At a meeting in March, the nine young men of Boy Scout Troop 123 sat around two tables. The younger group was putting together personal first aid kits, and the older group was working out the details of their upcoming trip to Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio. This Trip Committee figures out how much…
Carla White-Smith visited other expos, taking notes on what worked and what didn’t, where visitors gathered, and which vendors were popular with whom. Then she decided to chair a committee to host Grandmont Community Association’s Youth Expo on Saturday, March 16 from 11 am – 3 pm at Christ the King Church, 20800 Grand River.…
Among their objectives for the 6 week summer Grow Detroit’s Young Talent training and employment program is to “ensure that young adults have meaningful summer work experiences that create pathways to future opportunities” and to “connect young adults to professional networks and employers that can support their career goals.” Dehvin, Ebony, KeAndra, Rashid, and Micah,…
Every other Saturday from 10 am-12 pm Carla Smith and often Cora Duncan Foster of Grandmont sharpen their pencils, pack some snacks, and wait for neighborhood students to come to the conference room at the Chaney Branch library on Grand River. As the Grandmont Youth and Education Meeting organizers, these women offer neighborhood youth tutoring…
We are very excited about this summer’s program and this is why you should be too! Field trips to the Detroit Institute of Art, The Heidelberg Project, Hilberry Theatre and Redford’s Artist Village, as well as to a local photography dark room (transportation will be provided) Youth will write and perform a play under the…