"Detroit is a metaphor for America, for America's challenges and America's opportunities. It is a hothouse for new innovation, for ingenuity and risk taking. That doesn't happen in a lot of American cities. We need to be in Detroit because of that."

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Source: Matt Carter, Darrin Patrick (2011). “For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel”, p.69, Harper Collins

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Darren Walker

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Darren Walker is the president of the Ford Foundation, known for his advocacy of social justice and equity in philanthropy.

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