Engaging Women of Color in Crafting Detroit’s Economic Development Plans
As Detroit’s resurgence continues to garner local, regional and national attention, a new groundbreaking report and project seek to amplify the voices of those most absent from the public discourse on the city’s future – women of color.

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The Black Worker Initiative at the Institute for Policy Studies is committed to helping achieve both the historical and contemporary aims of the labor and civil rights movements. Through conferences, published reports, public education materials, mainstream and social media, the Black Worker Initiative seeks to highlight how Black worker organizing can be an ongoing vehicle for the promotion of civil rights and racial and economic justice.