12/18/2015
Our latest collaboration with radio producer Zak Rosen. A continuation of the series Bringing Up Detroit for Michigan Radio with support from the The Skillman Foundation. http://michiganradio.org/post/making-way-out-no-way
The piece follows Christina Lumpkin, a 58 year old grandmother whose gratitude outweighs her struggles. As Zak Rosen puts it: "I've learned so much from documenting the life of Christina Lumpkin this year. The most profound thing Ms. Chris teaches is the everyday practice of gratitude. Her year has been full of more emotional, physical and financial pain I could imagine undergoing, but at the end of it, here she is, telling us to "be grateful cause you have life, and that your alive to see it cause some aren't. Some people that was here last year ain't here this year. So just be grateful and thankful and don't forget where you come from."
This story is part of Michigan Radio's year-long series Bringing Up Detroit, which examines the inner-lives of four Detroit families as they navigate the
