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Feature Story La Casa Guadalupana offers Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education Diploma (GED) classes four days a week. Both are taught in Spanish, as more than 50 percent of the population in the surrounding community there are Hispanic. Model DCommunity Development

La Casa Guadalupana is making Spanish-focused adult ed a reality in Southwest Detroit

David SandsTuesday, December 3, 2019
Feature Story Students at the (DHDC) Teen Tech Center Model DArts and Culture

Southwest Detroiter helps young media makers learn the ABCs of DET

Patrick DunnTuesday, November 12, 2019
Feature Story Attendees take part in a healing justice workshop that involved members of Healing by Choice! at the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights at the WSU Law School in October. Model DTechnology and Innovation

Healing justice group Healing By Choice! engages community in wellness activities

David SandsTuesday, November 5, 2019
Feature Story Babar Qadri, "Q" Model DHealthy Communities

HUDA Clinic prescribes food as medicine for uninsured Detroiters

Patrick DunnTuesday, October 29, 2019
Feature Story We Found Hip Hop's "social mission is to invest and support and uplift women and girls," Piper Carter says. "Our focus centrally is women and girls that are interested in pursuing hip-hop as their career.” Model DArts and Culture

We Found Hip Hop offers safe space to help propel hip-hop careers for women and girls

Julie Walker AlteslebenTuesday, October 22, 2019
Feature Story Ronald Cannon. Model DKids and Education

Ronald Cannon's Cardinal Foundation clears the way for a safer Detroit for west-side kids

Eleanore CatolicoTuesday, October 15, 2019
Feature Story david-camarena2-100819 Model DEntrepreneurship

Southwest Detroit native makes his mark on neighborhood with Stitching Up Detroit

Patrick DunnTuesday, October 8, 2019
Feature Story Medicina Urbana Model DHealthy Communities

Medicina Urbana enters second year of serving Southwest Detroit

Eleanore CatolicoTuesday, September 24, 2019
Feature Story Kerrie Trahan teachers yoga at Detroit's Palmer Park. Model DHealthy Communities

Kerrie Trahan's Yoganic Flow brings yoga to Detroit's underserved communities

Nina IgnaczakTuesday, September 17, 2019
Feature Story Garage Cultural Model DArts and Culture

Garage Cultural director Amelia Duran aims to help Southwest Detroit's kids hang onto heritage

Nina IgnaczakTuesday, August 27, 2019
Feature Story Mark Crain Model DCommunity Development

How a cross-cultural coalition is making a 'Dream of Detroit' real in one Motor City neighborhood

David SandsTuesday, August 13, 2019
Feature Story Bernadette King, a 29-year veteran of the Henry Ford Health System where she coordinates special projects, first brought her love of hooping to others a decade ago as part of a "recess at work" program. Photo by Nick Hagen. Model DCommunity Development

Fitzgerald resident hula hoops for fitness, bringing the community along with her

Nina IgnaczakTuesday, August 6, 2019
Feature Story Joe Robinson Model DEntrepreneurship

Hip-hop entrepreneur finds ways to give back to the community through buy land initiative, run club

David SandsTuesday, July 23, 2019
Feature Story Benito "Mav-One" Vasquez. Photo by Nina Ignaczak. Model DArts and Culture

Motor City Street Dance Academy brings hip-hop history and culture to southwest Detroit's kids

Nina IgnaczakTuesday, June 25, 2019
Feature Story Gary Ringer. Photo by Stephen Koss. Model DEntrepreneurship

Detroit firefighter takes on blight with deconstruction business

David SandsTuesday, June 11, 2019
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