LUTHER KEITH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ARISE DETROIT!
Luther Keith is the Executive Director of ARISE Detroit!, a non-profit coalition promoting volunteerism, community activism and positive media images to create a better Detroit. ARISE Detroit! works on behalf of non-profits, community groups, block clubs, media outlets, businesses, churches and others working to transform Detroit. It has grown from 22 founding members to over 400 partner organizations. It has generated thousands of volunteers to help schools, neighborhoods, community groups and block clubs. It has developed media partnerships to put a greater emphasis on positive efforts to improve Detroit.
A native Detroiter and a graduate of the University of Detroit, Keith is a former award-winning editor and columnist with The Detroit News. He developed the concept for ARISE Detroit! and became Executive Director in 2006.
While at The Detroit News, Keith served stints as sports writer, state capital bureau correspondent, business editor, assistant managing editor, senior editor and columnist.
He was the founding director of the Wayne State Journalism Institute for Media Diversity, created to increase diversity in media newsrooms. He was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in 1995.
