Making energy efficiency more equitable
The CEO of local nonprofit Michigan Saves hopes to promote clean energy and is inspired by the impact of her agency’s work.
Nonprofit Journal Project
Nonprofit leaders across southeast Michigan will contribute their thoughts via journal entries on how this unique confluence of events (COVID, vaccinations, climate change, racial justice, etc.) is affecting their organizations and the nonprofit sector.
The stories and journals will narrate through nonprofit leaders and capture the impact and vitality that these organizations bring to their communities as well as their journey during these unprecedented times.
This series is made possible with the generous support of our partners, the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Co.act Detroit.
Coordinating care for mental and physical health
Development Centers provides integrated health services, which means better coordination between physical health and mental health care—and fewer hospitalizations.
“Defense, Offense, and Dreaming” to meet the impacts of mass incarceration
Detroit Justice Center’s Founding Executive Director Amanda Alexander tells why she started the law firm that’s provided free legal services to over 5,000 people since opening five years ago and her vision for a just and safe city, shared by many Detroiters.
Reducing violence and advancing justice-oriented policies
Turning the tide on cycles of violence, FORCE Detroit involves youth in work aimed at ending cyclical and retaliatory violence in urban neighborhoods.
Support for small-scale Detroit real estate developers
A program called Better Buildings, Better Blocks is aimed at teaching the nuts and bolts of small-scale real estate development to Detroit, Hamtramck, and Highland Park residents.
Trucks, ports and pollution in Southwest Detroit
Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision engages residents to organize and act on environmental issues in their neighborhood. Some of its most significant work is around air quality, stormwater management, and truck traffic.
Former teen mother now supports other young women who find themselves pregnant or struggling
Pregnant at 14, Tyra Moore has since founded A Girl Like Me in Detroit to support teen mothers with mentoring, baby items and other supports.
Emergency food providers feel the crunch of rising costs amid inflation
As government assistance dwindles and food costs rise, nonprofit food providers are seeing a growing need for assistance in communities across Southeast Michigan. Here’s how they’re coping.
Rest and recharge: Creative solutions to tackling nonprofit burnout
Burnout among nonprofit leaders is real. This story looks at approaches foundations and nonprofits are taking to create paths for executives to step aside, get some much-needed time away, and re-center themselves for the important but demanding work they do every day.
NOAH Project connects to people who are homeless with street outreach
The NOAH Project engages people who are homeless, helps them meet their basic needs, and builds relationships with them. The project takes a “housing first” approach, recognizing that the stability of housing allows people to work toward other life goals.
