In this year I’ve learned the value of a loss. Throughout life we encounter losses that we need to grow stronger. Chickenpox, teeth, love; the shared experience of a “loss” teaches us and gives clarity in our lives. Sure I wish that life was win, Win, WIN, but we all know thats utopian at best. […]
In my time in Challenge Detroit I have seen a lot of adversity along with the everything I have learned. I believe it will give me every bit of energy I need to last these two weeks…
With My impact project around the corner and work speeding up with the beginning of Meet Up and Eat […]
So often we are taught that the decisions we make are individualistic in nature. What if there was a way to link the adversity that youth endure on a daily basis to the outcomes the perpetuate?
As a member of the Design Team at the United Way of Southeastern Michigan I was given the task of […]
For my blog I wanted to commemorate the beginning of Black History Month. The usual suspects of Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Barack Obama filled my head but I wanted to do something different…
At our monthly Town Hall meetings at UWSEM we celebrate our employees and the work they have […]
Everyday I drive down Gratiot to go to work at the United Way of Southeastern Michigan. Driving down Gratiot gives me time to think and reflect; who I want to be, what I want to be, where I want to be? Gratiot begins as a humbling experience. Sometimes you’ll see struggle, sometimes you’ll see children […]
Recently I was invited on behalf of Challenge Detroit to the 30 Americans exhibit at the DIA. I’ve always enjoyed artistry whether its music, sports or cinema. Nevertheless “art” in terms of how many view it has never been my personal interest. Until then…
Paintings from Jean Michel-Basquiat and Kehinde Wiley forced me to view art […]
Dr City of Dreams,
You’re the city for me, you’re the city I love, you’re the city I bleed. You’re the city I need, as a son needs a mother, as a heart needs a lover because you guard and you cover. Protection, affection, is taught differently here. Your work and a lesson are held nearest […]
Very few places are as desperate and as graphic as the trenches. These trenches have soldiers; soldiers that regardless of inevitable danger remain in that trench until the battle and their position in the field dictates that they can move forward.
Conditions within these trenches remain as bleak as the soldiers hopes of ever getting out. […]
