As a third-generation HBCU graduate, I am deeply disturbed and angered to learn about the threats sent to Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country this week — just as we began to celebrate Black History Month. I am a proud alumna of Spelman College, and my grandmother never would have earned a Master’s… Read more »
United Way for Southeastern Michigan is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion, which serves as a core value in every aspect of our work. Same-sex couples deserve the right to marry, which ensures equal access to the social and economic benefits that come with legal marriage. Thank you, Congress, for passing the Respect for… Read more »
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in the Michigan Chronicle. In response to the severe water crisis in Jackson, Miss., Bishop Edgar Vann, senior pastor of Second Ebenezer Church on Detroit’s east side, led an initiative to collect needed bottled water for Jackson. For much of August of 2022 into September, Jackson’s residents… Read more »
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in the Detroit Free Press. One nonprofit wants to improve the credit profile of Black and brown Detroiters — many of whom are shouldering unmanageable debt. Another group wants to get vetted contractors to Detroit homes in need of repair — a pressing concern estimated to cost millions of… Read more »
Editor’s note: This article was initially published on WXYZ.com. For the last six years, we here at Broadcast House have been very passionate about our initiative to give back to the community. We’ve done it through a literacy campaign called If You Give a Child a Book. With the help of United Way for Southeastern… Read more »
Note: This op-ed originally ran in the Detroit Free Press. I learned the value of volunteering at an early age, even before understood how impactful it can be. My parents exemplified lives of service, and they encouraged me to get involved in our community — not just as something to do, but to give something… Read more »