7th Annual Building Power Conference - 2024

The mission of Building Power is to center community knowledge in the fight against white extremism. Often in academic spaces, we do not learn from the activists, community leaders and organizers doing the work in our communities. We want to flip this narrative and provide a space for community leaders to be the teachers, and for students to engage in this type of learning in an accessible way. This year, we will be engaging in conversations and learning on disability justice, sustaining communities, and community organizing.



Building A Multiracial Democracy in Michigan (Afternoon Session)

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School of Social Work Building Branden Snyder

Branden Snyder, Executive Director of Detroit Action, will construct a radical vision of Detroit’s future that re-centers the legacy of Black movement organizing culture and the history of economic and urban development of the city. Snyder will share Detroit Action's work on civic engagement and collective mobilization in Detroit, and how the organization translates what they learn through grassroots organizing into a comprehensive and complex policy agenda. Leaders will learn how to utilize their talents and treasurers to win justice for our communities before, during and after electoral cycles.


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