Grace Lee Boggs writes about Detroit’s ‘quiet revolution’ in the Nation

Detroit activist Grace Lee Boggs writes about Detroit’s ‘quiet revolution’ dealing with urban agriculture and reconnecting with the community through Detroit Summer.Excerpt:Detroit’s local foods movement has been a catalyst in the [r]evolution that is rebirthing Detroit as a City of Hope. The city’s early devastation by deindustrialization provided us with the space and place to begin anew. It also challenged us to make a paradigm shift in our thinking about social justice.Our [r]evolution began in the 1980s with African-American elders. Raised in the South, these “Gardening Angels” could see Detroit’s vacant lots not as blight but as opportunities to grow our own food and also help urban youth understand the importance of self-reliance.Read the entire article here.