Museum founder Olayami Dabls, an artist and storyteller who grew up in Detroit, wanted the museum’s exterior to tell the same story as the strands and jars of colorful beads displayed inside. Since 1998, the African Bead Museum has drawn visitors from around the world. He partnered with U-M recently on the AfricanFuturist Greenhouse, designed to mimic bead patterns.
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September 7, 2022
Ideas with a beat: Hip-hop as a new universal language
Deidre D.S.SENSE Smith has found that, like music itself, hip-hop is becoming a universal language. “People from all walks of life have the need and desire to be understood.”
Ideas With A Beat: Hip-hop Songwriting (MUSPERF 200) is open to all majors.
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September 26, 2022
Program manager keeps Campus Farm bustling, partners with Detroit groups
This past spring the farm grew 14,000 tomato transplants in collaboration with Keep Growing Detroit for distribution in that organization’s Garden Resource Program that supports over 2,000 urban and community gardens in the city.
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September 28, 2022
From garden to growth: This urban garden cultivates young leaders
Cadillac Urban Gardens doesn’t just grow produce. It grow leaders and environmental stewards, says U-M alumna Sarah Clark, who founded the garden. Clark started working with Dolores Perales in 2013 when she was a sophomore at Detroit Cristo Rey High School. Perales went on to earn dual master’s degrees from U-M.
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September 19, 2022
Q&A: DeAndré Calvert continues family legacy with work uniting students and community partners
“The pandemic shined a light on the fact that digital access is both a real requirement for modern living, and a cause of inequity for those who don’t have it. With so many aspects of our lives taking place remotely, that digital divide seemed to get bigger.”
~ DeAndré Calvert
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September 13, 2022
Immersive Semester in Detroit Program expands opportunity to all U-M campuses, providing transformational learning experiences
Students are encouraged to be mindful of their identities when entering a space they’re not from, and to always lead with a respect for the work that is already being done.
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September 6, 2022
SEAS continues to grow environmental justice program with new expertise, community organizers
By expanding the program and building on its history as leaders in environmental justice, SEAS is continuing to foster the educational experience that communities affected by injustice have been demanding of universities.
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August 26, 2022
U-M forecast: Detroit economy overcoming pandemic challenges while grappling with recession fears
The forecast calls for the city to add 11,300 payroll jobs this year and 6,100 in 2023, the year in which the city is expected to recover to its pre-pandemic level.
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August 23, 2022
Helping youth harness the power of communication
U-M’s Poverty Solutions initiative collaborated with the Detroit Phoenix Center to develop a series of communications workshops for the Summer Leadership Academy on owning your narrative, defining your point of view, using data to support your point, and crafting advocacy statements.
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September 30, 2022
Energy News
Can energy justice be measured? A new research project aims to do just that
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September 30, 2022
The Detroit News
Detroit delays free legal aid program for renters facing eviction
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September 30, 2022
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Shipt launches program to boost small retailers in Detroit, access to healthy food
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September 28, 2022
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Detroit sues Census bureau over 2021 population estimates, argues figure ‘divorced from reality’
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October 3, 2022
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