Home  About  In the News  Publications  Blog  Join  Donate  > Inside U Michigan  U Michigan News Roosevelt Vanguard dream.DETROIT Upcoming Events Students discuss urban development with Professor Terry Nicholas Clark at the University of Chicago's Launch Event Announcements Africa Policy Conference @ UNC Perfect Presidential Platform crafted @ UGA Essay Winners Announced in The Nation On Campus Iowa Chapter Holds Forum Zach Hindin in the GW Hatchet Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More National Press Chronicle of Higher Education The Nation LA Times New York Times > More "This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in." — Teddy Roosevelt    dream.DETROIT > Roosevelt Home > U Michigan > dream.DETROIT The University of Michigan Roosevelt Institution is proud to present dream.DETROIT, a community development project which seeks to help reinvigorate and revitalize the city of Detroit through policy solutions and inspired student activism. As a part of a larger, nationwide network of student think tanks, the UofM Roosevelt chapter is compelled to use our policy ideas/resources to make a local impact.  This year, the UofM Roosevelt fellows have taken an active interest in community development and will continue to focus on rebuilding Detroit through a variety of innovative policy initiatives throughout the year. This year-long multi-series project will analyze art/urban development, healthcare, economic, environmental and civil rights perspectives. Throughout the academic year, UofM Roosevelt Institution policy centers will hold a variety of events highlighting their policy research. dream.DETROIT Project Plan (click here)                                                                                                              Voting and Democracy in Detroit Thursday, February 7th a 7:15-9pm Weill Hall--Annenberg Auditorium       Sponsored by the Roosevelt Institution, The Detroit Project and UM College Democrats For more information, please contact: Stephanie A Somerman                                                                                                              Art & Urban Development This event was a huge success! Pictures to come! If you are interested in getting involved with the *NEW* Urban Planning and Community Development Center, contact Lainie K Kokas for more information.                                                                                                              Future Events Include: Obesity and Nutrition in Detroit          Health Care & Education Policy Centers           contact: Joshua R Ward & Lesley H Plimpton Economic Prospectus for Detroit        Economic Policy Center          contact: Christopher W Woodrich Environmental Implications for the Great Lakes          Environment Policy Center          contact: Kenneth Chen                                                                                                                  In April, the policies developed by our fellows will be published, and implemented in a variety of ways including national community development challenge publications, regional great lake initiative publication/policy event as well as local implementation efforts through partnerships with other student organizations and local contacts/networks. It is our hope that this project will inspire UofM Roosevelt fellows to develop ideas which provide the city of Detroit with policy alternatives and foster change within the community.                                                                                                              For more information: Email             Stephanie A Somerman            Hilary A Doe                           Co-President                                 Co-President     The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW, 4th Floor / Washington, DC 20036 || Fax: (202) 483-2657