EAST LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – As a week of tributes and remembrances end on the campus of Michigan State University, a place of refuge will be opening its doors to those needing an extra head one year after the deadly campus shootings.
“Even though we don’t have all of our furniture and staff, we want people to get help if they need it,” said Jamie Ayers, the victim services director at Common Ground.
This week, Ayers and her staff have been putting together chairs and tables. It’s all part of the work behind the United Resiliency Center taking shape just a short walk from MSU. It is the second center of its type. She said the location will serve as an anchor of support to others, no matter where they are on their path of recovery.
“Our job is to do is to make sure that we talk about that, that we normalize that. These are all normal behaviors to an abnormal situation, and everybody is different,” she said.
Thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice , the group will be offering mental health services inside the center.