Videos

VIDEO: Tech Town SWOT City

DETROIT LIVES! Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Tech Town is reaching out beyond its purview in Midtown to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in other Detroit neighborhoods through the SWOT City program. Video by DETROIT LIVES!read on…

Development, Education, Entrepreneurship

Detroit, Midtown

Erik Howard is the co-founder of Young Nation, a non-profit organization that promotes holistic development of youth in urban settings through building relationships, community education, and passion-driven projects. See him and several other UIX innovators on Friday, April 12 starting at 5:30 p.m. at MoCAD as UIX celebrates our one-year anniversary with a special UIX+ArtXDetroit discussion on placemaking. Video by DETROIT LIVES! for Detroit Creative Corridor Center. read on…

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Crowdsourcing, Design, Education, Kids, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Parks & Greenspace, Placemaking

Detroit, Southwest Detroit

VIDEO: Scott Alan Davis

DETROIT LIVES! Wednesday, September 12, 2012

The North End is one of Detroit's outer-lying communities that was hard-hit by decades of disinvestment, but the Vanguard CDC works hard every day towards education development, community development and economic development in the North End community so that everyone has "an on-ramp" to join "the prosperity highway." Video by DETROIT LIVES!read on…

Community Engagement, Development, Education, Jobs, Kids, Placemaking

North End

VIDEO: Soh Suzuki

DETROIT LIVES! Thursday, August 23, 2012

How do you promote a greater understanding of Detroit's shared history and empower the next generation of changemakers? Soh Suzuki of Detroit Asian Youth (DAY) Project shares his work to engage young people through community projects. Video by DETROIT LIVES! read on…

Community Engagement, Education, Kids, Leadership, Multiculturalism

Detroit

VIDEO: Terry Blackhawk

DETROIT LIVES! Monday, July 16, 2012

The InsideOut Literary Arts Project helps young Detroiters find their voices as writers, which in turn teaches them to think critically and creatively. Since she founded the program in 1995, Terry Blackhawk has grown the program from a few classrooms to more than 30 schools and 4,300 students - no small feat. Video by DETROIT LIVES! read on…

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Education, Kids, Leadership

Detroit, Midtown

VIDEO: Charlie Cavell

DETROIT LIVES! Monday, June 18, 2012

As a student at Wayne State University, Charlie Cavell discovered a problem he wanted to help solve. "There are a lot of people without jobs in this city. How do we fix that?" Thus was born the Pay it Forward Initiative. In this video, Charlie sits down with DETROIT LIVES! to share how his small startup project is making a big difference. read on…

Community Engagement, Education, Entrepreneurship, Human Services, Jobs, Leadership

Detroit

VIDEO: Yusef Shakur

DETROIT LIVES! Thursday, May 24, 2012

"A bookstore? That's the most radical sh*t you can do in the 21st century, open a bookstore in certain areas." If so, then Yusef Bunchy Shakur, owner of the Urban Network, is pretty radical -- and innovative. Check out his conversation with DETROIT LIVES! about his work to build a stronger community in Detroit's Zone 8 neighborhood. read on…

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Education, Entrepreneurship, Kids, Leadership, Placemaking

Detroit

VIDEO: Jessica Williams

DETROIT LIVES! Thursday, May 24, 2012

Jessica Brooke Williams leads Young Adults/Artists/Activists of Heidelberg (YAH), a branch of the Heidelberg Project that engages young adults to become leaders in the community and gain professional development in Detroit's arts industry. Video profile by DETROIT LIVES! read on…

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Design, Education, Kids, Leadership, Outdoor Recreation, Parks & Greenspace, Placemaking, Rehab/Renovation

Detroit

VIDEO: Bobby Smith

DETROIT LIVES! Wednesday, March 21, 2012

How do you get kids excited about learning? Give them a sword. Bobby Smith of En Garde! Detroit explains how fencing fosters concentration and focus, skills needed for academic success. Video by DETROIT LIVES! read on…

Community Engagement, Education, Entrepreneurship, Health & Wellness, Kids, Leadership

Detroit, Midtown, Corktown

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