When schools shut down because of COVID-19, countless parents were unsure about keeping their kids educated, and many still are with the upcoming school year. After all, few of us had online classes, so … how do you make sure their brain is soaking up the info? Two women from Detroit, Alecia Gabriel and Deirdre […]
Love to eat out? Crave coffee? Most of us do, but if you live in some Detroit neighborhoods, your options might be limited. Although the city has had its share of successful retstauranters and small shops, many are located in area clusters that are not as acessible to neighborhood residents. DTE hopes to change that […]
The news spread rapidly in June when Bank of America announced it was making a $1 billion, four-year commitment to help local communities address key issues such as economic and racial inequality that have been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. This landmark program is focused on helping people and communities of color who have experienced […]
For almost a decade, Hatch Detroit and Comerica Bank have helped start-ups grow strong. Now that the predator COVID has shown up, it is time the protect their hatchlings in the nest. This year, instead of funding new business, they will give aid to alumni of the program who need a little help in these hard times. The […]
When she was a young girl, Tasha Danielle’s grandmother would lay out her bills and explain both the importance and how she paid each one off. Danielle listened. It was these formative lessons that allowed her to become a CPA for DTE Energy … and payoff $80,000 in debt she’d accumulated before age 30. That […]
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has elevated black voices in state government by creating the Black Leadership Advisory Council, recognizing racism as a public health crisis and requiring implicit bias training for all state employees. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed, confirmed, and highlighted the deadly nature of pre-existing inequities caused by systemic racism, Whitmer says. The rate […]
Jeanette Pierce’s passion is showing people what Detroit has to offer by providing tours that paint a picture of the city today and yesterday. Since founding the Detroit Experience Factory in 2006, 130,000 people have taken her tours that emphasize small business and the history of the city. This year, however, things were different. As she […]
“What ya got cookin’”? That’s what many of us asked during the COVID-19 quarantine when comfort foods remained at the center of many conversations. However, those were not the words many restaurants heard over the last few months. Now that the state has authorized business re-openings, many struggling small businesses are looking for innovative ways […]
No one is sure what the next school year is going to look like. What is less of a variable is kids will need supplies, and many young Detroiters can’t get them. Samaritas is working to fix that with its annual backpack drive. The organization is asking people to donate 1,400 backpacks and the school […]
“Send these, your homeless, and tempest-tost to me.” This verse written on the Statue of Liberty are words the Samaritas Refugee Foster Care lives by. As the largest refugee resettlement agency in Michigan and fourth largest in the nation, it has resettled thousands of people from dozens of countries, many of them children without parents. […]