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SUMMARY:Economic Equity Innovation Series: Making the Middle-Class\, Advancing Stronger and More Equitable Cities
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for an insightful conversation! Join Detroit Future City for our next Economic Equity Innovation Series Webinar\, Making the Middle-Class: Advancing Stronger and More Equitable Cities\, on Wednesday\, December 11\, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. \nClick here to register!\nAbout the report \nIn September 2024\, Detroit Future City (DFC) released its signature report\, Making the Middle-Class: Leveraging Detroit’s Neighborhoods to Build a Middle-Class City. The report presents data on advancements and challenges in becoming a middle-class city\, examining key factors such as population change\, housing\, income\, education\, and neighborhood quality. It also outlines areas of opportunity for investment\, including increasing income for Detroiters\, renewing Detroit’s housing\, and addressing vacant land. Despite differences among neighborhoods\, each should equitably meet the needs of all who call them home. \n  \n \n  \nThis special event will feature:  \nA fireside chat with DFC CEO\, Anika Goss and Jeffrey T. Verespej\, Chief Operating Officer of the Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Co-Chair of the national program\, the Middle Neighborhoods Initiative. \nReaction Panel moderated by Nancy Kaffer\, Editorial Page Editor for the Detroit Free Press \n\nCaitlin Murphy\, Executive Director\, Live6 Alliance\nDina Harris\, Executive Director\, National Faith Homebuyers\nDonna Givens Davidson\, President & CEO\, Eastside Community Network\nJermaine Ruffin\, Senior Vice President\, Neighborhoods\, Invest Detroit\n\nWhile this event is free\, donating to DFC supports future events like this. Consider donating today: https://detroitfuturecity.com/donate/.
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/economic-equity-innovation-series-making-the-middle-class-advancing-stronger-and-more-equitable-cities/
LOCATION:Online / Zoom
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SUMMARY:2024 Economic Equity Forum & Pre-Event Reception
DESCRIPTION:The 2024 Equity Forum & Pre-Event Reception\nDetroit Future City (DFC) is excited to announce the date for its fifth annual equity forum events on October 22nd and 23rd\, bringing the community together to inspire innovative ideas and collective action.   \nThis year’s event will explore advancing economic equity in the future of work to ensure Detroiters have equitable access to quality employment opportunities both today and in the future. As the landscape of work evolves and the importance of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion (DEI) becomes increasingly recognized in America\, this event will address key strategies and initiatives to support equitable employment. Together\, we’ll explore innovative approaches to bridge gaps\, foster inclusivity\, and create sustainable pathways for all Detroiters to thrive in a changing world.  \nDetails\nLocation:\nPre-Event Reception | Savannahblue \nEquity Forum | Wayne County Community College – Northwest Campus \nHow to RSVP:\nPre-Event Reception | Purchase your ticket!  \nEquity Forum | Register today! \n  \nAbout our Keynote Speaker – Jelani Cobb\, Columbia University Professor of Journalism and Dean of Columbia Journalism School \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout our Panelists \n \nMedia Partners\n\nSponsorships\nIf you are interested in sponsoring this event\, please email Kate Cherry (kcherry@detroitfuturecity.com) to learn about sponsorship opportunities. Sponsoring this event illustrates your commitment to advancing equity in Detroit. Sponsorships will extend to both the pre-event reception and the main event\, helping you to leverage your impact and reach an audience of highly motivated change makers. \nDetroit Future City is a 501c-3 nonprofit corporation. The annual DFC Equity Forum is intended to introduce innovative practices and solutions to inspire action that will advance economic equity and overall quality of life for all Detroiters. While there is no charge for this event\, we do accept donations. Donations made will support DFC’s mission to advance economic equity and the quality of life for all Detroiters.
