I Dream Detroit: The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future
Type
Policy Brief or Report
Year
2017
Level
State
State(s)
Michigan
Policy Areas
Civil Rights, Community Development
Rarely do we hear authentic stories about the instrumental roles that women of color play in the revival of Detroit. In Detroit, African American, Asian, Arab and Hispanic women are more than 47 percent of the city's total population. Not surprisingly, there are many women of color who are leading the city's revitalization. I Dream Detroit: The Voice and Vision of Women of Color on Detroit's Future, a project funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, provides an important platform for unheralded women of color to articulate the challenges, as well as the accomplishments, they encounter daily in communities throughout the city. I Dream Detroit is unleashing the untold narratives and powerful stories of incredible women of color. Their stories provide a baseline to gauge progress. By documenting these stories, I Dream Detroit is revealing anecdotes about life in these communities, the barriers that residents are facing, and the challenges faced by women trying to make life better. Their stories further the case for leveraging public, private and nonprofit resources to address these circumstances and make real progress. The following paper recounts these stories.