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Monthly Archives: October 2017

Real Change Takes More Than Money

by: | Oct. 18th, 2017 “The most important lesson I learned in my years at the Ford Foundation is that we can’t buy change. Now, if one has enough money, we can rent it for a while.”   – Edward J. Meade, Program Officer in Charge (retired), Ford Foundation Years ago when I first began to work […]

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Our New Strategic Approaches

by: The Skillman Foundation | Oct. 10th, 2017 Change is happening in Detroit, and it’s happening because of the people and organizations, homegrown and newcomer alike, who believe in the possibilities of the city. But in order for change to be meaningful and lasting, it must also be rooted in the possibility of the people. […]

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