We’re so excited to have been included in a Book Donation Map of America by In The Book! We’re listed alongside more than 1100 nonprofits, libraries, and locally-owned bookstores across over 100 cities.
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For Detroit parents, the past year has been one of significant challenges — and of perseverance. For caregivers working tirelessly to provide their children with educational support during this time, the digital learning environment has presented a number of barriers. In April 2021, Brilliant Detroit parents participated in a study with New America, a think […]
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By Mykala Thomas Today, people need to get together by staying apart. Community involvement helps support everyone’s health during the current pandemic and beyond. Working with your neighbors and Brilliant Detroit keeps depression at bay and helps you stay upbeat and productive. You can’t run away from the reality of the coronavirus pandemic, but you […]
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We’re so grateful to team up with the Project 2 Women’s Empowerment Workshop and appreciate the shout-out on their blog! You can find the blog link here and the post below: — Project 2 Partners With Brilliant Detroit Project 2 has been honored to team up with Brilliant Detroit for the Project 2 Women’s Empowerment Workshop. Cindy Eggleton […]
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Patricia Hill is the co-creator of EducatorTools.info, a website dedicated to offering helpful resources and inspiration to both established and aspiring educators. She’s also a Brilliant Detroit volunteer. Over the past month, she created a reading list for the Brilliant community that asks a powerful question: what does it mean to be a community leader […]
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Something exciting is brewing in Detroit and across the country. Last year, representatives of Brilliant Detroit and the City of Detroit went to Providence, RI, where top early childhood education leaders gathered to talk about replicating the Providence Talks program. “Providence Talks proposes to do something never before attempted at the municipal level: to intervene […]
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We use the words “Brilliant Detroit Family” quite often because that’s how we feel about all of you and all of the other participants, partners, donors, and volunteers who join us in the work of building kid success neighborhoods. We’re bound together. This connection is alive and well throughout Detroit and particularly in the relationship […]
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Greetings! Together, we celebrate growth in all of its aspects. Growth for kids, families and as a movement. This has been quite a journey fueled by love, purpose and sheer energy. We were built on the belief that we can and should do better for our kids, families, and neighborhoods. The belief that 14 percent […]
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Danielle Welcome remembers the day she first learned about Brilliant Detroit’s Osborn House. It was August of this year, and she was with her kids — Jade, Jameer, Jordan, and Jayden — just across the street on the playground. “There was this big picnic, they were barbecuing, lots of games out, and they approached me! […]
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On October 3rd, Brilliant Detroit hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at our Fitzgerald house to mark the opening of breastfeeding-friendly spaces at all of our locations. The house was filled with community partners, families and neighbors to help us commemorate the event. Thanks to our partnership with Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association and Evenflo, we are proud […]
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