Global Detroit Blog
Read below for updates to Global Detroit and immigrant news affecting Metro-Detroit.
February 11, 2015The Passing of a Great Champion
On February 3, the State of Michigan, Metro Detroit, the city, and Global Detroit lost a great friend and champion of diversity. Dan Krichbaum, the long-time director of what is now the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity Inclusion (formerly NCCJ), former chief of staff to Governor [...]
January 29, 2015How do I get more information on the Executive Order?
Sign-up and stay informed! Many people are excited about President Obama’s executive order for administrative relief, but some don’t what it means, who if affects, and how it might affect them, their friends or family. The assumption is often made that only undocumented immigrants benefit [...]
January 21, 2015Integrated Policy Exercise debates Immigrant Visa Proposal
Every year, the Gerald R. Ford School for Public Policy at the University of Michigan schedules an Integrated Policy Exercise course (IPE) as a requirement for all first-year masters level students. The IPE course focuses on a real-world current or potential policy issue. This year, [...]
January 19, 2015From the Director: New Study Highlights Need for Immigrant Inclusion in Revitalization of Detroit’s Commercial Corridors
By Steve Tobocman This past week, the Fiscal Policy Institute, in conjunction with the America’s Society and Council of the Americas (AS/COA) released groundbreaking new research about the importance and prevalence of America’s immigrants in building and sustaining Main Street commercial retail businesses. While only [...]
December 2, 2014From the Director: Administrative Relief on Immigration Toward a More Global Detroit
By Steve Tobocman Two weeks ago, President Obama announced the most sweeping changes in federal immigration policy in some three decades. Unfortunately the realities of these policy issues have been swept aside in most of the mass media reporting on the issue, eschewing understanding how [...]
November 21, 2014Del Director: El Alivio Administrativo del Presidente Obama
Por Steve Tobocman Ayer por la noche, el presidente Obama anunció las reformas más radicales en los Estados Unidos a la política de inmigración en casi 30 años. Su acción para tratar de integrar a millones de padres indocumentados de ciudadanos estadounidenses o residentes legales [...]
November 21, 2014From the Director: Obama’s Administrative Relief
By Steve Tobocman Last night, President Obama announced the most sweeping reforms in U.S. immigration policy in nearly 30 years. His action to try to integrate millions of undocumented parents of U.S. citizens or legal residents is bound to fan the flames of political firestorms [...]
November 19, 2014Downtown Detroit Makes Play for Global Talent
Hundreds of International Students to participate in retention conference Over 300 international students from Michigan’s top universities will attend the Michigan Global Talent Retention Initiative’s “Michigan’s Global Future” conference in downtown Detroit on Friday as part of the larger regional efforts of GTRI, Global Detroit, [...]
October 30, 2014Cultural Ambassadors Connectors program has launched!
On the 16th of October, Global Detroit kicked off its new Cultural Ambassadors Connector program with our partner, Upwardly Global. The program takes its cues from Ann Arbor SPARK’s Cultural Ambassadors program, the Halifax Connectors program, and the St. Louis Mosaic Connectors program. The Halifax [...]
October 28, 2014From the Director: State and Local Immigration Policy – Pragmatic and Common Sense Solutions
By Steve Tobocman On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, I had the honor of speaking on a panel about state and local immigration policy with California State Senator Ricardo Lara and Commissioner Nisha Agarwal of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs at the [...]
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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.