Smartphone ban coming to Michigan K-12 classrooms

A children's art museum in Rosedale Park nurtures Detroit's next generation of artists

The Red: Children’s Art Museum and Gallery [https://livecoal.org/the-red] nurtures and displays the work of kids who want to exercise their creative skills. Yvette Rock is the founder and executive director of the gallery. She has been working with young artists for decades, encouraging them to develop their skills and exposing them to career artists right here in Detroit.  The museum re-opened in March in time for the summer season, so Rock joined the show to talk about the museum’s work and how she develops young artists.

Local stage play highlights the legacy of baseball icon Roberto Clemente

Roberto Clemente [https://robertoclemente.com/story/] is a baseball icon. Over his 18-year career [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clemero01.shtml#all_leaderboard] he won two world series, acquired 12 golden gloves, four batting titles, and is one of only 33 players in baseball history to collect three thousand hits in his career. Clemente’s resume jumps off the page.  But what Clemente was able to accomplish on the field may not even be his greatest contribution. Clemente’s record as an advocate for civil rights and helping others in communities is as synonymous with his reputation as his athletic achievements.  "Roberto Clemente: A Diamond Within" is an original play written by Candido Tirado. The play is being  produced by Plowshares Theatre Company [https://plowsharestheatre.org/programming/roberto-clemente-a-diamond-within/] and it runs from June 12 through June 28 in the Marlene Boll Theatre at The Boll Family YMCA.  Gary Anderson, Producing Artistic Director of Plowshares Theatre Company, joined the show to explain why he's bringing this take on Clemente's life to a Detroit stage.

Smartphone ban coming to Michigan K-12 classrooms

Michigan will be enacting a statewide school phone ban for students from kindergarten through 12th grade this fall. Many schools already have some form of phone restriction in place during the school day. Three researchers from the University of Michigan wanted to know what could be learned from different phone ban policies prior to the statewide mandate going into effect. Justin Heinze [https://sph.umich.edu/faculty-profiles/heinze-justin.html], Brian Jacob [https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/brian-jacob] and Elyse Thulin [https://firearminjury.umich.edu/person/elyse-thulin-phd/] compared nearly 800 schools in Michigan with phone use limits in place and shared their findings in an article published by The Conversation Detroit. In their article, they examine what different bans districts use and key points to consider when picking a policy. Eleanore Catolico, editor of The Conversation - Detroit joined The Metro to discuss what Heinze, Jacob and Thulin found. Read the full article here [https://theconversation.com/we-collected-data-on-how-779-michigan-school-districts-are-regulating-student-cellphones-here-are-the-trends-275544].

Saving sacred ground: The Detroit Association of Women's Clubs makes the national endangered list

Women-led organizations marched on Washington during their historic efforts to achieve social, political and economic equality. Yet, not all women were included in the conversation. Many of the early women's suffrage groups excluded Black women and women of color. Discrimination in the movement led to the formation of Black-led organizations like the Detroit Association of Women's Clubs (DAWC). Founded in 1921 at Ferry and Brush at the height of the women's suffrage movement, the DAWC made it their mission to fight for their own version of equality—one that centered both gender and racial parity. So what happened to the DAWC, its founders, and its mission?  Every year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation compiles its list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in America.  [https://savingplaces.org/stories/11-most-endangered-historic-places-2026] This year, in honor of our nation's 250th anniversary, the organization is centering its selections around the theme of equality—protecting and preserving spaces that have advanced the idea that all people are created equal. The DAWC earned a place on this year's list. Executive Director Candace Calloway joins the show to share what the designation means, and why its essential to preserve this historic space.

Danielle North on women, power and who gets through the door

Michigan has a lot of women in power — a woman governor, a woman attorney general, and the first woman to lead Detroit was elected last year. So why does Detroit entrepreneur Danielle North say some of the hardest setbacks of her career didn't come from men? She joined The Metro's Robyn Vincent at the Mackinac Policy Conference to talk about scarcity, solidarity, and how to keep the door open for more women.