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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1 day ago |
bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti
Sharon Kelso tries to do everything she can to help Detroit families navigate the often confusing and complicated world of special education. The advocate is frequently on the phone, listening to parents complain that their child has yet to receive an individualized education program, or IEP, a plan that spells out what services and accommodations students with disabilities should receive, as required by federal law.
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bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti
Hey Detroiters, welcome back to Culture Canvas! I recently spoke with John Conyers III, the son of late Detroit congressman John Conyers Jr., about his first book, “My Father’s House,” which comes out Tuesday at major bookstores and retailers. In the book, Conyers III gives an inside look at the complicated relationship he had with his “Pop,” who closed out his historic career with a 2017 resignation from Congress amid allegations of sexual harassment.
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2 days ago |
bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti
A year after his father’s 2019 death, John Conyers III decided to take on a project his dad didn’t have the opportunity to finish. As the longest-serving Black member of Congress, John Conyers Jr. spent his career as a champion for civil and human rights. Before his death at 90, the elder Conyers spent decades chipping away at interviews in preparation for a book on his life.
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3 days ago |
bridgedetroit.com | Micah Walker |Christine Ferretti
When Marion Hayden became a mother more than 30 years ago, the rising star in Detroit’s jazz scene knew some things in her life had to change. The elite bassist who co-founded an all-women jazz group and graced the stage with greats like Nancy Wilson, Geri Allen, Steve Turre and George Benson, learned part of being a mother was adaptability. When she had to travel for gigs in the 1990s and early 2000s, Hayden made it a family affair.
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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. After years of little progress, two facility projects for Detroit Public Schools Community District are moving forward.
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