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click to enlarge flyer Reimagining Organizing Movement Leadership Grace Lee Boggs Meg Wheatley Invincible Jenny Lee Reflect on the ways we apprach the work of transforming ourselves. Detroit, and the world. Enlarge in conversation about networks, webs, new forms of organization and leadership. Redefine change from criticla mass to critical connections, from growing our economy, to growing [...]
An East Side Declaration of Love and Hope June 11, 2011 10 am to 3 pm Gathering at Mack East Grand Boulevard Come and Join the Voices of Hope: Celebration, Work and Commitment GenesisHOPE – Detroit City of Hope Peace Zones for Life -Feedom Freedom Growers – Earthworks Sunday Dinner Company - We Want Green Too [...]
The Michigan Roundtable is hosting a discussion with essayist, author and educator Tim Wise, author of Color-blind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and Retreat from Racial Equity. October 6 @ 7pm Schoolcraft Community College Free to the public – but you must pre-register here.
Aug. 31 meeting, Tuesday @ 6:30 pm Boggs Center 3061 Field Street Detroit, MI 48214 The Boggs Center is hosting a conversation and discussion to advance our reflection, theory and practice of transformational organizing and movement building in our city and our country. Please read the selected reading which is accessible from the Boggs Website. [...]
This Saturday, August 14th, will be the 3rd annual Restoring The Neighbor Back To The ‘Hood Family Fun Day, from 1-6pm, at 2243 Ferry Park. The event will feature a back-to-school supply giveaway, a raffle, food and drink, presentations, and much more. The best part is it’s all FREE. READ AND ADD COMMENTS
Growing Power’s National-International Urban & Small Farm Conference September 10 – 12th 2010 Come to Milwaukee and help grow the good food revolution. Hosted by Growing Power—a national organization headed by the sustainable urban farmer and MacArthur Fellow Will Allen—this international conference will teach the participant how to plan, develop and grow small farms in [...]
Nsroma Institute will host an open house on Saturday, August 7 form 1-3pm: Peace! We have an exciting 2010-2011 school year planned! Join us during our Open House to find out more about this dynamic institution! Nsoroma Institute is an independent African-centered charter school, located in Detroit. Characterized by its small class sizes and extended [...]
“Presented by Nice Work Public Media, The Legacies Project actively intervenes on our youth-obsessed culture by training high school and college students to interact with community elders through filming comprehensive oral histories. As part of their work in class, students create stories about their interview subjects, or share material from several seniors to make mini-documentaries [...]
The Next American Revolution: Another Detroit is Happening Allied Media Conference: June 17-20 US Social Forum: June 22-26 Come check out the Boggs Center and related activities at the 2nd U.S. Social Forum: TUESDAY JUNE 22 Meet the Boggs Center (Detroit Highlight Workshops) — 11:00am Boggs Center: Cobo Hall 02-35Boggs Educational Center: Cobo Hall D2-15 Coalition [...]
Dear Friends of the Boggs Center, We’d like you to know that One of the main reasons why 15-20,000 people are coming here June 22-26 for the 2nd USSF proclaiming that ANOTHER WORLD is POSSIBLE, ANOTHER US is NECESSARY, ANOTHER DETROIT is HAPPENING is the work that the Boggs Center and so many others have [...]
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NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOGGS CENTER STORE
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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