Detroit

Getting a conviction “expunged” means that it is removed from your public criminal record. If you get a conviction expunged, you can legally state on any applications for school, employment, public benefits, or housing that you have never been convicted of that crime.

Charter Commission meeting of the whole

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Wayne State University Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights present a discussion on mass incarceration. A panel of speakers will present the roots of the problem, the realities presented and what can be done to resist its effects. The program will take place at noon in room 2242 in the auditorium at the WSU Law School.

Speakers include Heather Ann Thompson, Ed Sanders, and Yusef Shakur.

"Containment & Surveillance: Shifting Borders and Boundaries" will explore how policing and surveillance are being utilized to define and defend new borders and boundaries in a changing city. Topics will include Project Greenlight, the jurisdictions and powers of various law enforcement agencies in Detroit, and the role of policing in the shifting landscape of public and private space in the city."

Come mingle with other good folks organizing change in Southeast Michigan. This will be our inaugural happy hour and we hope to hold more fun, inspiring and energizing spaces.

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Senator Peters is "thinking about" the Green New Deal.

If he cares about the future of our generation, if he cares about Michigan workers, if he cares about the Great Lakes, if he cares about economic justice, he must support the Green New Deal.

It's the only policy put forward that addresses the climate crisis at the scale science demands and justice requires.

Join us outside Senator Peter's office to rally behind the Green New Deal and call upon him to be a true climate leader.

​World Water Day is an international holiday held annually on March 22 to honor and acknowledge the importance protecting and sustaining the worlds freshwater sources.

Now, 25 years later, led by grassroots organizations and concerned groups in Michigan, we are pulling this one-day event into a campaign for education and outreach.

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After a long hiatus, we are thrilled to be breaking bread with you all on Monday, February 25th at Spirit Of Hope Church! We will be talking about food security and learning from Detroit farmers! There will be space at the beginning of the potluck for music and poetry. Please do let us know if you would like to do either.

Join us for Detroit’s Choice Event on May 14!

DINNER & COCKTAILS

SPECIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Details at PPMI.org/dce

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This session will analyze the rise of mass incarceration in Detroit and its many costs, from the personal and communal to the economic and political. The session will also highlight the ways that communities in Detroit and beyond are organizing to resist oppressive policing and the carceral state, and envision new notions of safety and security.