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Feeding Friendly Spaces
19 December 2019
On October 3rd, Brilliant Detroit hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at our Fitzgerald house to mark the opening of breastfeeding-friendly spaces...

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Lucious Conway, Fitzgerald Resident and Volunteer
9 August 2019
“If you want change globally, you have to make a change locally… one person at a time—that is how we...

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Making a Splash in Fitzgerald
9 August 2019
When we first walked through the house on 16919 Prairie Street in the Fitzgerald neighborhood, we were struck by how...

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Neighborhood on the Rise: Gearing up for Morningside
20 February 2019
The Morningside neighborhood on Detroit’s East side is a self-described “neighborhood on the rise.” These two square miles bordered by...

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Jasmine’s Mission
20 February 2019
We see the work of building kid success neighborhoods as a community-driven movement and few represent the power and potential...

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Osborn: Champions of Kid Success
28 August 2018
After months of searching with neighbors, Brilliant Detroit moved into a perfectly located home in the Osborn neighborhood. 13800 Eastburn...

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Osborn: A Tale of Community for Kids
20 April 2018
We met Mr. Preston when we were considering the move to our newest Brilliant Detroit home in the Mohican-Regent neighborhood...

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When the Neighborhood Comes Together and an Angel Steps In
20 April 2018
When our Central house opened in 2016, a participant tearfully explained how moving it was for her to see this...

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A Path Forward
20 April 2018
There are times in our lives when we discover a place that changes everything. For Safiya Jackson, better known as...

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Literacy Partnerships and Programs – Spring 2018
20 April 2018
Today 14 percent of our 3rd graders in Detroit are reading at grade level. We all know that this is...

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Temple’s Room
22 March 2018
We’d like to tell the story of a young woman from Ashland, Oregon named Temple. In what is perhaps the...

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Neighbor-to-Neighbor
8 January 2018
Just over the last few months we’ve been making a difference and learning with neighbors in the following ways: Cody...

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