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Michigan Voices
by Cumulus Media Detroit
760 WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne speaks with business, community, and political leaders who are working to make a difference in Southeast Michigan and beyond.
Episodes
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New therapies in the fight against ovarian cancer and hope for teens with depression and anxiety
Dr Dana Zakalik, corporate director of Corewell Health’s Nancy and James Grosfeld Cancer Genetics Center in Southeast Michigan, joins Michigan Voices to talk about the new advances in reducing ovarian cancer risk. Corewell Health researchers are studying whether removing the fallopian tubes alone...
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Building better lives through home ownership and one community organization is providing fresh food in the city of Detroit
Oct. 18, 2026 ~ Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization that works in nearly 1,400 communities across the United States and more than 70 countries around the world. Michele Hodges, Executive Director of Habitat Oakland joins Michigan Voices. Later, DPFC Spokesman Imani…
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Helping Kids and Seniors Live Better Lives
Sep. 27, 2026 ~ Variety the Children's Charity of Detroit simply helps kids by providing vital support and essential services to more than 20,000 children with unique and special needs, those who are under-resourced or living with illness or extraordinary challenge. Michelle Murphy, Executive...
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Foster Care Support and Pageant Royalty Ambitions
September 20, 2026 ~ Spaulding for Children is a Southfield-based nonprofit that has licensed and supported foster and adoptive families across Michigan since 1968. The agency provides recruitment, licensing, and ongoing support for foster, adoptive, and respite families throughout the state....
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Supporting K9 officers around Michigan and helping veterans after their service ends.
September 13, 2026 ~ Founded in 2018 by veteran families for veteran families, VETLIFE was created in response to the real and often unseen challenges veterans face after military service. From mental health struggles and housing instability to loss of purpose and disconnection from community…
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Helping Dogs And Kids
September 6, 2026 ~ Marie Osborne talks with a group helping unfortunate dogs and another group helping kids with their dental health. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Helping Those Who Have Communication Problems and Giving Hope to Families Who Grieve
Aug. 28, 2026 ~ The Stuttering Foundation helps raise awareness of a communication disorder that affects millions of children and adults yet remains widely misunderstood. As the world's most trusted resource on stuttering, the Stuttering Foundation has been helping people who stutter and their...
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Veterans Helping Veterans and Growing Detroit's Bee Population
Aug. 16, 2026 ~ Bees in the D began with a couple of hives in the heart of Detroit—and things have been buzzing ever since! They work to educate and protect all pollinators—native bees, bumble bees, honeybees, butterflies, beetles, and so many more. Founder and President of Bees in the D, Brian...
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Feeding Hungry Minds and Bodies
Aug. 9, 2026 ~ Birdie's Bookmobile is a non-profit organization committed to ending book deserts and improving children's literacy and book access in Metro Detroit. They are making quality, diverse, and culturally relevant books more accessible and increasing the number of books children have in...
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Helping Foster Children and Opening Conversations of Faith in the Metro Detroit Community
Aug. 2, 2026 ~ Friends of Foster Kids responds to emergency needs with clothing, shoes, coats, pajamas, and hygiene items—often within 24 hours of removal of a child from their home. FOFK serves foster youth in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties, delivering thousands of personalized gifts each...
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Raising the Literacy Rates in the City of Detroit and Locating Missing Persons
July 26, 2026 ~ Epiphany Education Center was created as an intercommunity literacy project, developed to support struggling elementary and middle school students in the city of Detroit. After 15 years, Epiphany Education Center continues to provide free supplemental learning services that...
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Strengthening Urban Communities and Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
July 19, 2026 ~ Developing Kingdoms In Different Stages (Developing K.I.D.S.) is a Detroit-based nonprofit organization with a mission to strengthen urban communities through inter-generational leadership, academic enrichment, and civic engagement. Founder and Executive Director Kimberly Johnson...
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Feeding the Those Who Are Food Insecure and Insuring that Families Stay Warm
June 12, 2026 ~ Royal Oak First United Methodist Church , a nonprofit faith community established in 1838 in Royal Oak, Michigan. The church strives to make a meaningful difference in the lives of its neighbors, the community, and the world. Pastor Jeff Nelson joins Michigan Voices to talk about...
