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Poetry can often channel grief, pain, solidarity, and resistance in ways that everyday language can’t.

Black Lives Matter: Six Poems

Full Circle: First Nations Performance is a non-profit society and registered charity that creates opportunities for Indigenous artists. 

Full Circle: First Nations Performance

Open Americas encourages open, respectful debate around social issues facing the Western Hemisphere. “We advocate a diversity of thought through information, whether it be conveyed through research, literature, reviews, or photographs.”

Open Americas

An excerpt from a recent poem by Laura A. Lord: “I could twist the tap and pull myself back until I’m only a few little drops / and then you could catch me in your hands like you used to do.”

Running Water

Southfield (CW50) – Clement “FAME” Brown is the founder of Three Thirteen, a boutique in Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion that is a laboratory for Detroit’s future fashion designers. Clement “FAME” Brown, founder of Three Thirteen (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50) Brown joined Lisa Germani on COMMUNITY CONNECT to talk about how he got started as an entrepreneur and what he hopes to bring to Detroit fashion. Clement “FAME” Brown, founder of Three Thirteen, with Community Connect Host Lisa Germani (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50) They also discussed Brown’s feature on In Good Co. Detroit, a storytelling initiative that contains feature videos, podcasts, photography and written features on Detroit entrepreneurs. Clement “FAME” Brown, founder of Three Thirteen (Credit: Logan Tesmer/CW50) You can watch/listen/read his story on InGoodCoDetroit.com Watch COMMUNITY CONNECT, Saturday at 8:30am on CW50 to see Clement “FAME” Brown’s Full Interview

Fashion Designer Clement “FAME” Brown, Second Entrepreneur Featured for In Good Co. Detroit

A 9-year-old fashion designer who creates clothes for her dolls has captured the attention of Mattel.

9-Year-Old Detroit Fashion Designer Captures Mattel’s Attention

Today’s post is a guest post by activist and writer Emelda. She was so kind as to share her thoughts on the recent protests for support of Black Lives Matter, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and all who have lost their lives to police violence. By Emelda “Black rage is founded on blatant denial. […]

For Breonna, George, Ahmaud, and All of Us on the Margins

The elusive Great American Novel. You’ve heard the term. What does it mean to you? And, in current American culture, is the term becoming outdated?

What makes a book a Great American Novel?

Grace Lee Boggs was a prominent writer and activist who worked closely with Black Marxist and Black power leaders like Malcolm X and her husband James Boggs during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Born in 1915 in Providence, R.I. the child of Chinese immigrants, Boggs grew up in New York City, where her father owned […]

Phenomenal Woman: Grace Lee Boggs

In early 2017, the name of a 27-year old Chinese American man in Detroit, Vincent Chin, made headlines. A rash of violent hate crimes aimed at Indian American men had just happened within weeks of each other. In February 2017, two Indian men, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani, were shot in a bar outside of […]

Racism as a Covid-19 Side-effect, Part II: Paula Yoo on Vincent Chin and the Importance of Speaking Out Against Injustice

Authorities also say this is not a random incident and this is an ongoing investigation.

18-Month-Old Shot On I-75 Ramp, MSP Says Incident Wasn’t Random