Nearly two dozen civic, community and economic development organizations across metro Detroit will expand their capacity to address critical local and regional issues as the Detroit Revitalization Fellows (DRF), a program of Wayne State University, welcomes its 2015-17 Fellows. The program will also announce the Kresge Mayors Fellows, an initiative launched in partnership with the Kresge Foundation and the office of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
WHAT:
A reception and press event to welcome 23 Detroit Revitalization Fellows from Detroit, across Michigan and around the United States. Chosen from more than 650 applicants, these emerging urban leaders will serve two-year appointments at a range of public and nonprofit organizations focused on the revitalization of Detroit and the region.
The program will also announce the Kresge Mayors Fellows, an initiative to be launched in partnership with the Kresge Foundation and the office of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. Through this initiative, three DRF alumni will take on cross-departmental challenges and opportunities in the mayor's office to advance the quality of life for and with Detroiters while building capacity for the administration.
Speakers include Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan; Kresge Foundation President and CEO Rip Rapson and M. Roy Wilson, President, Wayne State University
WHEN:
Monday, Aug. 10, 2015
11 a.m.-noon (reception following)
WHERE:
TechTown Detroit
440 Burroughs
Detroit, Mich.
MORE INFO:
Detroit Revitalization Fellows was launched at Wayne State University in 2011. The program was inspired by the Rockefeller Foundation's CUREx Fellowships, started in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to attract urbanists from across the country to help rebuild the city. Fifty-one Fellows from across the United States have participated in two successive cohorts since the program began; 23 Fellows in the third cohort began their service this month. Detroit Revitalization Fellows is a program of Wayne State University's Office of Economic Development and has been generously supported by The Kresge Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Hudson-Webber Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Skillman Foundation, the DTE Energy Foundation, the Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. and Wayne State University.
For more information, visit http://detroitfellows.wayne.edu/.