How teens are helping program the city’s premier contemporary art museum
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.
Melinda Clynes's Latest Articles
Older Detroiters get together, eat healthy thanks to Senior Market Days
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.
Jumping ship: Why leaders are leaving corporate jobs for the social sector
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.
City kids: Young Detroiters finding a voice
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.
City kids: 826michigan expands tutoring, creative writing programs into Detroit
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.
City kids: How proactive restorative practices benefit all
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.
‘Emerging Leaders’ program preps young girls for future success
Leadership training, career exploration and goal setting are all part of the Mercy Education Project. Melinda Clynes reports.
Growing cool kids: Golightly Agriscience Program plants seeds for healthier community
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.
City kids: The greenhouse effect
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.
City Kids: Creating Detroit’s future with art education
Students at Detroit's Edison Elementary School are getting hands-on art training that could be the gateway to increased interest in higher education and a multitude of career options afterward. Melinda Clynes visits this creative class and comes back impressed with the results.
