Challenge Detroit Employee Directory

Non-profit OrganizationsUnited States11-50 Employees

OUR MISSION
We develop, support, and connect emerging and existing community-minded leaders, amplifying the positive impact on our diverse, culturally vibrant city.

WHAT WE DO
- Attract and retain innovative, community-minded individuals to the greater Detroit area by promoting and supporting the opportunities within the city and the neighborhoods
- Portray Detroit and the surrounding region as a place people can live, work, play, give and lead
- Contribute to community development efforts of the city and region through collaboration with local nonprofits on strategic, intellectually-based, community-focused projects—making incremental impact and learning by doing

HOW WE DO IT
- Launch a local and national recruitment effort to raise awareness of Challenge Detroit and the issues and opportunities in the city
- Act as a platform to share balanced and positive messages about Detroit, showcasing the Fellows, companies, and non-profit partners that bring the program to life
- Create jobs and stimulate the economy by partnering with top companies to serve as hosts to Challenge Detroit’s Fellows
- Further work with these companies to build partnerships that ultimately support the professional development of the local workforce while contributing positively to community impact efforts
- Spearhead a robust leadership development program, centered around innovation and design thinking to support ongoing skill development that helps Fellows in their jobs and their work with Challenge Detroit’s non-profit partners
- Design team challenge projects to leverage the power, resources and intellectual capital of Fellows to positively impact operations, fundraising, programming, marketing and other critical aspects of our non-profit partners’ organizations.

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