Podcast appearances and mentions of malik yakini

Detroit is Different welcomes back Baba Malik Yakini for the 10-year anniversary episode of the Detroit is Different podcast. As both a witness and a catalyst for change, Baba Malik shares his personal growth over the years. Understanding the importance of vision, institutional resilience, and community engagement, he reflects on the challenges and triumphs of building a sustainable movement. His commitment to creating spaces where Detroiters can reclaim agency over their food systems stands as a testament to the city's enduring spirit of ingenuity and self-determination. Baba Malik was the first guest on the podcast, which initially began at Le Petit Zinc restaurant without a formal studio. Over the years, the podcast has evolved, and Baba Malik, an influential mentor and community leader, returns to reflect on Detroit's Black community. Baba Malik also shares updates about the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and the Detroit People's Food Co-operative, which opened a community-owned grocery store on May 1st. Throughout the discussion, he emphasizes the significance of sustained community effort, the importance of organizing, and his own journey towards self-care and balance after stepping down as Executive Director. The episode delves into history, personal growth, relationships, and the evolving roles and rites of passage at different life stages. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com Find out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/detroit-is-different/d138330d-7784-4cce-89d5-92807e300ed3

How to tend to the crops in your yard when Michigan bakes with summer heatwaves. GUEST: Malik Yakini, founder of D-Town Farms and the Detroit People's Food Co-op Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After 14 years of organizing and building, the Detroit People's Food Co-op will open its doors on Wednesday, May 1st, with a grand opening celebration to follow on Saturday, May 18th.  The co-op was fathered by the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. Malik Yakini, who co-founded the group, currently serves as its executive director. "Part of what we're working on is really not just addressing access, but addressing the questions of who shapes the food system, who owns it, who benefits from it,” Yakini said. “And really, we're trying to make a shift in power from the corporate side of things, controlling things to actually having a food system that is shaped by control by and serves people.”   GUESTS: Akil Talley, general manager, the Detroit People's Food Co-op Malik Yakini, co-founder and executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network ___ Looking for more conversations from Stateside? Right this way. If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

April 4, 2024 Vernon interviews Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN), and Lanay Gilbert-Williams, Board President of the Detroit People's Food Co-op. Vernon and his guests discuss the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network and the Grand Opening of the Detroit Food Commons.  Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular, and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder and on the leadership team of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance. Lanay Gilbert-Williams is a native Detroiter who serves as the Board President of the Detroit People's Food Co-op. She founded the Detroit's Brown Moms Sisterhood Circle, a system of support for African-American mothers, especially those whose children are in the foster care system. She is the President of the Wildemere Park Neighborhood Association and is the Youth Program Coordinator for Know Allegiance Nation. As a proud Mom of 6, she is dedicated to assisting in the development of solutions that model nation and community-building for Black youth.

This week Chase Cantrell joined Authentically Detroit as guest host and Akil Talley, Lanay Gilbert-Williams, and Malik Yakini of the Detroit People's Food Co-Op gave a sneak peek into how they're changing Detroit's food ecosystem.Opening on May 1st, the Detroit People's Food Co-Op is a Black-led and community-owned grocery cooperative. Following a model developed throughout the world as a way to increase access to healthy, sustainably grown food, the Detroit People's Food Co-Op is located in the historic North End neighborhood. The Detroit People's Food Co-Op will offer a full-line of groceries, be open to the general public, and cooperatively owned. Their unique model differs from many food co-ops in the United States as it serves an urban, predominantly African American, low and moderate-income community.For more information on the Detroit People's Food Co-Op and to get involved, click here. FOR HOT TAKES:DETROIT CREDIT RATING UPGRADED 2 NOTCHES, REACHES INVESTMENT GRADE FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 2009 AS HOMELESS CRISIS GROWS, STATES AND CITIES ARE TURNING TO VOTERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSINGSupport the showFollow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

Detroit has lost 10 grocery stores since 2017. What does this mean for residents and how are community members working to reverse this trend? Malik Yakini of the Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network joins Stephen to discuss the differences between food security and food sovereignty, and what he believes the city can do to increase access to healthy food and groceries. Then Winona Bynum from the Detroit Food Policy Council stops by to discuss the issue.

Malik Yakini is the original Detroit is Different guest in April of 2014. Nine years later, his work and efforts continue to blossom in introspection and observation about how strengthening the Black Family and Community are related. During this third appearance on Detroit is Different, Baba Malik opens up about the sabbatical and authoring of his book. Learn about his journey from working at a Record Store to working with the Detroit Black Food Security Network. We also explore the relationship between generations and the value of intergenerational organizing and community building. Understand how Baba Malik has grown his views on many social justice perspectives today. This was an insightful and rich discussion. Check out the 2023 Detroit is Different feature with Baba Malik Yakini. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com Find out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/detroit-is-different/16368618-84b7-41b9-ade1-6bdd2be206e1

In this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Malik Yakini. Malik is doing fantastic work and we hope that you enjoy this special episode as much as we do!www.dbcfsn.orgFacebook - Detroit Black Community Food Security NetworkInstagram- detroitblackcommunityMalik's Band Mollywop!:www.mollywopjams.com

