The Osborn neighborhood, as we learned this summer, is full of established, adult leaders who are mentoring and shaping the lives of youth on the city's Northeast side. Nicely done. Matthew Lewis and Marvin Shaouni report from Seven Mile and Hoover.
Lettie-Ann Miller, a senior at Osborn Academy of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, tells us what it means for a 17-year-old from the northeast side to get an internship with GM. It solidified ties to her own community, she says.
During the last two months in the Osborn neighborhood we've been finding good people doing great things for the community. Matthew Lewis and Oren Goldenberg went out with a video camera to capture the positive vibes.
The Hmong people are an ethnic group that originates from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand and speak the Hmong language. Matthew Lewis introduces us to three recent high school grads from the Osborn neighborhood.
Providing young people with the tools for success is what motivates Kibwe Pope and Lisa Leverette to mentor kids living in the Osborn neighborhood. Matthew Lewis talks to these two community builders in this week's On the Ground feature.
There will be music and healthy, local food at this late summer party this Saturday in the Osborn community. Some of the local leaders we've been profiling in the On the Ground series will be there. Big fun meets neighborhood innovation and collaboration. Mark your calendars.
In this week's installment of our summer series in Osborn, Claire Nelson talks to Ronisha Bannerman, who graduated with honors and is on her way to Grand Valley State. But in the long term, she wants to help change the perception of her neighborhood.
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.
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