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.
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