This week, Donna and Orlando sat down with the founders of Century Partners, Andrew Colom and David Alade along with their new partner, Shea Whitfield from the hit HGTV Show, "Bargain Block." Century Partners went on the record to talk about the journey of the organization, clear up some misconceptions, and talk about the work they're doing now.

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It's an election year for the city of Detroit. This year Detroiters will elect a Mayor, City Council members, City Clerk and maybe vote on a revision to the City Charter. Orlando and Donna hope to talk with candidates running for various offices. Daivon Reeder joined them to talk about his run for City Council in District 4. 

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WHY THE REVISION OF DETROIT’S CITY CHARTER IS SO CONTENTIOUS

MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS COULD EXPIRE JUNE 30. HERE’S HOW TO GET HELP.

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It's an election year for the city of Detroit. This year Detroiters will elect a Mayor, City Council members, City Clerk, and vote on a revision to the City Charter. Orlando and Donna continues the series with a district 4 wide candidate forum in partnership with Eastside Community Network and the LEAP Coalition Steering Committee. 

All of the candidates were present: Ane Bomani, M.L. Elrick, Latisha Johnson, Toson Knight, Daivon Reeder, Virgil Smith, and Ken Snapp. 

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Over the weekend, the nonprofit think tank, Detroit Future City (DFC) and their Center for Equity, Research, and Engagement released their "State of Economic Equity in Detroit" report. The report is a follow up to the framework they released last October and it uncovers the uneven economic growth that Detroit has experienced especially when you disaggregate the data by race.

Donna and Orlando invited their friend Anika Goss back on the show to discuss key findings in the report.

You can read the full report here.

You can find the Fresh Off the Press story here. 

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This week Donna and Orlando sit down with the amazing Alia Harvey Quinn! Alia is a poet, activist, artist and the executive director of Force Detroit. Alia's work carries the tension of the desire to keep neighborhoods safe but also implementing restorative justice practices in policing.

This episode unpacks Detroit Police Chief James Craig retirement announcement that will take effect June 1st and him revealing that he was a "Republican."

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Register and attend Force Detroit's Fund Peace event here. 

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The latest revision draft of the Detroit City Charter has been making headlines across the city the last few days. Governor Whitmer rejected the draft citing legality issues incongruent to state laws. 

What does the Governor's rejection mean? What happens next?

We discuss with Charter Commissioner, Denzel McCampbell and Detroit radio and television personality, Steve Hood. 

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It's an election year for the city of Detroit. This year Detroiters will elect a Mayor, City Council members, City Clerk, and vote on a revision to the City Charter. Orlando and Donna hope to talk with candidates running for various offices as apart of the new Candidate Series. Toson Knight joined them to talk about his run for City Council in District 4.  

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Recorded directly after the Chauvin verdict. Donna and Orlando are joined by Pastor Brian Ellison of Church of the New Covenant Baptist Detroit. He happens to be the brother of the Minnesota Attorney General, Keith Ellison who successfully prosecuted Derek Chauvin. Both are Native Detroiters. 

They weigh in on the war of words happening between Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and Detroit Police Chief, James Craig. 

Also, the city council race is heating up in Detroit!

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Donna and Orlando welcome Deputy Director for Prosperity and Equity and Inclusion Officer for the state of Michigan's Labor and Economic Opportunity Department. Kim also serves on Governor Whitmer's Poverty Task Force.

The Michigan Poverty Task Force recently released their report with 35 recommendations to increase the household income of all Michiganders and to restore the safety net in the state. The Taskforce worked with 14 state departments to come up those policy recommendations under a lens of racial equity. The report can be found here.

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Resident leaders Michelle Jackson and Delores Orr join Donna and Orlando to talk about their work with the Lower Eastside Action Plan (LEAP) Coalition. 

Michelle Jackson serves as the LEAP Coalition co-chair and is the founder and executive director of Sustainable Community Farms, she is the member of the Chandler Park Neighborhood Association, and she is also the the climate equity organizer at Eastside Community Network.

Delores Orr is a former LEAP Ambassador, she is the co-chair of the Neighborhood Improvement Committee and she also a volunteer with the East Village Neighborhood Association. 

They discuss how policy and "good intention" show up on the streets where they reside and lead. 

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