New $10K grant available for women and BIPOC business owners in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park
The Comcast RISE Investment Fund will award $10,000 to 100 local small businesses for a total of $1 million awarded.
Concerts and small business markets highlight summer programming plans for downtown Detroit parks
“Downtown Detroit is celebrated locally and nationally for having so many wonderful and active parks and venues,” says David Cowan, chief public spaces officer for the Downtown Detroit Partnership.
Lessons learned while covering Southeast Michigan’s nonprofits
Looking back over the stories the series has captured during the past year, here are three valuable takeaways about how nonprofits are serving their communities, moving forward.
Black ER patients are less likely to receive follow-up care, and this project is examining why
A new Michigan project is engaging community-based organizations to gather information on, and develop solutions to, disparities in ER follow-up care.
Central Detroit Christian strengthens its equitable housing efforts for low-income residents
In our community, 61% of children under the age of 18 live in poverty," says Lisa Johanon, executive director of Central Detroit Christian. "We do affordable housing so kids have a safe, stable place to live, and so they're not uprooted from their home five times during the school year. We're raising up a community of kids whose outcomes aren't dictated by their zip code."
Motor City Pride turns 50: More than 600 works by LGBTQ+ artists on display through June
A month-long exhibition celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community in Detroit, and its longtime allies, features 600 works of art from more than 150 established and emerging artists.
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.
