January 19, 2012
We travel to Detroit to meet the civil rights legend Grace Lee Boggs. We find the 96-year-old philosopher surrounded by creative, joyful people and projects that defy more familiar images of decline. It's a kind of parallel urban universe with much to teach all of us about meeting the changes of our time.
The Feedom Freedom Growers harvesting in Detroit.
» Stars in the Constellation of Grace Lee Boggs' Detroit
A brief pictorial journey of our trip from a hotel in downtown Detroit to the neighborhoods of East Detroit, where people are renewing their corner of the world.
» A. Philip Randolph as Inspiration for Change
Grace Lee Boggs credited labor leader A. Phillip Randolph as her inspiration during our recent interview in Detroit. We dug up some audio of his 1963 speech at the March on Washington. Oh, what a voice!
» Grace Lee Boggs Challenges Occupy Wall Street Protestors to Reinvent Society and Not Just "Expose the Enemy"
A two-minute follow-up video in which an activist of 70 years challenges the 99% movement not to just "expose the enemy" but to become the solution by reinventing society, work, education, and culture.
» "The life of God and divine cognition may well be spoken of as a disporting of Love with itself…"
We sourced a quote from Grace Boggs on "the labor of the negative" as she cites Hegel, a German continental philosopher.
» On Being in Detroit
Krista stops by public radio station WDET, while in Detroit. They're doing interesting on-the-ground reporting and community building.
» Grace Lee Boggs on the Challenge and Responsibility of the Occupy Wall Street Participants
Boggs offers a historical, sideways approach to OWS and provides a long view of constant questioning. Not only does she think on the grand, larger scale of social values, but she also is embedded, rooted and dedicated to a place — the city of Detroit.
Grace Lee Boggs
Boggs is a philosopher and social activist. She's also the author of Living for Change: An Autobiography and a board member of the Boggs Center.
Richard Feldman
Feldman is an community activist and board member of the Boggs Center.
Gloria Lowe
Lowe is founder and CEO of We Want Green, Too!
Myrtle Thompson and Wayne Curtis
Thompson and Curtis are co-founders of Feedom Freedom Growers.
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