The Detroit News Maureen Feighan Dec. 20, 2021 Scroll through Asmaa Walton’s Black Art Library page on Instagram and you’ll see post after post with her signature pose — two arms holding out books about different Black visual artists. It …
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In Case You Missed It: Growing and Retaining Detroit’s African American Middle Class
Detroit Future City’s (DFC) Center for Equity, Engagement, and Research recently hosted a conversation about the growth of Detroit’s African American middle class as an indicator of economic equity. View a recording and recap.
Continue ReadingNew Police Chief in Dearborn to be First Muslim to Lead Department
Detroit Free Press Niraj Warikoo Dec. 20, 2021 A veteran of the Dearborn Police department will be the city’s next police chief, Mayor-elect Abdullah Hammoud announced Monday. Starting Jan. 1, Cmdr. Issa Shahin, who has served with Dearborn Police since …
Continue ReadingMore Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Open for Business
WIRED David Tobenkin Dec. 20, 2021 A new report finds more people, particularly those in minority groups, are starting new ventures amid the pandemic. Stephon Sanders is a soft-spoken 16-year-old Black student in Tampa, Florida who loves playing basketball and …
Continue ReadingTreasury Department Earmarks $8.7 Billion in Federal Funding Targeted to Minority Businesses
Black Enterprise Jeffrey McKinney Dec. 17, 2021 More so than other racial groups, Black-owned businesses have been trounced harder by COVID-19 and are still rebounding from the pandemic. Yet, some uplifting news is they perhaps will be among those to …
Continue ReadingOne Million Black Women: How Goldman Sachs Is Investing in Black Women and Creating a Sustainable Future for Everyone
Blavity News Natalie Webb Dec. 16, 2021 Since the pandemic hit, individuals and businesses across the country have suffered a major blow to every aspect of their lives, from earnings to growth to future opportunities. But Black women in the …
Continue ReadingA Conversation with Four Leading Black Women Who Are Building and Scaling Social Impact in Detroit and the Nation
In early December, as part of the SHIFT Series, GreenLight Fund hosted the event Building Change that Lasts: A Conversation with Black Women Scaling Social Impact, featuring a panel of four leading Black women. The panelists explored the tools, strategies, …
Continue ReadingBringing Pocket Parks to ‘Kid Success Neighborhoods’ in Detroit
Next City Marianne Dhenin Dec. 10, 2021 Windee Brown remembers growing up in Detroit. “It wasn’t easy,” she said. Her family moved away from Detroit when she was eleven. Now, two decades later, she has moved back with four kids …
Continue ReadingDetroit’s Only Black-Owned Grocery Store is Reimagining Food Access
Patch Serena Maria Daniels Dec. 16, 2021 When Raphael Wright set out to open a supermarket in Detroit more than four years ago, he had his sights on competing with the suburban Walmarts, Krogers, and Meijers of the world. He …
Continue Reading‘Habari Gani, Waddup Doe’: Black Woman Brings Kwanzaa to Detroit with Online Shop, KwanzaaMe
Many holidays are celebrated across the U.S. in December. Two of the most prominent ones are Christmas and Hanukkah. Another holiday celebrated by millions in the U.S. and around the world is Kwanzaa, a weeklong celebration of Black and African …
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