LAND

        This section explores the histories of disinvestment and displacement behind Detroit’s “comeback” and how organizers are rebuilding communities and fighting for equitable development.

ORAL HISTORIES

Yakini, Malik

Executive Director, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network

Thompson-Curtis, Myrtle

Co-founder, Feedom Freedom Growers

Reyes, Angela

Executive Director, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation

Randolph, Barry

Pastor, Church of the Messiah

Oberholtzer, Michele

Former Director of Tax Foreclosure Prevention Project, United Community Housing Coalition

Jordan, Jamon

Historian, The Black Scroll Network

Goldberg, Jerry

Organizer, Party for Socialism and Liberation

Echevarria, Raúl

Director of Land Use and Economic Development, Urban Neighborhood Initiatives

Curtis, Wayne

Co-founder, Feedom Freedom Growers

Campbell, Linda

Director, Detroit People's Platform

Bukowski, Diane

Editor, The Voice of Detroit

Bonnett, Sonja

Community Legal Worker, Detroit Justice Center

Watson, JoAnn

Senior Pastor, West Side Unity Church

Tlaib, Rashida

United States Congresswoman, 12th Congressional District

Taylor, Debra

Co-founder, We the People of Detroit

Nene, IshKote

Co-director, The Aadizookaan

Lewis-Patrick, Monica

CEO and President, We the People of Detroit

Kramer-Baker, Marian

National President, National Welfare Rights Union

Kelly, Teresa

Co-founder, The Michigan Citizen

Howell, Shea

Co-founder, James and Grace Lee Boggs Center

Guyette, Curt

Editor at Large, ACLU Michigan

Fancher, Mark

Racial Justice Project Staff Attorney, ACLU Michigan

Cosme, Antonio

Co-founder, Black to the Land Coalition

Bellant, Russ

President, Helco Block Club

Anderson, Rhonda

Regional Organizing Manager, Sierra Club