Resource Connecting Detroit’s assets through strategic placemaking April 11, 2013 Good morning. I would like to extend a warm welcome to the guests who have arrived in Detroit for this inaugural Project for Public Spaces Leadership Council meeting. I’m told that we have representation from 25 states and 10 countries. Leave it to the Project for Public Spaces to assemble…
Resource The ‘fierce urgency of now’: Getting the climate question right April 9, 2013 Climate change and our response to it is one of the great social issues of our day – one that will be part of almost every profession as well as the heart of political and civic activity. (University of Michigan Law School Environmental Law and Policy Program Lecture Series address.)
Resource 2012 Kresge Foundation annual report April 5, 2013 By The Kresge Foundation, annual report on the foundation, its grantmaking and investing.
Resource Healthy Beverage Initiative Toolkit March 22, 2013 This toolkit was prepared by the Health Promotion Policy department staff of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, with collaboration from the National Association of County and City Health Officials and input from health advocates around the country. The work was undertaken with support from Kresge’s Health Program…
News & Views Art X Detroit showcases Kresge Eminent Artists and Artist Fellows March 6, 2013 Art X Detroit: Kresge Arts Experience is back, drawing eager crowds into Midtown Detroit through Sunday, April 14. The free, five-day event celebrates arts and culture in Detroit and the creativity and craft of Kresge’s Eminent Artists and Artist Fellows working in the visual, performing and literary arts. This time…
Resource Creative Vitality in Detroit: The Detroit Cultural Mapping Project March 4, 2013 A report commissioned by The Kresge Foundation’s Arts and Culture Program to create a baseline of data about metropolitan Detroit’s creative economy and cultural assets. The report catalogs a broad range of creative industries and occupations, as well as resources like festivals and events, cultural organizations and facilities.
News & Views As state moves to put emergency financial manager in Detroit, Kresge CEO says foundation expects to press forward with its work in city March 2, 2013 Rip Rapson, the president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation, today issued a statement responding to the planned appointment of an emergency financial manager for Detroit. Michigan’s governor has decided to send an emergency financial manager to the city of Detroit. Gov. Rick Snyder’s decision, announced Friday, is within his…
Resource South Texas College wins Leah Meyer Austin Award for increasing student success February 7, 2013 It’s an honor for Kresge to sponsor the Leah Meyer Austin Award this year. None of us would be here tonight if it weren’t for Leah’s creativity, passion and determination that led to the creation of Achieving the Dream. There are almost 1,600 of us in the room tonight –…
Resource Creative Placemaking January 31, 2013 A white paper for The Mayors’ Institute on City Design, a leadership initiative on the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the United States Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation. Ann Markusen, Markusen Economic Research Services, and Anne Gadwa, Metris Arts Consulting. NEA 2010.
Resource Re-visioning the student-success ecosystem in South African higher education January 22, 2013 What can South African universities, higher education leaders, the business community, ordinary citizens and government do to help create an environment where all students succeed? And what role can donors like The Kresge Foundation play in supporting that effort? (Address at the University of Pretoria.) I’m deeply grateful for the leadership…