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Empowering Individuals with Disabilities and Helping Those with Blood Cancers Find Hope
July 5, 2026 ~ Dutton Farm is a Michigan-based nonprofit organization located in Rochester Hills, committed to empowering individuals with disabilities through employment training, job placement, and ongoing support services. Jenny Brown, CEO of Dutton Farm, joins Michigan Voices. Michigan, being...
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Veteran Hospice Care and Mentoring Young People for Winning Futures
June 28, 2026 ~ Winning Futures is a Metro Detroit nonprofit that empowers students to figure out what they’ll do after high school, overcome challenges, and achieve career success. Bryan Howard, chief program officer, and Kayla Lewis, college match manager for Winning Futures, join Michigan...
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Helping the Homeless and Offering a Lifeline to Those In a Mental Health Crisis
June 21, 2026 ~ The Refuge Homeless Shelter and Restoration Center of Lapeer County assists people by providing temporary housing, food, clothing, help with obtaining personal identification, employment, transportation, referrals for housing assistance, counseling, educational, vocational, and...
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Local Organizations Keeps Good Food from Going to Waste and Helps Injured Veterans Find Wheelchairs
June 14, 2026 ~ In the United States, about 30–40% of the food supply is lost or wasted each year, which translates to roughly 103–194 million tons of food. Danielle Todd, the executive director of Make Food Not Waste, joins Michigan Voices to discuss how the organization is saving good food from...
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Helping Inspire Young Men and Foster Children
June 7, 2026 ~ Caught Up Mentoring was founded to inspire, mold, and empower young men to be productive members of society, giving them tools and resources to succeed as they enter into manhood. Founder and Executive Director Toson Knight says they are passionate about transforming the lives of...
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Meeting the Needs of the Area Homeless and Inspiring the Human-Animal Bond
May 31, 2026 ~ The Pope Francis Center provides holistic, transformational solutions to people experiencing homelessness. We envision a Detroit without homelessness, where every person has the resources for sustained stability. They operate a drop-in Day Center to meet basic needs for anyone...
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Honoring Memorial Day Through the Eyes of Veteran Who Continues to Serve His Community and At the War Memorial
May 24, 2026 ~ At the heart of The War Memorial is a deep commitment to honoring those who have served. Through year-round patriotic programming, commemorations, and gatherings, creating meaningful opportunities to recognize service, preserve history, and foster connection among veterans, their...
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Healing Grief and New Options for the Unhoused in Our Community
May, 17, 2026 ~ VOA Michigan is celebrating the groundbreaking of The Booth Community, a 61-apartment Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) development located at the long-vacant former St. Mary of Redford School. The $31 million redevelopment will transform the historic building in Detroit, into...
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From Northeast to Southwest Detroit, Two Organizations are Rising to Meet the Needs of the Community with Compassion and Care
April 8, 2026 ~ Deo Gratias Ministries Detroit, a nonprofit founded by two Felician sisters in 2018, has operated next door to the St Jude Mission Church at Seven Mile and Kelly on Detroit’s northeast side. Dio Gratias Cafe' serves hot meals, runs a food pantry, community garden, and tutoring...
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Connecting Communities and Lending a Hand to Those Facing Educational Barriers
April 3, 2026 ~ Connect Macomb, together with Advancing Macomb and the Anchor Bay Chamber of Commerce, is proud to join Chambers of Commerce across Michigan for Community Impact Day on May 13, 2026, on a united effort to make both a local and statewide economic impact that strengthens and builds...
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Michigan Voices Speaks With a Local Organization Helping Victims of Child Abuse and Another Dedicated to Helping Senior Citizens With Home Repairs
April 26, 2026 ~ April is sexual assault awareness month. Over 420,000 Americans ages 12 and up experience sexual abuse each year, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, Nearly every minute, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted. Every nine minutes, that someone is a child....
