TELLING DETROIT'S STORY - TAKING CHARGE OF OUR STORY: WHERE THE DETROIT REGION HAS BEEN, WHERE WE ARE AND WERE WE INTEND TO GO. TELLING DETROIT'S STORY - TAKING CHARGE OF OUR STORY: WHERE THE DETROIT REGION HAS BEEN, WHERE WE ARE AND WERE WE INTEND TO GO.

TELLING DETROIT'S STORY - TAKING CHARGE OF OUR STORY: WHERE THE DETROIT REGION HAS BEEN, WHERE WE ARE AND WERE WE INTEND TO GO.

Uncovering the hidden stories.

Posted by Khalilah on March 18, 2010 - 1:38 pm
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Nicole Christian, drafter of the Detroit Declaration and Director of Communications for TechTown, and Bill Mitchell from Poynter Institute lead conference attendees in a discussion regarding the missed opportunities for collaboration in regards to finding, reporting and telling more balanced stories regarding Detroit.

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  • Richard Roy
    March 18, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    I drove a cab when i could find no other work. This job revealed many previously hidden things like crack houses every where in almost every neighborhood operating blatently in the open just like a drive thru at mcdonalds

The Event

Thursday, March
18, 2010
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
 Law School Auditorium Wayne State University

Because of limited space, attendance at Taking Charge of Our Story is by invitation only. We urge everyone else to participate online.

Sponsors

This event is presented by New Detroit in partnership with Wayne State University and Marygrove College. Support has been provided by the following sponsors:

  • Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
  • Detroit Free Press
  • DTE Energy Foundation
  • John S and James L Knight Foundation
  • Story Worldwide
  • Taubman
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