Christine Ferretti

Detroit

Editor, @BridgeDet313. Past: Assistant City Editor and Detroit City Hall reporter @detroitnews, @madonnaU grad. Email me: [email protected]

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Articles

Which Detroit mayoral candidate most aligns with your priorities? Take the quiz

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Briana Rice |Christine Ferretti

This article first appeared on Outlier Media and is republished here under a Creative Commons license. Detroit is getting a new mayor for the first time in more than a decade. Not sure who should get your vote? Take Outlier Media’s quiz to find the candidates who align with your vision for the city. In just 21 questions, you’ll get matched to the candidates who share your views about urgent issues facing Detroit — like safety, housing, transportation and more.
Michigan nears tornado record as heat wave looms

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Janelle James |Christine Ferretti

A tornado touched down in Fraser on Wednesday, the latest severe weather event in Michigan this yearThe tornado was the state’s 29th of the year — the most in more than two decadesCrews are responding to tornado damage in southeast Michigan as a heatwave approaches. A tornado that touched down in Macomb County on Wednesday afternoon was the 29th in Michigan this year, the highest number since 2001.
Black Leaders Detroit host Juneteenth networking, riverfront festival

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

When one thinks of Juneteenth, the national holiday that commemorates the end of slavery, “networking” probably doesn’t come to mind. But for Sharea Ayers and her team at Black Leaders Detroit, the goal for an upcoming event is to connect entrepreneurs with like-minded people in the community and potentially investors.
Culture Canvas: Reflections of the Great Migration

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! Before becoming a children’s and young adult author, Jean Alicia Elster spent several years practicing law. But after she got married and had children, the Detroiter wanted a career that would allow her to work from home. That led her to editing books and, eventually, the Christian publishing house Judson Press approached her about writing a children’s book series, she said.
DPSCD community celebrates planned return of Davis Aerospace to City Airport

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

On Monday morning, in front of officials from the Detroit public school district, city and wider community, 17-year-old Caiyla Turner was ready to give her testimony. The teen, who is going into her senior year at Davis Aerospace Technical High School in the fall, recounted that her academic journey hasn’t been easy. At Turner’s previous school, she wasn’t academically challenged and felt like she didn’t belong with her peers.
Should refusing vaccines be a civil right in Michigan? Some lawmakers say yes

1 week ago | bridgedetroit.com | Eli Newman |Robin Erb |Christine Ferretti

A package of bills would weaken how Michigan enforces vaccine mandates Meanwhile in Washington, the Trump administration has shifted many long-held vaccine policiesHHS Secretary Robert F.
The Black Canon, Michigan Central team to screen Black film treasures

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

A pair of siblings dedicated to curating their Detroit father’s extensive Black film collection are about to launch a new viewing opportunity with Michigan Central. Ali Wheeler and his sister Alima Wheeler Trapp are co-founders of film collective The Black Canon and its nonprofit arm, The Black Canon Collection, a charitable and educational platform with the goal of curating, preserving and archiving the collection left behind by their father James Wheeler.
After outcry, Detroit school board calls for release of student detained by ICE

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Hannah Dellinger |Lori Higgins |Christine Ferretti

This story first appeared in Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. After more than two hours of heated criticism from the public, the Detroit school board reversed course and issued a statement condemning the detention of a district high school student by federal immigration officials.
Culture Canvas: Dancing with my father

2 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti

Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! Thanks to BridgeDetroit editors Laurén Abdel-Razzaq and Christine Ferretti for filling in for me last week! I had a great time at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in St. Louis. I learned so much valuable information and can’t wait to implement that in my education reporting.
Q&A with Tammy Daniels, Detroit Land Bank CEO

3 weeks ago | bridgedetroit.com | Christine Ferretti |Malachi Barrett

It took the Detroit Land Bank Authority about a decade to sell 50,000 properties, and amid debate over its relevance in future years, the DLBA’s leader says, “we’re not close to the end.”Land bank CEO Tammy Daniels discussed the DLBA’S function and future plans as some residents and City Council members debate its value in the years to come. “We still have over 60,000 parcels of property in our inventory. We’re not close to the end.