At the Center: Community, Hope, and Innovation Thrive in Detroit with Dr. Elizabeth Birr Moje
Mon, Oct 19
|EGF
Join us in conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Birr Moje, Dean, Marsal School of Education at the University of Michigan and Co-Founder of the Marygrove Collaborative. This intimate exchange will explore how innovation and bravery are creating transformative educational experiences in Northwest Detroit.
Time & Location
Oct 19, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
EGF, 61 Gramercy Park N, 3rd FL, New York, NY 10010, USA
About the event
At the Center: Community, Hope, and Innovation Thrive in Detroit
In conversation with Dr. Moje we will come to understand the innovation at the core of the Marygrove Learning Community and explore how we prepare children, youth, and adults to lead purposeful lives in a rapidly changing world and how we can transform our schools and education systems so that all children, youth, and adults can thrive.
At the Marygrove Campus, a former private college in Northwest Detroit, educators, investors, government leaders, entrepreneurs, students, and families have come together to expand equity and opportunity from early childhood to career.
The Marygrove Learning Community (Detroit P-20 Partnership) is a landmark, public-private educational partnership in Northwest Detroit. Located on the historic 53-acre campus of the former Marygrove College, it is a first-of-its-kind "cradle-to-career" educational ecosystem designed to serve as an economic and community anchor for the surrounding neighborhood. This prenatal…