SOE Faculty Member Establishes Special Interest Club for Detroit Students

Julie Taylor, Associate Professor of Social Studies Education, has collaborated with the principal and teaching staff at Douglass Academy for Young Men to establish a History, Art, & Culture Club. Douglass Academy for Young Men is a school that serves grades 6-12 in the Detroit Public Schools district.

The History, Art, and Culture Club will meet once a month at the school from September through June each year. In the next two years, the students will learn about African and African American artists as well as world heritage sites in Africa. In addition, they will engage in writing, map work, and art projects. The club members will visit museums such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History.

Please join me in thanking Dr. Taylor for her initiative in making this opportunity possible and in wishing her and the participating students great success!