Civic and Community Information

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.

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.

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.

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.

BridgeDetroit’s Bryce Huffman and Orlando Bailey take a few minutes to share their raw reactions to a video of a Detroit Police vehicle plowing through a gathering of Black Lives Matter protesters in Southwest Detroit Sunday night. They also offer thoughts on Mayor Mike Duggan and Police Chief James Craig’s response to the incident.

City officials double-down on use of facial recognition technology, even after the wrongful arrest of an innocent Black man in Farmington Hills made national news. The ACLU has filed a complaint against the Detroit Police Department after detectives held a Farmington Hills man for 18 hours without being told why he was arrested.