Charlie LeDuff tells the story of Shu, a woman in blight-ridden Detroit who is doing herself the necessary things her bankrupt c

Highland Park, Mich. - Her dream came in a nightmare. When her baby was killed, Shamayim Harris looked around this city wholly surrounded by Detroit. No streetlights, no parks, no libraries. No place to be a child. She began to dream. Be the change. She bought a rundown house on Avalon Street. And then she bought the lot next door and made a park. She erected a solar street lamp. She mowed and cleared the lots on Avalon Street. She got abandoned houses torn down. Soon, the children came to camp o