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With its theme: ARISE Detroit! Be Part Of The Change, it has also sent a message that Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama has echoed in his campaign stops around the country. Obama has called for more people to participate in community service programs to help create the change that transforms our communities. ARISE Detroit! sounded that call in 2006. It also uses its media resources and partnerships to be an advocate for the hundred of groups that are quietly working with children and in neighborhoods to make a difference.
On Saturday, Aug. 2, ARISE Detroit! will hold its second annual ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day: Renewing the Village, which it hopes to establish as a new tradition for Detroiters.Headed by executive director Luther Keith, former senior editor and columnist for The Detroit News, ARISE Detroit! has grown from 22 founding organizations to a coalition of more than 300 nonprofits, churches, block clubs, media outlets and businesses.See the full content of this document
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Arise Detroit! Takes Hold in Detroit
Two years ago, a new organization was launched in Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit. It was called ARISE Detroit! and s...
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