Bridge Detroit (https://www.bridgedetroit.com/author/orlando-bailey/)
Orlando Bailey is Engagement Director for BridgeDetroit. He is the former deputy director for Eastside Community Network in Detroit, is co-host of the Authentically Detroit podcast, and is the host at Detroit’s Urban Consulate.
DeVaughn Ballinger is a dancer and choreographer obsessed with capturing Detroit’s style and culture. His most recent creation, a celebration of Big Sean’s song “The Baddest,” has gone viral, with more than 50,000 views.
‘I want face-to-face learning with precautions’
Hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson emcee a virtual community gathering in partnership with Eastside Community Network to dialogue with residents about Proposal N.
“I am strongly considering a run for mayor”
‘Not seeing my friends makes me feel sad and lonely.’
‘I was sad because my counselor at school passed away.’
Arthur Jemison of the City of Detroit gives a breakdown of Proposal N which will be on the November ballot in Detroit and discussed ways the public can keep him and colleagues accountable.
“As a profession, we must be as deliberate in dismantling systemic oppression, as those who set the stage for the negative impact of policies that continuously show up in Black and Brown communities.”
“What’s uncommon is the interjection of federal enforcement when it was not asked for.”
Next time we hear that it’s people who don’t live in the city that’s causing trouble, I want to ask exactly how many members of our police department actually live in the city.