The importance of rebuilding homeownership in Detroit in order to revitalize its neighborhoods cannot be underestimated. Detroit is where the middle class movement began and took hold, and the distinctively American dream of homeownership helped form the foundation of this defining movement. Detroit had the greatest number of single-family homes per capita and boasted highest […]
Can you change a school’s culture from the inside? The more than 50 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) partners believe you can and are committed to providing comprehensive school-wide programs designed to teach kids healthy habits and address childhood obesity. There’s no one-size-fits-all strategy. The goal is to tailor resources with the individual needs […]
Raising a child in the second decade of the 21st century is difficult. The tools and resources they need to succeed are oftentimes overwhelming. There are answers and they start with learning good nutrition and having access to healthy food choices. That is a family issue and community challenge. Something needs to change in our […]
It was one of the most frightening moments of Lester Parnell’s life. After pulling into his driveway with his family and getting ready to enter the house one evening he noticed his 1-year-old toddling between a mother raccoon and her baby. An abandoned house on Artesian Street next door to his home had long been […]