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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Rey Hinojosa

There are a lot of reasons for students to tune out or seem uninspired. The real key is for me, the teaching artist, to be a lighthouse, steady in shining the light for them to come to shore if they can. Rey is a writer…
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5 Stories for 25 Years: Candance

2010-2015: Candance Candance performing her original work at InsideOut’s inaugural Share the Light benefit. (2017) Why I Write by Candance  I write when people say I taIk too much.  I write to set the world aflame. I write to speak for those who are afraid…
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5 Stories for 25 Years: Jasmine Dorsey

2000-2005: Jasmine Dorsey “This program is the reason I graduated high school.” I didn’t belong to any crew or group in high school because I always felt so different. I always felt alone because I felt too mature to even have friends in high school….
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5 Stories for 25 Years: Michael R. Jackson

1995-2000: Michael R. Jackson Photo Credit:  Zack DeZon “Literally every aspect of my writing career came because a teacher encouraged me.” I’m Michael R. Jackson, and I’m from Detroit, Michigan. I grew up on the west side of Detroit, right off the Southfield Freeway. Growing…
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Michael R. Jackson

InsideOut alum Michael R. Jackson wins Pulitzer for off-Broadway musical

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Kyle Hunt

Kyle Hunt Writer-in-Residence “The [InsideOut] program not only opened them up creatively, giving them the freedom and permission to be ‘weird,’ but I also think our time together relaxed them a bit. I saw improvement in the way they treated each other.” Kyle Hunt is…
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Jorge

“My time with InsideOut gave me a voice. It helped me to see a talent in myself that I didn’t know I had.” Former InsideOut student Jorge Lopez began writing at Southwestern High School, where he was a participant in InsideOut’s Writer-in-Residence program. Today, Jorge…
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Benjamin Turner

Benjamin Turner Writer-in-Residence “I was equally concerned with guiding them professionally in writing, as I was concerned with giving them the space to be their own professional guides. Then, by calling attention to that budding skill set, I feel like we were able to pinpoint and excavate whatever…
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