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The Mendota House: Generational wealth and inheritance in Detroit

Like many Black Detroiters, people in my family dream of creating wealth and passing it down through the generations.

3 years ago

This program trains Detroiters for in-demand jobs with livable wages — and fast

The Detroit Training Center works with employers to offer job training programs for skills that are in high demand, with…

3 years ago

How Building Community Value puts local development into the hands of Detroiters

Building Community Value's Detroit real estate course gives Black developers skills to navigate an industry that's historically shut them out.

3 years ago

Call for personal narratives on economic mobility in Detroit

We're looking for Detroit storytellers who will attend a workshop, then receive mentoring and $300 to produce their stories.

3 years ago

Pandemic grocery store anxiety made an attorney learn how to eat from the land

Filling Our Plates: Hundreds of new home gardeners in Detroit took food sovereignty into their own hands, with the support…

3 years ago

With no stove, no car, no money for rent, a single mom found a neighborhood lifeline

Filling Our Plates: Mutual aid is getting funds to people in need in vulnerable communities like Southwest Detroit -- and…

3 years ago

Filling Our Plates: Detroit food security innovations

Filling Our Plates profiles Detroiters who faced food insecurity during the pandemic -- and the innovations they and local groups…

3 years ago

This retired hospital worker started a free food fair on her block — with food that would have gone into a landfill

Filling Our Plates: A Detroit nonprofit is using an Uber-like app to connect businesses with small amounts of food to…

3 years ago

She lost her job while on maternity leave. A free online grocery store kept her family fed.

Filling Our Plates: How an innovative Detroit emergency food distribution model empowered recipients through choice.

3 years ago