HOPE Speaks - A Generation of Promise Conversation on Policing and Racism in the U.S.
Students and facilitators from the Generation of Promise program discuss recent Black Lives Matter protests, policing, and ways to dismantle racism.
Generation of Promise Capstone - Mental Health Matters
Focus: HOPE’s program, Generation of Promise, supports students in completing community organizing and issue based capstone projects.
Focus: HOPE's Generation of Promise Students Respond to Oxford Tragedy
Even as the news cycle has rushed on to new headlines, we know Oxford students and families are still grieving, and many students across the state and country are struggling. Especially as many students are coming back to school for their second semester, we want to continue to amplify the feelings and concerns of students around this important issue.
De-Twah: Setting the Record Straight on Immigration
Check out Focus: HOPE's Generation of Promise Immigration Justice Group's new series De-Twah: Setting the Record Straight on Immigration's first episode: Detroit - A Sanctuary For All now! Stay tuned for more great content.
Generation of Promise Class 30 Graduation and Capstone Showcase
Generation of Promise friends, family, and community celebrate the accomplishments of the program’s 30th Class of young leaders! Students also share their community-based Capstone Projects addressing police brutality and criminal justice reform, education justice, environmental justice, and immigration justice.
“Unreadable” Focus: HOPE Freedom School
Freedom School promote the development of strong, literate, and empowered young people in Detroit’s HOPE Village.
“Take a Book Home” Focus: HOPE Freedom School
CDF Freedom Schools combat summer learning loss, a phenomenon that disproportionately affects low-income children. Instead of declining over the summer, HOPE Village CDF Freedom Schools students’ reading levels increased by an average of nine months over the course of the six-week program.
“Learning 4 Life” Focus: HOPE Freedom School
Instructors and students learning while having fun at our Freedom School.
Keep It 100!
On July 16th, 17th and 18th over 10,000 volunteers came to the HOPE Village neighborhood in Detroit to help clean up. Many of the volunteers were youth from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA) Gathering. Here’s a look at the event.
Focus: HOPE Center for Working Families
The Focus: HOPE Center for Working Families is changing the lives of individuals and families in Detroit by giving them the tools and support they need to achieve financial independence.
ProsperUS Detroit Entrepreneurship Training Program
Husain Abdul-Wahaab discusses what he learned from the ProsperUS Entrepreneurship class he took at Focus: HOPE in regards to his business, Hamtramck Main Event Gym, where they specialize in a fusion of Western Fitness and Eastern Martial Arts.
In Pursuit of HOPE
This compelling film and exhibition features the shared narratives of HOPE Village residents about race, equity, and progress in the 50 years after the 1967 Detroit civil unrest.
