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Category: Neighborhood Reporting Lab

Calvin Colbert, executive director of Detroit Youth Impact Center.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

How Detroit Impact’s ‘fatherlike figure’ Calvin Colbert shapes young lives

Avatar photo by Sonja Stuckey May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

Calvin Colbert has dedicated nearly three decades to managing the Detroit Impact youth center, empowering low-income families and at-risk youth through education and mentorship. “I’m blessed every day to get up and to be able to come here and function,” he says.

Andrew Bashi, attorney at the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Andrew Bashi’s legal journey: ‘Working on the issues I care about’

Avatar photo by Yara Reda May 23, 2025May 23, 2025
Portrait of Carl Bentley of Detroit's ReThink I-375 Coalition.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Detroiter’s activism around I-375 project starts with appreciation for Black Bottom history

by Shannon Mackie May 12, 2025May 13, 2025
Brittney Rooney, lead farmer at Detroit's Beaverland Farms.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Brittney Rooney grows food on Beaverland Farms — and community in Brightmoor

Avatar photo by Carole Hawke-Diop May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
Educator Deborah Jenkins.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Is lifelong learning the key to success? This Detroit teacher says yes

Avatar photo by Aderonke Ibironke April 29, 2025April 29, 2025
Marcia Spivey of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab
Posted inDeep Dives

Lifelong advocate steps back — but not away — from Detroit’s Regent Park. Her new focus might surprise you.

Leah Samuel of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab. by Leah Samuel April 16, 2025April 16, 2025
Heidi Ausgood of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Heidi Ausgood shares why she joined the Neighborhood Reporting Lab. Hint: She’s a lifelong Detroiter.

Avatar photo by Carissa Welton April 9, 2025April 16, 2025
Akilah Russell of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab.
Posted inDeep Dives

Akilah Russell shares her writing journey: ‘I want to make people think twice’

Tommie Obioha of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab by Tommie Obioha April 8, 2025April 8, 2025
Leah Samuel of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

Leah Samuel’s journalism career began with watching Walter Cronkite. Her work gives a voice to the voiceless.

Marcia Spivey headshot by Marcia Spivey April 8, 2025April 8, 2025
Carissa Welton of Planet Detroit's spring 2025 Neighborhood Reporting Lab.
Posted inNeighborhood Reporting Lab

A Detroiter teaches Mandarin Chinese. A love of learning fuels her journey.

Avatar photo by Heidi Ausgood April 4, 2025April 7, 2025

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