Archive for February, 2009
“Where Do We Go From Here” Monthly Discussion Work, Unions, Economics! March 14th, Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the Boggs Center. 3061 Field Street, Detroit. Our discussion on Sustainable Economics will emphasize how we can’t think about economics in the 21st century the same way that Karl Marx did in the 19th century or FDR [...]
Time banks pay off for community By DESIREE COOPER Detroit Free Press, Feb 25, 2009 Last fall, Lathrup Village resident Genevieve Skory spied a neighbor toting a large blue tarp, a rake, a leaf blower and an iPod. “He was on his way to my house to rake the leaves,” said Skory. She hadn’t asked [...]
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LIVING FOR CHANGE I Remember Malcolm By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, Feb. 22, 2009 Forty-four years ago, on Feb. 21, 1965, three months before his 40th birthday, Malcolm X was gunned down at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. Every February I wonder if our world would be different today had Malcolm lived into his [...]
THINKING FOR OURSELVES Staying home By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, Feb. 22, 2009 The power of old ideas to endure was on display this past week. Despite the widespread recognition that we are living in an unprecedented moment, old thinking still dominates our perception of problems and our search for solutions. Most notable was the [...]
Isak blog comments on Grace’s recent In These Times article. Click the screenshot below to read these reflections.
Dear friends of Peace! Please support our brother who has dedicated his life to giving hope for all our children and community for the last 23 years! The Life Time Achievement Ceremony is well deserved but don’t forget this is giving us all an opportunity to support Weusi with urgently needed funds to help alleviate [...]
Drive-by shooting victim Weusi Olusola inspires with cancer battle by ROCHELLE RILEY, Feb. 20, 2009, Detroit Free Press Weusi Olusola’s second life began two weeks after he got shot. A 16-year-old All-State basketball star and marching band member at Murray Wright High, he was Willie Brown Jr. then. On August 10, 1986, he was eager [...]
FLYP Magazine is probably unlike any website you have experienced. This new online magazine integrates text, photos and videos using a cool page-turning effect and full-screen layout of rich graphics. FLYP recently visited Detroit to document the new work and visions emerging from the ground up in this “near dead city.” The result is a [...]
You are invited to our upcoming Detroit City of Hope monthly meeting: Wednesday, February 25th at 6:30 pm 3061 Field Street (Boggs Center) Detroit, Michigan 48214 313-923-0797 Join us for a discussion about the current state of politics in our city, the recent mayoral election and our challenges to creating a Detroit City of Hope. [...]
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The Next American Revolution (Signed by Grace Lee Boggs)
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Becoming Detroit
January 19, 2012
We travel to Detroit to meet the civil rights legend Grace Lee Boggs. We find the 96-year-old philosopher surrounded by creative, joyful people and projects that defy more familiar images of decline. It's a kind of parallel urban universe with much to teach all of us about meeting the changes of our time.
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The Boggs Center was founded in 1995 by friends and associates of James Boggs (1919 -1993) and Grace Lee Boggs (1915 - ) to honor and continue their legacy as movement activists and theoreticians.Our aim is to help grassroots activists develop themselves into visionary leaders and critical thinkers who can devise proactive strategies for rebuilding and respiriting our cities and rural communities from the ground up, demonstrate the power of ideas in changing ourselves, our reality, and demystify leadership.
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NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOGGS CENTER STORE The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker’s Notebook (2009 edition)Revolution & Evolution in the Twentieth Century (2008 edition)
Living for Change (Signed by Grace Lee Boggs)
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