Launched in 2018, the ENGAGE Small Grants Program encourages faculty to build partnerships with community-based organizations across southeast Michigan and beyond. By leveraging the university's resources and expertise, the program enhances the capacity and impact of our partners to strengthen neighborhoods and communities. Congratulations to this year’s recipients.
“Detroit VOCES: Southwest Oral History Project-Online Archiving"
- Faculty Member: Lecturer Osvaldo Rivera
- Community Partner: Irma M. Guzman, team member, VOCES
“Fostering a partnership between the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory and Detroit LGBT to reduce health disparities among LGBT+ people of color”
- Faculty Member: Professor Katie Edwards, director of the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory
- Community Partner: A. Nzere Kwabena, executive director, LGBT Detroit
“Toxic Legacy: A Photovoice Project Documenting Industrial Pollution in Detroit and Hamtramck”
- Faculty Member: Assistant Professor Greer Hamilton
- Community Partner: Rev. Sharon Buttry, board member and steering committee member, Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Communities
“BE-HEALED: A Community-University Partnership to Support Black Men's Mental Health in Detroit”
- Faculty Member: Professor Rich Tolman and Associate Professor Addie Weaver
- Community Partner: PhD student Charles Williams II, INSIGHT
