A Knockout Success — all before high school graduation by Courtney Wise Randolph 13 September SHARE Facebook Twitter Pinterest Detroit teen Quintin Love, Jr. runs a photography business, holds a 3.5 GPA at Cass Tech and started boxing and mentoring program Xtreme 365 to... Read More →
Bags to Butterflies provides a second chance for formerly incarcerated women by Allison Jacobs 8 September SHARE Facebook Twitter Pinterest Michelle Smart founded Bags to Butterflies, an artisan handbag social enterprise in Detroit, to offer women “a job that understands.†... Read More →
Hamtramck zoning board allows Esthi Queen Healing Spa to stay open after blowback by Courtney Wise Randolph 3 August SHARE Facebook Twitter Pinterest Hamtramck’s Zoning Board of Appeals will allow Esthi Queen Healing Spa to stay open, reversing a denial that spurred discrimination claims.... Read More →
Black Bottom Garden Center, a garden supply co-op, takes root in the North End by Courtney Wise Randolph 16 June SHARE Facebook Twitter Pinterest Black Bottom Garden Center, a co-op founded and led by six Black women in Detroit’s North End, sells plants they grew in their own gardens.... Read More →
Deirdre Roberson, Detroit designer, pushes for change through Eumelanin clothing line by Allison Jacobs 15 June SHARE Facebook Twitter Pinterest "Growing up as a dark-skinned woman, you’re told a lot of things based on your skin tone...I thought, how do I challenge these ideas? How... Read More →
More than 40 of Detroit’s Black-owned businesses that deserve your dollars [UPDATED] by Allison Jacobs 8 June SHARE Facebook Twitter Pinterest If you’re looking for ways to diversify your shopping, promote equity through your wallet and support businesses that look like the communities they serve, spending... Read More →
