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Life Directions is a nonprofit organization in southwest Detroit founded in 1973. It works in multiple communities to change and save the lives of at-risk youth and young adults. With its mission of “Peers Inspiring Peers,” the organization offers transformational programs and mentorship opportunities that encourage youth and young adults from ages 13-35 to seek a purposeful life direction, all of which is backed up by validated research and studies. Link to Article
WWJ:
The WWJ story, which includes an interview with Annette Howard, ran 9 times on 5/5 and the morning of 5/6. You can check out the great interviews below.
WJR-760AM:
Life Directions received TWO interviews on the WJR Paul W. Smith Show to talk about Life Directions and the Gala event. You can check out the great interviews below.
Interview 1
Interview 2
Event posted on media calendars including: Detroit News, Crain’s, dBusiness, Localpapers, After5, and others
CBS-TV:
The Amyre Makupson story ran on 5/4. It was teased in the noon newscast and ran in the 6pm newscast with a longer version in the 6:30pm and online at:
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/stopping-violence-through-peer-mentoring/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h
DBusiness:
DBusiness included the Spark of Hope Gala event in their DBusiness Daily News, which is sent out to their daily eblast recipients. The story can be viewed at DBusiness Gala Story
Patch.com neighborhood news:
https://patch.com/michigan/plymouth-mi/plymouth-business-women-honored-spark-hope-gala
https://patch.com/michigan/dearborn/dearborn-business-women-be-honored-spark-hope-gala
https://www.dbusiness.com/events/detroit/charitable-events/spark-of-hope-tribute-gala/
Something powerful is happening with the young adults of Life Directions. After organizing and implementing a successful community cookout in August, 10 young adults gathered on September 3rd to talk about what they can do next for the Detroit community.
They shared their hopes for the future — including passing down what they have learned, building positive relationships, leaving a mark, and creating support systems for others. Then they got to work brainstorming ideas:
