We're Rooted in promoting Community Wellness through focusing on your health! The Wayne Mobile Health Unit is continuing to provide public health screenings through the summer for our residents for FREE!

Don't Miss your opportunity to make sure you're staying up to date on your well-being 💚

Medical professionals will be on-site providing:
- General Health Screenings
- Blood Pressure Checks
- Flu Shots (While supplies last)

Join the Team Wellness Center at the Stoudamire Wellness Hub or a powerful conversation on poverty, mindset & wellness with practical tools for providers. Free CEUs, parking & refreshments!

Participants will gain deeper insight into the hidden rules of poverty, strengthen culturally responsive approaches, and learn tools that promote empowerment, stability, and sustainable outcomes.

The first 30 registrants will receive a complimentary Bridges Out of Poverty book!

What You’ll Gain:

• Understanding the impact of poverty on behavior, mindset, and wellness

• Trauma-informed approaches to treatment planning

• Strategies for meaningful goal development

• Practical tools to better support individuals and families experiencing economic hardship

Sign Up: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/poverty-to-possibility-bridging-understanding-and-outcomes-tickets-1988919906982?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/cbp7shd

Eastside Community Network is hosting the From Vacant to Vibrant Lunch & Learn with Bailey Park NDC to help you learn how to transform your local vacant lots!

Gain resources and information on:

- Permitting & zoning basics

- Community development resources

- Neighborhood partnerships & planning

- Project design and communication

- Starting a neighborhood association or block club

- Basic tool safety and hands-on demonstrations

Representatives from DLBA, BSEED, and the Department of Neighborhoods will also be on-site to answer questions and share resources available to residents.

Free food and refreshments will be provided!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-vacant-to-vibrant-lunch-learn-tickets-1989620853532?aff=oddtdtcreator

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ea92cxz

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/pzwwk2z

The first imprint of Authentically Detroit Press, authored by ECN's own Donna Givens Davidson. Divining narrates the history of Black Detroiters who migrated from the Jim Crow South to a segregated Detroit.

This novel looks at families, institutions, and politics that both propel and impede the creation of Black power in Detroit's Blackest city.

RSVP Today: https://bit.ly/dvn-freedom

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/jrtyww3

Experience a compelling book talk hosted by Orlando P. Bailey and Donna Givens Davidson, featuring two exceptional Detroit authors: Aaron Robertson, author of The Black Utopians, and Michelle Adams, author of The Containment.

Together, they will explore the enduring relevance of Black Utopia, freedom, and justicein a timely conversation about history, place, and the futures we imagine.

RSVP Today: bit.ly/blk-utopias

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/v6xqd3s

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/v6xqd3s

Join us for the Spring Stoudamire Showcase on April 16 🌸!

This is your invitation to come in, get connected, and discover all that the Stoudamire offers for Eastside families and seniors. Parents, seniors, and community members are invited to explore the space, meet staff and instructors, and learn more about programs that support everyday life.

What to expect:
• Class showcases featuring hustle, crafts, gardening, ballroom, and bid whist
• A look at how the Stoudamire brings ECN’s “Rooted and Rising” Programming to life through services that support wellbeing, families and youth, and homes and economic opportunity
• Community partner tables with helpful resources and information
Lunch will be provided.

🌸 Register Here: https://bit.ly/41K5OTy

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/v6xqd3s

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/2ngjtrb

Connect 313 Tech Classes at Eastside Community Network are here to help you get comfortable with the devices and software you use every day. Whether your phone is acting up, your laptop feels confusing, or you’re trying to figure out email, apps, files, or online accounts—we’ve got you.

Come to the Tech Hub with your concerns or needs, and we’ll work with you step-by-step so you can:

• UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOUR DEVICE OR SOFTWARE

• LEARN PRACTICAL, EVERYDAY SKILLS YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY

For more information contact - Sedrick Huff at 313-214-2977 or email shuff@ecn-detroit.org

Classes, Lunch & Movies (55+)

Join us at The Stoudamire every Friday for a fun, welcoming day of connection and community. Enjoy classes, lunch, and movies—all scheduled each Friday. Come for one activity or stay for the whole day!

Register Here: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/mg45ygf

Mayor Mary Sheffield's Rise Higher Detroit Thriving Neighborhoods Community Conversation

Join Mayor Mary Sheffield for an in-person community meeting to share your voice and help shape the future of Detroit!

Located at Eastside Community Network (ECN) @ 4401 Conner St, Detroit, MI

Thursday, March 5, 2026, from 5:30PM to 8:30PM

Overview

Join Mayor Mary Sheffield for an in-person community meeting to share your voice and help shape the future of Detroit!

Rise Higher Detroit is Mayor Sheffield's citywide effort to listen to residents and shape City decisions around what people are actually experiencing in their daily lives. Through Community Conversations across Detroit, residents come together in guided, small-group discussions focused on the issues that most affect how people work, live, and get ahead. Each Community Conversation will focus on one of five issue areas.

Click here to RSVP.

Connect 313 Tech Classes at Eastside Community Network are here to help you get comfortable with the devices and software you use every day. Whether your phone is acting up, your laptop feels confusing, or you’re trying to figure out email, apps, files, or online accounts—we’ve got you.

Come to the Tech Hub with your concerns or needs, and we’ll work with you step-by-step so you can:

• UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON WITH YOUR DEVICE OR SOFTWARE

• LEARN PRACTICAL, EVERYDAY SKILLS YOU CAN USE RIGHT AWAY

For more information contact - Sedrick Huff at 313-214-2977 or email shuff@ecn-detroit.org

A Toast to Orlando

A Toast to Orlando Bailey. Seven years. Countless conversations. One powerful Detroit voice. Join us as we celebrate Orlando Bailey’s leadership as Co-Founder and Co-Host of Authentically Detroit — and his continued presence as a friend of the show and partner at ECN. Be ready to hustle, fellowship, laugh out loud, and celebrate Orlando💫💫💫

Location: Eastside Community Network (ECN), 4401 Conner Ave., Detroit, MI 48215 (RSVP HERE)

Date and time: Sat, Feb 21, 2026 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Organizer: Sarah Johnson, (313) 331-3790, sjohnson@ecn-detroit.org

LET'S CELEBRATE ORLANDO!

Note: Live Recording

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