On Tuesday, August 24, I particpated in a web chat discussion Detroit’s council districts with the Detroit Free Press. If you missed it, here is an edited version of the conversation. (For the original chat, click on this link.)

Here were the panelists for the chat:

Jewel Gopwani, assistant editor for community engagement at the [Read on...]

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D3′s Erica Raleigh (left) and DPS teacher Patrice Hopkins inventory dangerous lots near schools.

For some kids living in Detroit, a task as simple as walking to school can be dangerous. Walking through fields of debris, over glass-strewn sidewalks and by burned, unstable structures can be detrimental to the health and safety [Read on...]

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Data Driven Detroit is dedicated to helping community development through the sharing of data. Constantly working with community groups to create positive change, D3 uses data to fuel sound decisions.  

 In partnership with Starfish Family Services, a non-profit child and family service agency, D3 is providing data on families in 14 communities in Western Wayne [Read on...]

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Highland Park mom Fawn Kern knows that good data can change the lives of her children.

Fawn Kern is a Highland Park resident and mother of a 19-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old son. She’s an ordinary citizen who is doing something extraordinary—she’s working to make her city a better place for children and families. [Read on...]

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