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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
Mar 25, 20142 min read
Here Comes the Sun, La-da-da-da…
Transitioning out of this year’s extremely harsh winter has me singing in anticipation of the spring and summer sun. The “polar vortex”...
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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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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
Jan 20, 20142 min read
What Will You Do and When Will You Do it?
I first heard that question in a “People Encouraging People,” or PEP Group. PEP Groups are small informal gatherings of about 8-10 people...
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Thrive Detroit
Nov 27, 20132 min read
Testament to Friendship
My phone rang at 8:30 on a Saturday morning. It was one of those rainy weekends that make releasing the bedcovers difficult. But I was...
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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
Sep 21, 20134 min read
The Future of Begging and Panhandling
Note: I prefer not to attach labels to individuals based upon their current negative behaviors. At any given moment, an individual can...
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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
Jul 14, 20133 min read
A Modern Scarlet Letter: Marks and Stigma of Mental Illness
We, all of us, have relatives, friends, coworkers or others in our network who are suffering or have suffered from some form of illness...
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Thrive Detroit
Jun 2, 20133 min read
If This, Then That: Logical Conclusions of a Broken Criminal Justice System
In my wanderings around the internet, I came upon an online service called IFTTT (if this then that). If you haven’t heard of it, you...
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Thrive Detroit
May 17, 20133 min read
Apple Stock Continues to Slide after Disappointing Financial Report
Despite posting quarterly profits of $9.5 billion, impressive numbers by most standards, Apple’s stock continues to lose ground amidst...
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Thrive Detroit
May 4, 20132 min read
Wading Into the Morass of a Broken Criminal Justice System
Ever since I decided to research the mechanics of our prison system, I have been somewhat stuck. I have had to reexamine some of my own...
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Thrive Detroit
May 3, 20132 min read
Dr Sabrina Advice Column: Helping People with People
Dear Sabrina: I really need some help with my mess of a marriage. Let me begin by stating that I married my current husband to make my...
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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
Justice Scaled
Recently I learned of something even more disturbing than our former mayor’s pending indictment and imprisonment for 24 federal charges,...
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Thrive Detroit
Feb 28, 20133 min read
Proposed Park Closures an opportunity to think outside of the sandbox
Like me, you’ve probably kept up with the plans to lease Belle Isle to the State of Michigan as a cost saving measure for the City. ...
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