"I kept hearing how running was democratic and a sport ‘for everybody’ kept getting repeated," Alison Mariella Désir explains in her new book. "It was both annoying and funny, because it was clear that this message came from white runners in a white sport inside a white country, and they had no idea what it was like to be a Black body in such a climate.”
"There's an expression that goes, you can't see the forest for the trees. Well, we couldn't see the forest for the garbage," says Andrew "Birch" Kemp, president of Arboretum Detroit and part of the clean-up crew restoring Circle Forest.
In its second school year, the Marygrove Early Education Center works to provide a holistic educational experience for students, teachers, and families. Its state-of-the-art facility, designed in collaboration with its surrounding community, recently received international recognition. Model D's team spent an afternoon learning how this award-winning center is creating an innovative model for early education.
Starting in 2023, the act will lower prescription drug costs for people with Medicare, cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 a month for insulin, and allow over-the-counter sales of hearing aids for the first time.
These projects show how the development tools and resources the City of Detroit offers can help new business thrive and bring new vitality to local neighborhoods.
Knowing that eight out of 10 Black-owned businesses close within the first 18 months, Rachael and Gerrard Allen are opening an Oakland County space for small business innovators. They hope to connect the dots for Detroit commuters: "We want Black folks and our allies to feel seen, welcome, and that something was created for them."
“Voting is an action word — our voices of democracy must be shouted,” says Detroit musician Laura Rain, who’s performing with her band Laura Rain and the Caesars at this year’s #iVoted Festival.
Bay Mills Community College is working with the Bay Mills Indian Community to leverage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education programming to create environments that inspire healthy living.
Detroit parent Sparkle Berry wasn't afraid to ask Michigan candidates why she has to choose between quality education and special needs support for her son. At a recent forum, she and other parents and child care advocates brought hard-hitting questions to those looking for your vote. Read how local State Senate candidates responded.
Parents and childcare advocates recently showed up at a virtual forum to ask local candidates running for Michigan's State Senate this November about the issues on families' minds. Check out what those looking for your vote had to say about low air quality and high asthma rates affecting Detroit's children.
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