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EII Southwest is networked and run by Digital Stewards, residents of Southwest Detroit who are highly trained to provide quality WiFi instillation services. To date, EII Southwest has connected 50 homes to high speed WiFi, installed 10 WiFi hotspots throughout Southwest Detroit, and is in the process of laying Detroit’s first fiber to the home infrastructure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/ec19a799-1840-49ca-bf87-3fc047fe8658/23456228_184688508748425_3731652371170362756_o.jpg SW Equitable Internet Initiative - Our Advantage For generations Corporations have been red lining urban neighborhoods from receiving high quality services from housing and food to utility and telecommunications services. We exist to build connectivity in our neighborhood which has been left out from accessing high quality WiFi connections. As residents of Southwest Detroit, we partner with 123Net, an Internet Service Provider and distribute broadband WiFi connections to our neighbors in Southwest Detroit. As residents we know the neighborhood and understand the challenges and opportunities connected with Southwest Detroit. https://www.giacollectives.org/bridging-languages daily 0.75 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/1631210254588-WI25EQWQV44CA9FNB7M0/Bridging+Languages+Logo.png Bridging Languages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/1632251597527-I09BX569OYZMVAYY817T/Screen+Shot+2021-09-21+at+3.13.02+PM.png Bridging Languages - Our Process We provide written translation and oral interpretation to bridge communication for and with non English language https://www.giacollectives.org/cleaning-in-action daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/1631214541024-K95CNWK47SM7YVALMJEL/Screen+Shot+2021-08-17+at+4.04.59+PM.png Cleaning in Action - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/4b42f0e7-08d0-42a4-89a7-0344942afa7b/Screen+Shot+2021-11-10+at+4.08.55+PM.png Cleaning in Action - In March of 2017 Cleaning in Action Cooperative was officially formed offering high quality green cleaning services to customers in Metro Detroit. Working with us is not only an investment in enjoying a clean space to call home. It is an investment in our fellow worker owners and our community providing jobs with dignity at the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/48ab2910-ea36-421a-82ef-d6e528ff4f42/Screen+Shot+2021-11-10+at+4.10.01+PM.png Cleaning in Action - Let’s face it. Life is fast, and it's easy to lose balance, and this lack of balance oftentimes becomes chaos at home and at work. That's where we come in. We always go the extra mile, because as a co-op, we put the dedication of both workers and owners. We offer high quality green cleaning services for a base estimate that will be given to you at the our housekeepers first visit. Additionally, we offer extra services as add-ons to routine cleaning. https://www.giacollectives.org/radical-productions daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/1631210341681-X6HEODAF0GK2W72LFV6Y/Screen+Shot+2021-08-18+at+3.42.33+PM.png Radical Productions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/1632248489592-5NGPJU95KFWJDND0YHYW/Screen+Shot+2021-05-13+at+3.12.48+PM.png Radical Productions - Our Process Radical Productions is a youth-lead, inter-generational technology collective based out of Grace in Action Collectives. Radical Productions listens to community needs and uses their technology skills to create innovative solutions to complex community problems. Members have training in basic and intermediate computer coding languages, including HTML, Java Script, back-end programming, and Node.js. They are also proficient in graphic design and CSS. https://www.giacollectives.org/idalis daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1624485560953-0BL9WLUH3R7VUXGWCDGF/headshot+of+a+smiling+woman Idalis - First Name Last Name It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.giacollectives.org/meghan daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/6bd3c4d7-926f-440f-b4fb-53d57c76f99f/Screen+Shot+2021-11-10+at+5.10.53+PM.png Meghan - Meghan Sobocienski, Executive Director Meghan Sobocienski is a CoFounder and Director of Grace in Action Collectives in Southwest Detroit. A 4th generation Detroiter who spent her early years living in Detroit’s conservative northern suburbs, much of Meghan’s life has been shaped by differences in equity, access and politics. Meghan spent 5 years as a Community Organizer with the PICO (Faith in Action Network), and 5 years working as a Co-Organizer for the Organizing for Mission Cohort (Network) through the ELCA. Nearly a decade ago, she began her journey supporting Detroiters in building cooperatives. Today, this network of Cooperatives, is a strong community based economic structure that resists oppressive and racist systems impacting neighborhoods. She has lead the growth and evolution of Grace in Action Collectives through the past 8 years. Meghan studied liberation theology and social ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley CA and is an ordained Deacon in the Lutheran church (ELCA). 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Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.giacollectives.org/nyasia daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/8d9457aa-33ba-4393-ad09-343fb59cde1f/eii-nyasia.jpg Nyasia - Nyasia Valdez, Network Manager, EII Nyasia Valdez is a lifelong resident of Southwest Detroit. Nyasia grew up around a community of organizers and powerful leaders including her mother. She has been Organizing people and her community since she could first walk and talk. Nyasia works as the Digital Stewards Network Organizer for the Equitable Internet Initiative Southwest Detroit based out of Grace in Action Collectives. She also works as the Program Director with Inside Southwest Detroit connecting youth in the neighborhood with media and creative placemaking opportunities. Nyasia is committed to building communities and spaces with quality participatory designs and processes that cultivate racial equity and greater access for youth and people of color. Is an aunt to an adorable 6 month old baby. She loves hot sauce and is a jalapeno eating champ. https://www.giacollectives.org/karizma daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1624485560953-0BL9WLUH3R7VUXGWCDGF/headshot+of+a+smiling+woman Karizma - First Name Last Name It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. 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Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.giacollectives.org/luis daily 0.75 2021-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1624485560953-0BL9WLUH3R7VUXGWCDGF/headshot+of+a+smiling+woman Luis - First Name Last Name It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.giacollectives.org/network daily 0.75 2021-11-15 https://www.giacollectives.org/sw-fiber daily 0.75 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/729852c1-2eca-4060-a71b-0ad64fc99b43/236276223_931909280693007_5155060734653045420_n.jpeg Fiber Pilot You may have seen Southwest Detroit Digital Stewards Rita and Bryan passing out information on the Equitable Internet Initiative and the new fiber connection coming to the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/937001a0-ff9d-432f-81e1-00550bfe47eb/sw-fiber-map.png Fiber Pilot - The new fiber network will begin at Michigan Ave. and Junction and will provide service for families surrounding Academy of the Americas and St. Hedwig’s Academy. We are looking forward to strengthening our relationships with community organizations and businesses in the area. https://www.giacollectives.org/cowork-rent daily 0.75 2023-09-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/1d86a89c-a0b6-4fbc-9ad2-08213581195a/blue+chair+meeting.jpg Co-work or Rent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c12cb457556f1c063c478e/56e93c78-ba76-454f-9952-40e276af89c5/Upstairs+1.jpg Co-work or Rent https://www.giacollectives.org/contact daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://www.giacollectives.org/home daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8b84ccdeec236234bf2c3b/1597768035650-36MMAD4OJY7QRCVSQKF2/boot%402x.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8b84ccdeec236234bf2c3b/1597768173715-W21WEV5CMUMQX3ABTJ0F/wand%402x.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8b84ccdeec236234bf2c3b/1597768193809-721BG0YG7CRSVVDNYTSP/numbers%402x.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e8b84ccdeec236234bf2c3b/1586271942975-81L28MM44KWK51JMIS0N/1263544.jpg Home - Grow their creative confidence Each creative activity prompt is an opportunity for your child to embrace a new challenge. 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