Friday, June 26, 2009

LTU + Social Entrepreneurship: 2 Iowans Offer Their Take on Detroit

Over at another blog, two students from Grinnell College in Iowa are talking about their impressions, thoughts and ideas about the City of Detroit. Through the Detroit Social Innovation Project, a joint venture between Lawrence Tech's Center for Nonprofit Management and Grinnell College, Mickale Haile and Beth Miller are spending 9 weeks working to create socially innovative internships that will bring other students to the area to discuss and find creative approaches to Detroit's social and economic problems.

Check it out, make some comments, jump into the dialogue!

We have some great things going on right next door, and rather than becoming discouraged or feeling like we need to flee the state, it just might pay off to stop, look around, and see how we can use our creativity to make the world around us a little better.

Some other great resources on talking about Detroit:
  • Metromode, a local online magazine featuring all things Detroit, is launching the Metro Detroit Talent Retention Program, in which it will feature young professionals from around the area who have chosen to stay, live and work in metro Detroit
  • Intern in Michigan connects Michigan employers and student interns to make the most of the wealth of talent we have right here
  • Positive Detroit is a blog dedicated to highlighting the good news about things that are going on in the Detroit area

Links to each of the Grinnel students' individual posts:
Posted by at
Labels: , , , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)