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/2024-economic-equity-forum-pre-event-reception/
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SUMMARY:Advancing Education and Workforce Outcomes for Detroit’s Latino/Hispanic Population Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join Detroit Future City on August 7th for our latest Innovation Series webinar!\n  \n \nThe Latino/Hispanic community has been an integral part of Detroit for more than a century. Despite its longstanding contributions to the city’s cultural and economic fabric\, the Latino/Hispanic community confronts significant disparities in accessing resources\, opportunities\, and services that hinder their full participation and advancement in the Detroit economy. To move Detroit toward a city where all residents can fully participate in the region’s economy and meet their unique needs\, there are striking equity gaps that must be addressed. This webinar will highlight DFC’s recently released brief: Prosperidad Económica: Education and Workforce Outcomes for Detroit’s Latino/Hispanic Community. Attendees will hear from DFCs research team and community leaders\, who will share findings from the brief and what this means for this important portion of Detroit’s community and the region’s overall economic prosperity. We will be joined by panelists from education\, workforce development\, and Latino & Hispanic advocacy organizations for a special conversation focused on what solutions are needed to address the challenges identified in the brief. \nRead our latest brief\, Prosperidad Económica: Education and Workforce Outcomes for Detroit’s Latino/Hispanic Community\, today! \nWatch the webinar: 
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/advancing-education-and-workforce-outcomes-for-detroits-latino-hispanic-population-webinar/
LOCATION:Online / Zoom
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SUMMARY:Keeping Your Family Home Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Preserving and increasing homeownership\, as well as building generational wealth\, are critical components to building stability for Detroit families. \nJoin us on March 13th to learn more about findings from DFC’s recently released Keeping Your Family Home report. During the webinar\, DFC will introduce the findings in this report and engage a panel of local leaders to explore ideas\, solutions\, and innovations that may address the challenges that heirs’ properties pose on Detroit families and communities. \nKeeping Your Family Home: Addressing the Challenges of Inherited Properties in Detroit is DFC’s recently released report that identifies the scale of heirs’ properties in Detroit\, describe the challenges that exist around addressing and preventing heirs’ properties\, and outlines actionable next steps Detroiters\, non-profits\, and policymakers can take to resolve the issue. \nWhile there is no charge for this event\, contributing to DFC supports publications like the Keeping Your Family Home report and events like this. Consider donating today: https://detroitfuturecity.com/donate/ \n  \nKeep Your Family Home Webinar Panelists \n  \n \n  \nWatch the Economic Equity Innovation Series: Keeping Your Family Home Webinar below \n 
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/keeping-your-family-home-webinar/
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SUMMARY:2023 Equity Forum
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to host this year’s equity forum in person at the Corner Ballpark (located at 1680 Michigan Ave)! Register today to join us for an engaging and provoking discussion with two dynamic thought leaders – Dr. Andre Perry of Brookings Metro and Naomi Davis of Blacks in Green – where we will explore the intersections between sustainability\, economic equity\, and community & economic development to explore a vision for a thriving and resilient Detroit and inspire action towards that vision. \n \nWe are also excited to host our first ever intimate\, pre-event reception the night before our annual Equity Forum. This ticketed event will take place at Ima Izakaya (located at 2100 Michigan Ave). During this reception\, we aim to celebrate DFC’s work to advance initiatives that grow the number of resilient\, thriving neighborhoods and disrupt systemic racism\, poverty\, and other inequities to grow household income and wealth for Black Detroiters and other Detroiters of color. To learn more and to purchase your tickets for this intimate gathering of leaders passionate about Detroit’s progression\, please visit: The Pre-Event Reception registration page. \n  \nThank you to all of our generous partners and sponsors for supporting this event. Your support illustrates a strong commitment to advancing a thriving and resilient Detroit. \nThank you to our Equity Forum sponsors: The Kresge Foundation\, JPMorgan Chase & Co.\, Cinnaire\, Community Financial Credit Union\, BFDI Educational Services\, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation\, Global Detroit\, Henry Ford Health\, MI State Housing Development Authority\, NAACP – Detroit Branch\, PNC\,  Public Sector Consultants\, Quatrro\, TechTown Detroit\, University of Michigan – Economic Growth Institute\, VVK PR + Creative\, Walker-Miller Energy Services\, and Wayne State University – Office of Economic Development! \nThank you to our media sponsor\, Bridge Michigan!
