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The world responded to the murder of George Floyd by rallying behind the notion that the senseless murder and oppression of African Americans will not be tolerated. Rallies, proclamations, numerous and varied efforts emerged to eliminate the subjugation of African Americans. Often, the cry for justice was led by those communities most impacted by the oppression and racism occurring all too frequently in this nation.
Here, in Detroit we had our share of courageous protesters of oppression who are also most impacted by bias and racism. We also had something unique and remarkable happen. Here in Detroit, last June, CEOs of Detroit’s largest companies held a press conference and spoke out against racism and injustice. Specifically, the CEOs condemned injustice, acknowledged the pain and loss endured by disenfranchised African Americans, and committed themselves to reject and eliminate all forms of bias, racism, sexism and violence within their compa
Founder of MoGo Detroit bike-share nonprofit to exit
Organization seeks new executive director
Detroit-based program has expanded into nearby suburbs
Lisa Nuszkowski
Detroit bike-share nonprofit MoGo is seeking a new executive director as founder Lisa Nuszkowski gets ready to leave the organization.
Nuszkowski announced the news in a Facebook post, which also linked to a posting for the leadership position. She declined to comment further. It has been one of the great joys of my life to take the idea for bike sharing in Detroit and bring it to life, she wrote on Facebook. Alas, all good things must come to an end in the coming months I ll be handing over the reins as MoGo Detroit s executive director More on what s next for me soon .
Detroit leaders are pushing to get senior citizens, some of the most vulnerable to the coronavirus, vaccinated through clinics at two of the city s largest churches and by providing rides to the TCF Center garage mass drive-thru vaccination site.
Mayor Mike Duggan said Tuesday that of the 1,800 Detroiters who have died from the virus, more than 70% were age 65 years and older. In the last two weeks, he said, 15 of the city s 16 deaths from the virus were people age 65 and older.
He did not know whether any of the deaths were nursing home residents, who have been some of the most vulnerable to the virus since the pandemic began nearly a year ago.