Global Detroit Blog
Read below for updates to Global Detroit and immigrant news affecting Metro-Detroit.
December 7, 2018Draft Comments to “Public Charge”
The national advocacy coalition against the expansion of public charge, Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) has made submitting comments easy. Individuals, organizations, and businesses are able to submit their comments through the comment form at https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/#take-action. PIF has pre-populated its online form with a sample comment for you. Comments [...]
December 7, 2018Public Charge Proposal Threatens Rust Belt Economies
Only days remain before public comments are due on the proposed federal rule change to public charge and last week, Global Detroit helped lead a twitter town hall meeting to highlight the potentially devastating economic impacts of the proposal. On October 10, the Department of [...]
November 19, 2018Building an Inclusive Region
Global Detroit is building an inclusive economy in Metro Detroit that welcomes the contributions of immigrants in ways that revitalize neighborhoods, create jobs, and raise incomes for all of us. We are an innovator and expert in connecting international talent with regional businesses’ unmet talent [...]
November 12, 2018Detroit Hosts Welcoming Economies Global Network City-to-City Visit: Showcases Its Leadership in Building an Inclusive Economy and City
Visitors from peer immigrant economic development and immigrant inclusion initiatives in Cincinnati, Louisville, St. Louis, Buffalo, South Bend, and New Zealand, came to Detroit on October 25-26 to study Detroit as a model for early progress in building a welcoming and inclusive city and regional [...]
October 24, 2018Immigrants, Refugees, Veterans and Returning Citizens Take Advantage of Job Fair Geared To Them
Fatimah, a refugee from Yemen with years of experience teaching chemistry to high school students, arrived in Michigan two years ago. For the next 12 months, she applied for countless jobs in her field without success because she lacked the necessary proof of education or [...]
October 17, 2018Neighborhood Resource Fair Brings Residents Together
On October 13, Global Detroit, in partnership with the East Davison Village(EDV) Community Group, hosted a neighborhood resource fair at Davison Elementary. The East Davison Village Community Neighborhood Resource Fair gave residents an opportunity to come together, meet new friends, make connections and have access [...]
October 11, 2018New York based Arts Foundation Providing an Inclusive safe-space for Immigrant Artists in Detroit
Over the past ten years, the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has worked with immigrant artists based in New York City to foster a local community of artists sharing the immigrant experience. The four month Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program pairs emerging immigrant artists [...]
October 5, 2018French Immigrant University of Michigan Professor, Gérard Morou Wins Nobel Prize in Physics!
On Tuesday 2nd October 2018, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,Stockholm, Sweden named Gérard Mourou, a University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor where he has taught for over 16 years as a co-winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. Professor Mourou [...]
October 1, 2018The Detroit News editorial: Don’t close the door on refugees
Our Director Steve Tobocman’s recent editorial in The Detroit News makes the case for smart immigration policies that reinforce the United States national character as the world’s leading beacon for refuge, freedom, and safety. Last year - shortly after the Trump Administration announced its 2018 [...]
September 27, 2018Meet Monica Rao: Opportunity Neighborhoods Project Manager eager to work with Detroit residents
Meet Monica Rao, Global Detroit’s new Opportunity Neighborhoods Project Manager. Over the past several years, Global Detroit has built trust with residents in Southwest Detroit, Hamtramck, East Davison Village, and Banglatown by responding to the specific needs of the residents. Global Detroit is expanding upon [...]
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Global Detroit is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation that revitalizes Michigan’s economy by pursuing strategies that strengthen Detroit’s connections to the world to make the region more attractive and welcoming to immigrants, internationals, and foreign trade and investment as a means to produce jobs and regional economic growth.