“The economic impact from this effort cannot be overlooked, as we help our hardware clients grow we are also sending significant business to the local supply chain that is directly helping with their design, engineering, prototyping, testing and manufacturing,” says Dan Radomski, executive director of the Centrepolis Accelerator.

"Especially during the pandemic, children need a way to get those big emotions out. They’ve been affected just as adults have," says Laura Scales, executive director at Living Arts. "The arts can heal and transform. I want to give youth a way to dance it out, sing it out, draw it out and write it out."  

"This pandemic is both a blessing and a curse. I say this because it shines a light on how greatly some people in urban communities struggle," says Kenyetta Campbell, founder and executive director of Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance. "I think it's caused people who haven’t gone through the same COVID-19 challenges to be more sensitive toward those who lack resources, who’ve lost jobs, who are struggling to educate their kids or don’t know where they're getting their next meal. I'm hoping that, as a society, we can continue to address the many challenges people in this world face."  

Parents around Metro Detroit are grappling with how to talk to their children about the fatal shooting at Oxford High School on Tuesday. Sadly, they aren't alone, but there are resources to help. We've compiled a list of guides that can assist with navigating tough conversations.

The application window for the Kresge Artist Fellowships has officially opened, inviting artists in the Live Arts and Film & Music categories to apply for $550,000 in no-strings-attached fellowships.

“Even though this was about redistricting, it was even more of a way for us to say: Number one, you’re on our lands, and you should include us in everything. And number two, we're everywhere. We're in every voting neighborhood. We're in every voting bloc. We are all over the place,” says Meredith Kennedy, executive director of the Miigwech, Inc. nonprofit organization.