Earlier this year, the Federal Bar Association for the Eastern District of Michigan’s Diversity Committee, with help from the Greening of Detroit and the USDA/USFS Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, held its fourth annual Diggin' Our Diversity event. Volunteers planted trees along Detroit city streets in the area of Sunderland and Stalin from 7 Mile to Outer Drive.

The event was co-sponsored by the Albanian Bar Association, Armenian-American Bar Association, Association of Corporate Counsel—Michigan Chapter, Chaldean-American Bar Association, D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association, Incorporated Society of Irish-American Lawyers, Jewish Bar Association of Michigan, Michigan Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Michigan Employment Lawyers Association, South Asian Bar Association of Michigan, Stonewall Bar Association, Wolverine Bar Association, and Women Lawyers Association of Michigan.

Marcy Rosen, a co-chair of the Diversity Committee and chair of the event, reported that the volunteers had perfect weather and the local residents were very appreciative of the their efforts.

The Diversity Committee plans to continue the event next year, likely at the end of May or beginning of June 2016. There is no experience necessary to participate, and everyone is welcome, including family members and friends.

—Eisha Vatsal, Robert Mathis, and Lynn Ingram contributed to this story.