The Metro: Detroit Women’s Commission could shape policy alongside the next mayor
The Detroit Women’s Commission is a new group in the mayor’s office. They’re meeting monthly to discuss challenges women face in Detroit. And how to improve the lives and experiences of women calling Detroit home.
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Detroit has always run on women’s strength: holding families together, organizing blocks, running the quiet machinery of care.
Now, the city is giving that strength a formal voice.
The Detroit Women’s Commission is a new group in the mayor’s office. They’re meeting monthly to discuss challenges women face in Detroit. And how to improve the lives and experiences of women calling Detroit home.
It’s getting started at an interesting time. Detroit could have its first woman mayor in November, a mayor that this commission would be working with.
Producer Jack Filbrandt spoke with Detroit Documenters Colleen Cirocco and Noah Kincade to learn more about Detroit’s Women’s Commission.
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