Self Determination and collective responsibility are pillars in the principles of Kwanzaa, but also ethics of life. Dwan Dandridge's work with Black Leaders Detroit challenges Black people to delve deeper into our resources to resource our organizations, businesses, and entrepreneurs. Dwan's story of arriving in this space is a mix of commitment to community, development of a business, and passion for supporting Black people. Dwan's dynamic journey to founding and leading Black Leaders Detroit began from his testimony in learning best practices to build infrastructures that can empower others and support families. We talk about George Washington, San Antonio, School to Prison Pipeline, and even Detroit is Different's original guest Malik Yakini. Dive deep into the mind of an authentic and collaborative thinker in Dwan Dandridges' Detroit is Different feature.  Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com Find out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/detroit-is-different/94c18e1a-7825-44a7-89c9-6d88c8f27f8c

FOOD, RACE & JUSTICE  

On this Episode of the Mind Your Herbs Podcast we discuss the Black Food Security Network with Malik Yakini

September 8, 2022 Our host, Vernon Oakes interviews Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN), and Trevor Claiborn, Sr. Co-founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature. Vernon and his guests discuss the food sovereignty movement, and how cooperative food alliances, and the focus on Ag marketing and food distribution has impacted communities of color. Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular, and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder and on the leadership team of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance. Malik has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces Black farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. He views the "good food revolution" as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality. To that end, he has sought opportunities to educate the public. Trevor Claiborn, Co-Founder of Black Soil: Our Better Nature, is an author, musician, environmental educator, co-operative extension professional, youth program director, and public speaker. In 2017 Trevor and Ashley C. Smith co-founded Black Soil: Our Better Nature, to help reconnect Black Kentuckians to their heritage and legacy in agriculture. Black Soil fosters the next generation of Kentucky Black farmers and chefs and leads efforts to address racialized disparities and barriers.  Mr. Claiborn has received awards from the Central Kentucky Diversity Consortium, by the Kentucky Association of Environmental Educators (KAEE). In August, Trevor Claiborn Sr. and Ashley C. Smith received the Grassroots Black Leadership Award from The Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative.

For quite some time, urban agriculture has been the red-headed stepchild of farming. Sneered at and not taken seriously, urban farmers didn't care. They just wanted to grow food for themselves, for their families and for their communities. But as urban agriculture progressed and operations grew and became more sophisticated, there were many leaders who felt that urban agriculture did not deserve it's place in the shadows, that it was just as legitimate form of agriculture as other forms of farming. And that it deserved recognition and most importantly the support that most farming operations get from the USDA. So people like Karen Washington in New York, Malik Yakini in Detroit, yours truly and my guest today, Rashid Nuri in Atlanta began to promote and advocate for the important role that urban agriculture plays in our food systems. Today we talk about that work.

The University of Michigan Detroit Center has participated in the annual Concert of Colors for ten years. The Concert of Colors is Metro Detroit's free annual diversity themed music festival and 2022 is the 30th Anniversary of the event. The University of Michigan Detroit Center produces the "Wolverine Outdoor Stage" at the festival and this year is going to be our best production. Welcome to a special edition of the Distinctly Detroit Podcast, highlighting some of the performers that will be energizing the Wolverine Outdoor Stage July 2022. Today, we have the honor of speaking with Malik Yakini. Malik is the band leader of our headlining act, Mollywop. They play a hard hitting style of Funk, Rock, Reggae, Hip-Hop, and their own original grooves. Performing Sunday, July 24 at 9pm, Malik Yakini!

