The boy who wanted to be a backup dancer for Janet Jackson ended up a man who advocates on behalf of transgender rights and HIV and substance abuse prevention. Video producer Tony Eggert shines a light on Alfredo Smith.
After moving back to Michigan from Chicago, where he worked for Obama for America, Roland Leggett was inspired to help change the state's comparitively regressive LGBT legislation, first while working at the ACLU and now at Equality Michigan.
The need for more active roles for LGBT youth is behind Lance Hicks' newest project, Detroit Represent!, which he cofounded last summer. Videographer Tony Eggert and Andrea Poteet of Between the Lines tell his story.
Before working with the Detroit Food Policy Council, Kibibi Blount Dorn assisted the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network and earned a Master's of Urban Planning from Wayne State University.
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