CTN Interview with Daniel Bigham & Muni Harrison
CTN Interview with Daniel Bigham & Muni Harrison
November 22, 2019
In the News: TheRide and Neutral Zone Partner to Support Youth in Our Community
ANN ARBOR, MI – The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) and the Neutral Zone are partnering together to support area teens who have limited resources to achieve success.
Neutral Zone, a diverse, youth-driven teen center is dedicated to promoting personal growth through artistic expression, community leadership and the exchange of ideas. Through the Neutral Zone’s SCORE Program, TheRide will help bolster success, respect and understanding of area youth.
In the News: Ann Arbor-based Neutral Zone to have multigenre production Dec. 7 in Ypsilanti
Sarah M. Parlette - Click on Detroit - October 27, 2019
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – On Dec. 7, teen artist-activists will perform a multigenre production of poetry, film, music and theater at Ypsilanti High School.
Titled "Staying Power: Concrete, Not Wood," the production will be an evening-long conversation about gentrification and housing injustice that is experienced throughout the U.S.
Hosted by the Neutral Zone, "Staying Power: Concrete, Not Wood," has been jointly created by youth from Ypsilanti, Michigan and Richmond, California. The show is the culmination of efforts and weekly Skype-based workshops by the youth through an exchange program between the two communities that began in May.
NZ in the News: Ann Arbor awards nearly $40K in grants for community sustainability
By Ryan Stanton - MLive - May 31, 2019
ANN ARBOR, MI – Ann Arbor is awarding nearly $40,000 in grants to support four community sustainability initiatives.
City leaders announced the following Sustaining Ann Arbor Together grant recipients on Thursday, May 30.
Neutral Zone: $10,000, Capacity Building for Jobs Corps Program – to develop a job corps/development program that creates supportive pathways to successfully transition under-resourced youth ages 18-24 into adulthood through an intentional five-stage process by providing readiness, training, mentorship and coaching, job access, and a two-year associate degree.
In the News: Washtenaw County commissioners approve first-ever youth commission
By Emma Dale - MLive - May 19, 2019
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — Young people in Washtenaw County now have a place in local government.
The County Board of Commissioners voted May 15 to assemble the first Washtenaw County Youth Commission.
A youth task force presented findings to the board in April that showed a youth commission could help young leaders offer their opinions on issues that affect them, according to a county news release.
In the News: Huron High student reflects on what Claudia Rankin's "Citizen: An American Lyric" means to her for Big Read Ann Arbor
By Ciatta Tucker - Pulp - February 28, 2019
An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book ... [and] aims to inspire conversation and discovery.
In the News: NZ to Present Monthlong NEA Big Read program in Ann Arbor
By Sarah Parlette - All About Ann Arbor - January 21, 2019
“Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Neutral Zone will offer a monthlong program exploring Claudia Rankine's "Citizen: An American Lyric”.”
In the News: Poetry Night in Ann Arbor 2018
By Zoe Lubetkin - The Communicator
“On Friday, Dec. 15, 2018, at 6:00 pm, Poetry Night in Ann Arbor at Lydia Mendolssohn Theater was underway.”
In the News: How a Poetry Event Taught Me About Empowerment
By Katherine Feinstein - SHEI Magazine - January 5, 2019
“When I volunteered to cover Ann Arbor’s Poetry Night, an event put together by the youth-driven nonprofit the Neutral Zone, I wanted to step out of my comfort zone.”
In the News: Teen music, arts festival Live on Washington back this weekend
By Meredith Bruckner - All About Ann Arbor - May 29, 2018
ANN ARBOR - The sixth annual Neutral Zone teen-curated music and arts festival Live on Washington will take place Saturday from 3 to 10 p.m.
In the News: 'Live on Washington' to feature 20 performers in sixth downtown Ann Arbor festival
By Kullen Logsdon - MLive - May 23, 2018
ANN ARBOR, MI - Over 20 performers are scheduled to perform at the Neutral Zone's sixth annual teen music and arts festival next weekend.