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Global Detroit: ‘Green Card Stories’ brings human touch to immigrant experience

Join Global Detroit to meet authors and immigration attorneys Stephen Yale-Loehr and Laura Danielson at a cocktail event, talk, and book signing this Thursday, 5 - 7 p.m., at the Westin Book-Cadillac.

“New” economy should leave no one out

One quarter of our regional population is African-American but only 2 percent of our gross regional product comes from African-American owned businesses. The America21 Project aims to change that number, says Global Detroit's Sarah Szurpicki.

Let’s Save Michigan awarding $4,000 to fund state placemaking projects

The "It's About Place" contest invites all Michigan residents, organizations, and municipal agencies to re-imagine a public space in their communities using the principles of placemaking.

Stemming the brain drain with international students

A Cocktail party this week in TechTown features information on the Global Talent Retention Initiative, an effort vital to Michigan's future. Register now. It's free. 

Global Detroit: Welcoming immigrants equals economic impact

Our position on the value of courting greater numbers of immigrants to Michigan, this region and the city of Detroit is well-documented: welcome, please make yourselves a new home. In Dayton, a plan was hatched to organize such efforts. Sarah Szurpicki tells us how we can do the same here. 

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