2016
Radio interview with Karen Dumas - “It was a riot”
19/12/16 16:18 Filed in: Development
Radio interview with Karen Dumas - “do you want to do a documentary about the riots?”
19/12/16 16:14 Filed in: Development
Radio interview with Karen Dumas - “Detroit 910AM Radio Superstation”
19/12/16 16:00 Filed in: Development
it’s really gotten weird
23/08/16 15:25 Filed in: Development
I know I haven’t given a project update in several weeks but it’s really gotten weird. Read More…
Let’s Go Blue!
02/08/16 08:04 Filed in: Development
The University of Michigan, African American Studies Department is now part of the Summer ‘67 team. Let’s Go Blue! Read More…
Why does this happen?
15/06/16 19:31 Filed in: Development
Today we arrive for a meeting with a potential funder we’ve been talking to since last October. Before we enter the lobby I get a return call from another potential funder that I’ve been hounding for three days, why does this always happen? I pick up the call, did I say this funder is three times bigger than the funder we’re meeting with, and we talk.
Read More…The Bob Group or The Fred Organization
03/06/16 13:21 Filed in: Development
Yesterday was a two meeting day. The first meeting was with the Detroit Equity Action Lab, Focus:HOPE and
Read More…my computer had a near death experience
03/06/16 09:13 Filed in: Development
Sorry for not sharing much Summer ‘67 news lately but my computer had a near death experience. You know, the computer that stores all of my files, for all of my projects, that computer. Read More…
Kerner Report
17/05/16 18:06 Filed in: Development
I just got finished with some light reading the “Report of the National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders Summary,” Read More…
a shot across the bow
17/05/16 14:31 Filed in: Development
So, it was a pretty boring day here at Big City until someone fired a shot across the bow Read More…
Chai Tea Latte
13/05/16 17:56 Filed in: Development
Today, I worked on a Summer ’67 promotional script on my iPhone at Starbucks and later at Campus Martius. Read More…
Brain Freeze
11/05/16 10:12 Filed in: Development
I was in two meetings yesterday, in one of them, I experienced my normal brain freeze.
Read More…Meetings
09/05/16 08:22 Filed in: Development
It’s all in a fundraising day's work.
05/05/16 20:02 Filed in: Development
Today was pretty calm day with the project. I met Sarah Hulett about her role with the project and made some calls.
But about 4:30 I get a text from my partner saying “are you at home?”
Meetings
28/04/16 18:55 Filed in: Development
A week ago we had a big meeting with a potential funder, we’re all set, in the car we’re going over strategy as we approach their offices we get a call, the meeting has been canceled. They want to setup an alternative meeting, a month from now, I was bummed out.
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What story to tell
22/01/16 16:20 Filed in: Development
wherever and whenever
07/01/16 15:50 Filed in: Development
Nathaniel Edmonds, Victim 17
05/01/16 15:29 Filed in: Development
Richard Shugar, a 24-year-old male, accused Edmonds of breaking into his store, and shot him in the chest with a shotgun. Read More…