Today on Stateside, the head of Detroit’s health department expresses tentative optimism about the current stage in the city’s battle against COVID-19. Plus, visions of Afrofuturism as seen in American comics. And, what homeschooling has to offer for Black families during—and after—the pandemic.
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Head of Detroit’s health department talks about equity in the city’s vaccine rollout
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Stateside’s conversation with Denise Fair
- Denise Fair is the chief public health officer for the Detroit Health Department
MSU museum exhibit explores Afrofuturism through Black comic book characters
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Stateside’s conversation with Julian C. Chambliss
- Julian Chambliss is a professor of English at Michigan State University.
Why are more Black families homeschooling? It’s not just about the pandemic.
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Stateside’s conversation with Salima Ellis and Bernita Bradley
- Salima Ellis is the school leader of Universal Minds School of Evolution.
- Bernita Bradley is the Midwest regional delegate for the National Parents Union and the founder of the Engaged Detroit Homeschooling Network.
- For more information about making the leap to homeschooling and the engaged Detroit Homeschooling Network, email bernita@npunion.org or call 248-217-0879.
