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Detroit REPRESENT! Youth are Campaigning for Racial Justice and LGBTQ Youth Liberation
Detroit REPRESENT! is a collective of LGBTQ youth-of-color, and the LGBTQ adults of color who support them. Although we’ve been around since 2011, this year was our biggest yet, with our collective growing from five to fifteen core members!
12 Recommendations for Detroit Funders
Allied Media Projects and Detroit People’s Platform are excited to present “12 Recommendations for Detroit Funders,” a set of guidelines for how local foundations can best support transformative community organizing in Detroit. These recommendations are a working draft, which we expect will evolve through ongoing feedback.
Remembering Ron Scott - Watch Video from AMC2010
We join our wider community in mourning the passing of Ron Scott, spokesperson for the Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality and a founding member of the Detroit Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Ron was a friend, a mentor, and a frequent participant in the AMC.
Help Detroit Youth Volume Record a Hip-hop Violin Album!
Detroit Youth Volume is a free Suzuki violin program for youth from Detroit’s eastside. Their mission is to build a positive and nurturing learning environment for youth through free and accessible training in the Suzuki violin pedagogy.
Critical Connections in the Pod and Beyond: an Interview with Complex Movements
Complex Movements is a Detroit-based artist collective that includes Wesley Taylor, Waajeed, Invincible/ill, Carlos "L05" Garcia, and producer Sage Crump. Their current project, “Beware of the Dandelions,” will return to Dallas for a second time this fall, November 20-22 and December 3-5.