Urban Leadership

Feature Story Detroit racial dot map

Mapping Detroit: Racial dot map

Alex B. HillTuesday, April 30, 2024
Partner Content Turkessa Baldridge

New leadership sets the tone at Marygrove for 2023

Kahn Santori DavisonTuesday, February 21, 2023
Feature Story Nawal Denard, House of African Prints, Detroit

5 up-and-coming Detroit entrepreneurs you should know

Erin Marie MillerTuesday, February 8, 2022
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Taking the helm during a pandemic: A tale of two (new) nonprofit leadersNonprofit Journal Project

Jenn McKeeTuesday, September 22, 2020
Feature Story Dierdre Roberson, Eumelanin, Detroit

Detroit designer combines fashion and science to start a conversation about skin color

Kate RoffTuesday, July 28, 2020
Feature Story From left, Jason Ridgeway, Chris Turner, and Bob Hoey

Reflecting on the past to move forward: 5 key places, moments in Detroit's history of racial tension

Dorothy HernandezTuesday, July 21, 2020
Development News hudson-webber-foundation

More than $1.7M in grants awarded to organizations working to improve the daily lives of Detroiters

MJ GalbraithTuesday, August 13, 2019
Feature Story Springboard to Excellence Program Coordinator, Jainabou Barry-Danfa (left), and ABISA's Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, Fanta Jatta (right), stand for a portrait together at the Brightmoor Artisans Collective.

This Senegalese woman is fighting for social and economic justice for Detroit’s black immigrants

Lauren SantucciTuesday, May 14, 2019
Feature Story Kenyetta Campbell outside of the Cody Rouge Action Alliance's office space in Don Bosco Hall

Introducing "Voices of Cody Rouge," our latest neighborhood-based series

Biba AdamsTuesday, June 19, 2018
Feature Story Phillis Judkins, longtime North End Resident

Just try keeping up with Phillis Judkins, the 70-year-old North End resident who does everything

Imani MixonMonday, October 16, 2017
Feature Story Kirk Mayes

Onetime competitors Gleaners and Forgotten Harvest team up to fight hunger

Patrick DunnMonday, August 28, 2017
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Without Detroit's urban leaders, the city would not have the richness it has today. Whether it's promoting the ousting of the Nain Rouge or organizing a neighborhood-based futbol league or creating organizations to save Detroit's green spaces, it's all pushed to the forefront by Detroit's array of urban leaders.
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