by admin | Sep 23, 2020 | Green Jobs, Projects and Programs - ALL
Detroit’s First Comprehensive Green Jobs Training Program Our first workforce training program operated for over a decade and its positive impacts continue to be felt by Detroit residents to this day. At the time, our program was the city’s only comprehensive green...
by admin | Sep 23, 2020 | Green Jobs, Projects and Programs - ALL
Green jobs aren’t just for environmental specialists; they include jobs in manufacturing, services, skilled trades, design, scientific research & development. Since 1994, DWEJ has advocated for educating and empowering the people of Detroit to “Take a Stand for...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Green Jobs, Projects and Programs - ALL
Original Future Build Staff members (from left to right): Brian Duell, Carla King, Anetha Walker, Guy O. Williams, and Lynette Cobb “Working for DWEJ definitely came as an answer to my prayer request. This life-changing experience has impacted my life, as well as my...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Community Action, Green Jobs, Projects and Programs - ALL
In 2008, DWEJ and the Southeast Michigan Sustainable Business Forum partnered to develop plans for a building that would embody our sustainability ideals – the Detroit Sustainability Center (DSC). The DSC came from our trail-blazing Build Up Detroit program and...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Advocacy, Community Action, Projects and Programs - ALL
DWEJ has been involved in energy policy and education in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Flint through a Joyce Foundation grant we received in October of 2017. The purpose of our work is to create climate and energy policy engagement at the state and local levels. Energy...
by admin | Sep 11, 2020 | Community Action, Projects and Programs - ALL
Helping Create a Community-Driven Neighborhood Plan The Delray plan is one of several neighborhood plans created by the City of Detroit’s Planning and Development Department. For Delray, the City selected Rosetti, an architecture and planning based firm...