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/2023-equity-forum/
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SUMMARY:2023 Equity Forum Pre-Reception
DESCRIPTION:Detroit Future City will host an intimate\, ticketed pre-event reception the night before the Economic Equity Forum at Ima Izakaya (located at 2100 Michigan Ave) in Corktown. This intimate gathering intends to foster connections and dialogue with local leaders invested in the future of Detroit. \nWe are excited to host our first ever pre-event reception which aims to celebrate DFC’s work to advance initiatives that grow the number of resilient\, thriving neighborhoods and disrupt systemic racism\, poverty\, and other inequities to grow household income and wealth for Black Detroiters and other Detroiters of color. This intimate\, ticketed pre-event reception will take place the night before DFC’s annual equity forum event. \nJoin us and our event special guests for cocktails\, connections\, and conversation! \nTo learn more about the annual Equity Forum event\, visit: https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/2023-equity-forum/. \n  \nThank you to all of our generous partners and sponsors for supporting this event. Your support illustrates a strong commitment to advancing a thriving and resilient Detroit. \nThank you to our Equity Forum sponsors: The Kresge Foundation\, JPMorgan Chase & Co.\, Cinnaire\, Community Financial Credit Union\, BFDI Educational Services\, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation\, Global Detroit\, Henry Ford Health\, MI State Housing Development Authority\, NAACP – Detroit Branch\, PNC\,  Public Sector Consultants\, Quatrro\, TechTown Detroit\, University of Michigan – Economic Growth Institute\, VVK PR + Creative\, Walker-Miller Energy Services\, and Wayne State University – Office of Economic Development! \nThank you to our media sponsor\, Bridge Michigan!
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/2023-equity-forum-pre-reception/
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SUMMARY:Economic Equity Innovation Series: Building Resilient Communities Through Homeownership
DESCRIPTION:In honor of National Homeownership Month\, Detroit Future City hosted a DFC Equity Innovation Series event with a keynote address from Majora Carter\, and a dynamic panel discussion! \nThe virtual event introduced data from Detroit Future City to provide a better understanding of where there is market activity and where there is not\, along with data that highlights challenges and opportunities for Detroit neighborhoods. Through dialogue with national and local strategists this webinar uplifted the important role homeownership plays in building resilient communities\, highlighted opportunities to strengthen Detroit homeownership demand\, and inspired action to grow homeownership in Detroit neighborhoods. \n\nIf you missed the “Economic Equity Innovation Series: Building Resilient Communities Through Homeownership” discussion\, you can still watch it below.\nClick Here To Watch The Discussion \n  \nMore information about the dynamic panel discussion: \nKEYNOTE SPEAKER:Majora Carter is an urban revitalization strategy consultant that is responsible for the creation of numerous economic development\, technology inclusion & green-infrastructure projects. She and her teams develop vision\, strategies and the type of development that transforms low-status communities into thriving mixed-use local economies. Her approach harnesses capital flows resulting from American re-urbanization to help increase wealth building opportunities across demographics left out of all historic financial tide changes. Majora’s work produces long term fiscal benefits throughout North America. \nMajora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: “Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one” – which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book\, Reclaiming Your Community. Learn more at https://majoracartergroup.com/. \n  \nPANELISTS: \nKrysta Pate\, Founder and Chief Executive Officer\, The Ownership Initiative \nKrysta is a nationally recognized expert when it comes to the banking system whose firm is focused on creating impact through designing scaled community programs and strategies to help move millions into underserved communities across America. Krysta is a recipient of two awards from Crain’s Business Detroit and has been featured by CNBC\, Zillow\, NPR\, The New York Times\, and many other prestigious community-minded organizations across the US. \nJerrell Harris\, Deputy Director\, City of Detroit’s General Services Department \nJerrell is a trained urban planner that believes that the built environment has great impacts on our quality of life. He has worked with institutions of higher education\, non-profits\, and local governments to help them understand their impact on the physical world around them. Jerrell has also worked as an Entitlement Consultant and assisted real estate developers with securing approvals for over $150M worth of development projects. \nJason Headen\, Vice President\, Detroit Market\, CHN Housing Partners \nJason currently leads CHN Housing Partners’ growth in Detroit – a role that involves expanding strategic partnerships and launching the Detroit Housing Network. His work has positioned him as a leader in Detroit’s development and affordable housing communities. Jason also made news in 2021 when he announced his development project in the Bagley/Fitzgerald neighborhood\, where he will be co-developing Detroit’s first Black-owned brewery. \n  \nMODERATOR: \nOrlando Bailey\, Engagement Director\, Bridge Detroit \nOrlando Bailey is a lifelong Detroiter. He launched his professional career at Eastside Community Network\, where he most recently served as Chief Development Officer. Orlando is co-host and producer of the podcast\, Authentically Detroit. Orlando is also the host of Urban Consulate; a space where people gather to have critical conversations about cities. \n  \nWhile there was no charge for this event\, contributing to DFC provides support for future events like this. Consider donating today: https://detroitfuturecity.com/donate/.
