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The Detroit Pistons’ Community Conversations Power Humanity, Locally
This month s conversation, hosted by the NBA s Pistons and joined by Detroiters looking to create high impact solutions, focuses on mental health
The Detroit Pistons organization is intent on going beyond basketball to be an institution that contributes to its local community. In order to do that effectively, it recognized that it needs input from Detroiters on the big issues they confront every day. Thus arose the concept of hosting “community conversations.” The program is only about a year old, but so far the Pistons organization has hosted conversations on education, diversity, equity, and inclusion, mentorship, and voting rights and voter suppression, providing a forum not only to discuss comm
Black-Owned Bookstores in metro Detroit
Modified: February 10, 2021 | Story by Biba Adams
2020 was a year that saw the racial disparities and divide that exists in the United States come front and center.
The coronavirus pandemic disproportionately killed more Black Americans and Black businesses struggled and were less likely to be eligible for funding from the Paycheck Protection Program.
StudyBreaks.com says that Black-owned bookstores are “often essential community institutions” whose survival is more important than ever.
“The popularity of Black-owned bookstores usually coincides with social movements,” posits the site. “The Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s saw an increased interest in African American literature and culture. During this time, these were spaces that functioned not only as bookstores but as havens for the communities they served.”