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Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement promotes youth leadership at ARISE Detroit’s Neighborhoods Day

Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement promotes youth leadership at ARISE Detroit’s Neighborhoods Day

Church of the Messiah and other organizations came together during ARISE Detroit’s Neighborhoods Day to promote peace and highlight the diligent work of Detroit youth. Contributor Daijah Moss talked with the Peace & Prosperity Youth Action Movement to hear some of their strategies around positive youth development, community unity, creating peace within the city, and youth activism.

Detroit’s affordable housing shortage intertwines with homelessness, amplifying hardships for residents

Detroit’s affordable housing shortage intertwines with homelessness, amplifying hardships for residents

“American Black Journal host Stephen Henderson leads a roundtable with BridgeDetroit’s Nushrat Rahman, City of Detroit’s Donald Rencher, and Neighborhood Service Organization’s Linda Little. They talk about the current state of homelessness in the city, housing instability, affordable housing units, federal housing vouchers, and the end to a national moratorium on rental evictions.

African World Festival returns for 40th annual celebration in Hart Plaza

African World Festival returns for 40th annual celebration in Hart Plaza

Summer is here, and Detroit’s highly anticipated African World Festival is near. The annual festival celebrates 40 years in the city this year from July 14-16 at Hart Plaza. Festival Director Njia Kai shares what attendees can expect from the festival’s 40th annual year celebrating the arts and culture of the African diaspora.

Detroit’s Northwestern High School hosts its inaugural Juneteenth parade

As federal Juneteenth celebrations become more common across the nation, One Detroit visited the Detroit Northwestern High School’s inaugural Juneteenth parade to see how they’re celebrating the nation’s newest federal holiday and to hear how others can learn more about its history.

Detroit Branch NAACP commemorates 1963 Walk to Freedom with June Jubilee events

Detroit Branch NAACP commemorates 1963 Walk to Freedom with June Jubilee events

BridgeDetroit reporter Micah Walker gets details on the Detroit Branch NAACP’s June Jubilee weekend of events in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 Detroit Walk to Freedom, which includes the Freedom Walk Summit, a new Martin Luther King statue, the Freedom Walk, and the annual Fight for Freedom Fund dinner.

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