Detroit Orientation Institute

October 2004

About the event

Fall 2004 program of Detroit Orientation Institute took part on October 11, 18, and 25. The participants went on bus tours around Detroit neighborhoods, visited local places of interest, community organizations, and commercial enterprises, and attended several panel discussions with topics ranging from downtown problems to high school education.

The photos were made to accompany the video that was distributed on the CD-ROM.

Client: Detroit Orientation Institute.


	Center of Urban Studies' Kurt Metzger talks about Detroit demographics.


	Participants attend to a presentation.


	Ron Dzwonkowski, Detroit Free Press editor, highlights the city history.


	Heaster Wheeler, NAACP, looks on as Alicia Diaz discusses the Latino community in the city.


	The downtown bus tour includes highlights of the city history and places of interest.


	Participants lunch between sessions at the Detroit Opera House café.


	Christy Coleman, Aaron Dworkin, and David DiChiera on Detroit culture panel.


	A guide leads the participants on Detroit Opera House tour.


	Participants near Comerica Park Stadium during the walking tour around downtown.


	Kenneth Burnley, Detroit Public Schools, discusses public education issues.


	Participants at a session at Katherine B. White Elementary School.


	A visit to an English as a Second Language Class at White Elementary.


	On a tour around TechTown, the Wayne State Research and Technology Facility.


	Lunchtime at Focus Hope facility, a civil and human rights organization in Detroit.


	A guide discusses training programs at Focus Hope Manufacturing facility.


	Visiting the Focus Hope food center.


	A session on downtown development is held on the top floor of the Guardian Building.


	Lining up for a continental breakfast at the United Auto Workers — General Motors Center.


	An auto industry session at the UAW — GM Center for Human Resources.


	Katina Revels, Detroit Free Press, has a question.


	David Andrea gesticulates as Chris Borroni-Bird, John McElroy, and Jacqueline Mitchell watch.


	On a tour at UAW — GM Center for Human Resources safety regulations facility.


	Participants board the bus to go on a city tour.


	Touring an East Side residential development neighborhood.


	A seminar with metro Detroit opinion makers held at Wayne State University.


	G. Bowenn, R. Williams, and S. Mitchell look on as A. McLemore answers a question.


	Participants listen to the panelists.


	Eunice Myles Jeffries conversing with participants at the last lunch.


	A discussion at the summary meeting.


	Having a good time at the meeting.