I N T H E N E W S
Selected articles & interviews
An Evening with #1 NYT Bestselling Author Jason Reynolds
(BLAC Magazine, March 2023)
You Can See NYT Bestselling Author Jason Reynolds in Detroit for Free
(Metro Times, March 2023)
#1 NYT Bestseller Coming to Detroit
(Michigan Chronicle, March 2023)
U.S. soccer star Abby Wambach to speak Wednesday at Barrington’s Courageous Conversations
(Daily Herald, Sept 2022)
Poet, Civil Rights Activist Nikki Giovanni to Return to Cincinnati for Juneteenth Event
CityBeat (June 2022)
Things To Do in Cincinnati for Juneteenth
Cincinnati Enquirer (June 2022)
How This Detroit Innovator is Reimagining Information As Civic Infrastructure
Next City (May 2022)
How Detroit Artists Are Shaping Their City, And Being Shaped By It
Next City (March 2022)
How This Visionary New Orleans Planner is Reimagining Community Development
Next City (March 2022)
How This Philanthropic Leader is Reimagining Broken Systems
Next City (February 2022)
Urban Consulate Explores Why Black Places Matter
WVXU Public Radio (July 2021)
Urban Consulate’s Liberation Story Premieres on CET This Weekend
Cincinnati Magazine (June 2021)
Urban Consulate Presents: Liberation Story
CET/PBS (June 2021)
The Faith Leader (June 2021)
Building Community Power: Investing in Residents to Shape Their City
Next City (May 2021)
Supporting the Next Generation of Changemakers
Next City (May 2021)
Next City (May 2021)
Dreaming As A Form of Revolution
Next City (May 2021)
We’re Not Alone: Building Value & Power Together
Next City (April 2021)
Urban Consulate Confidential: Jay Pitter & Tamika Butler
Next City (April 2021)
Realigning the Narrative: Orlando P. Bailey
EXP | DET (Spring 2021)
Urban Consulate Presents: Black Future City
CET/PBS (February 2021)
People to Support, Not Problems to Be Solved
Model D (December 2020)
“Time for Physical Distance, Not Social Distance”
Interfaith Youth Core (April 2020)
“Best-selling author challenges Barrington audience on racism”
Daily Herald (January 9, 2020)
“If We Are Going to Argue, Let’s Do It Right”
CNN.com (November 6, 2019)
Soapbox Cincinnati (October 29, 2019)
“Courage in a Time of Division”
Fetzer Institute (October 2019)
“Living Together With Differences”
Quintessential Barrington (Spring 2019)
“Barrington Preparing A Year of Courageous Conversations”
Daily Herald (April 22, 2019)
NPR Morning Edition
WBEZ Chicago (April 2019)
“A New Kind of Town Hall Challenges People to Have Better Arguments”
The Renewal Project (March 28, 2019)
“Can New and Longtime Detroiters Get Along Better By Making Better Arguments?”
Model D (March 26, 2019)
“Don’t Erase Us: Blunt Talk for New Detroiters from Two Women Who Stayed”
Deadline Detroit (December 14, 2018)
FoodLab Detroit (December 11, 2018)
“James Beard Foundation Pushes for Diversity in Culinary Arts”
WDET (November 15, 2018)
“How the 'Oscars of food' are changing to address a lack of diversity”
Detroit Free Press (November 14, 2018)
"A Conversation on Black Space & Dialogue in a Changing Detroit"
Model D (July 10, 2018)
"Building a More Inclusive Future for Detroit"
Curbed Detroit (June 27, 2018)
"How SXSW Taught Me What I Already Knew About Detroit"
Model D (April 3, 2018)
"How to Achieve 'One Detroit' For All"
Detroit Free Press (January 24, 2018)
"Does Detroit Prioritize Cars Over People?"
Curbed Detroit (January 4, 2018)
"Making Room for Race in Philly Public Space"
Plan Philly (December 14, 2017)
"How New Residents Can Honor Black Communities"
Model D (December 12, 2017)
"Food & Race Discussion Serves Up Healthy Ideas"
Philadelphia Tribune (October 4, 2017)
"StoryCorps: House, Techno, Raves & Voguing"
WDET Detroit Public Radio (August 9, 2017)
"StoryCorps: A Father Tries to Protect His Record Store"
WDET Detroit Public Radio (July 21, 2017)
"Expanding Detroit's Musical Legacy All Year Round"
WDET Detroit Public Radio (May 24, 2017)
"StoryCorps: A Cauldron of Activity, Culture, Anger"
WBEZ Chicago Public Radio (March 31, 2017)
"Urban Consulate finds new home in historic Mackenzie House"
Curbed Detroit (March 17, 2017)
"After the Marches, What Happens Next?"
CityLab (January 23, 2017)
"Guests from Chicago & Philadelphia meet on Six Mile for Urban Exchange"
Model D (January 9, 2017)
"Discussion of Race & Restaurants Coming to Midtown"
Detroit Free Press (January 9, 2017)
"It's Time We Get Real About Who Wins in Detroit's New Food Revival"
Metro Times (January 12, 2017)
"Exploring the Art of Conversation"
Creative Exchange (October 7, 2016)
"A Real Life Forum for Real Urban Issues"
City Lab (August 19, 2016)
"Talking About Cities with Carol Coletta"
Kresge Foundation (Summer 2016)
"White People Find it Hard to Talk About Race"
Michigan Radio (July 26, 2016)
"It May Sound Crazy, but What the World Needs Now is Connect Four"
Detroit Unspun (July 22, 2016)
"Detroiters invited to 'Connect Four the City' at Urban Parlor"
Metro Times (July 21, 2016)
"Progressive White People Confronting Racial Divide"
Michigan Radio (July 15, 2016)
"Unite with Fellow City Lovers"
The Philadelphia Citizen (July 5, 2016)
"Detroit welcomes residents, newcomers, travelers with innovative Urban Consulate"
Detroit Unspun (May 6, 2016)
"Urban Consulate, a Pop Up Parlor for Discussion, Opens in Philly"
Curbed Philly (May 3, 2016)
"Urban Consulate Opens its Doors in Midtown"
Curbed Detroit (April 28, 2016)
"Cities Aren't Designed for Women. Here's Why They Should Be"
Huffington Post (April 26, 2016)
"We, the people, of the United Cities of America"
Model D (March 8, 2016)
"New to Detroit? Come Visit the Urban Consulate"
Mapquest Travel (March 31, 2016)
"New Network for Urban Innovators Launches in Detroit, Philly"
Next City (March 28, 2016)
"Urbanites are a Powerful Tribe, if Only They Would Talk to One Another"
Flying Kite (March 22, 2016)
"Space to Open in Midtown Aimed at Connecting People, Detroit with Other Cities"
DBusiness (March 18, 2016)
"Knight Foundation awards 6 Detroit projects $600k"
Detroit News (March 31, 2015)
"Winning ideas from the Knight Cities Challenge"
City Lab (March 31, 2015)
"Detroit innovators win Knight Cities Challenge"
Crain's Detroit Business (March 31, 2015)
"Introducing the 32 winners of the Knight Cities Challenge"
Knight Foundation (March 31, 2015)