Where Are We Going? Backwards or Forward?

By: Rich Feldman
I have read about half of the book: “Blessed Unrest” by Paul Hawken.
Thanks, Grace and Shea, for pushing this book. It is the first book that begins to explain to me why so many of the young people in and around Detroit Summer have moved beyond the thinking of the New and Old [...]

Living for Change: Obama and MLK

by Grace Lee Boggs
[This article first appeared in the Michigan Citizen, Jan. 20-26, 2008. Then it was published on Saturday, April 5, 2008 by YES! Magazine and appeared on commondreams.org]
The new energies being unleashed by Barack Obama hold great promise. In his person and prose Obama embodies the achievements of the movements of the 20th [...]

Hope for Detroit

By: Larry Gabriel
[This article was featured in the MetroTimes, Detroit's free weekly alternative, on 3/26/08. Grace Lee Boggs and Ron Scott, both members of the Detroit City of Hope campaign, take an alternative position on the resolution of the Detroit's mayoral scandal.]
May you live in interesting times. Things are so interesting in Detroit right [...]

The Next American Revolution

The Next American Revolution
By Grace Lee Boggs
Left Forum Closing Plenary, Cooper Union,
New York, March 16, 2008
I have decided to talk about the next American Revolution because I
believe it is not only the key to global survival but also the most
important step we can take in this period to build a [...]

Yes, We Can - A Poem

Back in February, Detroit City of Hope held two events called MLK’s Words, Our Conversations. Those that gathered explored how Martin Luther King’s legacy should impact our current work in Detroit. During the event, we divided into small groups and used activities to engage certain themes. Those of us in the [...]

Detroit Arcadia

Please check out Rebecca Solnit’s, Detroit Arcadia: Exploring the post-American landscape. This article, originally published in the July 2007 issue of Harper’s Magazine, is a very significant study on how Detroit points the way for 21st century cities. Thanks to Rebecca and Harper’s for adding this piece to Unending Conversations of Hope.

Big Changes. Really Big.

By: Frank Joyce
The forces changing our world are not those that are measured by years or even decades. We are in the midst of changes that are measured by centuries. We all know something about the transformation from feudalism to capitalism or the shift from an economy based on agricultural production to an [...]

Boggs Center @ the Left Forum

Grace Lee Boggs, The Boggs Center, and Detroit City of Hope will be featured at the 2008 Left Forum, Cracks in the Edifice, in New York City from Mar 14-16. Watch the video for more information and check out conference website for program details.

Urgently Standing @ the DIA

This past Friday as part of the Detroit Institute of Art’s Friday Night Live! Series (Fridays, 6:00-10:00pm, free for Detroit residents) the museum presented: An Evening with Jessica Care Moore and Aku Kadogo. The program described the performance as, “Part theater, poetry slam and dance hall, the performances of these women from different generations pay [...]

Grace Lee Boggs on Democracy Now