Boggs Center Archives - Detroit is Different https://detroitisdifferent.com/tag/boggs-center/ Capturing the culture that makes Detroit what it is. Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:17:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://detroitisdifferent.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-DID-512-32x32.jpg Boggs Center Archives - Detroit is Different https://detroitisdifferent.com/tag/boggs-center/ 32 32 Tawana Petty talks about the Community’s relationship to Police, Police https://detroitisdifferent.com/tawana-petty-talks-about-the-communitys-relationship-to-police-police/ https://detroitisdifferent.com/tawana-petty-talks-about-the-communitys-relationship-to-police-police/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2020 20:37:42 +0000 https://detroitisdifferent.com/?p=3007 The Detroit Police historically have had a strained relationship with the Black community. The 1943 Riot, 1967 Rebellion, the Sojourner Truth Housing incidents, the Big Four, Malice Green, Aiyana Jones, and many more dividing acts have created a tense connection between Black and Blue in Detroit. Tawana Honeycomb Petty’s relationship witnessing this is layered with […]

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]]> https://detroitisdifferent.com/tawana-petty-talks-about-the-communitys-relationship-to-police-police/feed/ 1 How Organizing in Social Justice has been a Lifetime Awakening in Humility for Rich Feldman https://detroitisdifferent.com/how-organizing-in-social-justice-has-been-a-lifetime-awakening-in-humility-for-rich-feldman/ Thu, 27 Feb 2020 15:56:56 +0000 https://detroitisdifferent.com/?p=2990 Attending the University of Michigan changed Rich Feldman’s life. The movements on the campus and activism outside the classroom inspired his lifetime of commitment to social justice. Anti-War, Anti-Racism, Anti-Capitalism, and Human Rights in action all have moved beyond theory, to practice, and action for Rich. For decades his understandings of strengthening people and community […]

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