Detroit’s lousy, very bad year includes declaring bankruptcy. But while some people see the end for the Motor City, some business entrepreneurs see opportunity and potential. Take a look at these young entrepreneurs, artists and innovators who are making a stand for economic and social revival by putting their small businesses on the line. What they’re doing takes not only guts, but vision to see possibilities where everyone else just sees failure.
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Poetry Program Offers Hope to Detroit Schoolchildren
Poet Terry Blackhawk founded the InsideOut Literary Arts Project as a way to help public schoolchildren and teenagers in the struggling city of Detroit express themselves and assure them that their voices matter. InsideOut brings volunteer teacher-poets into 27 Detroit public schools and serves 5000 kids each year through writing workshops during classes and after school. At the end of the year, InsideOut gives each student a published book featuring their work. InsideOut also hosts regular poetry readings by students, some of whom continue to write poetry after graduation.