2 GROUNDCOVER NEWS COMMUNITY EVENTS Undercover art intel: A chance for disabled artists Within Washtenaw County, there is a large disabled community made up of the working disabled who hold a job despite their disability challenges. Many U.S. military service members also have disabilities from many different diagnoses. There are non-working people with disabilities who also contribute through volunteering. Within these groups there is a small contingent of artists who work hard to create varying art pieces. It is sad that often much of this work is not seen, left in the closet or drawer of an individual artist, due to little access to large and small art galleries or art shows, not being able to access a ride or lack of computer knowledge. Many of the artists have anxiety and this can be a CINDY GERE Groundcover vendor No. 279 set-back on showing art. It truly is the worry or fear of “I’m disabled, why would anyone want to see my art, let alone buy one of my pieces?” As a Native American artist with FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder), I know firsthand that this fear is real for many who have any disability. I'm proud to announce one of the first shows for individuals with disabilities. From Autism to Down Syndrome, a very small show with a lot of other activities will be held in front of the downtown Community Mental Health Annex building between Ann and Huron on Fourth Avenue. It's a big red brick building. This little event will be during the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Please come, show your support and pick up great art works! Yes, my art will be there as well! — Kung Fu Panda Friday, July 18, 12-4 p.m. 110 N 4th Ave., Ann Arbor Author's note: The cover of this edition was collectively splatter-painted by Groundcover vendors at our June 27 vendor meeting! JULY 11, 2025 letter to the EDITOR This is in regards to Jim Clark's anti-capitalism article in the June 27, 2025 issue of Groundcover. Anti-capitalism is incompatible with human nature — people are wired to build, invest, to strive and be productive, to advance their family's well being. Little people like me WANT the goods and services billionaires, millionaires and average capitalists produce. Competitive markets foster innovation. Can anyone reasonably argue this country is worse off compared to 150 years ago? Try imagining life without washing machines or chemotherapy. Free markets have made life better, healthier and prosperous for billions of people. Anti-capitalist systems have been tried in other countries — think Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Fidel Castro in Cuba. Both nationalized their food distribution systems in the interests of "equity" and "access." And the result? Poverty, rationing and hunger. Grocery store shelves were stripped bare, and citizens stood in lines for hours for a loaf of bread or a bag of rice, if there was any food left at all. Bureaucrats decided what the citizens ate, when they ate and where they got it. I hope the anti-capitalists of the United States reorient their thinking. Sincerely, Anonymous PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-DETERMINED INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY POVERTY, PRODUCING A STREET NEWSPAPER THAT GIVES A PLATFORM TO UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, PROMOTING AN ACTION TO BUILD A JUST, CARING AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY. Groundcover News, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in April 2010 as a means to empower lowincome persons to make the transitions from homeless to housed, and from jobless to employed. Vendors purchase each copy of our regular editions of Groundcover News at our office for 50 cents. This money goes towards production costs. 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