Archive for August, 2011
LIVING FOR CHANGE Visionary Organizing By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, Aug, 28-Sept.3, 2011 I’m looking forward to a public conversation this week with University of Michigan Professor Bunyan Bryant at the EPA Conference taking place in Detroit . Bunyan and I have been asked to speak at the Conference luncheon about how the [...]
THINKING FOR OURSELVES Democratic Actions By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, Aug. 28-Sept.3, 2011 Over the last few months, Detroiters have gained important experiences in what democracy does and does not look like. We have seen the imposition of a virtual dictator over the public school system. Emergency Financial Mangers Robert Bobb and Roy Roberts have [...]
Thinking for ourselves Beyond Fear and Anger By Shea Howell August 16, 2011 Last week I participated in the United Auto Workers International Women’s Conference at Black Lake, Michigan. The conference theme was “Takin’ it to the Streets…and Into Our Communities.” Vice President Cindy Estrada said, “The conference agenda will focus on the role that [...]
Community Conversation Grew Our Souls By Sara Perryman, writer and filmmaker Photos by Kique Cubrero A Community Conversation on Neighborhoods Day, Saturday, August 6, gave me a strong sense of the profound changes taking place in Detroit. The conversation took place at Yusef Shakur’s Urban Networks Bookstore and the topic was “Our Young People Are [...]
Detroit greatness personified: D. Blair (1967-2011) Published•Sun, Aug 07, 2011 By Scott Kurashige Detroit lost one of its greatest citizens when David Blair passed away suddenly on July 23. Because he was only 43 and a constantly lively and vigorous presence, Blair’s passing shocked and saddened numerous family members, friends and fans. Known to most [...]
Thinking for ourselves Talking Peace By Shea Howell August 9, 2011 There is an edginess in Detroit. The most disturbing reflection of this is the increase in the number of murders in the city. The Detroit News reported that homicides are up 15% over last year and if they continue at this pace we will [...]
Thinking for ourselves Best Business By Shea Howell Forbes Magazine featured Detroit as one of the 25 “Best Places for Business” in the United States. With Mayor Dave Bing gracing the cover, the July 18th edition begins: “Anybody who takes a moment to stop spewing outdated cliches about the city would see that Detroit right [...]
LFC: Making a Way Out of No Way By Gloria Lowe It is fitting, historically, that the urban agricultural movement, and with it the roots of a 21st century post-industrial society, should begin in deindustrialized cities like Detroit and Milwaukee. The residents today of these rustbelt cities are mostly descendants of African Americans who migrated [...]
LIVING FOR CHANGE/ A NEW WORLD IS WAITING July 2011 By Gloria Lowe Governor Rick Synder has decided to remove 1200 or so individuals or families from the Family Independence (welfare ) rolls in Michigan in or around October 2, 2011. Many people hail this decision because of mis-informed opinions they have acquired. But there [...]
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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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