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⭐ The National Wildlife Federation is recruiting 10 houses of worship and/or community sites to implement green stormwater projects through July. Apply here.

⭐ Take your downward-facing dog to Yoga in the Parks this summer from June 1 to September 1 through the Detroit Parks Coalition.

NDN Collective‘s Community Action Grant Fund opened grants for Indigenous activists, communities, and Nations until October 31st or funds are expended. Applications due the first of each month.

⭐ The Michigan State Housing Development Authority to host free, fair housing trainings online with registration from May through August.

⭐ Join the Sierra Club for Detroit Activist Night for a roundtable conversation on fighting climate change on July 23 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at 2727 2nd Ave #112.

⭐ Detroit’s mayoral candidates to talk all things parks and public spaces on July 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Palmer Park. Register here for the panel moderated by Bridge Detroit.

⭐ Artists, display your environmental justice-focused work on a Detroit billboard. Submit to SaveArtSpace’s open call before July 28.

⭐ The Michigan Electric Vehicle Alliance to host the annual Clean Cruise, a showcase of electric vehicles, on August 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Memorial Park.

Create a simple puppet on a stick with moving parts using a variety of art-making materials at the Detroit Art Institute on August 6 any time from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

⭐ Enjoy a summer nature walk in Palmer Park with the Detroit Bird Alliance on August 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

⭐ Tour restored habitats on August 20. The Detroit River boat tour is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and the Rouge River bus tour will run from 1 to 4:30 p.m. RSVP to Chelsea@nearperfectmedia.com.

⭐ Take a guided nature walk on Belle Isle on August 20 at 6 p.m. with the Detroit Bird Alliance.

⭐ Explore the birds and landscape of Historic Fort Wayne with the Detroit Bird Alliance’s Bird and History Walk on August 24 at 9 a.m.

⭐ Join the Detroit Bird Alliance for a Callahan Park and Neighborhood Meadows Tour on August 30 at 10 a.m. 

⭐ Celebrate with Rooted in Riverbend at their community block party on September 20 at Sanctuary Farms. Enjoy cooking demos, compost workshops, and a bee class.

⭐ The Messiah Church on 3816 Toledo St. distributes food every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

⭐Wayne County is looking for people diagnosed with asthma who may be interested in participating in their Air Quality Mobile Monitor Project.

⭐Join the Green Door Initiative’s Detroit Air Quality Advocacy Academy to gain knowledge on environmental justice, air pollution, and advocacy.

⭐ Get involved in the Detroit literary scene through Elijah Sparkman’s comprehensive events calendar.  

⭐ Explore cinema in Detroit with the Weekly Watchlist, a roundup of local screenings to your email.

Volunteer at the Senate Theater in Southwest Detroit and enjoy live organ music, free movies, new skills and friends!