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Interview Summary   So I've been an admirer of your work for a number of years now and really perceive of you as a pioneer doing important community-rooted work. So let's start with grounding this conversation for our listeners. Would you share your thoughts on problems with the current food system?   Sure. I think there are multiple problems with the current food system. Beginning with that, we have great inequities within the food system because of the existing inequality in American society, based on economic standing and based on so-called race. And, to some extent, based on geographies - some people have great access to highly nutritious food. Others don't have so many opportunities. So, for example, in the city of Detroit, where I live, we have a few grocery stores; in fact, we actually have about 70 grocery stores. But most of those are independent smaller stores that don't offer the robust selection that we see from national stores. So the problem in Detroit is twofold: 1) that is the lack of stores, and 2) even if the store exists a few miles from you, if you don't have an automobile, you still don't have access. So these are just a couple of examples.   So we have great inequity in the food system that impacts the health of communities. The second major problem with the food system is that workers within the food system are really exploited and not paid fair wages. So we have food that is subsidized in a sense; subsidized by the exploitations of farmworkers and people working in meatpacking plants and what have you. And so, even though most people would, I suspect, think that they're paying a high price for food, the reality is we're not really paying the actual value of food. And we're externalizing some of those costs.   The third problem with the food system is the environmental degradation that it causes. The industrial food system that produces the majority of food in American society is heavily dependent upon pesticides and herbicides, dependent upon huge amounts of water, huge machinery, and the use of diesel fuels. Farms have to be huge farms for them to survive. And so there are all kinds of problems this causes for the environment, both the runoff of the pesticides and the herbicides into the water systems. And the creation of dead zones - problems created by herding cattle and pigs into small areas and trying to process the waste from that. And the system is not sustainable. We simply can't continue to feed the Earth's population using the same kinds of methods that have been used for the last 60 years or so. So those are three of the major problems with the food system. There are many others as well.   When you think about a system so embedded in the American economy and so embedded in the way we've constructed racial barriers and inequities in our country, it's hard to think that you could produce big change in this. And people, when they think big changes might automatically think about big government top-down Washington or state-driven initiatives and things like that. I'm sure there's a role for those things, and I've worked on some things, but there's also tremendous room for local ingenuity. And very often, I know, at least in the public health arena, what starts locally becomes national before long. And that's really where the innovation begins. And that's exactly what you've done. So let's shift now and talk about some of the work that you're doing. I know that you've done crowdfunding campaigns to help black farmers buy land in Detroit and advocated for urban farming, local food, and local growers, particularly during the pandemic. So what are your current efforts?   First of all, I agree with your framing that as we think about how we change the food system - looking at a top-down approach becomes very difficult. There's been a number of efforts to make a Farm Bill that is more just than equitable. But I don't know that we've seen really significant systems-wide changes due to the Farm Bill. But we can do these things on the local level that create examples of the larger change that can come about. And it can help to shift people's consciousness about how they perceive and relate to the food system.   So we've been doing some of that work in the City of Detroit via the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network for the last 15 years or so. I'll start with the effort you just mentioned - the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund. Urban agriculture will not place rural agriculture, but it certainly can supplement it. Urban agriculture grows food closer to where we have population density centers and thus requires less burning of carbon to transport food long distances. When people eat food in closer proximity time-wise to the time it was harvested, they're going to get food that is better for them and has more nutrients. So we don't think that urban farming will replace rural farming. We believe that urban farming is a good supplement, and there are some things that we can grow in urban areas, such as Brassicas, collard greens, kale, tomato, and all kinds of things. But we're not likely to see wheat fields, and we're not likely to see herds of cattle in the city of Detroit.   We've been working with the Detroit Black Farmers Land Fund, which is really an initiative coordinated by three organizations in Detroit: our organization, the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, Oakland Avenue Urban Farm, and a group called Keep Growing Detroit. And so, we've come together to jointly administer this fund. So far, we've given away more than $70,000 to about 40 Detroit farmers who have been trying to buy land. Just as in rural areas, obtaining land can often be very difficult for farmers, particularly in a city like Detroit, where we see a tremendous amount of gentrification. Wealthy folks are coming in, buying huge tracts of land, and driving property values up. And so farmers in Detroit often have a hard time owning the land that they're farming on or finding land even that they can purchase to farm on. So the Detroit Black Farmers Land Fund is an effort to assist Detroit's black farmers in obtaining land. This year, it's altered slightly, and grants were also given to building infrastructure. So it's one thing to have an acre of land in a city or two acres or whatever the case may be. But, still, you also need infrastructure on that land, hoop houses, fencing, water, and all kinds of things that allow you to grow food robustly. So that's one of the things that we're very excited about. The second anniversary of the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund is coming up in June of this year. So I'm looking for that continuing to expand. Also, that effort has inspired other folks in other parts of the country. Particularly in Michigan, where we see in the neighboring county, Washtenaw County Black Farmer Land Fund, which, of course, is influenced by the work they saw happening here in Detroit.   The second thing that we do and perhaps that our organization's best known for is that we operate D-Town Farm, a seven-acre farm in a city-owned park in the city of Detroit where we grow more than 40 different fruits, vegetables, and herbs. And probably more important than the amount of food that we produce, we're planting seeds in the consciousness of Detroiters about the role that urban agriculture can play as we rethink what the city of Detroit can be and as we rethink how we improve public health. So at D-Town Farm, we do lots of tours for school groups, university groups, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, who are being exposed to urban agriculture often for the first time. And they're able to see the techniques that we use and can hear the ideas that drive the work we do at the farm. We do large-scale composting. Soil health is the most important factor in making sure that we have nutrient-dense food. So we do large-scale composting to regenerate the nutrients in the soil at our farm. We also have three hoop houses that we use for season extensions. We also have public events at D-Town Farm, designed to get children and families to come to the farm who might not necessarily be ready to volunteer and put their hands in the soil, but who are interested in being outdoors and learning about the possibilities of urban agriculture. So we have a number of events throughout the year, such as something in April we call the Bio Blip, where students from the University of Michigan who are studying in the School of Natural Resources come out and bring magnifying glasses, microscopes, specimen bags. They lead a group of about 100 children. They identify all the fauna, flora, and fungi at the farm. And it's wonderful, by the way, to see children from the city out at the farm, reconnecting with nature. We have a harvest festival every fall where we have close to 1,000 people who visit the farm. We have workshops, speakers, food demonstrations, tours of the farms, live music, a farmer's market, and all kinds of things that can expose the public to the great potential of urban agriculture.   We also have a youth program called the Food Warriors Youth Development Program that functions at two sites in Detroit. One site is a church, and that site functions on Saturday mornings and is open to any children in the city of Detroit between the ages of seven and 12. The second site is the school site on the east side of Detroit, and that program is only open to students who are enrolled at the school and it functions as an afterschool program. So at both sites, we have raised beds. And we teach the children how to build those raised beds, how to cultivate the food, and how to harvest the food. Then they also learn about food justice concepts. Our organization thinks that our culture is very important. And that African American people have gone through a process caused by our enslavement that has intentionally disconnected us from our traditional culture. We think it's very important that we reconnect children of African descent with traditional African cultural concepts. As well as giving them an understanding of the role that African Americans have played in the development of agriculture.   And then the third major thing that we're doing is the Detroit Food Commons, a new 31,000-square-foot building that we're building on Woodward Avenue, the main street of Detroit. It's about a $20 million project. The Detroit Food Commons will house the Detroit People's Food Co-op, a cooperatively owned grocery store, which we also initiated. Although we initiated and continue to influence it, it's an independent body with its own board. And that board regulates what will happen inside that grocery store. The first floor will be the cooperative grocery store. Still, we'll have four shared youth kitchens on the second floor of the building, about a 3,000-square-foot community meeting space, and office space for the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. So again, we're looking forward to the opening of this in June of 2023, and we think want to be a game-changer in Detroit on several levels. One, it is a cooperatively owned business that pushes back against the gentrification that we're seeing in Detroit, where generally, very wealthy white men lead all of the development that we see happening in Detroit. And then we're supposed to see that as progress because we can walk into these edifices that wealthy white men have created and spend our money there where the community has really no ownership. And there's very little circulation of wealth within our community. The cooperative ownership of the grocery store, on the other hand, does provide for ownership by community members. We currently have 1,437 member-owners of the Detroit People's Food Co-op. That's one reason it's important, the cooperative ownership structure and how that pushes back against the typical style of development that we see happening in Detroit. It will also be a game-changer, though, because of the neighborhood that we're building in, which is called the North End. It has a tremendous lack of access to high-quality food. And so it's going to provide high quality, often locally-grown food for residents of that community and Detroiters in general. There's a vast number of people who live in the suburbs north of Detroit who work in Detroit and leave the city each day, driving down Woodward Avenue. We're also hoping that an audience will shop at the Detroit People's Food Co-op before going back to their homes in the suburbs. The third way it will be a game-changer is to provide a consistent retail outlet on a scale that was previously unavailable for local growers. And so, we are very much conscious of our role in helping to catalyze the urban agriculture movement by providing this consistent retail outlet.   Malik, that's a jaw-dropping array of things you and others in Detroit are doing, and I can't tell you how inspirational it is. Let me bring up one in particular, and it has to do with your focus on youth. Given your background as an elementary school principal, I could see why that would be a focus for you. But you could see how involving youth in this would help address the issue of getting people interested in farming and interested in other parts of the supply chain. As I imagine as the Commons comes online, youth being involved in that might give them ideas for becoming food-related entrepreneurs. The space that you have upstairs could be used for youth to develop ideas and for new businesses and things like that. I could imagine inspiring a whole new generation of people to think about these food-related activities as a viable career path, and I'm just wondering, have you seen signs of that so far?   Since we started 15 years ago, we've seen a tremendous interest on the part of young people in being involved in the food system. We have something in Detroit, for example, called the Detroit Food Academy, which is a nonprofit that trains people for jobs within the food system. They learn a wide array of fields and areas within the food system where there are employment possibilities. We have a number of farms in Detroit that are encouraging children to anticipate those farms. We have some children, in fact, who have created value-added products that they're selling at various fairs and the farmers' markets throughout the city of Detroit. So yeah, we do see an increasing interest. Part of what we're setting out to do is first to help people think about the food system because the average person, people who aren't food activists, don't even use that term, the food system. That's not how they think about food. They're thinking about, "I'm going to the grocery store to buy what I want. I'm going to cook dinner, and I hope I like the way it tastes," and that's the kind of framing the average person has about food. So part of what we're trying to do with both children and adults is getting them to think about this broader system that provides food and all of the kind of steps in it from the seeds to the planting of those seeds, the cultivation of the crops, the processing of crops, the aggregation of crops, the distribution, the retail level, the post-consumer level. We want people to think about all of that and then think about how they begin to develop agency within it so that they don't just see themselves as subjects that this more powerful system is acting upon, but they see themselves as having the agency to actually shape that food system as it impacts their community. And so that's part of what we've been trying to do with the work of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, working in a number of areas both in policy and farming, in retail, trying to get people to really conceptualize what this food system is and that they have the right and the responsibility to help shape how that food system impacts them. So, yeah, we're seeing interest by youth, and we are hoping that the kitchens on the second floor will inspire not just youth entrepreneurs but also adult entrepreneurs. And there are a number of people in Detroit who participate in what we call the shadow economy, people who are making money in ways that are outside of the laws of the society. For example, you have a number of people who are preparing chicken dinners and fish dinners or perhaps soups and cakes and selling them. The kitchens on the second floor of the Detroit Food Commons allow those entrepreneurs to go from being underground shadow economy food entrepreneurs to actually coming into the legitimate legal economy by having a licensed kitchen where they can prepare their foods. So we are definitely looking to stimulate the local food economy both for children and adults.   Let's talk a bit more about that. So in some of your beginning comments, you mentioned low wages as one of the fundamental problems in the food system. Are you hopeful that this series of activities will provide better pay opportunities for people?   I'm hopeful, but I also want to acknowledge that it's a very difficult problem. And even as we look at the Detroit People Food Co-op and how to make that cash flow positively, as we look at the performance and all of the expenses, the wages that we're scheduling to pay employees are certainly not what we would like to pay. And so we're strategizing on how with very thin margins in the grocery industry, we can be fairer and just to the workers who will work in that store, but this is not a unique problem that we have. In fact, I would say that the major dilemma facing the food movement in American society is figuring out how we pay workers within the food system a fair and just wage while, at the same time, we make sure that we have food that is available and affordable to everyone in society, regardless of their race, income, or geography. It's a very difficult nut to crack, and I'm not absolutely positive that it can be done within the current economic system, but it's certainly something that we have to strive for and that we have to strategize on. I don't think there's an easy answer to that, but it's the question that we have to constantly put in front of us. For me, the obvious answer, though, is that we have to marry the struggle for food justice with the struggle to eliminate poverty. The answer to this problem is not cheap food per se. The answer to the problem is paying the true value of food but making sure that everyone has the income which is necessary to buy high-quality food.   Let me ask about the importance of community ownership of these things. So let's just say hypothetically that all the activities that you're talking out were being put in place from Washington or the state of Michigan, let's say, as opposed to a very community-involved effort. What's the symbolism of that, and what difference do you think it makes in the way people think about these things?   Well, I think it makes a huge difference, and again, part of what we're trying to instill in people is a sense of agency. I think it's true to say that in American society in general and in Detroit in particular, people have been locked into a lethargy where they think that people who are more powerful are in charge of structuring their lives, that the educational system is responsible for teaching our children, for example, and that doctors are responsible for maintaining our health. And in many ways, we've ceded responsibility for our own lives to these forces that we perceive as being more powerful and particularly in a place like Detroit, where, over the last 20 years or so, we've had the imposition of what the state of Michigan calls emergency managers. The largest or most well-known in the position of the emergency manager was in Detroit just before the city declared bankruptcy. The governor essentially suspended the powers of all of the elected officials and appointed one individual who was the emergency manager of Detroit. These powers superseded all the powers of the elected officials, so essentially, democracy was put into a coma in the city of Detroit. So I'm saying that in a situation that both intentionally disempowers people and also where people cede responsibility because they perceive these more powerful forces as being more qualified to run the systems that impact our lives, people have given up; in many cases, their agency over defining not just the food system that impacts their lives but defining all of the systems that impact their life. And so we're very concerned about developing a sense of community self-determination that every community first decides what their own goals and aspirations are and then decides how they reach that as opposed to external forces coming in and dictating to communities how they should move and develop, and so that's really at the core of what we're doing. So having these community-based projects that mobilize community members and ignite within them this sense of agency both within the food system, and then we're hoping that also as people see that we can exert control over the food system, they begin to look at other aspects of their lives as well and how we can, as a community, begin to exert control over those things. So having said all that, that's not to say that state and federal governments don't have the responsibility of behaving in a way that facilitates justice, equity, and access to high-quality food for all of their citizens. Still, I certainly don't think that we should put the majority of our efforts into that and that we shouldn't wait until those governmental entities act to make things better. We have the right and the responsibility to act on our own behalf while, at the same time, pressuring and urging the government to act in a responsible way.   That makes perfect sense. And I'd imagine another virtue of the community ownership part of this is that the initial innovation breeds more innovation because more and more people think that they can have the agency that you're talking about, come up with new and creative ideas. So I could imagine this building on itself over the years.   Yes, absolutely. I think that mobilizing people to solve their own problems certainly stems from innovation. The challenge is that often, very creative, innovative people in communities like the community I live in don't have the resources to implement those innovations. So we have to always look at that side of the equation also. How do we better resource communities so that the people who have the lived experience and who are most impacted, and who have this tremendous creativity, have the resources that are necessary to bring these ideas to scale, so they have a larger impact?   Bio: Malik Yakini has been involved in the Black liberation movement throughout his adult life. His resume includes more than 20 years as principal of a K-8 African-centered school in Detroit along with founding the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which works to build self-reliance, food security, and justice in Detroit's Black community. His connection to food work began about 20 years ago, when he began gardening on a small plot of land at his Detroit home to ensure he had access to fresh food. With few full-scale grocery stores in urban neighborhoods and just one national chain located in Detroit, Yakini saw the need to expand this work to community gardens and to teach young people to get their hands dirty. In 1999, he developed a food security curriculum as principal of Nsoroma Institute, an African-centered school that operated in Detroit from 1989 to 2014.  

