Lyricist Society

The Lyricist Society is an alternative music program at Frederick Douglass High School created by Quan Neloms, a social studies teacher at the school. The goal of the program is to give students a creative voice and the ability to change the narrative of how their community is perceived.

2018 Michigan Regional EMMY award winner in Education category

Matrix Boxing

Matrix Human Services Center’s midnight boxing program, which enlists kids on the east side of Detroit to take boxing lessons and compete statewide.

***Nominated for 2018 Michigan Regional EMMY award

Bristol Myers Squibb - Kentucky LEADS: Mark's Story

Detroit We Dey

Figure Skating in Detroit - 2018

Nina Herron-Robison, director of Figure Skating in Detroit—a program for girls of color—talks about a pivotal moment in her figure skating career and why a program like FSiD is important for the sport.

The Reason Why: Suai

VICE x Lenovo: Creating New Realities

Kresge Arts in Detroit - Shawntai Brown

Artist profile for Shawntai Brown, a playwright from Detroit.

The Years Project - The Power to Rebuild

When Navy medic Kenneth Morgan returned home to Detroit, it reminded him of a war zone. Kenneth struggled with PTSD — and Detroit homeowners struggled to stay in their homes. Then life-long Detroiter Gloria Jean Lowe began working with Kenneth and the city's other veterans to make homes greener, more energy efficient and affordable. To their surprise, the veterans discovered that building green helped them in ways they could have never imagined. Watch this wonderful story of We Want Green Too.

Bags to Butterflies

Bags to Butterflies a program that aims to provide female returning citizens with training and employment to help them transition back into society.

Xenophora Objects

Jewelry designer Karissma Yve of Xenophora Objects speaks on making jewelry using the casting process and what having a manufacturing facility in her hometown of Detroit means to her and the future women jewelers.

Mandisa/Detroit Fiber Works - 2018

Fashion designer Mandisa Smith of Detroit Fiber Works speaks on her process for designing sustainable fashion wear and her hopes for the future of the industry.

The Reason Why: Veneice Sessions

Veniece Sessions, an audio engineer in Detroit, discusses learning to "hear" and her reason for staying here in Detroit