About Us

Our mission is to uproot structural racism and build a more just Detroit by strengthening democracy and civic culture, training movement lawyers, producing community-centered journalism to combat mis/disinformation, and developing racial equity leadership. We envision a Detroit, and a democracy, transformed: a multiracial, self-governing society where working people hold real power, communities determine their own futures, and the material conditions of life, housing, health, safety, clean air, and economic dignity, are secured for everyone. We imagine a world where structural racism has been uprooted from our laws, institutions, and culture; where the natural environment is protected and thriving; and where the full promise of democracy is not merely written in law but lived in the streets, neighborhoods, and governing bodies of our city.