Food insecurity affects millions of Americans — a disproportionate number of them are Black. What are the consequences of the way we produce food in our society — and how do they shape who gets healthy, accessible, affordable food, and who doesn't? Abdul reflects on our food system and speaks with Malik Yakini, co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/americadissected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Malik Yakini is a Detroit original. Naturally creative and driven towards a higher quality of life through Black Liberation, Gardening, and seeking Knowledge are pillars of life I've witnessed from Baba Malik. He was the original guest on Detroit is Different and seven years later he joins me again to speak in more of the macro on philosophy, theory, and the need for action in our community. Malik is dynamic from works leading reggae band (Akoben), helping found an African centered school (Nsoroma Institute), book stoor (Black Star Community Bookstore), Urban Farm (D-Town Farms), Food Co-op (Detroit People's Food Co-op), and a food justice institution (Detroit Black Community Food Security Network), and the funk/hip-hop/reggae/soul fusion band (Mollywop) all are connected to Malik Yakini. In this conversation, we explore his takes on media today and information. A great count and counterpoint discussion on capitalism and white supremacy is had as well. This was a fun talk with laughter, thought, and inspired some actions on my behalf. Check out this interview and the original Detroit is Different interview with Malik Yakini. Also support Malik Yakini at www.mollywopjams.com, www.detroitpeoplesfoodcoop.com, and www.dbcfsn.org Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher. Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.com Find out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council, which he chaired from December 2009 - May 2012. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance.From 1990 - 2011 he served as Executive Director of Nsoroma Institute Public School Academy, one of Detroit's leading African-centered schools. In 2006 he was honored as "Administrator of the Year" by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology from 2004 - 2011. He is C.E.O. of Black Star Educational Management.He is dedicated to working to identify and alleviate the impact of racism and white privilege on the food system. He has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces Blacks farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. He views the "good food revolution" as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality.Yakini has presented at numerous local community meetings and national conferences on creating a racially just food system and implementing community food sovereignty practices. In 2017 and 2018 he co-led the course “Food Literacy for All” at the University of Michigan. He is featured in the book "Blacks Living Green," and the movies "Urban Roots" and “Tomorrow”. He has appeared on the nationally televised Tavis Smiley Show and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He served as an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy "Food and Community Fellow" from 2011- 2013, and a Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE) Localist Fellow from 2014 - 2015.He is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious James Beard Leadership Award. He holds a B.A. degree in Broadcasting from Eastern Michigan University.Yakini is a musician who plays guitar, bass and dundun drums. He currently leads the Detroit-based band Mollywop! He has traveled to Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Italy, France, Spain and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the father of three and the grandfather of one. He is a vegan and an avid organic grower.SUBSCRIBE AND WATCHSubscribe to the show on your favorite video  and podcast platforms. Or watch  or listen  on our website.LIKE, FOLLOW, SHARE!Please share this episode your your social media and like and subscribe to ours: Facebook * Twitter  * Instagram  *  Pinterest *  TikTokVOLUNTEERIf you'd like to help,  email info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces). BECOME A PATRONVisit Brenda's Patreon page to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/BrendaSanders)

