Deep Dive Detroit

Making space for difficult conversations and transformation in metro Detroit.

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Attendee observations: @ Urban Entrepreneurship Symposium. #UES2015

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@EastCommNetwrk -move into a not hip nhood & make the investment in more ways than money if you'd like to "shock the urban world" #UES2015

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@DeepDiveDetroit says entering a place without preconceived notions and measuring your impact is the way to effect change #UES2015

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Responses- @DEGCAllBusiness- its not just your employees that are in that nhood its your partners #UES2015

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@TifaniSadek asks how can someone in the audience be active in their community(ies) like you? #UES2015

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@EastCommNetwrk says their different thinking inspired a whole change in mindset around the city as a result of perceived value #UES2015

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@EastCommNetwrk showing the audience how leaning on assets of all kinds like green infrastructure & appreciating current residents #UES2015

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@peoplesdiplomat shares that his work to change the sense of physical place aligns with what Lauren says about inequities reach #UES2015

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@TifaniSadek says @DeepDiveDetroit is putting the conversation of race and inequality in a positivist way #UES2015

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@DeepDiveDetroit -the way to have conversations with disparate groups to address the multiple problems faced by our city is first being open

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@DeepDiveDetroit Foreclosures, crime, etc. are legions caused by the cancer of inequity #UES2015

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@DeepDiveDetroit saying the deepest problem in our urban core is inequity #UES2015

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@peoplesdiplomat discussing his perspective of urban problems: first on his list-Michigan Avenue is to damn wide

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Just sitting down to begin discussing what people see as problems in need of solving in Detroit #UES2015

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@DeepDiveDetroit if you want to help, listen first.
@David_Egner use history as a tool @jhagel create a call to action #TechonomyDetroit

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@DeepDiveDetroit "we have to help all neighborhoods not just the five cool ones" #TechonomyDetroit @techonomy

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Singaporean via NYC who moved to Boston-Edison 2 weeks ago said the positive Detroit narrative is working #TechonomyDetroit

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"Hacking is the legion, until we solve the cancer of race then we're not solving. Can we 'hack' racism?" @DeepDiveDetroit #TechonomyDetroit

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@David_Egner "the data and the narrative in Detroit are not yet connected" #TechonomyDetroit @DavidKirkpatric

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Be critically aware, ask questions, don't let the narrative(s) define you, you can shape what is said @techonomy #TechonomyDetroit