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Thrive Detroit
- Dec 22, 2019
- 2 min
Next Time, Let’s Get Lunch on Me
Writer, Tash Moore Westlake is a long way from Oak Park, Michigan. It’s a neighborhood that skirts downtown Los Angeles and has become...
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Thrive Detroit
- Aug 3, 2014
- 2 min
Harlem vs. Detroit
By Kenedi Dubose This is the story of a boy named John Carter. John was born and raised in Harlem, New York. His family enjoyed the...
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Thrive Detroit
- Jun 14, 2014
- 3 min
The Final Delivery
The door takes a few moments to open. I hold the handle with one hand, shaking the key in the lock with the other, trying to manage the...
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Thrive Detroit
- Feb 2, 2013
- 4 min
Detroit River Rescue-Part 1
It is August 1854 in Detroit, MI. Twelve-year-old Willie studies his school lessons and works as a delivery boy at the bakeshop owned and...
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Thrive Detroit
- Jan 20, 2013
- 2 min
Detroit, Detroit, My Home Town
In June of this year, I fulfilled a long-time dream and goal to move to Atlanta, Georgia. It was with mixed emotions that I left Detroit...
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Thrive Detroit
- Oct 20, 2012
- 3 min
What could possibly go wrong? Help and Humility
In March, 2004, I was in my last semester of graduate school in New York City. I was working full time in a record store and as a deejay...
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Thrive Detroit
- Oct 13, 2012
- 3 min
Detroit: A Seeker Friendly History
Riding my bike along Jefferson the other day, I took note of all the streets named for early French and British landowners, and I...
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Thrive Detroit
- Oct 13, 2012
- 2 min
Beating The Odds: from teen pregnancy to attorney
I gave birth to my daughter April 8, 1996. I was 13 years old, in the 8th grade at Joy Middle School. Yes, it really was the first time...
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Thrive Detroit
- Aug 26, 2012
- 2 min
Jane Dabish aka CCDynamite: Or How a Good Chaldean Girl Became a Comic
Jane Dabish was born in Southfield to a Chaldean family. She spent her childhood down in her parents’ basement playing out stage...
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