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Shaquille Quamae Hall’s vision for Detroit youth: ‘Many hands make light work’

by Brad Armstrong March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

Detroit photographer and Planet Detroit Neighborhood Reporting Lab participant Shaquille Quamae Hall details his journey from mentee to mentor.

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Highland Park resident and filmmaker Jamela Lugo-Thomas inspired by city’s water crisis

by Catherine Kurth March 11, 2026March 12, 2026

Danny Dolley stands with his bicycle in Chandler Park on Detroit's east side.

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Chandler Park’s Danny Dolley leads charge for healthier communities, cleaner watersheds

by Shayla Zimmerman June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Dominick Lemonious holds a bottle in front of the liquor shelves at his store, the Liquor Basket Gratiot in Detroit.

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Dominick Lemonious reimagines the art gallery at Detroit’s ‘Black Store’

by Akilah Russell June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

Jason Ford on the second floor of the Detroit People's Food Co-op

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Jason Ford’s next chapter begins at Detroit People’s Food Co-op: ‘We gotta build the systems’

by Aderonke Ibironke June 10, 2025June 30, 2025

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How Dazmonique Carr works to improve Detroit’s food access, one produce box at a time

by Tamia Davis May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

Calvin Colbert, executive director of Detroit Youth Impact Center.

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

by Sonja Stuckey May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

Andrew Bashi, attorney at the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center.

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

by Yara Reda May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

Portrait of Carl Bentley of Detroit's ReThink I-375 Coalition.

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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.

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

by Carole Hawke-Diop May 6, 2025May 6, 2025