Have an idea to support youth of color in Detroit? Check out $500,000 Innovation Challenge for funding

Have an idea to support youth of color in Detroit? Check out $500,000 Innovation Challenge for funding

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 […]

Clippert Academy 7th grader’s artwork to become float in America’s Thanksgiving Parade

Clippert Academy 7th grader’s artwork to become float in America’s Thanksgiving Parade

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 […]

Detroit-based business celebrates 35 years of fabulousity Friday

Detroit-based business celebrates 35 years of fabulousity Friday

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 […]