Our Youth Council Directed $200k to These Detroit Nonprofits

Monthly Archives: April 2015

Tonya Allen: Quantifying hope for young men of color

by: | Apr. 17th, 2015 Editor’s note: This blog is being republished with permission from the Foundation Center and Campaign for Black Male Achievement’s joint report, Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys. At a March meeting in Detroit, a number of stakeholders committed to improving outcomes for young men of color sat […]

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Part 1: Tonya Allen answers critics of CFDS recommendations

by: Tonya Allen | Apr. 1st, 2015 It’s been less than 48 hours since the Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren announced its recommendations. We have received praise, and we have received criticism. It’s what we expected. We knew our recommendations were not going to please everyone. We actually have complainants from the left and […]

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