Ayinde Perry started a lawn care business with his father over the summer. Credit: Courtesy Photo

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BridgeDetroit’s engagement director, Orlando Bailey is sitting down for interviews with Detroit youth to hear about their experience during the coronavirus pandemic and its accompanying social isolation. 

Rising eighth-grader Ayinde Perry, a student at Paul Robeson Malcolm X Academy. details his virtual learning experience, his spoiled summer plans and his successful lawn care business. 

Are you a parent who would be willing to let your young person speak with Orlando? Email him at obailey@bridgedetroit.com.   

Learn more about how Detroit youth are navigating during the coronavirus pandemic.

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...

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