Growing my soul in New York By Tawana Petty, mother, poet, author, organizer and partner with the Urban Network. For three days last week, I was in New York, with members of the Boggs Center, for the Foundry Theatre “This is how we do it!” event at Cooper Union and several “Next American Revolution” meetings [...]
Budget Questions By Shea Howell
Thinking for ourselves Budget Questions By Shea Howell April 24-May 5, 2012 The first round of budget cuts under the newly evolving Consent Agreement is unfolding. It is not pretty. Mayor Dave Bing is proposing to cut 2,566 city jobs. He is also calling for an across the board 10% pay cut for all city [...]
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ROBERT LUCAS Memory Card
ROBERT LUCAS Memory Card Bob Lucas In memory of April 26, 2012 in Uncategorized. Leave a Comment ROBERT LUCAS.pdf Memory Card After MLK called off the 1966 Chicago march because of white violence, Bob Lucas continued the march, leading marchers into Cicero, a white suburb. Whenever possible Bob would come from Chicago to Detroit for [...]
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Women Creating Caring Communities By Shea Howell
Thinking for ourselves Women Creating Caring Communities By Shea Howell April 18, 2012 Nearly 200 women gathered on April 14th in Detroit to celebrate Women Creating Caring Communities. This was the second gathering bringing together women from unions, block clubs, churches, schools, and community organizations to engage in collective thinking about how to strengthen our [...]
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Grace Lee Boggs UC Berkeley and SF Chinatown talk.
3-8-2012 Grace Lee Boggs UC Berkeley and SF Chinatown talk. Interview along with clips from UC Berkeley and SF Chinatown talk. into this episode, which is archived here: http://apexexpress.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/honoring-grace-lee-boggs-part-2-micropixie-hella-film-fest-giveaways/
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New Work & New Culture By Barbara Stachowski
New Work & New Culture By Barbara Stachowski April 14-21, 2012 Frithjof Bergman, the philosopher-activist of New Work, New Culture, recently visited the Boggs Center to continue the Reimagining Work discussions initiated at last October’s gathering. Bergman has been working with rural communities in Africa and India to help them become self-reliant by utilizing new [...]
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New Democracy By Shea Howell
Thinking for ourselves New Democracy By Shea Howell April 10, 2012 Detroiters will soon learn who plans to run our city. Under the newly approved Consent Agreement (CA) a nine member Financial Advisory Board will be appointed and Mayor Bing will create positions for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Program Office management director (PO). [...]
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New Work, New Culture An interview with Frithjof Bergmann, by Sarah van Gelder
New Work, New Culture Technology and the shrinking job market could liberate us from meaningless work and allow us to do things we care deeply about. An interview with Frithjof Bergmann, by Sarah van Gelder ?According to philosopher and community catalyst Frithjof Bergmann, we are less free than we think, surrounded as we are by [...]
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OUR VISIT TO ATLANTA By Grace Lee Boggs
LFC OUR VISIT TO ATLANTA By Grace Lee Boggs April 7-14, 2012 Last week’s overnight visit to Atlanta by Shea Howell, Invincible and myself gave me a lot of food for thought. Wednesday evening we spent three hours in a large auditorium in the Atlanta University Center Historic District with a panel of Vincent Harding’s [...]
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