BridgeDetroit releases its newest community priorities report, which finds public transparency and climate change — among other issues — high on the list of residents’ concerns.
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.
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LISTEN: ‘There was water everywhere. How are we going to get out?’
Authentically Detroit hears from eastsiders and Jefferson Chalmers residents whose homes were flooded by last week’s rain. Residents are overwhelmed by the damage and resulting cleanup. They say they feel like they are on their own — again.
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Freedom ain’t free: A look at Detroit’s proposed City Charter changes
Authentically Detroit talks with Charter Commissioner Denzel McCampbell and television host Steve Hood about the Charter Commission’s proposed changes that will be before voters in August.
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Podcast: Detroit activist hopes to represent the far eastside
Detroit City Council candidate for District 4 says she wants to compensate Detroiters who were victims of over-taxation.
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PODCAST: ‘Unions advocate for workers and Detroit neighborhoods’
Authentically Detroit hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson discuss how labor unions can advocate for both the organization’s membership and common good.
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PODCAST: Detroiters remember Motown and the original Supreme, Mary Wilson
Authentically Detroit hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson discuss the legacy of Motown and recent passing of singer Mary Wilson with Allen Rawls and Broadway-star Jawan M. Jackson.
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Podcast: Detroit Eastsiders meet to discuss city’s Bill of Rights
Authentically Detroit hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson speak with Detroit City Council President Pro-Tem Mary Sheffied and Charter Commissioner Denzel McCampbell about the Detroiters Bill of Rights.
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Podcast: Rashida Tlaib on insurrection, impeachment and the inauguration
On this episode of Authentically Detroit, hosts Orlando Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson talk with U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib about the insurrection and her vote to impeach former President Donald Trump a second time.
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Podcast: Detroit journalist on his bid for city council
Former Detroit investigative journalist M.L. Erick answers questions about his role in the media and his city council candidacy representing the east side’s fourth district.
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Podcast: Afrofuturism guides grassroots development in Detroit’s North End
Activist Bryce Detroit discusses his “Hood Closed to Gentrifiers” campaign and how Afrofuturism can be the cornerstone for radical imagination in Detroit’s neighborhoods.