ABOUT OUR GUEST: Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council, which he chaired from December 2009 - May 2012. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance.From 1990 - 2011 he served as Executive Director of Nsoroma Institute Public School Academy, one of Detroit's leading African-centered schools. In 2006 he was honored as "Administrator of the Year" by the Michigan Association of Public School Academies. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology from 2004 - 2011. He is C.E.O. of Black Star Educational Management.He is dedicated to working to identify and alleviate the impact of racism and white privilege on the food system. He has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces Blacks farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. He views the "good food revolution" as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality.Yakini has presented at numerous local community meetings and national conferences on creating a racially just food system and implementing community food sovereignty practices. In 2017 and 2018 he co-led the course “Food Literacy for All” at the University of Michigan. He is featured in the book "Blacks Living Green," and the movies "Urban Roots" and “Tomorrow”. He has appeared on the nationally televised Tavis Smiley Show and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. He served as an Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy "Food and Community Fellow" from 2011- 2013, and a Business Alliance for Living Local Economies (BALLE) Localist Fellow from 2014 - 2015.He is the recipient of numerous awards including the prestigious James Beard Leadership Award. He holds a B.A. degree in Broadcasting from Eastern Michigan University.Yakini is a musician who plays guitar, bass and dundun drums. He currently leads the Detroit-based band Mollywop! He has traveled to Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Italy, France, Spain and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the father of three and the grandfather of one. He is a vegan and an avid organic grower.SUBSCRIBE AND WATCHSubscribe to the show on your favorite video  and podcast platforms. Or watch  or listen  on our website.LIKE, FOLLOW, SHARE!Please share this episode your your social media and like and subscribe to ours: Facebook * Twitter  * Instagram  *  Pinterest *  TikTokVOLUNTEERIf you'd like to help,  email info @ fjpodcast . com (no spaces). BECOME A PATRONVisit Brenda's Patreon page to support her work on the show and other food justice projects.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/BrendaSanders)

