Collections by Michelle Brown WSG Community Activist & Mayor Beth Bashert

In this time of COVID-19 the Mayor of Ypsilanti Michigan Beth Bashert wears many hats. She is a longtime community activist, a parent/grandparent, and spouse of Lisa Marshall Bashert. She is an out and proud leader in the LGBTQIA community. She works in sales at an Ann Arbor Auto Dealership and she is the Mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County in Michigan, perhaps best known as the home of Eastern Michigan University. A
In these days of COVID-19 she is right at the heart of many decisions impacting not just her family and employment but the lives of her friends, community, and constituency as well.
How are Beth and her family handling the constraints of social isolation/distancing? What are her observations as someone whose employment has been directly impacted? How is it affecting members of the LGBTQ community? And how, as an elected official, is she leading in this time of crisis.
Compassionate, community governance in the days of a global pandemic - Beth shares many insights fro every aspect of her life as community member, activist, family member and elected official,