Call, Tweet, Txt NOW – Community Health Corps Contract VOTE.
Community Health Corp – CARES Money for Research and Referral Urgent Action! Right NOW, Tuesday September 29, 2020 – City Council to VOTE on a $1.6 […]
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Community Health Corp – CARES Money for Research and Referral
Urgent Action! Tuesday, Sept 22, 2020 – City Council to VOTE on a $1.6 Million contract for Community Health Corps. The contract will use $1.6 million dollars in […]
Mayor Duggan’s Juneteenth is Problematic
There are many reasons why Mayor Duggan and his administration laying claim to Juneteenth is so problematic. He failed to stop water shutoffs during the COVID-19 […]
Violent Policy Every Day in Detroit
Violence against black bodies shows up in public policy every day in Detroit. Air, Water and Land Pollution Cuts to Basic Services Lack of investment […]
Downtown Detroit’s Corporate calls for diversity and inclusion are diversionary and dismissive
Detroit People’s Platform NEWS – June 3, 2020 We demand Quicken/Bedrock and other Corporates do away with the discredited language and positioning of “diversity and […]
New VIDEO Turn The Water On Mayor Duggan
To survive the next wave of COVID-19, EVERYONE must have access to affordable water. In the midst of a pandemic hitting black people hard, in […]
Rejecting and Resisting the Resilience Trap : Black Detroiters don’t always bounce back
COVID-19 is the most recent and perhaps the most horrific in a series of catastrophic illnesses fueled by long standing health inequities that make Black […]
RENT CANCELLATION is not the same as a STAY on EVICTIONS
Please note: The Eviction Stay has now been extended to June 11, 2020 by Governor Whitmer. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/14/gov-whitmer-extends-eviction-suspensions-through-june-11/5196505002/?fbclid=IwAR1tWGdowOvFxNenN9kIr06q1pXddc9gblwF_suTh5913j8wdIzQK_7YE9o In consideration of the devastating health and economic […]
COVID-19 Housing Recommendations
DOWNLOAD AND PRINT: COVID-19 Policy Recommendations- Detroit People’s Platform Detroit is a 53% majority renter city. The city residents must be protected during the COVID-19 […]
Detroit’s Cash on Hand and Duggan’s Proposed Budget Cuts
The Mayor anticipates that the City will have a $358 Million Budget deficit spread between fiscal years 20 and 21. In order to offset this […]