Events

Build Power Fight Power: A 5-Part Course on Movement Lawyering

  ABOUT THE COURSE This course is an introduction on how to use law to build the power of social justice movements. It will offer you guidance no matter which movement or organized community you are trying to support. From movements of low-wage workers, youth of color, climate justice activists, indigenous communities, the immigrants’ rights […]

Mapping Injustice: Navigating the Criminal Legal System 101

Facebook Live & Youtube

Session One: Thursday, February 4, 2021 – 7-8:30p EST Policing, Arrest, and Pretrial Session Two: Thursday, February 18, 2021 – 7-8:30p EST Trial, Sentencing, and Plea Negotiations Session Three: Thursday, […]

DJC Youth Empowerment Workshop

Are you a young person who wants to learn more about how to create safety without police? Join us for the Detroit Justice Center's first Youth Empowerment Workshop. Students in […]

Stories of Resistance

Detroit Justice Center 1420 Washington Boulevard, Detroit, MI, United States

Our comrades at the Community Justice Collective in Toronto are hosting an important discussion about how we tell stories of legal resistance. DJC's Communications Manager Casey Rocheteau will be speaking […]

DJC Is Turning 4!

Zoom

The Detroit Justice Center turned 4 years old on April 2nd! Our birthday wish this year is to bring our community together and to celebrate. It wouldn't be a party […]

Housing Rights 101 Youth Empowerment Workshop

Zoom

Thanks so much for your participation and interest in our previous Youth Empowerment Workshops. We're hoping you'll join us for the next workshop in our series: Housing Rights 101. On […]

Black August Scavenger Hunt

Oakland Ave. Urban Farm 9227 Goodwin Street, Detroit, MI, United States

Join us for some friendly competition as we host DJC’s first Black August Scavenger Hunt! Form your own team, or join someone else’s, and compete in a race across the […]

The High Stakes for Justice & Democracy

Detroit Public Theatre 3960 Third Avenue, Detroit, MI, United States

What's at stake for justice and democracy in this election and beyond? Join host Orlando P. Bailey at the new Detroit Public Theatre for a live, interactive conversation with special […]

No More Police Event

Source Booksellers 4240 Cass Avenue #105, Detroit, MI, United States

Come to Source Booksellers to celebrate the release of No More Police: A Case for Abolition by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie with a forward by Black Visions with […]

Alternatives to Policing Panel Discussion

Wayne State Law School 471 W Palmer Ave, Detroit, MI, United States

This Panel Discussion event is FREE. All are welcome. 6:30pm EST: Attend the event ONLINE or IN-PERSON at Wayne State Law School. Zoom info coming soon!

The Unfinished Work of Abolition

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School 3501 Sansom St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

The Advocacy for Racial and Civil (ARC) Justice Clinic, the Law School’s newest in-house clinic, invites you to celebrate its launch at a convening on February 3, 2023, from 12:30 […]