In the third installment of Freedom Dreams, we interact with existing cooperative economics models and discuss the real potential for more anti-capitalist economics in our communities. Jerry Hebron of Oakland Ave Farms tells us about the history of cooperative economics in Detroit and its relationship to real estate development while Whitely Granberry talks economic equity...Read More
Effective responses to violence—preventing it, interrupting it, holding people accountable, and helping people heal—already exist. We need to learn from and invest in them—from Amanda Alexander and Danielle Sered in The Boston Review,Read More
In this episode, we discuss the history of the Atlanta City Jail, broken taillight policing, and the power of community organizing to build new futures without jails. We interview Marilyn Winn, who organizes Women on the Rise, and Xochitl Bervera, director of the Racial Justice Action Center. These two activists and community organizers from Atlanta...Read More
In this inaugural episode, Freedom Dreams introduced you to the team behind the podcast. Meet the Freedom Dreams team! Amanda Alexander (co-host and producer) is a lawyer, writer, historian and Founding Executive Director of the Detroit Justice Center. She and her team work alongside community-based movements to end incarceration and build thriving and inclusive cities....Read More
On October 1, 2021, the law changed and the Michigan Secretary of State (SOS) lifted driver’s license suspensions for certain driving law violations (website link). Here’s a few specific things we think you should know:Read More
The most important change is that the new moratorium only protects a tenant if "the individual resides in a U.S. county experiencing substantial or high rates of community transmission levels of SARS-CoV-2 as defined by CDC."Read More
It’s time we stop seeing all the reasons to be afraid, reasons to accept living in a police state as our only option, and to instead visualize all of the possibilities. And when the naysayers ask, “Where will this money for communities come from?” I will proudly state: from divesting from policing to invest in...Read More
We are all indebted to Black people who fought to be free generations ago — their work is still reverberating across time. Today, we can be those people for future generations. As we honor and celebrate the work of our ancestors, we ask ourselves, 150 years from now, what will our descendants thank us for?Read More
Happy spring! As we’re enjoying the relief of warmer weather and climbing vaccination rates, we wanted to take this opportunity to talk about the impact the pandemic has had on housing in Detroit.Read More
