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Small Grant Program is sponsored by University of Michigan School of Social Work. This program encourages the school community to engage meaningfully with communities across southeast Michigan and beyond, increasing the capacity of community organizations by leveraging academic partners' resources and expertise. It supports activities including new partnership formation, collaborative research, and social impact action projects.
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2025 Small Grant Awardees #### Detroit VOCES: Southwest Oral History Project-Online Archiving **Faculty Member:**Lecturer Osvaldo Rivera **Community Partner:** Irma M.
Guzman, team member, VOCES #### Fostering a partnership between the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory and Detroit LGBT to reduce health disparities among LGBT+ people of color **Faculty Member:**Professor Katie Edwards, director of the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory **Community Partner:** A.
Nzere Kwabena, executive director, LGBT Detroit #### Toxic Legacy: A Photovoice Project Documenting Industrial Pollution in Detroit and Hamtramck **Faculty Member:**Assistant Professor Greer Hamilton **Community Partner:** Rev.
Sharon Buttry, board member and steering committee member, Detroit Hamtramck Coalition for Advancing Healthy Communities #### BE-HEALED: A Community-University Partnership to Support Black Men's Mental Health in Detroit **Faculty Members:**Professor Rich Tolman and Associate Professor Addie Weaver **Community Partner:** PhD student Charles Williams II, INSIGHT 2024 Small Grant Awardees #### Empowering Detroit Together: Building Community Impact Partnerships Faculty Member: Clinical Associate Professor Abigail Eiler Community Partner: Yusef Shakur, Co-Executive Director, Michigan Roundtable #### Black Ecclesiastical Intervention to Help Equip Affected Lives Enduring Mental Disorders (BE HEALED) Faculty Members: Professor Rich Tolman and Associate Professor Addie Weaver Community Partner: Alexandra Bolin, Impact and Improvement Coordinator, United Project 2023 Small Grant Awardees #### It's not just me!
Black young adults' views of what it takes to live on the right side of the law: An intersectional-CBPR study Associate Professor Camille Quinn Community Partner: Rai LaNier, Executive Director, MI Liberation #### Neighborhood Initiatives Examining Organizational Impact: A Quality Team Project Associate Professor Katie Richards-Shuster Community Partner: Alexandra Bolin, Impact and Improvement Coordinator, United Project #### Community-led Storytelling in Detroit Maureen Okasinski, LEO II Community Partner: Erik Howard, Executive Director, Inside Southwest Detroit #### D-Boy Dads: Exploring Fatherhood in Detroit Community Partners: Sam Donald, Director, Detroit Musix; Marcus Hille, Parent Think Tank; Willie Bell, Director, Family Assistance for Renaissance Men; John Miles, Fatherhood Coordinator, Children’s Center; Bomani Gray, Metro Detroit Father Policy Group 2022 Small Grant Awardees #### Youth Engagement through Cannabis Prevention and Employment Training Cristina Bares, Associate Professor of Social Work Community Partner: Kartav Patel, Manager of Youth Services, Southwest Economic Services #### Welcome to the Motor City: Exploring Refugee Resettlement Among Afgan Refugees and Beyond Ashley Cureton, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Education Community Partner: Shadin Adityeh, PHD, Director of Employment and Economic Empowerment Programs, Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County and Detroit #### Tuxedo Project Community Map Maureen Okasinski, LEO II Community Partner: Rose Gorman, Executive Director, The Tuxedo Project #### Enacting Action Goals Informed by HOMES Survey: Services and Options for LGBTQ+ Older Adults in Metro Detroit Beth Glover Reed, Associate Professor of Social Work and Women's Studies Community Partner: Angela Gabridge, Executive Director, Sage Metro Detroit 2019 Small Grant Awardees #### Promoting Infant Health and Wellbeing by Engaging Fathers in Home Visitation Dr. Shawna Lee, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Social Work Nickole Fox, M.
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C. , Director of Community Wellness, American Indian Health & Family Services of Southeastern Michigan #### Youth Civic Engagement Partnership Dr. Barry Checkoway, Professor of Social Work Ann Marie Leen, MCD, Assistant Vice President - Youth Services, SER Metro-Detroit Dr. Jaclynn Hawkins, Associate Professor of Social Work, Director, Vivian A. and James L.
Curtis Center&Daicia Price Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work and FLOURISH Director Steve Wasko, Project Director, St. Suzanne Cody Rouge Community Resource Center #### Immigrant and Refugee-run Organizations in Metro Detroit Dr. Odessa Gonzalez Benson, Associate Professor of Social Work Matthew Stiffler, PhD, Research and Content Manager, ACCESS/AANM
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