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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 inArts & Culture
InsideOut brings celebration of poetry to Detroit riverfront
InsideOut Literary Arts is hosting its second poetry and music festival If the River Could Sing: A Celebration of Writing and River with InsideOut 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Robert Valade Park.
Posted inArts & Culture
Blue Bird Inn restoration aims to entertain new generation of Detroiters
The nonprofit Detroit Sound Conservancy will host a groundbreaking ceremony and barbecue Sunday to kick off a rehabilitation project that seeks to restore the club to its former glory and incorporate new features, too.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Laura Dickerson continues family tradition of union work as UAW regional director
Dickerson, 53, of Farmington Hills, is carrying on her father’s passion for helping others with her role as Region 1A director for the UAW. She is the first Black woman to be in the position.
Posted inEducation
Detroit students show slight gains on Michigan’s M-STEP standardized test
The percentage of Detroit Public Schools Community District students and students in city charters who achieved grade-level proficiency on the M-STEP exam was up in most grades and subject areas.
Posted inArts & Culture
Hometown musicians to take center stage at Detroit Jazz Festival
The 2023 Detroit Jazz Festival kicks off Friday, offering four free days of entertainment at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius for Labor Day weekend.
Posted inEducation
Metro Detroit students start new school year with familiar challenges, fresh solutions
The 2023-24 year marks the fourth full school year since the pandemic started, and offers the state’s public schools an opportunity to recalibrate academic recovery programs, tackle mental health issues, and address longstanding problems.
Posted inCivic and Community Information
Mack Alive celebrates Detroit’s east side with annual parade, rally
The 33rd annual Mack Alive parade takes place Saturday at 10 a.m., starting at Mack and St. Jean and ending at Genesis Lutheran Church, 7200 Mack Avenue.
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Bethel AME celebrates its past through remains of former church
By the early 1920’s, Bethel AME’s congregation had blossomed to more than 2,000 and became a safe place for the Black community to worship, host civic and community organizations and entertainment.
Posted inEducation
Task force holds public meeting on settlement funds for Detroit literacy
The task force will conduct annual evaluations of Detroit literacy and provide state-level policy recommendations. It also will provide the recommendations to the DPSCD school board, but they do not have to accept them.