Detroit is Different
Detroit is Different is a home for the people and places that enrich the culture of Detroit. Through creative revisions, personal experience, imaginative tales, and future opportunity; Detroit is Different comes to life. Detroit is Different was founded by Hip-hop Artist and Detroit Advocate Khary WAE Frazier in the Spring of 2014. Today, Detroit is Different serves as an online magazine featuring people, places, and events that make Detroit so different.
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the Carr Center and Te MaTe Institute for Black Dance and Culture invite you to join us for a 2-day West African Dance Intensive at Detroit School of Arts.
Youth ages 8 - 17 and adults, both novice experienced, will receive instruction in Kutiro, Sabar and Djembe dance forms.
Classes will be taught by world class instructors, Marie Basse-Wiles from Senegal, Idy Ciss,also from Senegal and Rokya Ouattara from Côte d’Ivoire.
Leave your inhibitions at the door and ignite the dancer within.
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If you are a parent, aunt, or uncle, then you know the importance of providing your young person with positive experiences. The Ignite Your Vision: Family Event
https://www.facebook.com/events/993898620792015/ will feature workshops on entrepreneurship and exploration in a community setting. Participants will take home a framed exploratory board created at the event and will enjoy workshops facilitated by the Detroit Land Bank Authority, Soaptacular LLC and Little Lights Literature Co. You may register for this event on Eventbrite
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ignite-your-vision-family-even… and feel free to forward this flyer to youth groups, churches, community organizations and other families. Reset is a local non profit organization that inspires individuals to Reset their lives through intentional learning, support and accountability. Reset was birthed from the vision of two friends who are ambitious women, supportive mothers and have a love for community service.
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A rebel to Mayor Cavanagh and a Leader for Mayor Young; Dan Aldridge. From sharing a barber with Malcolm X to having Dorothy Height get you enrolled in college Dan Aldridge has a unique story. Aldridge was born in Harlem but has made Detroit his home since the 1960’s. We explore his work too many stories: him losing a job with Chrysler because his stance against Chrysler profiting from Apartheid in South Africa; his friendship with Milton Henry & CL Franklin; and how he was the rebel in Mayor Jerome Cavanagh’s office and a leader in Mayor Coleman Young’s office. Watch and listen to the Detroit is Different interview with Dan Aldridge.
Daring to be different. Njia Kai grew up in the heart of Detroit and excelling throughout her grade school years earning her scholarship to Howard University where she studied film. Howard University and Washington DC’s African Centered community groomed Njia in the ethics of value systems, leadership, and cooperative economics. Listen to the podcast where Njia shares and opens up her methods of understanding, process, and system. Njia’s Detroit Event’s Team is one of the most recognized and successful brands covering Noel Night, Campus Martius, Red Wing Championship Celebrations, African World Festival, and more.
How can I contact the woman who has the resale shop on East Grand Blvd, across from the Motown Museum?
Our Detroit students need supplies including technology, alternative seating, pencils, and highlighters to make sure they start the year off strong. Any donation is greatly appreciated.
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