Ten Detroit schools now have a new goal that will help them improve their education. Those schools – six Detroit Public Schools and four charter schools – will be part of the GOAL Line (which stands for Get on and Learn). It’s a pilot bus loop in Northwest Detroit that will allow families living in […]
The Skillman Foundation and the Campaign for Black Male Achievement have launched their second Detroit Innovation Challenge, which will invest $500,000 in programs to improve life outcomes for youth of color in Detroit. “Detroit has a unique opportunity to become a model of an inclusive city, where all citizens are acknowledged as assets,” says Tonya […]
America’s Thanksgiving Parade is going to have a very special meaning for Yuliana Ortiz, a seventh-grade student from Clippert Academy. As the winner of the 26th Annual Skillman Foundation’s Float Design Contest, she’ll see her design, “The Snowing Mountains,” come to life in a larger-than-life Skillman float that will travel down Woodward in the 91st […]
Full-figured wasn’t always fabulous for Sharon DuMas. As a teenager, she was often overlooked by boys, even told by a counselor that a secretary’s job would suit her better than a position of leadership. But not only did DuMas go on to occupy leadership positions, she embraced her self-image and started an organization to help […]