Discuss Detroit Jeanette Pierce

Join Jeanette Pierce as she discusses Detroit with Alex Hill, author of 'Detroit In 50 Maps,' which deconstructs the Motor City in surprising ways. Alex Hill is also the GIS Director at Wayne State University and Project Director of the Detroit Food Map Initiative, which has been mapping nutritional access of Detroit grocery stores, corner stores, and farmers markets since 2011.

Alex has started a website called DETROITography which connects various Detroit cartographers, consolidating their exceptional skill sets in map building. You can learn more here: https://detroitography.com/

Discuss Detroit features conversations with small business owners, community leaders, and Detroit residents as a program of City Institute. City Institute shares lessons learned from Detroit to inspire individuals, organizations, and cities to innovate for a better future. The learn more about services and programming, visit: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/

Join Jeanette Pierce as she discusses Detroit with several key individuals working together to build youth-driven spaces and organizations. Those individuals include: 

John Weiss – Director Director of Strategic Initiatives at Neutral Zone  Kelly Rossi – Program Director for the Detroit Creativity Project, 

Jewel Jordan & Faith Jones – Youth at Detroit Creativity Project 

Bubbles DuMouchel – YDS Capacity Builder at Neutral Zone.  

Discuss Detroit features conversations with small business owners, community leaders, and Detroit residents as a program of City Institute. City Institute shares lessons learned from Detroit to inspire individuals, organizations, and cities to innovate for a better future. The learn more about services and programming, visit: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/

Join Jeanette Pierce as she discusses Detroit with Lauren Hood, Founder and Director for the Institute of AfroUrbanism.

Learn more about the Institute of AfroUrbanism at their website: https://afrourbanism.com/

Discuss Detroit features conversations with small businesses owners, community leaders, and Detroit residents as a program of City Institute. City Institute shares lessons learned from Detroit to inspire individuals, organizations, and cities to innovate for a better future. The learn more about services and programming, visit: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/

Join Jeanette Pierce as she discusses Detroit with Moody Mattan, serial entrepreneur and CEO of BrandXR, the world's easiest to use no-code platform for building immersive XR experiences.

Learn more about BrandXR at their website: https://www.brandxr.io/

Discuss Detroit features conversations with small businesses owners, community leaders, and Detroit residents as a program of City Institute. City Institute shares lessons learned from Detroit to inspire individuals, organizations, and cities to innovate for a better future. The learn more about services and programming, visit: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/

Join Jeanette Pierce as she discusses Detroit with Ned Staebler, President and CEO of TechTown and Vice President for Economic Development at Wayne State University.

Learn more about Techtown at their website: https://techtowndetroit.org/

Discuss Detroit features conversations with small businesses owners, community leaders, and Detroit residents as a program of City Institute. City Institute shares lessons learned from Detroit to inspire individuals, organizations, and cities to innovate for a better future. The learn more about services and programming, visit: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/

Join Jeanette Pierce as she discusses Detroit with Eric Thomas, entrepreneur and Chief Storyteller for the City of Detroit,

Learn more about the City of Detroit's storytelling platform The Neighborhoods at their website: https://theneighborhoods.org/

Discuss Detroit features conversations with small businesses owners, community leaders, and Detroit residents as a program of City Institute. City Institute shares lessons learned from Detroit to inspire individuals, organizations, and cities to innovate for a better future. The learn more about services and programming, visit: https://www.thecityinstitute.com/