After shutting its doors in 2009, the building became a target for vandalism and crime, with graffiti-filled walls, broken windows and classrooms scraped clean.
Micah Walker
Micah Walker joins the BridgeDetroit team covering the arts and culture and education in the city.
Originally from the metro Detroit area, she is back in her home state after two years in Ohio. Micah was previously a trending/ general assignment reporter at The Columbus Dispatch, where she covered a wide range of areas such as the arts, child care and the homeless population. She was also a general assignment reporter for The Marion Star, covering the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as education and business.
Micah is a graduate of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, receiving her bachelor’s degree in journalism.
In 2022, Micah was selected as a fellow for the National Press Foundation’s Widening the Pipeline fellowship, a year-long program that offers multimedia and leadership training to early career journalists of color.
Posted inEducation
Detroit nonprofit’s summer camp teaches youth the art of debate
Umoja Debate Team is kicking off a free, eight-week summer camp June 21 for Metro Detroit youth ages 11-14.
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Marcus Garvey Academy urging students to wear masks when building reopens
Students will be subject to temperature checks and officials are “strongly encouraging” masks following a high rate of flu-like symptoms
Posted inHealth and Welfare
Detroit academy temporarily closes amid high rate of flu-like illness
Marcus Garvey Academy on Detroit’s east side is closed until Monday due to high levels of illness spreading among students.
Posted inPolice & Public Safety
Advisory Panel hopes to bridge gap between Detroit police and youth
The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners created a Youth Advisory Panel to “shape a new era” of policing and social justice.
Posted inArts & Culture
Native Detroit poets, longtime friends earn state and national recognition
Michigan’s new poet laureate, Nandi Comer, and recent Whiting Award winner, Tommye, got their start together two decades back at poetry workshop.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Former Detroit Mayor Coleman Young inspires Wayne State University course
The three-credit spring/summer class and guest lecture series “Planning and Social Legacies of Coleman A. Young” begins May 11.
Posted inArts & Culture
Detroit Food Academy gives youth more than just cooking skills
The program also consists of workshops and field trips on topics like food safety, financial literacy, communication and professionalism.
Posted inArts & Culture
Karriem Riggins to bring ‘boundary-less’ music to Detroit Jazz Festival
The artist-in-residence for the Detroit Jazz Festival will play multiple performances during the Sept. 1-4 festival downtown.
Posted inArts & Culture
Detroit selects 25 artists for 2023 City Walls mural program
A second round of artist selections will open next month, with awards being granted in July. In total, more than $500,000 will go toward artist murals across the city this summer.