Micah Walker
Arts, Culture and Education Reporter at BridgeDetroit
Arts and culture/education reporter @BridgeDet313. Formerly @dispatchalerts, @themarionstar. @UM_Dearborn alumna. Send story ideas to [email protected]
Articles
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3 days ago |
bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Lauren Abdel-Razzaq
Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! As a professional storyteller and artist, Satori Shakoor has never shied away from taboo topics. The Detroit native is the founder and executive producer of storytelling platform The Secret Society of Twisted Storytellers and she’s the host of “Detroit Performs Live” on Detroit PBS. But two years ago, when Shakoor was doing her one-woman comedy show at Detroit Public Theatre, she wasn’t sure how people would react.
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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.
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1 week ago |
chalkbeat.org | Micah Walker |Bridge Detroit
Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. 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.
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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.
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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.
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