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From 2001 to 2004, Cox served as a director of a Detroit homeless shelter for young women called Alternatives for Girls, where she did her fieldwork while completing her PhD in anthropology at the University of Michigan. Working at the shelter, Cox studied the impact of race, class, gender, and sexuality on the lives of black women. [4]
Metallica and the fans who packed Ford Field for two nights helped a pair of Detroit nonprofits: Gleaners Food Bank and Alternatives for Girls. Metallica donates $70k to Detroit nonprofits ...
Alise Alousi (born 1965) is an Iraqi American poet [1] living in Detroit. She was formerly a program director at Alternatives for Girls, a local program to keep vulnerable girls and young women from dropping out of school, street activity and other risky activities. [2] She was born in 1965.
In its first year of being a girls' school there were 95 students in grades 9-10. [6] It moved into its current location in the fall of 2007. In 2008 there were about 400 girls attending the school. [5] Originally a high school, it began middle school classes around 2009, and around 2010 it began elementary classes. That year there were 530 ...
Girls Rock Detroit, a nonprofit organization, runs an inclusive summer camp for young girls to explore their identity, love of music and community.
Kate Williams is a chef and restaurateur in Detroit, Michigan, US. She was chef and restaurateur for Lady of the House in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood. In 2018 Food + Wine named her one of America's best new chefs and GQ and Esquire named the restaurant to their lists of best new restaurants. Lady of the House closed in 2021 during the COVID ...
Girls’ Catholic Central High School held its final graduation ceremony and closed its doors for the last time in 1969. The historic building sat vacant until 1973, when Sister Mary Watson, O.P. (1934-2021) of the Racine Dominican order, seized upon the previously unrecognized potential of the abandoned school building.
In the spring of 1878, seven members of the Liggett family, headed by the Reverend James D. Liggett, settled in Detroit to establish a small, independent school for girls originally named The Detroit Home and Day School. In 1883, the school moved to a three-story brick building at the corner of Cass Avenue and Stimson Place.