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Community organizer in Detroit focused on housing, local politics, mutual aid, and building stronger cities. Showing up is the least glamorous technology.
A Vacant Lot Is Not Yet a Neighborhood Park Doug Tribou’s post about Detroit’s vacant land puts a large number in front of us: about 100,000 vacant lots, including more than 59,000 owned by the Detroit Land Bank. That scale is difficult to...
If the city says a project is funded, I want the department, account, amount, and deadline - not a press release.
A Full Room Is Not the Same as Public Support A neighborhood meeting can look successful and still leave the actual decision unchanged. Thirty people in a room is turnout. It is not automatically agreement, shared priorities, or the abilit...