OPINION: Muncie: A hub for gentrification

Throughout its colorful history, Muncie has been the latest spot for the gentrification of its South Central district. Gentrification is “the process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process,” according to Webster’s Dictionary. 

OPINION: The cost of cultural competence

Muncie is in denial, the first notch on Milton Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity. Developed in 1986, the “Bennett Scale” explores ways people interact and experience different cultures. The six stages of the scale in order are denial, defense, minimization, acceptance, adaptation and integration. The Muncie community falls in the beginning of these steps: denial.

Pastor Andre Mitchell leads church and community

Deliverance Temple, nestled in the heart of the Industry neighborhood, is the cornerstone of the community and at the helm isu00a0Pastor Andre Mitchell, a youthful, charismatic, dressed-to-the-nines passionate preacher.