Emergencies and Risks (COVID-19)
COVID-313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Week 9
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In Partnership With DPTV - One Detroit
Now that initial steps toward reopening the economy are taking place, how can Metro Detroiters stay safe?
Opinion: Detroit’s success post-coronavirus depends on all of us working together
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Small businesses, both within the central business district and throughout Detroit’s 139 square miles, are what make Detroit truly special. It will be their products, services and grand ideas that will bring visitors and shoppers back to the city, and again position Detroit at the forefront of innovative business development.
Civic and Community Information
One Detroit: Design Core Detroit / Peter Sparling / Maury Okun / Detroit Institute of Music Education / Livingston County Band
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In Partnership With DPTV - One Detroit
Design Core Detroit champions design-driven businesses and their role in strengthening Detroit’s economy, plus Peter Sparling interpretive dance and more!
Civic and Community Information
Detroit’s registered voters have less than one week left to apply for redistricting commission
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Local organizations, volunteers say education is key to getting applicants of color and Detroit youth to apply to sit on the redistricting commission.
Detroit hit hard by economic impact of coronavirus pandemic
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Detroit’s jobless rate may be as high as 48 percent, twice the statewide unemployment rate and three times the national numbers. Roughly 27 percent of residents are not paying their rent or mortgage.
Civic and Community Information
Detroit, here’s how to be counted
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Detroit has one of the lowest Census response rates in the state, less than half of city residents have responded. Here is how to respond to Census 2020 today.
Civic and Community Information
One Detroit: Introducing BridgeDetroit
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In Partnership With DPTV - One Detroit
Stephen Henderson introduces his new project, BridgeDetroit, a nonprofit community news, information and engagement media service working with a citywide collaborative journalism hub of Detroit-area partners, including Detroit Public TV.
Opinion: Detroit’s playbook to reach a new normal, Everybody Vs. Covid-19
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At the intersection of poverty, race and inequity, Detroit suffers more acutely from the trauma inflicting our nation. For lifelong residents, the pain from this devastation is neither novel nor abstract. Yet, Detroit fights back and creates a path forward.
Civic and Community Information
Detroit continues to lose population, according to Census estimate
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The upcoming count will offer a better understanding of Detroit’s demographic changes, yet the city has one of the lowest response rates in the state for Census 2020
Emergencies and Risks (COVID-19)
Opinion: New Detroit leader blasts senator’s symbolic mask
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The Michigan senator who wore what looked like a Confederate battle flag missed his teaching moment, says New Detroit’s Mike Rafferty.
DPTV - American Black Journal
American Black Journal: COVID-19 Racial Disparities
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In Partnership With DPTV - American Black Journal
A coalition of city officials call for a federal investigation into COVID-19’s impact on people of color. Stephen interviews a member of this group, Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Mary Sheffield, about efforts to dig deeper into why a disproportionate number of African Americans are dying from COVID-19.