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Brilliant Detroit opening 7 new neighborhood sites this year in expansion push
Central to the model is buy-in from the community. Brilliant Detroit builds relationships in the neighborhood, then seeks an invitation to bring its programs …
‘It’s a knife fight.’ Here’s how 3 orchestras facing the same problems as the Baltimore Symphony bounced back
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra The orchestra ran up a $3.8 million deficit in the 2008-09 fiscal year and faced a $6.5 million deficit the …
Funding for Social Enterprises in Detroit: Assessing the Landscape
On global and local levels, including Detroit, the emergence and rapid growth of social enterprise is changing ways of working by a variety of …
DSO launches effort to activate secluded courtyard behind The Max
While a dozen cultural institutions move forward with a plan to activate the outdoor space in Detroit's 83-acre anchor cultural district a mile up …
Graffiti jewelry business is helping some Detroit women out of poverty (video)
(Aired June 30, NBC Nightly News) Rebel Nell is a non-profit support system for homeless and formerly homeless women in the Detroit area. As …
Yad Ezra Inspires Change in Poland
On a trip to Detroit, Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich visited Berkley’s Yad Ezra, which serves about 3,000 people each year. After seeing the …
A once-blighted Fitzgerald home is finding new life as an early childhood learning center
The new Fitzgerald house, which celebrated its grand opening on June 8, is the latest in a series of innovative neighborhood child learning centers …
Defusing tantrums, tying laces, and changing young lives — while living under the poverty line
Cindy Lester calmly sat down on the child-sized couch with the 4-year-old who had been careening around her classroom all morning. He’d just flipped …
Our executive director takes a planned sabbatical
After more than 12 years of service alongside the family, fellow staff, colleagues in the field, and neighbors who have welcomed us into the …
Brianna Suarez, Program Partner moves to her next challenge!
Nearly three weeks ago Brianna Suarez shared the news with us she is moving to Newark, NJ to take on a new challenge. While …
Brilliant Detroit opening 7 new neighborhood sites this year in expansion push
Central to the model is buy-in from the community. Brilliant Detroit builds relationships in the neighborhood, then seeks an invitation to bring its programs …
‘It’s a knife fight.’ Here’s how 3 orchestras facing the same problems as the Baltimore Symphony bounced back
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra The orchestra ran up a $3.8 million deficit in the 2008-09 fiscal year and faced a $6.5 million deficit the …
Funding for Social Enterprises in Detroit: Assessing the Landscape
On global and local levels, including Detroit, the emergence and rapid growth of social enterprise is changing ways of working by a variety of …
DSO launches effort to activate secluded courtyard behind The Max
While a dozen cultural institutions move forward with a plan to activate the outdoor space in Detroit's 83-acre anchor cultural district a mile up …
Graffiti jewelry business is helping some Detroit women out of poverty (video)
(Aired June 30, NBC Nightly News) Rebel Nell is a non-profit support system for homeless and formerly homeless women in the Detroit area. As …
Yad Ezra Inspires Change in Poland
On a trip to Detroit, Poland’s Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich visited Berkley’s Yad Ezra, which serves about 3,000 people each year. After seeing the …
A once-blighted Fitzgerald home is finding new life as an early childhood learning center
The new Fitzgerald house, which celebrated its grand opening on June 8, is the latest in a series of innovative neighborhood child learning centers …
Defusing tantrums, tying laces, and changing young lives — while living under the poverty line
Cindy Lester calmly sat down on the child-sized couch with the 4-year-old who had been careening around her classroom all morning. He’d just flipped …
Our executive director takes a planned sabbatical
After more than 12 years of service alongside the family, fellow staff, colleagues in the field, and neighbors who have welcomed us into the …
Brianna Suarez, Program Partner moves to her next challenge!
Nearly three weeks ago Brianna Suarez shared the news with us she is moving to Newark, NJ to take on a new challenge. While …
