The founder of a Detroit-based Black health initiative uses images and events to reinforce and redefine messages of health and well-being.
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One Detroit: Omari Rush / Shannon Cason / Alex Forrer / Devin Scillian / Alex Way
Omari Rush, Shannon Cason, Devin Scillian and pictures from the pandemic
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Detroit Will Breathe organizer writes an open letter to City Council President Brenda Jones
Criticism of Detroit city officials is nothing new. Residents, activists and organizers have often opposed the actions and statements of elected officials. In the wake of continued police violence, one activist asks a city council member if Black Lives Matter?
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Detroit women filling a niche in the grocery supply chain
How Latinas in Southwest Detroit turned their part-time hustle of delivering groceries in their community into a full-time job.
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One Detroit: Eviction Concerns / Police Brutality & Systemic Racism Roundtable / Benny Napoleon / Shatila Bakery
Eviction Concerns, Police Brutality & Systemic Racism Roundtable, and more.
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City of Detroit, Schools to partner and help adults earn high school diploma
The High School Completion Program will initially accept 50 adult students who will be paid to complete their GED or high school diploma. The program is a partnership through the City of Detroit’s Detroit at Work program and Detroit Public Schools Community District.
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As Michigan’s ban on property tax foreclosures expires, some in Detroit fear a new wave of people losing their homes
A statewide ban on property tax foreclosures expired this week. Though government seizures and auctions of property remain suspended in Detroit until 2021, many are fighting for a permanent legal change to avoid thousands, if not more, from losing their homes.
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Opinion: Defund the police, invest in Black communities says Detroit organizer Yusef Bunchy Shakur
In the midst of a pandemic people are protesting and rebelling. The anger and frustration of Black Bodies can only be contained for so long.
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What is mail-in voting? All Voting is Local Michigan town hall explains
All Voting is Local Michigan hosted a tele-town hall Monday evening with Detroit Action, the League of Women voters of Michigan, and Rep. Rashida Tlaib. The panel discussed Michigan’s expanded access to voting while explaining the absentee, or vote by mail, process.
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Duggan on Police Driving Into Protesters: “What Are You Supposed to Do?”
A Detroit Police SUV drove through a group of demonstrators protesting systemic racism and police violence. City authorities say the officer believed they were in danger, but protest leader Tristan Taylor says they provoked the incident.