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Longform Kids participate in a water safety class at Adams Butzel Complex in Detroit.

Free swimming classes and equipment help improve water safety across Metro Detroit

Patrick DunnThursday, May 8, 2025
A network of programs across Metro Detroit seeks to address high drowning rates and low swimming skills with free water safety education.
Feature Story Humanity first: Members of the Church of the Latter-day Saints volunteer at Zaman

Shared humanity that crosses language, religious and cultural barriersNonprofit Journal Project

Amy KurasWednesday, May 7, 2025
An unlikely partnership has blossomed between the Mormon church and Zaman International, a nonprofit that serves mostly Middle Eastern Muslim women. Both faiths have more in common that it might appear on the surface. 
Feature Story Tiffany Brown founded Developing Despite Distance

Amplifying voices of “an historically invisible population of young people”Nonprofit Journal Project

Carole Hawke-DiopThursday, May 1, 2025
Developing Despite Distance has gone deep investing in Detroit youth with incarcerated parents. In launching a teen advisory board, it looks to go broad.  
Feature Story Toyia Watts is part of an advisory board planning a community land trust with GenesisHOPE Community Development

Community land trusts: 'We're rising from the ashes, and this is our vehicle.'Resilient Neighborhoods Feature

Genevieve FoxWednesday, April 30, 2025
GenesisHOPE plans to purchase 10 vacant lots across Detroit neighborhoods to provide affordable housing through a community land trust model.  
Feature Story Sam Trotter of Someday Bakery says, “We look at ourselves as a creative studio, and this initial brick-and-mortar is a concept where we’re fusing visual and culinary art to craft unique forms of hospitality.”

Someday Bakery is heavy on art, community -- and pastries

Kahn Santori DavisonFriday, April 25, 2025
“We were looking for spaces all around Detroit but when we saw this space it had no walls, it had no lights, and we just fell in love with the story of this block.”
Longform Roz Nowosielski picks up trash at Stony Creek Metropark during an Earth Day cleanup event. She walks at the park every day and wanted to help clean it up.

Metroparks highlight new and expanded climate initiatives for Earth Day

Patrick DunnTuesday, April 22, 2025
The Huron-Clinton Metroparks are celebrating this Earth Day by rolling out several new pilot initiatives that are the first steps in an ambitious plan to combat the impacts of climate change.
Feature Story Dazmonique Carr and her son Prince at Deeply Rooted Gardens Community Development

Deeply Rooted Gardens reduces barriers for farmers of colorResilient Neighborhoods Feature

Julie J. RiddleTuesday, April 22, 2025
Through classes, incubator kitchens and welcoming meals, nonprofit Deeply Rooted Gardens empowers farmers of color to reach their urban-farming potential.
Feature Story Patient rights form Healthy Communities

Protecting patient rights: How community mental health goes above and beyond

Brianna NargisoTuesday, April 22, 2025
MI Mental Health spoke with Wil Morris, CEO Sanilac County Community Mental Health about how local agencies help mental health patients navigate their rights.
Feature Story Certified harp practitioner and vibroacoustic harp therapy practitioner Karen Thueme plays music at her office in Richmond.

"Music is for everyone": The therapeutic power of music therapy in Metro Detroit

Laura FitzgeraldThursday, April 17, 2025
While music therapy comes in many shapes and sizes, the practice has the power to improve well-being and promote healing for people of all ages and abilities. Metro Detroit offers several music therapy programs and therapeutic music practices.  
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As border, visa policies face upheaval, Global Detroit remains committed to immigrant-founded biz

Aaron FoleyThursday, April 17, 2025
“If anything, in terms of our work, we can highlight the amazing contributions that our folks are making and motivating in Michigan.”
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