Walker, Lauren: - Lauren Walker is a lifelong Detroiter. She has previously worked for the Southwest Detroit Community Benefits Coalition as Community Outreach Director for the Gordy Howe International Bridge Project. A former Mothering Justice fellow with the Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan, she works on issues that affect Black women directly. You can currently find her as a Writer-in-Residence at the Detroit School of Arts for Inside Out Literary Arts. Lauren has been published in several literary journals and has one published collection of poetry, "Hard Candy".