Archive for December, 2011
LFC for the January 1 , 2012 issue 2011 – A YEAR TO REMEMBER By Grace Lee Boggs 12-31-2011 – January 7, 2012 2011 opened with the Arab Spring when the people of North Africa decolonized themselves, thrilling the world with their nonviolent gatherings, ousting the dictators the United States has supported to secure its [...]
Thinking for ourselves Sacred Sacrifices By Shea Howell December 19, 2011 This is a sacred season. Ancient traditions celebrate the turning of the earth and the darkest of nights. For others it is the festival of lights, the beginning of the Christian year, and the celebration of African wisdom. For all of us, this is [...]
ReImagining Organizing, Movements, and Leadership – 1 By Adrienne Maree Brown Over the December 9-10 weekend we hosted ReImagining Organizing, Movements, and Leadership gatherings in Detroit. We had been planning the weekend ever once we heard that Margaret Wheatley author and organizational development consultant, was going to be in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and wanted to come [...]
Thinking for ourselves Doing different things By Shea Howell December 17-24- 2011 Something new is emerging in Detroit. In quiet, patient, persistent ways people in our city are developing a culture of strength and compassion. Far from the media glare and the often cynical notions of elected officials, Detroiters are probing deep questions of our [...]
Thinking for ourselves Turning To Instead of Against Each Other By Gloria Lowe December 6, 2011 We live in difficult times. Stories of corruption, violence and down right evilness surround us. Trying to make sense to this state it sometimes seems easier to close it all out, becoming numb to our pain and the pain [...]
This week’s LFC The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit A review by Rich Feldman December 10-17 2011 Rich Feldman, an auto worker and union activist at the Ford truck plant for 30 years, is a member of the BCNCL board (Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership). In this mind-opening book University of Michigan Architecture Professor [...]
James and Grace Lee Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership Dear Friends, We are writing to ask for your support as we come to the close of an amazing year. The hope of Arab Spring, the courage of Wisconsin, and boldness of the OWS movement have inspired all of us. At the same time the [...]
RE-Imagining Leadership By Grace Lee Boggs , with Adrienne Brown December 3 – 10 2011 I am often asked why we began rebuilding and redefining Detroit from the ground up ourselves–instead of waiting for experts or politicians to lead us. I think Ii’s because in Detroit we believe deep in our hearts and minds that [...]
Thinking for oursleves Beyond unequal distribution By Shea Howell December 3 -10, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement is fading quickly from the headlines. As winter approaches in much of the country the tents and tarps have been forcefully removed or quietly taken down. The energy and excitement of the autumn uprisings have given way [...]
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The Next American Revolution (Signed by Grace Lee Boggs)
ON Being Krista Tippet
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)
Conversations in Maine: Exploring Our Nations Future
Let's Talk About Malcolm & Martin
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