Retiring Southwest Solutions CEO John Van Camp took part in his first “sit-in” for social justice when he was just 10 years old. His family had moved from Detroit to an apple farm in Romeo around 1948. There was little interracial contact in the city, so his mom Dorothy, a social activist, formed an interracial […]
Detroit has flower power. Daffodils are beginning to bloom along medians and in parks thanks to the 265,000 bulbs planted over the past few years. It’s all part of a beautification program to plant 1,000,000 daffodils across the city by the fall of 2020. Another 209,500 bulbs are being planted by city crews this year, […]
More Detroit students will be put to work this summer, courtesy of a $100,000 boost from a major youth employment supporter. Connect Detroit, a nonprofit organization that supports Grow Detroit’s Young Talent, recently announced its receipt of a $100,000 grant from DTE Energy Foundation, a strong advocate of the annual program. The grant will support […]
Over the past half-decade or so, Motor City Comic Con has grown from a loose assortment of fans of genre fiction and cult-status mediums (like comics) to a scene for the masses. This year more than 60,000 attendees are expected to walk through the doors of the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Avenue in […]