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  2. Empowerment Plan - Wikipedia

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    The Empowerment Plan was established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation in 2011, by Veronika Scott, who was a student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. . Beginning as a school project, Scott initially designed the sleeping bag coat, called "Element S(urvival)" from the Tyvek home insulation and wool army blankets to help the homeless population of Detroit [2] in two ways: By ...

  3. Veronika Scott - Wikipedia

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    Personal life and education. Scott was born on June 27, 1989, in Orange, California, but was raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, a town just outside of Detroit. She has 2 younger siblings. [1] She attended Clarkston High School and continued her academic studies at the College for Creative Studies (CCS) in Detroit, where she studied ...

  4. Detroit School of Arts - Wikipedia

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    819.7. ( −11.4) The Detroit School of Arts (DSA), originally known as the Detroit High School for the Fine and Performing Arts, is a public, magnet high school located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. [2][3] The Detroit School of Arts is a part of the Detroit Public Schools district. Entrance to Detroit School of Arts is based on an audition ...

  5. Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy - Wikipedia

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    Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy. Coordinates: 42°22′24.9″N 83°04′46.9″W. Blanche Kelso Bruce Academy was the name given to several charter schools within the Detroit Public Schools in Detroit, Michigan, serving students in grades 5-12. [1] They functioned as alternative schools for Youth Outside the Educational Mainstream (YOEM).

  6. Catherine Ferguson Academy - Wikipedia

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    Catherine Ferguson Academy ( CFA) was a public high school in Detroit, Michigan for pregnant girls and teen mothers, in operation from 1986 through 2014. [ 1][ 2] The school had an urban farm in its backyard [ 3] and provided day care and preschool education for the students' children. CFA received awards and was the subject of documentaries ...

  7. 'I hear a whisper calling us to rise:' Teen Empowerment opens ...

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    Google images from 387 Genesee St. in Rochester provide a glimpse of change in the neighborhood. Teen Empowerment plans to build a $4.3 million youth center on the site where abandoned, burnt out ...

  8. Detroit Leadership Academy - Wikipedia

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    Detroit Leadership Academy. Detroit Leadership Academy is a free public charter school located in Detroit, MI. The school was opened in 2012 through the YMCA [1][2] and currently serves students in Pre-K - 11th grade at two campuses on the city's west side. [3] and is managed by Equity Education. The school is one of 70 schools authorized and ...

  9. Geneva Smitherman - Wikipedia

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    Geneva Smitherman. Geneva Smitherman is a University Distinguished Professor Emerita of English and co-founder of the African American and African Studies doctoral program at Michigan State University. [1][2] Smitherman co-founded the first public African-centered elementary school in the country Malcolm X Academy within the Detroit Public ...