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Voices of Youth: Defining and refining our community
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Mapping Detroit: How the city's home improvement stores are 'agents of knowledge'
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Voices of Youth: Behind the scenes on a Model D photo shoot
Nyla Davison
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Nyla Davison tagged along on a Model D photo shoot that her father, Kahn Davison, was working on. She filmed a social media reel about what it took to create our story about women in Detroit leading changes in hip-hop music, interviewing the journalist and keenly observing the process.
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Detroit initiatives combat high Black infant mortality rate with dignity and compassion
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Black infant mortality rates in Michigan are consistently two and sometimes even three times higher than in white communities.
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Voices of Youth: Defining and refining our community
Biba Adams
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
For the second cohort of Voices of Youth, we sat down with nearly a dozen Detroit teenagers who shared with us their thoughts on what community is and what (as "solutions-oriented journalists") they would like the world to understand about the city where they learn and love.
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Mapping Detroit: How the city's home improvement stores are 'agents of knowledge'
Alex B. Hill
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
With an average construction age of 70+ years, Detroit homes need a special kind of love. It's why the city's home improvement stores are often local, and connected to the residents they supply. Here's the story their geography tells.
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Resilient Neighborhoods: This innovative East Side program helps older adults meet their needs
David Sands
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
East Side Senior Program is aimed at supporting older adults on multiple fronts.
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Young founder of Jamar’s Jammies raises 700+ pajama donations each year for Michigan kids
Kyla Wright
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Jamar Bray recalled running downstairs to watch the Detroit-inspired “Static Shock” animated series, in his pajamas – and even at a young age knowing that pajamas were a privilege. Now the 25-year-old runs a nonprofit that provides pajamas for youth in Detroit, Ypsilanti, and Howell during the winter season.
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Monday, March 20, 2023
The Greater Flint Health Coalition delivers nutrition and physical activity education with SNAP-Ed direct education programming to residents, including senior citizens, across Flint and Genesee County.
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Michigan community mental health agencies recognize families' role in treatment
Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
Monday, March 20, 2023
Michigan's CMHs rely on families to help recovery and ensure that people function at their highest level.
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Here's how Michigan's community mental health agencies are helping prevent youth suicide
Brooke Marshall
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Summit Pointe, Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan, and other community mental health agencies provide youth access to services that help them overcome suicidal thoughts and self-harming actions.
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New program offers physical and behavioral health care at home for Southwest Michigan's older adults
Estelle Slootmaker
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Region IV Area Agency on Aging's Integrated Care at Home program aims to reach 100 community residents in 2023 and continue to grow that number in the years ahead.
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Book Tower nears spring opening after seven years and $300M of historic restoration work
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Wayne State guarantees free tuition to Michigan students with family incomes less than $70K
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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Holistic housing: Detroit Healthy Housing Center opens in McDougall Hunt neighborhood
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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Intersectional Black identities put into focus with new exhibition at Playground Detroit
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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Free one-day conference to celebrate the legacy – and future – of Black mobility entrepreneurs
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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Purchase a house through the Land Bank? This free workshop teaches home renovation skills — and more
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New ideas and forward-thinking actions are all part of the arts in the D. Visual artists, including painters, sculptors, designers, architects; and musicians working in nearly every genre (or sub-genre) under the sun and moon are here doing their funky thing.
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Several enclaves around eastbound Jefferson boast fine urban living options, from historic homes to high rise apartments and condos — some riverside, others inland, but all close to downtown and Belle Isle. Known as "The Villages," they include Indian Village, English Village, ...
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