It is becoming widely known that immigrants in Michigan contribute enormously to the state's economy. Ajooni Sethi walks us through a preview of what could be a landmark initiative to help attract and retain Detroit talent.
The year ahead is shaping up as crucially important for immigration in the U.S., and Southeast Michigan sits in a unique position to benefit from such reforms, says Global Detroit's Ajooni Sethi.
We bet you'd like to know that rather than losing local and regional jobs overseas, Michigan offers the specialized talent right here that Chinese companies require to compete globally. Ajooni Sethi tells us what's behind this reversal of fortune.
This new initiative will conduct training sessions in Cody Rouge, North End, and Southwest Detroit, predominantly Arab-American, African-American, and Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods. Ajooni Sethi connects the dots.
Each year on Independence Day, Detroit’s African communities split up by country to face off in a series of games which last the entire nine hours of the picnic. But it's not about winning in the end, writes Ajooni Sethi, it's about building community.
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