The Marygrove Community Association is excited to announce the Arts Phase of the Green Arts Alley project, which is currently in development: In Perpetuity, Preserving the Black Educational Legacy of Detroit’s Fitzgerald-Marygrove Community.

In Fitzgerald-Marygrove, some of the most important stories belong to Black educators who taught, led, and built community here for generations. A key contributor to this legacy is Theresa Maxis Duchemin, a Black Catholic nun who co-founded one of the first religious orders for women of color in the United States. Her legacy is tied directly to the land where Marygrove College once stood and where our community continues to grow today.

In Perpetuity honors 8–12 Black educators who sustained the Fitzgerald–Marygrove community through decades of disinvestment and change. Honorees are featured in the oral history archive and digital story map, and their painted portraits anchor the public art installation along the future-to-be-inaugurated Theresa Maxis Way, which will feature a commission by Detroit artist Tiff Massey.

The goal of this work is to ensure the story of Fitzgerald-Marygrove's Black educators is seen, heard, and remembered, not just today but in perpetuity.