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BLAC Goes Digital
April 13, 2020 · Updated August 16, 2022·By BLAC Staff
Click through our digital April issue and help a local charity that’s working to hold up the community.
April 13, 2020 · Updated August 16, 2022
April showers indeed. But BLAC Detroit, like all of you, is pushing through as best we can. We’ve stopped the presses (literally) and, for the first time, published an all-digital issue. You can flip through it just like the real deal, and we hope you do. Because every click counts toward our goal of donating $500 to Detroit Phoenix Center, a local resource center and drop-in shelter serving homeless and insecure youth.
Remind yourself of the issues that matter to Black Detroit and let us introduce you to some local businesses that need your support right now. A few highlights …
- High Society: Michigan’s recreational weed industry starts to boom, but questions linger (flip to Page 16)
- The Wealth Gap: 5 things Black folk can do to help grow wealth and narrow the racial gap (flip to Page 22)
- Choice Words: New book shares writers’ abortion stories (flip to Page 13)
- The Color of Autism: Mom’s nonprofit centers Black families with autism diagnoses (flip to Page 6)
- Green House: Celebrate Earth Day and go green at home (flip to Page 8)
- Best Buds: Flowers for Dreams opens downtown and donates a portion of profits to local charities (flip to Page 10)
- Slice of Heaven: 24th Cheesecakerie opens second family-run location in Novi (flip to Page 12)
… and much more! We’re all in this together, and we’ve got your back during these strange times. Explore BLAC Detroit’s April digital edition now – and help us support Detroit Phoenix Center, too. Stay strong, safe and healthy!
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