What is Community Engagement?
Views of a Former Detroit Works Project Strategist by Angie Allen The major tension in Detroit’s land use planning for decades lies in the question of involvement: which people are […]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Michigan Responds to Snyder’s Austerity Attacks
by D. Sands Citizens in Detroit and across Michigan have been responding to the GOP’s budget cuts and Snyder’s dictatorial Emergency Manager Act (Public Act 4) with a flurry of […]
The Godboldo Family Heals
by Paul Abowd Ariana Godboldo’s illness began with a vaccination. After several years of homeschooling, her mother Maryanne decided to enroll the 13-year-old in Detroit Public Schools. But to enroll […]
Poetry Agents
by Paul Abowd The Citywide Agents are a group of young writers who met through afterschool workshops sponsored by Detroit literary arts organization called InsideOut. By last summer, they were […]
Black and Proud: Putting Community Back into Queer Organizing
by Jackson Bartlett “We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re not afraid of Detroit,” seemed to be the refrain at this year’s Motor City Pride. Held on this side of the […]
Austerity Pleasures: A Look at the Snyder Budget Crisis
by D. Sands The recent news that Michigan’s economy is bringing in higher than expected tax revenues must strike Governor Snyder’s true believers as a little surprising. Ever since the […]
No Corner is Illegal
by Carmen Mendoza-King From my front porch, I can see the corner—a corner from which the movement of my neighborhood resonates. Jaywalked daily, the corner is between two crosswalks that […]
Critical Moment 