“bout that health, wealth & social change; My fruits and veggies be off the chain” - grow food x Appetite for Change (Minneapolis youth non-profit) Dr. Jas, Dr. Kara, and Lawyer Jas were joined by Detroit's very own, Baba Malik Yakini as they dive into how farming is more than growing food, its growing community. https://linktr.ee/withAUDACITY Merch: https://with-audacity.creator-spring.com/ Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/shop/withaudacity Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/tr4hzquaea7l8u0ea66cqen61?si=b88849209e8b4e2f Art by: @artbyandrejamal Music by: @legatronprime www.dbfcsn.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, we review a quick history of urban farming in Detroit and interview Malik Yakini, the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network & D-Town Farms. We chat about the role of dual power systems to challenge capitalism and the role of self-determination in making meaningful change in communities. Interview starts around 22 minutes!

Malik Yakini is the Executive Director of Detroit Black Community Food Security Network where they believe in and work to promote racial equality, class-consciousness and gender equality. They are committed to fighting injustice, building community models of justice and upholding good food as a human right. Hear his story on this episode of Heart Stock Radio. Heart Stock Radio is a production of KBMF 102.5 FM and underwritten by Purse for the People.

Welcome back to #Shoptalkpodcast ep216. This week the fellas discuss the Jada vs Fab battle, Jada vs August, NBA vs corona, and set the stage for a J vs Dame verzuz battle. Make sure you check out a video shot and edited of a great conversation between Fairo/ Raphael Wright and Malik Yakini. Must see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZyqa5swc0s ❶ iTunes ☞ Search #shoptalkpodcast ❷ Youtube ☞ YouTube.com/jjohnson313 ❸ SoundCloud ☞ SoundCloud.com/shoptalkpod ❹ website: www.shoptalkpod.com Follow @Shoptalkpodcast on Instagram! Follow @jjohnson313 on Instagram and Twitter Follow @damegonewild on Instagram and Twitter Follow @TheShoptalkPod on Twitter Follow Shoptalkpod on Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/ShoptalkPod/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shoptalkpodcast/support

