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  • Closing the voter engagement gap in Metro Detroit

    March 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    To close the voting participation and engagement gap between historically disenfranchised groups and more affluent, white groups, organizations in Metropolitan Detroit are employing a number of strategies. One group, Girls Making Change, is creating a political leadership pipeline by mentoring high school girls of color over the summer. CitizenDetroit organizes voter education groups, candidate debates, and even bar trivia nights with a political theme.

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  • Detroit homeless court changes lives for its defendants

    November 20, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Street Outreach Court Detroit is a collaboration between the courts and service providers to waive legal and financial obligations post-conviction if a person makes a commitment to an individualized action plan. These plans can include steps such as substance misuse treatment, enrolling in a workforce readiness program, and accessing housing subsidies.

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  • Two Detroit residents, one lifelong and one new, look to start small-scale neighborhood grocery

    August 14, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Some Detroit residents can soon trade the long commute to big chain grocery stores for Neighborhood Grocery, a new store with local produce intended to actually cater to the needs of the customers it will serve. Other benefits include job creation, reduction of food waste, and food items that residents help choose. Local organizations are providing funding to get the grocery off the ground.

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  • How the efforts of a single resident (and a few friends) beautified Yorkshire Woods

    July 10, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In the Yorkshire Woods neighborhood of Detroit, where there was once blight and vacant properties, there is now a community garden. Thanks to the enterprising efforts of Mose Primus, a community activist, the neighborhood has gained the funding, volunteers, and land to change the area. Little by little it is being restored to the tight-knit community of families it used to be.

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  • Making business democratic: The Cooperation Group gives Detroiters avenues for collective ownership

    June 12, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Cooperation Group is a Detroit-based nonprofit that consults for worker-owned cooperatives. They also give advice to organizations even if they think a cooperative is not the best model, as they did with the nonprofit Soulardarity. Either way, they want what is best for the business and the people who work there. The Cooperation Group has mobilized a lot of support in Detroit for cooperatives, including foundations and local government.

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  • With few resources, block clubs find ways to stabilize and rejuvenate communities across Detroit

    December 11, 2017 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Block clubs act as a more approachable way for residents of a certain area to come together, “and they’re also one of the most essential.” In several neighborhood of Detroit, block clubs have made impactful local changes. From handling safety issues without necessarily involving the police to caring for vacant properties to advocating for brighter street lights, these block clubs are making their communities better.

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