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Helping People with Autism and Sharing Trade Secrets for Women
April 19, 2026 ~ April is Autism Acceptance & Awareness Month, and Autism Support of Michigan (formerly Autism Society of Michigan) has served individuals on the autism spectrum, along with their families, professionals, and educators, since 1976. Kathy Johnson, Board President of Autism Support…
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A Local Group Feeds Children Around the World, and Another Group Focuses on Helping Children in Foster Care
April 12, 2026 ~ The mission of HCRI-MI is to connect, resource, and inspire on behalf of children who are in foster care, at-risk, and/or have been trafficked. President and Executive Director Rhonda Trask serves as the Chairperson for the Community and Faith Advisory Initiative (Michigan...
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Starfish Family Services Provides Support to Entire Families and the 12th Annual All Things Detroit is Coming in April
April 5, 2026 ~ The 12th annual All Things Detroit Day in Eastern Market returns 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 12, with local goods sold by more than 200 makers available to browse. All Things Detroit Day is a celebration made for supporting small businesses - complete with DJs, interactive...
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Evolving After School Programs and Helping Those with Cystic Fibrosis
March 29, 2026 ~ Afterschool With Youth for Youth (WYFY) is a multifaceted initiative that empowers young people to redesign afterschool programming from the ground up. Coordinated by Youthprise and funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation, the project...
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Helping People With Blood Cancer and Awarding Grants to Local Orgs
March 22, 2026 ~ Michigan has among the highest blood cancer rates, with a new diagnosis made every 90 minutes, or 6000 annually, in Michigan alone. Blood cancer, due to its lengthy treatment protocols, is among the most expensive of cancers in which to treat. The Blood Cancer Foundation of...
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Metro Detroit Businesswomen Network at a Special Event and Empty Bowls Returns to Eastern Market this Month
Feb. 15, 2026 ~ The internationally recognized hunger-relief event Empty Bowls returns to Detroit for the first time in six years on March 27. Founded in Michigan by art educators, Empty Bowls began as a grassroots effort to engage students to creatively address hunger through handmade ceramic...
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Helping Immigrant Families and Providing Prenatal Care
March 8, 2026 ~ The Chaldean American Ladies of Charity (CALC) was formed in 1961 when 20 refugee and immigrant women sought to support other families and individuals in rebuilding their lives. The founders’ legacy of helping others and restoring families provided the foundation of its mission...
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Advocating Against Child Abuse and Helping People Find Employment
March 1, 2026 ~ One in five children in the United States will are victims of some sort of abuse. Carehouse of Oakland County is a Child Advocacy Center committed to preventing abuse, protecting children, and promoting healing through advocacy, education, and treatment in Oakland County. CEO…
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Helping the Homeless and Feeding Those in Need
Feb. 22, 2026 ~ For nearly four decades, MCREST has served as Macomb County’s front-line response to homelessness, providing emergency shelter, meals, and case management to more than 600 individuals each year, including families and children. Fifteen percent of MCREST guests are children. Scott...
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Preparing Catholic Students for High School
Feb. 15, 2026 ~ Divine Mercy Academy is a K-8 school where children are schooled in the Catholic tradition while catering to the needs of children with learning differences. Its goal is to help each child reach their highest potential by providing them with tools to successfully enter the high...
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Program Helps Detroit Area Prisoners Put on Shakespeare Shows
Feb. 8, 2026 ~ The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University is staging a production of Julius Caesar, running Feb. 6–15, 2026, at the Hilberry Gateway – the STAGE. The Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance at Wayne State University is partnering with...
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Exploring Native American History and Tackling Childhood Hunger
Feb. 1, 2025 ~ Historians will explore myths and the reality of local Native American history through special programming at The Birmingham Museum for America’s 250th anniversary next year. Stories and legends relating to Indigenous people in what is now Oakland County have swirled about in our...
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Celebrating the Warren Symphony Society and Helping Women Get Feminine Hygiene Products
Jan. 23, 2026 ~ The Warren Symphony Society, Inc. was founded in 1972 and gave its first concerts during the 1973–74 season. Since that beginning, the Warren Symphony Orchestra has performed hundreds of shows in Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne Counties. Executive Director Joyce Russell joins Michigan...
