For the past year and a half I have had the pleasure of serving on the board of Heritage Works, a Detroit-based nonprofit. I was most pleased to discover the Detroit News featured Heritage Works in an article on the front page of its website earlier today. Check out this article and video by journalist [...]
Last month I had the honor of joining the board of Heritage Works, a Detroit-based nonprofit with a focus on cultural arts. This community-based organization is both inspiring and making an impact on the lives of children and adults. Founded in December of 2000 as African Dance Works, Heritage Works “celebrates the beauty and humanity [...]
What do 3,639 people have in common? The answer is an interest in teaching the children of Detroit how to read. Back in December the Detroit Free Press, in partnership with Detroit Public Schools, made a call for citizens to volunteer 100,000 hours collectively to tutor reading in the DPS. The public has responded. Yesterday [...]
I’m a big fan of the Ann Arbor Chronicle. Having worked a short stint as a photojournalist at some of Michigan’s biggest papers, I have a high respect for both journalism and citizen journalism. The Ann Arbor Chronilce is a great local resource. An article was posted earlier today on Project Grow’s annual meeting, which [...]