Resource What’s next: Philanthropy in an age of government retrenchment June 29, 2011 Despite The Kresge Foundation’s efforts to provide emergency relief to community-based organizations caught in the grip of economic crisis, the realization that much of the rest of the philanthropic ecosystem is better suited to rise to that immediate challenge has led us to assess how we might identify philanthropic acupuncture…
Resource Farmworkers at the border: A bilingual initiative for occupational health and safety June 28, 2011 By Soledad Vela Acosta, M., Sechrest, L., & Chen, M-K. (2009). Public Health Reports, 124 (Supplement 1), 143–151.
Resource Re-Imagining Land-Use in Detroit: Is it Really Possible? April 18, 2011 Address to the American Assembly in Detroit, Michigan.
Resource Art X Detroit: Why art matters April 11, 2011 Art X Detroit demonstrates why the arts are so powerful in this time and place; makes connections across the past, the present and the future; and views our community through a lens that substitutes for a tired and incomplete view of a city in decline a fresh, unexpected view of…
Resource A decade of change: Where does it leave the smart-growth movement? Where does it leave Detroit? March 21, 2011 Fundamental shifts in our social, political and economic systems carry momentous implications for philanthropy's role in promoting the institutions, values and practices of smart growth and livable communities. (Address to the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities.)
News & Views Kresge sponsors Art X Detroit: A new Detroit arts experience in Midtown, April 6-10, 2011 February 10, 2011 The event, located in the city’s cultural district, will showcase new works of Kresge’s Eminent Artists and Fellowship winners. TROY, Mich. – The Kresge Foundation will sponsor Art X Detroit, a free, five-day series of exhibitions, presentations, readings, discussions, concerts and dance performances for the Detroit community. Art X will…
News & Views Poet and playwright Bill Harris is named 2011 Kresge Eminent Artist January 27, 2011 Detroit’s distinguished author, literary critic, and college educator receives $50,000 prize from The Kresge Foundation. TROY, Mich. – Renowned literary artist and educator Bill Harris – whose poetry, prose, and playwriting have won him acclaim from Detroit to New York City – has been named the 2011 Kresge Eminent Artist…
Resource Hidden hazards: A call to action for healthy, livable communities January 1, 2011 By Los Angeles Collaborative for Environmental Health and Justice. (2010). Santa Monica, CA: Liberty Hill Foundation.
Resource Case for Change Capital in the Arts: Building Vibrant and Viable Cultural Organizations January 1, 2011 By Rebecca Thomas and Rodney Christopher with Holly Sidford, Helicon Collaborative. (2011). Nonprofit Finance Fund: New York, Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles.
Resource ‘Looking back, turning inward and moving forward’ in South Africa November 11, 2010 Thank you, Shelagh, for your very kind introduction. Let me add my welcome to the annual Leadership Retreat of the Kresge Special Initiative in South Africa. And let me add my thank you to all of you for taking such a significant amount of time out of your unimaginably busy…