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Alleyways Of Art

In southwest Detroit, school kids work with social action
groups and businesses to gussy-up the alleys.

SHARON LUCKERMAN

Staff Writer

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ak Parker Tyson Herberger wanted
a meaningful job and "hands-on”
life experiences in a community he
wanted to know better — Detroit.
So the 23-year-old took a break from pur-
suing his doctorate in political science at the
University of Michigan and joined City Year
Detroit, a yearlong national service program
for 25- to 35-year-olds.
Herberger, who tutors children during the
week and does service projects, was hired to
evaluate City Year programs for Detroit sites.
One such program is Art in the Alley, the
big project for his City Year group this
spring. It was accomplished in collaboration
with other community groups and business-
es, including southwest Detroit's Harms
Elementary School and Lowe's home
improvement centers, which donated
$15,000 of paint.
City Year Detroit is sponsored by commu-
nity-minded groups like. the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, its
finance arm the United Jewish Foundation,
its public affairs voice the Jewish
Community Council and Detroit's Jewish
Fund; and businesses like Comerica Inc. and
Daimler-Chrysler Corporation Fund.
Art in the Alley project director Janet Ray
of Communities in Schools at Harms spear-
headed
the ambi-
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Above: Sarah Amman of Ferndale
and Tyson Herberger of Oak Park
scrape off graffiti from garage
doors so students can paint
them at a later date.