About Us
We are a broad-based coalition of community groups. Our mission is to
launch a new wave of volunteerism for the many worth while programs and
activities that are struggling with the issues that trouble our
community – illiteracy, high school dropout rates, crime and youth
violence, drug abuse, domestic abuse, neighborhood blight and
unemployment.
It is our belief that everyone can play a role and render service,
thereby having a greater impact on solving these chronic problems. Our
goal is to unite the entire community — nonprofit organizations,
churches, schools, the business community and the media — in an
unprecedented call to action.
This movement is about making a personal commitment for change at a
critical time in our city’s history. We invite you to be part of this
historic effort.
Click Here to Read and Print a brochure about ARISE Detroit!
ARISE Detroit! Embrace The Vision, Be Part of The Change.
Luther Keith,
Executive Director of ARISE Detroit!
About Luther Keith
Luther Keith, executive director of ARISE Detroit!, is a former award-winning
editor and columnist for The Detroit News. A native Detroiter, Keith
served in many roles for the newspaper before retiring in 2005. He had
stints as a sports writer, state capitol correspondent, city editor,
state editor, business editor, assistant managing editor, public editor
and columnist.
In many of those roles, Keith developed and coordinated stories and
special reports on quality of life issues affecting Detroit such as
crime, education and neighborhood revitalization.
"I consider working with ARISE Detroit! a logical extension of the
many issues I wrestled with as a journalist," Keith says. "I have seen
the passion and energy of Detroiters and others who care about the city
and I'm looking forward to working with them to help create the kind of
community we all want."
In 1985, Keith took a leave of absence to become the founding
director of Wayne State University's Journalism Institute for
Minorities, a program to recruit and train minorities for careers in the
media. Keith was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in
1995.
Keith is a former vice-president with the Detroit chapter of the
National Association of Black Journalists and holds board memberships
with the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation and Plowshares Theater
Company. He also serves as a Detroit Public Library Commissioner.
Do you want to have Luther Keith, Executive Director, speak
to your community group, church or organization about the ARISE
Detroit! movement and how you can get involved?
To schedule an
appearance, contact Genevieve Clark at 313-921-1955.