Calling all Metro Detroit High School Students – this one’s for you!
Founded in 1989, The Freedom Tour returns to Detroit this summer. Inspired by the Freedom Riders, this free program will incorporate a 2 part series from July 30 to August 2 to engage students in activism, history, racial justice, and community organizing skills.
Beginning with a two-day conference with guest speakers, workshops and activities followed by a two-day field trip to civil rights and community landmarks across the Metro Detroit area, this program is set to be a memorable milestone and experience for students interested in justice, civil rights and Detroit history.
The lectures, workshops and tours are led by incredible historians, experts and community leaders. Topics include the greater history of Detroit, race and policing in America, housing issues, food security and environmental issues, youth-led movements in Detroit, union history, digital rights and surveillance and more!
All 4 days will run from 9:00 AM–5:00 PM and will include breakfast, lunch, and snacks. The program is geared towards 9th to 12th grade students from the Detroit metro area and is application based. Student participants will also receive certification indicating that they successfully completed this program.
This program is organized by the Michigan Coalition for Human Rights (MCHR) and the Civil Rights, Inclusion and Opportunity (CRIO) department at the City of Detroit. We would like to kindly thank our sponsors and collaborators, the ACLU of Michigan and Wayne State University Black Studies Faculty Enhancement Initiative.
Applications are due by Sunday, July 19 by 11:59pm. Scan the QR code to sign up or click this link: https://forms.gle/PfoKYwNyLhzxGjqr9
Julie Hurwitz, Civil Rights Attorney Julie Hurwitz, of Detroit, Michigan, is a partner in the firm of Goodman Hurwitz & James, P.C., where she specializes in civil rights and government misconduct litigation. She is the founding Executive Director of the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice [Sugar Law Center] in Detroit, from 1990-1993 […]
MCHR invited you to a lively community discussion in the aftermath of the General Election. The event will be held at 7 p.m. on November 12, 2020 at Zoom and on MCHR’s Facebook page.
Join us for a discussion about the election and the future as we move into 2021.
To see the event notice please click here.
Gilda Z. Jacobs, President & CEO
Michigan League for Public Policy
Zoom Presentation: Open to the Public – Invite Friends and Family
Saturday, October 17, 2020
10 a.m. to Noon
(part of Gray Panthers public meeting)
Click HERE to Join the Meeting; or call 1-646-558-8656, ID: 811 7988 9305
CO-SPONSORS: Southeast Michigan Green Parties; United Church of Christ – DMA; Peace Action of Michigan; Michigan Coalition for Human Rights; SE Michigan Jobs with Justice; Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Southeast Michigan; Michigan Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Network.
Gray Panthers Metro Detroit is an intergenerational social justice organization with members in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties. For more information, call Randy at 248-224-5572 (cell).
Click here to download the flyer.
4:00 p.m. Reception / 5:00 p.m. Program
Fundraiser Held Virtually:
Zoom Application Platform
Keynote speaker:
Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis, Poor People’s Campaign
For more information on tickets, sponsorships or dinner program advertising, contact Chantelle Yancy at MCHRDinner2020@gmail.com or 313-775-0442.
Please join us on June 18th at 7PM for our 2020 Annual Meeting held on Zoom. MCHR is delighted to have Shailly Gupta Barnes as our Keynote Speaker. Shailly Gupta Barnes is the Policy Director for the Kairos Center and the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival (PPC:NCMR). With the PPC:NCMR, she […]
