InsideOut Named Gucci Changemaker
InsideOut is proud to be named one of 12 Gucci Changemakers organizations nationally!
This $50,000 grant will allow us to deepen our teen programming by hosting the 2024 Detroit Youth Poetry Con.
In the Press
InsideOut Student Poets on Detroit Performs
InsideOut poets performed alongside dancers from Detroit School of Arts on Detroit Performs! As student poet Raijuan says (his poem begins at 4:10): “I walk down the hallways and past students…I see a lot of potential. I don’t believe that anyone in my school doesn’t…
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Hanif Abdurraqib makes Detroit Youth Poetry Con appearance
Hanif Abdurraqib joined us for the first Detroit Youth Poetry Con in March 2023 to teach a workshop and grace the stage at the public showcase. He spoke with the Metro Times in advance of his appearance. “With any luck, we will sit down collectively…
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InsideOut Alum Nandi Comer makes history as Michigan’s second poet laureate ever
From her early years as an InsideOut student at Communications and Media Arts High School to Writer-in-Residence to managing our Citywide Poets program and creating the visionary TechnoPoetics, Nandi Comer has been an important part of InsideOut’s community right from the very start. We are…
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9 Detroit-area nonprofit leaders awarded sabbatical fellowship
We’re proud to announce that Executive Director Suma Karaman Rosen will be taking a well-deserved sabbatical supported by the Eugene A. Miller Fellowship from the McGregor Fund. As Suma said: “I love the students we serve who remind me what it means to be brave, and…
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Performance Troupe Featured on Local 4 Click On Detroit
Click On Detroit took notice of the six winners from InsideOut’s Literary Arts 2022 Performance Troupe. These Metro Detroit high schoolers are sharing the mic at the North American International Auto Show.
InsideOut Alum wins $90,000 Soros Fellowship for New Americans
InsideOut Alum Hajjar Baban wins $90,000 Soros Fellowship for New Americans to continue pursuing her art. We couldn’t be more proud. Check out Hajjar’s InsideOut journey in our Student Stories.
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InsideOut Literary Arts was held up as a literary organization that nurtures and uplifts Black voices across the United States.
