Last week, the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren issued a report that all who care about the city should pay attention to, whether they have children or not.
The MOCAD Teen Council is a select group of young creatives from metro Detroit who come together with museum professionals to produce and plan programming for youth and adults.
Senior Market Days is a program that provides transportation to seniors so they can shop at local farmers markets. Not only does it help them eat heathier, it serves as a social event.
Model D is hosting our next Speaker Series event on Thursday, August 21 at United Way for Southeastern Michigan in Detroit. Come meet leaders who left cushy corporate gigs to make a difference.
Supporters of youth advocacy programs say that when youth are a part of the solution they can help transform neighborhoods, schools, and communities -- and stay out of trouble in the mean time. Melinda Clynes makes the case in this report.
The nonprofit has been working with three Detroit schools -- University Prep, Amelia Earhart Elementary School, and Bunche Elementary School -- since February. The program caters to specific student needs at each school. Melinda Clynes reports.
Creating a better environment for learning, restorative educational practices involves everyone inside school walls: students, food service staff, teachers, social workers, and principals. Melinda Clynes shows us how it's done.
Leadership training, career exploration and goal setting are all part of the Mercy Education Project. Melinda Clynes reports.
Along with educating Detroit sophomores and juniors about agriculture-based sciences, the Golightly Agriscience Program also contributes to making the community more livable by raising transplants for community gardens and providing educational workshops to the public.
Connections are being made in Detroit classrooms between the science curriculum, growing and eating good foods, creating better nutritional habits that lead to healthier lifestyles. Melinda Clynes puts her garden gloves on for this report.
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