues and talking with other people about important topics in both professional and laid back settings.
Videos
Recorded content made by contributors and community members, videos taken at community events, as well as informational videos to raise awareness or educate people about issues.
Most Recent Content
Pushing Past the Pain Pt. 2
Amber returns with the second part of her ‘Pushing Past the Pain’ series, where she continues to discuss her experience healing from past trauma and focusing on compartmentalizing things to do so. (Content warning)
Fresh Out of the Oven: Pop n’ Pies Delivers Sweet Treats In Response to a Soured Year
Pop n’ Pies rose to satisfy the “knead” of the community for baked goods, providing Las Vegas with original, fresh-baked, homemade pies! Read more to learn about owner and pastry-chef Andrea Mclean’s journey.
An Immersive Experience: Majestic Repertory Theatre Finds New Ways to Perform for the Community
Companies like the Majestic Repertory Theatre continue to engage the community in new and exciting ways throughout the pandemic. Read more to learn how it does this!
Putting Pen to Paper: Lounge Writers Imparts Professional Knowledge and Inspiration During the Pandemic
With many people writing during the pandemic, writers needing to hone their skills is all the more important. That’s why one group, Lounge Writers, provides the writing community with affordable instruction to develop those skills. Read more to learn how this is accomplished!
A Look Through the Bars: Death Row Expressions Shares the Experience of the Incarcerated
Even in the darkest of places, color can be found if you shine a light. That’s why one organization, Death Row Expressions, shares an insight into the minds of those who are incarcerated and on death row through art therapy. Read more to learn how they accomplish this.
Trashy Trail Runners Keeps on the Path of Protecting Public Lands
While the pandemic forced many to stay home, one local trail clean-up group, Trashy Trail Runners took the opportunity to get people out on the trail & encourage keeping our public lands & community beautiful. Read more to learn how they accomplish this!
LunaKai Lash Puts a New Face on Environmentalism in the Beauty Industry
Avoiding plastic hard enough, especially for things like makeup. That’s why LunaKai Lash provides eco-friendly makeup to fight the plastic crisis.
No Time for Writer’s Block: Writers of Southern Nevada Perseveres During the Pandemic
The pandemic has granted more opportunity to both fiction and nonfiction writers, while also increasing the need for those writers to understand the writing industry’s legal and business aspects – one goal of local writing group, Writers of Southern Nevada. Read more to learn how they’ve continued their work this year!
Fifth Sun Project to Warm the Homeless with Hot Food and Winter Clothes
Fifth Sun Project’s December community action involves a food fundraiser and a donation drive, working to help the most vulnerable members of our community – our houseless neighbors. Read more to learn how you can help!
New Beginnings: Minimal Market to Open Their Zero-waste Refillery this Saturday
As the pandemic adds new challenges to environmentalism and the fight against the plastic crisis, local zero-waste store, Minimal Market, has continued to help the community with waste-free living and is set to open their refillery store. Read more to learn how they worked to achieve this goal.
The Purr-Fect Book – Copper Cat Books Offers a Friendly, Personal Shopping Experience
With more people reading this year, the need to find the perfect book brings new life and new customers to independent used book stores, including one local favorite – Copper Cat Books. Read more to learn how they serve the community and separate themselves from other used book stores.
A Reprieve – “This is not a moment, it’s a movement.”
We have been granted a reprieve, but don’t take it for granted. Use this time to rest and breathe as needed – you deserve it after the last four years. But be ready to get in motion and work hard to ensure the incoming administration works for us – the people – and not themselves. The election is over, but the work has only just begun!
Vegas City Opera Announces “Unconventional” 11th Season
Vegas City Opera (VCO) continues its mission to offer opera and classical music to the public “in fresh and exciting new ways,” dedicating its new season to the voices of the community. Read more to learn how!
A Fur-Ever Home for All: The Churchill Foundation Continues to Help At-Risk Dogs During the Pandemic
Working with at-risk dogs to make sure they find loving homes, The Churchill Foundation has used the pandemic as a means of regrouping and growth as they focus on the future. Read more to learn how they continue to help the community!
Wild and Free: The Doodling Nomad Draws Her Own Path Through the Pandemic
Continuing to create while taking care of mental health has been a struggle for many this year. That’s why local “sticker lady” Lauren Lomrpey, The Doodling Nomad, took a break over the summer to do some much-needed self-care. Read more to learn how she’s utilized that rest to come back strong & move forward!
Spread the Word Nevada – Changing Lives One Book at a Time
With schools closed for in-person learning and many kids without books, addressing the issue of childhood literacy is more important than ever! Read more to learn how Spread the Word Nevada has continued providing books to kids during the pandemic!
Las Vegas Book Festival Turns the Page With Their Annual Celebration of Literature
The Las Vegas Book Festival is in full swing with its Virtual Book Week! Check out their amazing workshops and speakers this week, and submit a selfie of your favorite book! Read more for additional information.
No Intermission: Opera Las Vegas Continues to Strike a Chord in the Community
Opera Las Vegas has continued to bring the art of opera to the community, despite the restrictions of the pandemic on performing arts. Read more to learn about the work they’re doing and their outlook for the future!
Happy Earth Market: A Collective Community Space
The Happy Earth Market continues to provide a creative space here in the community for people to come and learn new things or express themselves through offering workshops as well as a platform for local creatives. Read more to learn about H.E.M. and the work they’re doing!
The LAB LV Keeps the Show Going While Addressing the Struggle of Local Artists
The LAB LV, like many performing arts groups in the community, have had to adapt to the pandemic to keep artists and actors employed, while continuing to start dialogues through their performances. Read more about how this experimental ensemble group is keeping the show going, and how they’ve raised awareness for the impact on the arts community this year!
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Content Goals
Through various forms of content with a diverse array of topics, we hope to help foster the following action:
Perspective & Education
We hope to have content share new perspectives by bringing together multiple view points on issues and providing a basis for conversation.
Ignorance is not bliss and we shouldn’t encourage it for the sake of simplicity.
Open mindedness & Understanding
Whether you agree with an author’s opinion and views or not, we hope to still foster a level of respect and fairness of interpretation.
You can see other points of view without conflicting your own beliefs.
Debate & Discussion
Tying into the next aspect of our mission we promote objective and proactive conversation around issues.
Finding common ground and seeing all sides, helps us find solutions to the problems we face.
Whether you agree or disagree with the topics and issues presented in the content we and our community members produce, we hope that you can still find something to take away from it; find something to have a discussion about; or discover a new perspective about something. We hope you are inspired to share your ideas and opinions about the things you read and absorb; inspired to take action on something you’re passionate about.
We at M.i.M. want our audience to take away something positive from our content; and we aim for that to be information, motivation, inspiration, emotion, energy, or action.
We do not wish the bubble-wrap the world, nor do we wish to tell people what is wrong or right.
We want people of opposing sides to come together and have better communication about the issues they disagree on; to find and focus on the things that they share rather than the things that divide; and to develop compromises and solutions rather than division.
Through collaboration of ideas and content from a diverse group of people, we hope to foster kindness and understanding of others, and help people understand where others come from and why they think the way they do. And, we hope to foster solidarity with our fellow human beings.