Our Mega Goal
All of our work is focused on improving meaningful graduation rates, so Detroit kids are prepared for college, career, and life. |
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A Request for Qualifications
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$800,000 in funding for youth development projects
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Greetings!
Are you working on a youth development project that encourages Detroit students living in Brightmoor, Cody Rouge, Chadsey Condon, Northend, Osborn or Southwest Detroit to build skills that will carry them through high school graduation and into a productive adulthood? If so, we want to hear about it! On Tuesday, we released a RFQ (Request for Qualifications), beginning the next round of funding through the Youth Development Fund. Qualifications are due Feb. 13, after which we will issue an invite-only RFP. Learn more about the process and download a form to apply here. We will hold two technical assistance sessions at the Foundation to answer questions. Youth Development RFQ TA sessions:
4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, January 27
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29,
Both at 100 Talon Centre, Suite 100, Detroit.Please RSVP to amilton@skillman.org
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 | | Tonya Allen speaks Monday at the Henry Ford Health System's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. |
Building an 'Our Detroit' framework
On Monday during her speech at Henry Ford Health System, President & CEO Tonya Allen urged Detroiters to move past the dichotomy of viewing the city as downtown vs. the neighborhoods. She offered six ways residents can build an 'Our Detroit' way of looking at the city and its future. Check back to our Rose for Detroit blog in the coming week for a post featuring those six tips.
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Busting Brightmoor blight, part two
Last year, our Social Innovation team began a partnership with the Detroit Blight Authority, connecting them to one of our target neighborhoods, Brightmoor, and encouraging the new nonprofit to engage with residents as it began an aggressive blight elimination project. The results have been amazing. More than 200,000 pounds of non-structural blight is gone. And now it's time to tackle more. At a press conference on Monday, Skillman Foundation Vice President of Social Innovation Chris Uhl joined the Detroit Blight Authority's Bill Pulte, Brightmoor Alliance Executive Director Kirk Mayes, and U.S. Senator Carl Levin to announce the beginning of the next phase of work, which seeks to bring down 67 blighted structures over a 14-block area. Click here to see a video from Fox 2 Detroit that includes aerial footage of what the area looks like now.
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Picking a school that's right for your child
Student personalization -- the idea that each child has unique educational desires and needs -- is one of the ways we define quality. Vice President of Program & Policy Kristen McDonald broke down that thinking, and told the story of her own work finding great educational fits for her six kids, in the latest copy of Education Detroit. The free publication is produced through a partnership between Metro Parent Magazine and Excellent Schools Detroit. Look for copies at newsstands around the metro area, or read Kristen's column here.
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Upcoming opportunities and events
Want to let our readers know about an upcoming event? Or an opportunity, like a grant deadline or training? Email the info to kjahnke@skillman.org and we'll include it here.
- The Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance is hosting a Wealth Empowerment Forum from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Don Bosco Hall (19321 W. Chicago). The event is free and includes dinner as well as information on investing your tax return from Ele Wealth Management.
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation is seeking talented, community oriented, hard working and rising and graduating students from the Tri county area of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb to be part of the 2014 class of Student Leaders.
- Detroit City Councilman James Tate (District 1) is holding a community leadership meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Welcome Center at Wayne County Community College.
- Detroit Soup is hosting at Brightmoor SOUP on 5:30 p.m. Monday at St. Christine's (22261 Fenkell). $5 buys soup, salad and a vote.
- Today is the January deadline to apply for a small grant through the Boys of Color Reading Grant program.
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