“Wait,” I remember asking my mom as we drove under the bridge next to the Detroit Zoo, “So we’re a mixed race family?” It took me 17 years to realize that from the outside, we were a family of blended colors, cultures, identities, and histories. I am half Mexican and half white. My mother is […]
In the not too distant past, church was the place where you learned the basics of social grace. Through “Tom Thumb” weddings, fashion shows, “Little Miss & Mister” contests and memorized pageant lines, the youth learned how to walk, talk, sit and generally behave. The Golden Rule governed and it was understood that the mothers […]
The name and worldwide legacy of a rap music icon will be celebrated in Detroit June 19. In conjunction with the national release of the long-awaited biopic All Eyez on Me, Tupac Shakur fans can gather to remember the late artist at 6 p.m. Monday, June 19, 2017 at Bert’s Warehouse in Eastern Market. Detroit’s […]
Whether sweet, sassy, soulful or something in between, music unites us. And, as the weather finally breaks, it’s time to let music play at backyard barbecues, spring symphonies and as part of one of the Detroit’s favorite traditions, the Palmer Woods Music in Homes series. This weekend, it’s time for salsa, sangria and swing amidst […]
While advocates and critics alike reacted to the House of Representatives’ passage of the American Health Care Act last week, one local organization has provided Detroit residents with healthcare services since the late 1990’s. Covenant Community Care, Inc. offers medical, dental, behavioral health and a range of other services to thousands of metro Detroiters, both […]
Nearly 10 years ago, some Detroit youth had never received a formal paycheck. That’s changing. In early July, 8,000 Detroit young people, ages 14 to their early 20s, will gain that experience when they are employed by the city through the Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program. Dierk Hall, president and CEO of City Connect Detroit, […]
Chaldeans have a long history – 5,000 years – and they plan to show it off to the world. On May 2 the Chaldean Cultural Center Museum will open at the Shenandoah Country Club in West Bloomfield to tell the world just who they are and what they have done in the world. It took […]
Eligible Detroit residents will be able to apply for water credits soon thanks to the $1.7 million reallocation of WRAP (Water Residential Assistance Program) by The Great Lakes Water Authority(GLWA). The funding will be available to the city of Detroit, as well as Flint, as a result of the cities’ return to GLWA. It will immediately […]
A physician’s job is to heal the sick, help the wounded and lately protect their rights to quality physical and mental healthcare. As a practicing physician for 30 years, I can tell you integrating healthcare does not take place at the payer level, it takes place at the provider/patient level. Some of the most vulnerable […]
Lace up your running shoes for a chance to fund schools on the near east side of Detroit. The Timber Trot, supporting the Hantz Foundation, starts at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Hutchinson Elementary School. More than 1,000 foot soldiers are expected to greet the morning with a sanctioned race route and a sustaining […]