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Helping People With Substance Abuse and Access to Helathcare
Jan. 18, 2026 ~ Our Hope Association is a Grand Rapids-based non-profit women's substance use treatment facility. Since 1972, Our Hope has been offering the women of our communities healing from the disease of addiction. Holly Natte, Development Director and Rosemary Hodges executive director…
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Scientist Shares Her Cancer Journey and Teaching About American Revolution
Jan. 11, 2026 ~ Débora Barbosa Vendramini-Costa, Ph.D., walked into Henry Ford Health’s Pancreatic Cancer Center; she was a scientist on a mission. But then she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she became a patient. She shares her unique story on Michigan Voices. The Stoney Creek Chapter of...
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Detroit’s Empowerment Plan to Make its 100,000th Coat
Dec. 21, 2025 ~ Detroit’s Empowerment Plan is tackling homelessness on a global scale, and it's moving toward a major milestone. Before the end of the year, they’re on track to make its 100,000th coat, which transforms into a sleeping bag and also a bag to carry belongings for those experiencing...
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Helping Victims of Sexual Assault and Supporting Independent Writers
Dec. 14, 2025 ~ The SASHA Center is a Black woman-led, culturally specific sexual assault healing agency based in Detroit. They provide peer-educational support group services for self-identified experiencers of sexual assault and center the lived experiences of Black women and girls in Southeast...
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Helping Adults with Disabilities and Foster Children
Nov. 7, 2025 ~ The metro Detroit nonprofit Jarc recently kicked off its fall fundraising campaign by announcing that it will look to raise $1.2 million to support the nonprofit’s programs and services for adults with developmental disabilities in metro Detroit. CEO Shaindle Braunstein joins...
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Helping Babies Sleep Safer and A New Art Space
Nov. 30, 2025 ~ A Michigan baby dies every two to three days due to unsafe sleep practices, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Help promote ‘Safe Sleep’ during the national Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month and Michigan’s Safe Sleep Month. Shirley...
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Helping Businesses and Institutions Run Smoothly and Funding Hospice Care
Nov. 23, 2025 ~ The Michigan Lean Consortium (MLC) is a nonprofit dedicated to helping Michigan’s businesses, schools, hospitals, and communities work smarter, eliminate waste, and create a culture of continuous improvement. MLC offers training, coffee chats, facility tours, networking, and...
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Donating Turkeys and Working to Prevent Domestic Violence
Nov. 16, 2025 ~ Since 1980, Midwest Independent Retailers Foundation (MIRF) and its members have been committed to providing turkeys to families in need, veterans, women's shelters, and more. Bill Wild, president of MIRF, and Kristin Olmedo, president and CEO of the United Community Family...
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Assisting the Local Homeless and Veteran Populations
Nov. 9, 2025 ~ Many local families throughout metro Detroit, even those with jobs, are one emergency away from losing their housing. Community Housing Network helps more than 17,000 people a year stay in safe, stable homes. Kristin Elliot, president and CEO of Community Housing Network, joins...
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Helping Breast Cancer Patients and Recognizing Women Laborers During WWII
Nov. 2, 2025 ~ Pink Fund provides financial support to help meet basic needs, decrease stress levels, and allow breast cancer patients in active treatment to focus on healing while improving survivorship outcomes. The 90-day grant program allows them to meet their critical expenses for housing,...
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Honoring WWII Veterans and Helping Those with Breast Cancer
Oct. 26, 2025 ~ The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial is working towards building a permanent memorial that will provide a year-round multipurpose destination telling Michigan's unique story. The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial will be a resource for educational programs, events, veteran outreach, and...
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Helping the Homeless in Metro Detroit
Oct. 19, 2025 ~ Pink Fund provides financial support to help meet basic needs, decrease stress levels, and allow breast cancer patients in active treatment to focus on healing while improving survivorship outcomes. Its 90-day grant program allows us to meet their critical expenses for housing,...
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Advocating for Child Welfare
Oct. 12, 2025 ~ Michigan CASA’s 2025 State Conference will take place Oct. 27–28 at the Motor City Casino Hotel in Detroit. This event is one of the most significant gatherings for child advocacy in Michigan this year. More than 400 child welfare advocates, social workers, educators, and...
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760 WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne speaks with business, community, and political leaders who are working to make a difference in Southeast Michigan and beyond.
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