Partner Partner Content These Metro Detroit resources can help Black entrepreneurs gain better access to capital
Black-owned businesses often face hurdles accessing capital. Here are some organizations and programs that may be able to help.
Partner Partner Content Creating sustainable, local food systems through food policy councils
This article is the second in a two-part series about food policy councils and how SNAP-Ed can help to inform that work.
Creating pathways from conflict to healing and restorative justice, the Dispute Resolution Center
"Nationally, restorative justice has shown to cut recidivism rates by half," says Germaine Smith, assistant director of the Dispute Resolution Center in Washtenaw County. "It’s extremely successful because we get to the root of the trauma, or suffering, that brought everybody to that moment. The process goes deep, to consider how this harm impacts both individuals' lives. This is heart work, not head work."
Michigan’s recovery communities offer a “total ecosystem” of services for getting and staying sober
Recovery communities support a continuum of care by providing detox services, residential treatment, outpatient services, recovery supports, housing, and more.
How communities are tackling Metro Detroit’s biggest biking infrastructure challenges
"Every time I ride to places like Hines Drive or some of the other suburbs, there's sections of it where there is significant cycling infrastructure," says cyclist Andrew Smith, who has never had a driver's license for a motor vehicle. "But there are also significant gaps that as a cyclist make me feel like that's the border of my world."
Resilient Neighborhoods: These 3 Detroit nonprofits are offering fun summer activities for kids
Arts and crafts, sports, science, literacy, games, and other activities are just waiting to be experienced at these Detroit summer youth programs.
Prostell Thomas uses mental health fair to push for better ecosystem of support in Detroit
After watching his family members battle to get consistent care for mental health illnesses, Prostell Thomas became an advocate for better systems, and less stigma, in Detroit. He organized a mental health fair this year, featuring onsite therapists, grief counselors, a men’s healing circle, mental illness discussion panels, and take-home guides.
Resilient Neighborhoods: Angie Gaabo speaks on efforts to preserve diverse housing in Woodbridge
Woodbridge Neighborhood Development has made preserving and promoting diverse housing a priority. Here's why.
Detroit Denim Co. partners with multimedia artist Paul “FFTY” Johnson on limited-edition denim run
You're about to start seeing some art-centric jeans along Detroit's corridors. Featuring chain-stitched flames embroidered using a vintage Singer 114, “Torched” is the first run in the Littlefield bespoke denim brand’s planned artist series, showcasing Detroit’s creative community.
Sense of place and history inform artist Scott Hocking’s new sculpture to be installed downtown
“To have a large-scale sculpture in Detroit's Civic Center, joining the likes of Noguchi, Graham, Fredericks, Barr and De Giusti — and to have it located in front of the place that I've gone to since I was just a kid at the Auto Show — it's a real honor,” says Detroit artist Scott Hocking.