Malik Yakini is a Detroiter, musician, father, grandfather and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. So much of this show is going to originate with your hard-earned advice. To contribute please call me (Zak) at 844-935-BEST. Leave your name and your advice, followed by your email address in case I have any follow-up questions. Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

On Detroit is Different we feature Gabrielle Knox. Gabrielle Knox is young in years but wise in organization. Developing Detroit Poetry Society with a collective of friends propelled Gabrielle into visionary and leadership roles. The drive and interest of many poets like Gabrielle and Sheezy Bo Beezy connected artists eager to express spoken word seeking stages, venues, and opportunities. In this Detroit is Different feature learn about Gabrielle’s relationship with family and community. Today leading Operation Care Kit Detroit Gabrielle works providing resources to people in Detroit experiencing homelessness. This all rooted in ideas and lessons learned from Dabl, Malik Yakini, Honeycomb, and more. Episode Notes Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Sticher.Comment, suggest and connect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.comFind out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co

Co Host Gugualia Joining us Malik Yakini, D Town Farm & Dr. Bombay Professor Herb Boyd is an awarding winning Author, Journalist, Educator and Activist. He has written or edited over 20 books and published countless articles for national magazines and newspapers; including New York's Amsterdam News. Along with his writing, Professor Herb Boyd is national and international correspondent for Free Speech TV. A graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Professor Herb Boyd teaches African and African-American History at the College of New Rochelle in the Bronx, and is an instructor at City College in the Black Studies Department. Professor Herb Boyd was given the Outstanding Career Achievement Award in 2018 James Aronson Social Justice Journalism Awards at Hunter College's

Episode Notes What began as a platform to share my music and introduce people to my friends, mentors, and people of Detroit I think are cool is now a strong media platform. Today through video, social media, podcasting, and graphic design Detroit is Different has impacted the world. Dr’s have used Detroit is Different interviews as material supporting research, magazines in Italy have used Detroit is Different content in publication, but the coolest thing is people like you follow Detroit is Different. Today I’m interviewed by my great friend Sterling Toles. We talk Detroit is Different and the vision of it all. Khary Frazier is the founder of Detroit is Different. Passion for music and Detroit built the website. Today Frazier discusses the interviews, visions, and ideas for Detroit is Different. From the 2014 start with Malik Yakini (of Mollywop & D Town Farms) till the shot and unposted interviews with dozens of Detroiters adding to the culture of the Motor City. Khary talks podcasting, video, and creating content. As a website has become a podcast network and soon to be a web series production house Frazier balances it all while leading Creative Differences Marketing INC as well. Frazier also shares the ideas of how the Detroit is Different incubator is a place that includes the family institution with Walsh College planning. Detroit is Different is a podcast hosted by Khary Frazier covering people adding to the culuture of an American Classic city. Visit www.detroitisdifferent.com to hear, see, and experience more of what makes Detroit different. Follow, like, share, and subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes, Google Paly, and Sticher.Comment, suggest, and conect with the podcast by emailing info@detroitisdifferent.comFind out more at https://detroit-is-different.pinecast.co

Episode Notes Malik Yakini from Mollywop, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, & D-TownFarm discuses New Music, Community Self Sufficiency, The New Food Co-Op, The Importance of African Centered Education + Detroit HistoryWe ask those who have not yet made a donation to the D-Town Farm, and are able to do so, to contribute what you can to the Facebook Fundraiser or donate on our website, www.dbcfsn.org. Contributions can also be mailed to:Detroit Black Community Food Security Network 11000 W. McNichols Detroit, MI 48221Piper Carter is the founder of 'We Found Hip-hop.' Advocate for Women in Hip-hop, Hip-hop culture, Detroit advocacy, Artistry, and Youth Dilla Day Detroit.

Malik Kenyatta Yakini, Director, Detroit Peoples Black Community Food Security Network is interviewed by Vernon Oakes, host of Everything Co-op. Vernon and Malik discuss initiatives of the Detroit Peoples Food Co-op, and the journey his organization has taken to establish a food cooperative, while raising funds to purchase the building for the co-op and serving as the developer for the building Malik Kenyatta Yakini is an activist and educator who is committed to freedom and justice for African people in particular and humanity in general. Yakini is a co-founder and the Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which operates a seven-acre farm in Detroit and spearheaded efforts to establish the Detroit Food Policy Council, which he chaired from December 2009 - May 2012. He served as a member of the Michigan Food Policy Council from 2008 - 2010. From 2011 - 2013 he served on the steering committee of Uprooting Racism Planting Justice. He is a co-founder and on the leadership team of the National Black Food and Justice Alliance. Malik has an intense interest in contributing to the development of an international food sovereignty movement that embraces Blacks farmers in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa. He views the "good food revolution" as part of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality. To that end, he has sought opportunities to educate the public and currently serves as the C.E.O. of Black Star Educational Management.

In this first season of the Visionary Voices podcast, co-hosts Megan Bucknum and Hannah Mellion sat down with three nationally known and respected food systems leaders and mentors to learn about their personal leadership journeys, seek their advice for creating change, and discuss the value of partnership, mentorship, and leadership. In this episode, we hear from Malik Yakini, activist, educator, food justice expert, and Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network. Malik's years as an activist in the black liberation movement has informed how he works to promote food sovereignty and racial justice in his communities. From starting and leading the Nsoroma Institute to reflect African culture and history, to establishing D-Town Farms and developing Detroit's food policy, this episode cracks the door into Malik's life story and taps into his wealth of insight and wisdom. The Visionary Voices podcast was developed by the Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network.

