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Jametta Lilly
Detroit Parent Network’s new CEO, Jametta Lilly, brings social justice background to work

Jametta Lilly has extensive experience in parent support and social justice -- and she's bringing both to bear in her new role as CEO of the Detroit Parent Network. 

Grace Bedell's letter to President Lincoln encouraging him to grow his whiskers
The hidden treasures of Detroit Public Library’s special collections

Original manuscripts by Mark Twain and Laura Ingalls Wilder, George Washington's diary, and some of the earliest writing ever can be found in the special collections of the Detroit Public Library.

Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Food Security Network & D-Town Farms
Creating a cultural shift in how Detroiters think about food

A combination of grass roots programming and improved access to fresh food in neighborhoods is helping change the way Detroit eats.

Linda Smith, director of U-SNAP-Bac
The evolution of community development in Detroit: Three leaders talk about their work.

Many of Detroit's community development corporations, or CDCs, find themselves operating in different conditions today than when they were founded. Model D spoke with the leaders of three longstanding CDCs in different parts of the city to see how their work is evolving.

Main Library's grand staircase
7 wonders of Detroit Public Library’s Main Branch

In honor of the Detroit Public Library's 150th anniversary, explore the wonders of Main Library, many of which are hidden in plain sight.

Ariel Adkins
For Detroit families who can’t get their kids to preschool, HIPPY program brings preschool to them

For 23 years, the national Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program has been working to help children and families access early childhood education in their own homes. Here in Detroit, Neighborhood Services Organization provides the program to families on the east and west sides of the city.

Clark Park
How programming in Clark Park is turning neighborhood kids into engaged citizens

At Clark Park, sports leagues, summer camps, senior activities, and children's story hour, among many other activities, draw people of all ages and create opportunities for people to meet across generational and neighborhood lines.

Jackie Bejma, executive director of LAND, Inc.
From bioswales to pennycress: How Detroit neighborhoods are going from gray to green

In Detroit, aging "gray" infrastructure poses challenges to the environment, but plenty of opportunity exists to develop green infrastructure that can heal it.

John Corvino, the ‘Gay Moralist’ of Detroit

John Corvino is a professor of philosophy at Wayne State University and a marriage equality advocate who's willing to debate the most vocal opponents of gay marriage publicly. 

Detroit kids become environmental citizens through place-based learning

Kids at Neinas Elementary in Southwest Detroit are shaping the future of their community well before they're old enough to vote thanks to place-based educational opportunities in their school.

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