Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 2:25pm
Bringing it back to where it all began. Movement Electronic Music Festival, May 26-28.
This year they are partnering with LA-based NextAid:
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A Post-Job Economy?
5 May
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 12:34pm
Local visionary Frank Joyce has penned an insightful new piece on AlterNet summarizing the concept of "new work" and challenging the limits of the current mainstream economic debate.
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I'm Not Leaving
24 April
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 2:29pm
Great song by The Crystal Method featuring Martha Reeves and the Funk Brothers, part of the Re-Generation Series:
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With $100M Research Center, Could Detroit Become World Urban Ag Engine?
22 April
Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 4:24pm
The Freep's John Gallagher recently reported on a blockbuster development that could prove to be a game-changer for Detroit's already world-class urban agriculture movement.
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Place-Based Education: Bringing Students Home to Their Community
5 May
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 1:21pm
This piece by Julia Pointer Putnam from the venerable Monthly Review was published in the summer of 2011, but in light of continuing developments in DPS and the birth of the Southwest Detroit Freedom School, it has only grown in relevance.
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Wisdom From the Garden
5 May
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 11:38am
Nice story recently in the Detroit News about the amazing Feedom Freedom Garden and Wayne and Myrtle Curtis.
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Earth Day 2012: Environmental Movement at a Crossroads
5 May
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 12:33pm
Gar Alperovitz, who once served as legislative director for Earth Day founder Sen. Gaylord Nelson, writes a thoughtful piece for AlterNet on the task ahead for the environmental movement:
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The Big Fix: Telling the Truth About the BP Oil Spill
5 May
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 12:31pm
Today, Earth Day 2012, marks the second anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Challenge: Here is One For You
24 April
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 11:35am
Here is the deal: one of our colleagues in the city of Detroit, who is very passionate about education, politics and the city of Detroit, remembers a movie that she once saw, The Super, with Joe Pesci and the lessons he (Joe) learned about being human and living.
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Detroit Needs a Bold Immigration Initiative Now
5 May
Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 12:32pm
I wanted to share Sylvia Rosales-Fike's insightful post on Shetroit regarding the potential in Detroit renewing its historical role as a place of opportunity for immigrants.
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With $100M Research Center, Could Detroit Become World Urban Ag Engine?
The Freep's John Gallagher recently reported on a blockbuster development that could prove to be a game-changer for Detroit's already world-class urban agriculture movement.
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Detroit Needs a Bold Immigration Initiative Now
I wanted to share Sylvia Rosales-Fike's insightful post on Shetroit regarding the potential in Detroit renewing its historical role as a place of opportunity for immigrants.
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It is Not Halftime in Detroit. It is a Whole New Ball Game.
People are out of work. They're hurting. And they're all wondering what they're going to do to make a comeback. And we're all scared because this isn't a game. The people of Detroit know a little something about this. They almost lost everything.
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Miracle on Mt. Elliott-The Fierce Urgency of Now
I returned home the other night, troubled, dazed, and in disbelief.Yet another one of those miracle moments.
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Save 1515 Broadway
Chris Jaszczak is no stranger to being under fire. As a young Marine from Detroit in 1968, he was in the middle of one of the most intense and prolonged battles of the VietNam war at Khe Sanh.
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