For over a decade, Woodbridge Pub was a neighborhood gathering place for local residents. But everything changed when the COVID-19 swept through Detroit, forcing the pub to temporarily shutter in the wake of the pandemic. 

After joining Nest’s board of directors earlier this year, acclaimed fashion designer Tracy Reese quickly began to advocate for her home city. This fall, the nonprofit will launch its Makers United program in Detroit, helping to build a more inclusive and equitable community of makers in the city — and across the U.S.

Victims of police killings are often criminalized. For Sydney G. James, there is no justification. So she decided to use her art to be a voice for her disgust at yet another slaying of a Black person at the hands of those hired to protect and serve them.