An old school neighborhood advocacy group with roots in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, the Youth Inititiaves Project (YIP) carries weight and street cred in Osborn. Matthew Lewis introduces us to the man who makes it all happen in this installment of On the Ground.
Students at the Brenda Scott Academy are not part of a traditional academic setting. They have longer school days and remain in class 11 months out of the year. Matthew Lewis spent time there last week and witnessed good things beginning to develop.
Welcome to Osborn, where writer Matthew Lewis is spending the summer reporting on all the small but important things that build community life in a Detroit neighborhood. Where does the energy begin? At the Benjamin Franklin branch of the Detroit Public Library.
Khalil Ligon is project manager for the Lower Eastside Action Plan, a grassroots community organization that seeks to address land use issues and development planning in that Detroit neighborhood. DETROIT LIVES! provides the lights, camera, action.
This first feature in our series explores the Northeast Detroit caucus, aka Council District 3, where Matthew Lewis finds the Osborn Neighborhood Alliance and Matrix Human Services working to improve the quality of community life.
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