InsideOut Receives [Transformational Gift](https://insideoutdetroit.org/2024/03/19/insideout-receives-2-million-donation-from-mackenzie-scott/) from MacKenzie Scott!
InsideOut Receives [Transformational Gift](https://insideoutdetroit.org/2024/03/19/insideout-receives-2-million-donation-from-mackenzie-scott/) from MacKenzie Scott!
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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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Inside Out Poetry Program Poet Leaders

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.

Inside Out Poetry Program Youth in Photo

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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Loved Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem? Support more emerging Black poets and writers

InsideOut Literary Arts was held up as a literary organization that nurtures and uplifts Black voices across the United States.

Ife Martin

“Represent” by Ife Martin, Inaugural Poem for Chalkbeat

‘This is something I can do now’: What Kamala Harris’ ascension means for girls of color

InsideOut Performance Troupe Performs “They Gather Behind Us” at WSU MLK, Jr. Tribute 2021

Voices of Youth

Detroit’s Citywide Poets teens share feelings on poetry, BLM protests, and COVID-19