Inside #SWDetroit

Community | Youth | Culture | Place: iSWD promotes youth + community development through cultural + place-based initiatives.

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

📻 "You can listen to a song on your own, but once you hear what it means to somebody, you'll never be able to hear it in the same way again." - @anthonyvaladez #Storytelling #SWDetroit
Learn how our youth are finding their voices... LINK IN BIO!

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

Join us on a journey of creativity and self-expression! 🎵📖 Our recent workshop series with @AnthonyValadez helped local youth discover the power of storytelling through music. Read all about it here: https://t.co/111djl6gmb

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

Watch Romo de Ashley’s inspiring short at Inside Southwest Detroit’s short film series at @swfestdetroit. Witness the falls, failures, and joy of persistence in this 30-second skateboarding journey! 🛹🎬 #romodeashley + #SWFest2024 #CommunityStorytelling https://t.co/50Vf94VTLT

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

Catch local stories on the big screen with iSWD at @swfestdetroit! 🎥 Join us on 8/24 at Senate Theater to see short films from Southwest Detroit—featuring community stories, youth filmmakers, and more. Don’t miss out! #SWFest2024 #CommunityStorytelling https://t.co/11ry2XW1AK

[Erik Paul Howard @ErikPaulHoward]

Inside Southwest Detroit is proud to present a small series of short films at this year’s @SWFestDetroit... Includes films by @dreamhampton + @latin_feelz + me so come see!! @InsideSouthwest https://t.co/KDhNjte8cr

[We the People Action Fund @WeThePeopleAF]

In 2021, we launched the Culture is Power Project with @InsideSouthwest & Garage Cultural - working with 8 local artists to highlight complex stories of immigrants through creative practice.

Join us for an Artist Talk on 1/28, 5-7PM! Register: https://t.co/6HOkaqIFvv. 🎨📷🎞️

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

Skateboard decks coming to the website soon 🤗

[Erik Paul Howard @ErikPaulHoward]

Finally getting to these in the way they deserve. #SWDetroit #TheAlleyProject

[The Carr Center @TheCarrCenter]

"Justice in Motion" by @KrisilynF, "Solidarity," created by @insidesouthwest and "Return to Breath," by @AleesaSearcy are featured films in our new gallery exhibition, "RESISTANCE and Resilience", opening Friday noon. Tickets are required to enter. https://t.co/d0YBnhNV2u

[Vickie Thomas @VickiethomasWWJ]

It’s the last weekend to check out a special photo exhibition outside of the old train station. I’m live & local on @WWJ950 at 7:30. @ErikPaulHoward
Listen live https://t.co/PVrQSP2N15

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

The exhibition runs Nov 18 - Jan 31 in front of #MichiganCentralStation at Michigan Ave and Vernor Hwy in #Detroit. So stop by and see... you won't be disappointed!

Project made possible through a grant from
@fordfund with support from @kresgefdn @Surdna_Fndn + @saydetroit

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

OUTDOOR PHOTO EXHIBITION: In the early days of the pandemic 22 young photogs were encouraged to maintain a positive focus through visual storytelling, developing communication + critical thinking skills via the #RemoteAllyProject. This is their work! https://t.co/fi2YZwjUfJ

[Erik Paul Howard @ErikPaulHoward]

"Tu lucha es mi lucha" mural by #Detroit muralist @sheefymcfly stands tall and proud commemorating solidarity between people and their struggles. Vernor at Junction, #SWDetroit. (2020)

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

Our short film 'Solidarity: First Your Liberation Then Mine' is featured alongside a lineup of passionate, powerful, healing films in @TheCarrCenter's digital film event, Resistance and Resilience. Check it out this week only! https://t.co/7vk4wPtfZ4

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

Mission: Confined. Show us the place where you spend most of your time now. Share your photos with others to #RemoteAllyProject!

Some IG Feeds to explore for inspiration:
@blvckvrchives
@latinx_diaspora_archives

[Erik Paul Howard @ErikPaulHoward]

Tom Stoye installing portraits of youth from around #Detroit on #TheAlleyProject this past Sunday. Doing some more on Wednesday at 4p... stop through if you’re around!

[Erik Paul Howard @ErikPaulHoward]

Dalia working on her ofrenda last night at @InsideSouthwest on #TheAlleyProject. Doing more together with youth/neighbors tomorrow at 4p... stop through if you’re around (lots of reasons 😊)

[Gabriel Duran @GabrielXDuran]

Hi! For the next six weeks I’ll be running a writing workshop through @InsideSouthwest. We’ll be working on expressing ourselves through different mediums of writing (songwriting, poetry, etc) and I’ll also be incorporating a small section on sound engineering.

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

@GabrielXDuran Can’t wait to see the fruits of all you’re giving the project!

[Inside #SWDetroit @InsideSouthwest]

@CapturingBelief Beautiful! It was wonderful seeing the Capturing Belief’s young shooters documenting the #BlessingOfTheLowriders last weekend.

[Raquel Garcia @RaquelGarciaAnd]

@latinorebels @Raquel4Detroit @eventbrite @LULAC @BarCrawlLive @Latinos4MediaEq @Latinopress @Vivianita09 @christimira @MGuzman_Detroit @SamTXRCD @InsideSouthwest @AdrianaMaestas @AdrianSaenz @serenamaria36 Thank you... we have a very beloved community here in #SWDetroit facing gentrification and border patrol overreach, deportations and environmental pollution as we are in the most heavily polluted areas of SE #Michigan... this kind of permissive racism allows people to dehumanize.