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/economic-equity-innovation-series-building-resilient-communities-through-homeownership/
LOCATION:Online / Zoom
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SUMMARY:Detroit Future City's 2022 Equity Forum
DESCRIPTION:About this event:\nDetroit Future City (DFC) hosted its third annual Equity Forum\, bringing the community together to inspire innovative ideas and collective action. During this year’s event DFC’s CEO\, Anika Goss\, introduced the organizations new strategic plan\, which highlights how DFC will work to collectively build a prosperous city with a just and inclusive economy by leading initiatives that disrupt systemic racism to grow wealth for black Detroiters and other Detroiters of color. \nA dynamic panel moderated by Orlando Bailey will include Dr. Julian Agyeman\, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University\, and Nathaniel Smith\, Founder and Chief Equity Officer of Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE)\, explored the ideas of reparative policy and planning\, a revolution of values\, and strategies to advance economic equity. \nYouth poets\, Imani Nichele and Aja Allante of InsideOut Literary Arts also displayed original poems highlighting their vision of a reparative Detroit. \nA virtual event took place on Thursday\, September 29\, 2022 from 3pm – 4:30pm via Zoom. \nClick here to watch the discussion. \n  \n\nAbout our distinguished panel:\n\n  \n  \nThank you to our sponsors!\n  \nCommunity Champion Sponsors \n \n  \nForward Thinking Sponsor \n \n  \n  \nInterested in supporting this event? Reach out to Kate Cherry (kcherry@detroitfuturecity.com) to learn about sponsorship opportunities.
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/2022-equity-forum/
LOCATION:Online / Zoom
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SUMMARY:Economic Equity Innovation Series: Increasing Homeownership in Detroit Mortgage Lending
DESCRIPTION:As Detroit continues to work toward achieving economic equity\, addressing homeownership rates will be a critical component.  To do this we must provide better access to one of the primary pathways to homeownership\, the home purchase mortgage.\nRegister today for the second Innovation Series event! During this event\, DFC will share current trends\, challenges\, and solutions in Detroit’s home purchase lending followed by a moderated discussion with a panel of  experts that will share insights from their work and from the lived experiences of Detroit home buyers.\nIf you missed the discussion\, you can still watch it below\nClick Here To Watch The Discussion \nClick Here To Access The Toolkit
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/economic-equity-innovation-series-increasing-homeownership-in-detroit-mortgage-lending/
LOCATION:Online / Zoom
CATEGORIES:Economic Equity Innovation Series
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SUMMARY:Growing and Retaining Detroit's Black Middle Class: An indication of economic equity
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSince 2010\, Detroit has seen little to no growth in its middle-class\, resulting in one of the lowest shares of middle-class households in the country. As Detroit works towards a more economically equitable future\, it is important to grow and retain Detroit’s African American middle class.\nJoin the Center in a discussion on why growing and retaining the African American middle class in Detroit is an indication of economic equity and hear from local and national leaders that will share innovative examples of approaches to growing middle class neighborhoods.\nIf you missed the discussion\, you can still watch it below.\nClick Here To Watch The Discussion \nClick Here To Access The Toolkit
URL:https://detroitfuturecity.com/event/growing-and-retaining-detroits-black-middle-class-an-indication-of-economic-equity/
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