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Grassroots community organizers – often the people most directly affected by racism and injustice – are leading innovative and necessary solutions to Detroit’s problems. We ground our grantmaking approach in ensuring organizations led by people of color have what they need to address structural racism as it intersects with other systems of inequality.
Improving systemic social issues involves shifting perceptions and beliefs by changing the narrative. Detroit’s story needs to be told using an asset-based, empowering narratives highlighting the people who have always loved the city and kept going through every challenge. This is the story of the real Detroit moving into an equitable future.
To change the Detroit narrative, we invest in: