The event was a first – organized primarily for Jewish college students on the cusp of graduation, making those first critical choices – to stay in Michigan – to come to Detroit – or to chose otherwise in pursuit of opportunities elsewhere.
If bike lanes, food trucks, pop-up retailers, hipster coffee houses and designer watches made in Detroit are an indication of the vitality of people living, working and moving back to the city, then take heart.
It’s a seductive mix, alright. Where urban chic meets Detroit chutzpah.
They’ve been “Fellows” for nearly a year, and more than likely they’ve become Detroit’s friends for life.
Activist is a loaded word, but I think it means to do more than simply sit on your fanny.
Mary Kramer from Crain’s Detroit with Faye Alexander Nelson, Cindy Pasky, Laura J. Trudeau and Jackie Victor
An initiative of the Jewish Federation conceived as a way to connect new families
The Jewish Fund’s Teen Board initiative is a youth-led program where students are empowered as grantmakers.
It’s that time of year again, when the snow (slowly!) begins to thaw, and we venture into basements, closets and drawers on a spring cleaning binge.
Eli Ostroff is only five years old, but he is about to begin an adventure.
