Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris, 60, launched her campaign for Highland Park mayor this week at Highland Park’s Prayer Temple of Love with dozens of supporters. She is challenging incumbent Mayor Glenda ...

The activist says her campaign is focused on developing a citywide "Blight to Beauty" task force, restoring infrastructure ...

Shamayim "Mama Shu" Harris is known for her redevelopment of a blighted block of Highland Park. She plans to challenge Mayor ...

Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris, the nationally known founder of Avalon Village and one of Highland Park’s most recognizable ...

From her porch on Avalon Street in Highland Park, Shamayim "Mama Shu" Harris has a clear view of the block she's transforming. Shamayim 'Mama Shu' Harris founder and CEO of Avalon Village in Highland ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Highland Park's Mama Shu has turned areas that were once vacant lots into community hubs. "The idea was to transform it into an eco-village," she said. She's ...

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (WXYZ) — A Highland Park mother is trying to make sense of why her 23-year-old son was killed in Avalon Village, a place she built as a safe ...

Mama Shu was named one of CNN’s top ten heroes of 2023. Credit: Avalon Village Since 2009, Shamayim “Mama Shu” Harris has channeled the grief of losing her sons into beautifying Highland Park’s Avalon ...