Maybe you don't consider how your meal is contributing to oppression. But at Bad With Money, we're here to tell you, it might be! To learn more, we turned to some incredible guests: Malik Yakini is the executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which aims to promote food sovereignty for communities of color in Detroit. Amani Olugbala is both an alumna and now facilitator of the Black and Latinx Farmers Immersion Program at Soul Fire Farm in Upstate New York. And in New York City, Onika Abraham runs Farm School NYC, which educates people interested in urban farming. And all three of them are using their positions to promote social and racial justice, to bring about change in the food system.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesOur Sponsors:* Check out Arena Club: arenaclub.com/badmoney* Check out Chime: chime.com/BADMONEY* Check out Claritin: www.claritin.com* Check out Indeed: indeed.com/BADWITHMONEY* Check out Monarch Money: monarchmoney.com/BADMONEY* Check out NetSuite: NetSuite.com/BADWITHMONEYAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Maybe you don't consider how your meal is contributing to oppression. But at Bad With Money, we're here to tell you, it might be! To learn more, we turned to some incredible guests: Malik Yakini is the executive director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, which aims to promote food sovereignty for communities of color in Detroit. Amani Olugbala is both an alumna and now facilitator of the Black and Latinx Farmers Immersion Program at Soul Fire Farm in Upstate New York. And in New York City, Onika Abraham runs Farm School NYC, which educates people interested in urban farming. And all three of them are using their positions to promote social and racial justice, to bring about change in the food system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in Detroit for our 50th episode! And we're talking about the city's enduring food legacy. While a lot of food media often likens Detroit's food scene to a "Renaissance" of sorts, led predominantly by white chefs from the suburbs, the truth is it never went anywhere. People of color have been on the ground from day one, continuing to build upon generations of black and brown entrepreneurship, farming and food activism. And those Detroiters have been the ones who've refused to give up on Detroit – even when it seemed the rest of the world had. In this narrated piece, Zahir sits down with three Detroit food icons: Devita Davison, executive director of FoodLab Detroit; Malik Yakini, founder of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network; and Serena Maria Daniels, esteemed food writer who launched Tostada Magazine.  We've only just scratched the surface, but now that Zahir lives in Michigan, you can count on many more episodes out of Detroit. We can't wait!  Produced by Stephanie Kuo. Music by AF the Naysayer, Blue Dot Sessions and Loyalty Freak Music.

Malik Kenyatta Yakini is co-founder and Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN). DBCFSN operates a seven-acre urban farm and is spearheading the opening of a co-op grocery store in Detroit’s North End. Yakini views the “good food revolution” as part of the larger movement for freedom,justice and equality. Malik is the founder of D-Town Farms, the largest farm in Detroit growing the most diversified vegetables and runs the The Detroit Food Justice Task Force, a consortium of People of Color led organizations and allies that share a commitment to creating a food security plan for Detroit that is: sustainable; that provides healthy, affordable foods for all of the city’s people; that is based on best-practices and programs that work; and that is just and equitable in the distribution of food and jobs.

Detroit food activist Malik Yakini views the good food revolution as one piece of the larger movement for freedom, justice and equality in agriculture, and beyond. He focuses his activism on food because "everyone eats, and everyone wants access to good food," and so his work tends to cut through divisions of race, religion, gender, and more. Malik and his team at the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network see food as a "great equalizer."

Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, will explore how the current industrial food system that supplies most of our food creates inequities, based in part on the social construct we call “race.” He will share wise perspectives on addressing racism, thinking beyond the logic of capitalism and how we might create a more just, sustainable food system. Introduction by Greg Watson, Schumacher Center. This speech was given at the 2015 National Bioneers Conference. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year. Learn more at http://www.bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Listen to The African History Network Show Thursday, Sept. 18th, 8:00pm-11:00pm EST with host Michael Imhotep. 1)  “Solving The Food Crisis Among African Americans.  We'll speak with Malik Yakini of the Black Food Security Network.  We'll learn about what they do and the “8th Annual D-Town Farm Harvest Festival” coming up on Detroit this weekend.  2) Abayomi Azikiwe, Editor of the Pan-African Newswire will update us on Ebola Virus and the crisis in West Africa and “Who & What Is ISIS”.  Sen. John Kerry testified in front of Congress on Sept. 17th making the case to gain financial support in fighting ISIS.  What does all of this mean?  3) We'll acknowledge some historical events that took place on this date in African American History.    Call in with your questions at (914) 338-1375.   Sign up for The African History Network email newsletter by texting the word "Kemet" to 22828. #TheAHNShow Twitter: FB: IG: Michael Imhotep Listen to “The African History Network Show” with host Michael Imhotep as we interview some of our top Scholars, Monday-Thursday, 8pm-10pm EST at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theafricanhistorynetworkshow or www.AfricanHistoryNetwork.com by phone, when we are LIVE at (914) 338-1375. Call in with your questions and comments. Archived episodes are available for you to listen and are also archived on www.Itunes.com.

Detroit is Different is about exposing artistry, business, ideas, and the dynamic people, places, and things that I know make Detroit a mecca. The movement is supported by www.detroitisdifferent.com, social networking friends, an email list, and a podcast.The Detroit is Different podcast starts off running. I hosted a live event where I recorded a conversation with Malik Yakini. The event was 7 o’clock Saturday Stories. Malik Yakini is a person [...]