On November 21, 2024, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 9495, known as the ‘Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.’ This bill is a thinly veiled attack on organizations working to dismantle oppressive racial, economic, and social injustices.Read More

The Detroit Justice Center (DJC) is excited to invite you to our upcoming Mental Health Partner Convening, a dynamic one-and-a-half-day event focused on mental wellness, decriminalizing substance use, and harm reduction in Detroit and Wayne County.Read More

The Detroit Justice Center is committed to creating equitable and just cities, meaning cities where everyone’s needs are met, and the entire population is cared for and provided for in equal measure. During our bi-weekly staff meeting this week, we were taking stock of our feelings going into election day.Read More

The Detroit Justice Center (DJC) stands in solidarity with the pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor (U of M) who are facing criminal charges from the Michigan Office of the Attorney General (MIOAG).Read More

In early October, our Economic Equity attorneys, Mark J Bennett, and Eric Williams, traveled to Minneapolis for the first-ever Midwest Community Land Trust (CLT) Conference. We spoke with Mark about his time at the conference and how it might influence our CLT work here in Detroit.Read More

In order to build a just city, we must begin by prioritizing the needs of the most vulnerable, unlike what we’re currently seeing in Detroit. We cannot continue to allow billionaires to profit from the misery of incarcerating our communities while we wait for policymakers to address issues like housing and food insecurity.Read More

Last week, The LOVE Building celebrated its grand opening with events from Tuesday through Friday. As a tenant partner in the LOVE Building, we were thrilled to participate in the festivities. Our brilliant Community Legal Advocate, Lauren Thomas, coordinated events for our office.Read More

This month marks the 45th anniversary of the first Black August. We're using this time to uplift the work of our former legal director, who fought against mass incarceration for decades.Read More

ID: Amanda Alexander smiling in the DJC Office in front of a yellow wall with the DJC Logo on it. She is wearing a dark blue patterned dress and has dangly earrings. Dear friends, I moved back to Michigan almost a decade ago to serve families like mine that had been divided by incarceration. At...Read More