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Thrive Detroit
Jun 7, 20142 min read
Infant Mortality: Is It, or Isn’t It, a High Priority for Governor Snyder?
A common belief about politicians is that they say one thing and do another, but Rick Snyder told us he “wasn’t a politician.” Snyder...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 5, 20142 min read
The Night I Didn’t Get Shot
Quest Contributor: Kristin Wald I didn’t have the ego available to me to say no, so I sat in the truck. Swept along by a desire to seem...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 2, 20143 min read
Think ‘Bout It!
Hey, guys! It’s been awhile! It took me a long time to figure out what I would write about this time. Someone suggested I write about...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 1, 20143 min read
Detroit Social Justice Bubble: Is It Social “Just Us”?
As we look forward to our future and embrace change in Detroit, social injustice and social polarization results in us not looking at or...
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Thrive Detroit
Jan 20, 20143 min read
A Call to Service: Not Just for a Season or a Day, but a Lifetime
The holiday season has just passed, and for many, the spirit of giving has gone by the wayside as the focus on New Year’s resolutions,...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 27, 201310 min read
Thrive Short Story: The Club I Never Wanted to Join
This is a true account was submitted to Thrive Detroit for publication. The writer would like to remain anonymous. Before I became a...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 27, 20133 min read
A Mom’s Perspective on Affordable Healthcare
Thrive Editor Sarah Schroeder is a 32-year-old mother, wife, and writer. She writes the blog “Twinkle Toes and Ninja Boy,” a chronicle...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 17, 20132 min read
School Environments Promoting Value?
This month’s article is on how I feel about a few issues in our schools. There are many problems that I feel needs to be fixed, but for...
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Thrive Detroit
Sep 21, 20133 min read
How Many Wrongs Make It Right?
We have heard it said that “two wrongs don’t make a right,”. Well the settings in which this plays out are countless. Most recently, we...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 22, 20133 min read
A “New Red Barn”?
(This is the second in a series of articles on historic and significant buildings in Detroit history and how they may be part of...
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 14, 20133 min read
Detroit’s Big Fix: An Open Letter to the Honorable Gary Brown
Dear Mr. Chief Compliance Officer: Detroiters really want the basics. They want their trash picked up, their street lights on in the...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 22, 20131 min read
Social Justice in a Real World
There is much to be said about the injustices prevalent in the world around us. The list is endless, with racial, economic, religious,...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 1, 20132 min read
Accepting the Unacceptable
“Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” ― Viktor E. Frankl Not long ago, while in a...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 28, 20133 min read
Restorative Justice: Making Things Right
After reading the title of this article, one might ask, “What difference can restorative justice make?” In order to even approach such a...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 1, 20132 min read
Think ‘Bout It: It’s Never too Early to Plan
Hi guys! It’s Jelly, and I’m back to share some good advice and give you something else to think about. My mom always tells me that I...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 1, 20122 min read
Parents take time to talk and listen to your children
I believe I speak for a lot of my peers when I say parents listen to your children. There’s an old song by Will Smith with the words:...
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