Re-imagining Work in the Motor City
Olga Bonfiglio @ Common Dreams
- It was a serendipitous weekend of soul-searching, collaboration,
information sharing, and problem solving as activists “occupied”
Detroit, one of the world’s most de-industrialized cities, to re-imagine
“work” and ways it can reinvigorate local communities.
Over 300 participants from around the country converged on the Focus: Hope facility October 28-30 to address our nation’s accelerating decline of the jobs-based industrial economy where over 14 million Americans are unemployed and another 9.3 million hold “involuntary part-time” jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We never anticipated Occupy Wall Street or the Arab Spring when we planned this conference,” said Richard Feldman, from the Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. “Nevertheless, we are here to show the world that Detroit is the place where we can imagine what the 21st century can look like.” Read more.
Over 300 participants from around the country converged on the Focus: Hope facility October 28-30 to address our nation’s accelerating decline of the jobs-based industrial economy where over 14 million Americans are unemployed and another 9.3 million hold “involuntary part-time” jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We never anticipated Occupy Wall Street or the Arab Spring when we planned this conference,” said Richard Feldman, from the Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership. “Nevertheless, we are here to show the world that Detroit is the place where we can imagine what the 21st century can look like.” Read more.
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