Zahria Liggans, 18, Alexia Carroll-Williams, 17, Kayla Carroll-Williams, 15, (center) and Deja Crenshaw, 18, are key members of the Cass Tech Girl's Lacrosse Team. ๐ธ The Guardian .
Demetrius Morgan and Nia Mitchell during the the sixth consecutive day of protests against police brutality the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 in Detroit, Michigan. They happened upon the protest after spending a day together in downtown Detroit. โThis has to be the last straw," Morgan said. ๐ธ Personal Work
"Men would rather love trans women of color in private and kill us in public than have anybody in the hood know of their association with us," said Julisa Abad, a trans advocate who is the program director at the Fair Michigan Justice Project. "Things are never going to change until we change that social stigma." ๐ธ Insider
Cass Tech High School Girl's Lacrosse Team. ๐ธ The Guardian
Dr. Valeria Valbuena a doctor at the University of Michigan working to improve pulse oximetry for Black patients and patients with darker skin. ๐ธ STAT News
Maddie and Becca came forward about sexual harassment and assault they experienced at Young Life. ๐ธ Business Insider
Amal Sayed , 17, a high-school senior in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, applied to 21 colleges in 2021. ๐ธ The Wall Street Journal
Lakia Higbee at her home in Cleveland, Ohio in September 2021 . ๐ธ The New York Times
Michigan State University senior Jackie Matthews was 11 years old when the mass shooting occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. On Monday, Feb. 13, 2023 evening a gunman opened fire killing three students and wounding five in a mass shooting at Berkey Hall and the MSU student union building. โIโm 21 years old and this is now the second mass shooting I have lived through.โ ๐ธ NBC News
Medical student Emily Otiso in Detroit ๐ธ The Star Tribune
Kemi Dauda: ๐ธ Vice+ Lenovo's 2020 New Realities Campaign
Pastor Daniel Moore of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church says the Flint water crisis and the pandemic have a lot in common. โThe distrust and frustration are similar.โ
Robert Julian-Borchak Williams,42, sits for a portrait with his wife, Melissa Williams, 37, and two daughters Julia,6, and Rosie, 3, at their home in Michigan. ๐ธ The New York Times
Key'Maura Lewis, 15, and her grandmother Barbara Gilleylen, 59, embrace in their backyard on in Kalamazoo, Michigan. ๐ธ The New York Times
Judy McCray, 63, was FaceTiming with her sister Deloris Curry, 69, a resident at Westwood Nursing Center in Detroit Michigan and was shocked to see a staff member enter the room without a mask. ๐ธ AARP