Category: Neighborhoods

WATCH: COVID313 Community Coalition Virtual Town Hall Live

by Cheryl Jones | Jul 30, 2020 | Articles, COVID313 Town Hall Clip, Neighborhoods, News, One Detroit, Video | 0

Each Thursday at noon, join the COVID313 Community Coalition for Families and Students for a Virtual Townhall focused on supporting parents, students, and families during the Coronavirus outbreak.

ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day’s new direction

by Lea Vigi | Jul 22, 2020 | ABJ Clips, American Black Journal, Community Posts, Community Update, Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis, COVID-19-Leadership, Neighborhoods | 0

Executive Director Luther Keith explains what the scaled down version of ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day will look like in order to keep everyone safe.

Have You Seen Her?

by Robert Tompkins | Mar 2, 2020 | Articles, Community Posts, Education, Islandview, Neighborhoods, News, One Detroit, Politics, Social Justice, The View From Islandview | 0

Church of the Messiah and Let’s Have Girl Talk Mentoring Program teamed up to take a stand against the predators, educate the community and protect our children with an event entitled, “When Sex Sells: The Truth about Human Trafficking.”

One Detroit & American Black Journal Roadshow: Ford and the Impact Zone

by Lea Vigi | Feb 20, 2020 | Articles, Corktown, Neighborhoods, News, One Detroit, One Detroit Full Episodes, Roadshows | 1

How do neighborhoods balance the changes caused by economic investment with the need to retain their identity? Watch on February 20

One Detroit: Hygrade Deli Extended Interview

by Michael Sellers | Feb 14, 2020 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Detroit Growth, Neighborhoods, News, One Detroit | 0

Hygrade Deli on Michigan Avenue has been a staple of Corktown for many years. The current owner, Stuart Litt, sat down with Nolan Finley to speak on the historic highs and lows of owning a business in the city.

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News From Around Detroit

Bill Ford: We have to keep work-at-home healthy for employees
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Bill Ford talks one-on-one about trying to find work-life balance during a pandemic, the outgoing CEO and why Jim Farley is the new chosen leader.
Lake Superior State University among 1st in Michigan to test campus living during pandemic
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Lake Superior State University students have moved back into dorms and start classes Monday. Life will look different than when they left.
Report: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met with Joe Biden in Delaware last weekend
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Delaware last weekend to meet with Joe Biden, his first known in-person session with a potential running mate..
Leelanau County official uses racial slur to blame coronavirus on Detroiters
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
At a recent public meeting, a Leelanau road commissioner used a racial slur and blamed the COVID-19 crisis in Michigan on Detroit residents.
Judge: U-M must send letter to 300,000 alumni, alert them of Anderson lawsuits
by Detroit Free Press (GANNETT Syndication Service)
U-M has said it is interested in settling with Anderson's survivors but had been pushing for the settlement to occur outside the federal court system.

National Headlines

Voters weary as Puerto Rico prepares for historic primaries

Gov. Wanda Vázquez of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party is running against seasoned politician Pedro Pierluisi, who represented Puerto Rico in Congress from 2009 to 2017 and briefly served as governor last August after the then governor resigned following street protests.
With no deal on pandemic relief bill, Trump says he'll use executive action

The White House and congressional Democrats have again failed to agree on a new pandemic relief package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, but they were unable to find a middle ground. Lisa Desjardins and Yamiche Alcindor join Judy Woodruff to discuss.
Behind the #ChallengeAccepted campaign, rising Turkish femicides and hostility toward a womens' rights treaty

There are several theories for how this latest selfie meme began, but many users have traced the viral moment back to a campaign combating violence against women in Turkey.