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Suicide Prevention Month, Caleb’s Kids, Black Film Festival
Season 52
Episode 38
For National Suicide Prevention Month, NAMI Michigan Executive Director Kevin Fischer discusses efforts to combat mental illness stigma and suicide. Caleb’s Kids Founder and CEO Kiesha Jackson shares how losing her brother to suicide inspired her to create her organization. Plus, details on the 5th annual Detroit Black Film Festival and Taste of Black Spirits National Conference.
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Stephen Henderson talks with Eye Care For Detroit’s founder and cybersecurity expert Sakinah Tanzil.
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Details about Grow Detroit’s Young Talent program and the resurgence of Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion.
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The evolution and influence of funk music and Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd.
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The “Black Church in Detroit” series examines the role of Black women during the Great Migration.
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A Michigan COVID study, “Women of Excellence” recipients, and a tribute to Luther Keith.
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Alvin Ailey Dance Theater stops in Detroit and two women DJs talk about Detroit’s techno music scene
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Celebrating The Wright Museum’s 60th anniversary and Teen HYPE’s play “Two Detroits.”
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A documentary on former NAACP leader Walter White and a discussion about the NAACP’s legacy.
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2025 Kresge Eminent Artist, Carl Craig’s “All Black Vinyl” series and journalist Al Allen.
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A panel discussion on the Great Migration and the 9th annual African American Family Book Expo.
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“Ruby - The Musical,” “Confederates” play and a performance from the Sphinx Competition.
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A look at how Black churches helped Southerners who came North during the Great Migration.