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Thrive Detroit
Oct 5, 20142 min read
Food For Thought: Perspectives on Foodborne Illness from Street Medicine Detroit
By: Anirudha Rathnam Consider this scenario: you’re at a picnic. As the day winds down, you have some leftover food which you decide to...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 24, 20142 min read
Beat the Heat: Street Medicine Detroit Explains Heat-Related Illness and How to Cool Off
By Anirudha Rathnam As Michigan’s weather wheel turns from the bitter cold of winter to the summer’s blistering heat, Street Medicine...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 2, 20142 min read
Harlem vs. Detroit
By Kenedi Dubose This is the story of a boy named John Carter. John was born and raised in Harlem, New York. His family enjoyed the...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 2, 20146 min read
Coming Full Circle
It was a warm sunny day and I was just happy school was over. I always said this was my birthday present since school ended the week of...
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Thrive Detroit
Aug 2, 20143 min read
What Matters
It is the mornings I love most, when I can feel hopeful. My best days start when I slip out of the shelter early, walking to one of the...
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Thrive Detroit
Jul 7, 201411 min read
Attorney, Teacher, Veteran, Mayor: Who Will be our next 14th Congressional District U.S. Representat
By Jacquise Purifoy, Esq. Getting citizens out to vote in primary elections can be a challenge and candidates don’t always have the...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 18, 20143 min read
Remembering JUNETEENTH
Texas Slaves Celebrating Juneteenth “But, if this part of our history could be told in such a way that those chains of the past, those...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 13, 20143 min read
The Final Delivery
The door takes a few moments to open. I hold the handle with one hand, shaking the key in the lock with the other, trying to manage the...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 13, 20142 min read
Making Dreams a Reality
What is it that makes dreams become a reality? We are in the season of celebrating graduations, from preschool all the way to achieving a...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 13, 20142 min read
Taking It to the Streets: How Street Medicine Detroit Offers Health Care to Those in Need
Guest Contributors: Andrew Wayne and Anirudha Rathnam Established in 2012, Street Medicine Detroit (SMD) is a collaborative effort...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 12, 20143 min read
Father’s Day
I check my watch, weighing the time. Just enough minutes to get in my morning walk before I have to shower and leave to get my mother....
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 7, 20144 min read
Wi-Detroit: Bridging The Digital Divide in the D
It’s no secret that the effects of Michigan’s “brain drain” have impacted the city of Detroit. In April of last year, Mobilize.org called...
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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
May 9, 20143 min read
Secret Weapon, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Motherhood: Steffanie Christ’ian Is Way Too Much!
Mom and Rock Star, Steffanie Christ’ian Singer Steffanie Christ’ian is known for her immeasurable energy, enormous passion, power, and...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 5, 20143 min read
The Umbrella
I stood on the stair of the bus. The others had walked past him, ignored him. They never allowed his presence to register in their minds....
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 5, 20142 min read
Purpose
There are over 7 billion people living on earth, all of whom are here for a purpose. I wonder how many of them know what that purpose is....
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 5, 20143 min read
A Good Start
I finish pulling my hair back, holding it tight, getting the rubber band around it. I want it to look neat. I catch my eye in the mirror....
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 3, 20143 min read
Spring Forward in Your Health
“I did it!” I shouted, as I ran across the finish line at the Atlanta Mission 5K Run to End Homelessness. I heard the announcer call my...
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Thrive Detroit
Apr 2, 20142 min read
Coming of Spring: Renewal and Rebirth
“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” Isaiah 60:1 Yes! “arise” and “shine,” my fine people,...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 18, 20143 min read
Sabrina Says…
Dear Sabrina: I really hope you can help me with this as I just do not know what to do. I am a single mother of 4 children and my...
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