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  1. www.boggscenter.org › thinking-for-ourselves › dk7hsq6cuu9kj0Stonewall lessons — The James and Grace Lee Boggs Center

    Jul 7, 2024 · On June 28, 1969, people in a small, working-class gay bar in New York City rose up against police harassment. The Stonewall Rebellion marks the beginning of the modern queer movement and holds important lessons for us today. In 1969 to be gay, lesbian, or trans was illegal everywhere but in the state of Illinois.

  2. planetdetroit.org › 2020 › 11‘Making a way out of no way’: Meet four Black women who helped...

    Jun 20, 2024 · Jennings credits Dr. Grace Lee Boggs and Donele Wilkins with bringing her to the environmental justice movement. “One of the first people to bring Detroit women of color together in environmental justice was Donele Wilkins,” says Jennings.

  3. www.facinghistory.org › ideas-week › paragraph-175-originsParagraph 175 & the Origins of the Pink Triangle | Facing History...

    Jun 27, 2024 · The story of Chinese American activist and philosopher, Grace Lee Boggs, provides an inspiring example of the effectiveness of cross-racial organizing work between Black and Asian communities in pursuing racial justice by discovering shared stakes, committing to collective action, and nurturing ongoing resistance.

  4. www.boggscenter.org › thinking-for-ourselves › illusion-of-controlIllusion of control — The James and Grace Lee Boggs Center

    Jun 30, 2024 · The decision by the Mayor and the Detroit Police Department to close down 11 public parks during the annual fireworks display has sparked renewed outrage. Once again, we are told “public safety” is the most important thing.

  5. katemccabe.substack.com › p › on-sisterhood-and-solidarity-orOn Sisterhood & Solidarity; or, Lessons from a Recovering Irish...

    Jul 8, 2024 · “What you pay attention to grows:” lessons derived from leaders like Grace Lee Boggs & writer Octavia Butler. With Bog & Thunder, this translates to dreaming big with our experiences and our budgets–imagining the best possible scenario and working towards it (and trimming back when necessary).

  6. www.boggscenter.org › thinking-for-ourselves › setting-boundariesSetting boundaries — The James and Grace Lee Boggs Center

    Jun 25, 2024 · Accept. The recent tasing by a Detroit police officer of a 10 year old boy has sparked justifiable outrage. The incident at a birthday party was captured by a relative on video, widely circulated on social media, and reported in the mainstream press.

  7. www.threads.net › @splcenter › postGrace Lee Boggs, born OTD, championed Black power, civil rights...

    Jun 27, 2024 · June 27, 2024 at 7:00 AM. Grace Lee Boggs, born OTD, championed Black power, civil rights, children's rights, women's rights and workers' rights. While on a walk in her Chicago neighborhood, she saw some people protesting poor living conditions, including rat-infested housing. For her, it was the start of decades of activism.