Celebration of James and Grace Lee Boggs
Schedule
Sat Jun 22 2024 at 11:00 am
Location
Church of the Messiah Detroit | Detroit, MI
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CELEBRATING JIMMY & GRACE ON FIELD STREET:The Revolutionary Legacy of James and Grace Lee Boggs
Please join us for a celebration to mark what would be the 105th and 109th birthdays, respectively, for ancestors Jimmy and Grace. The Boggses' vision and work remain vital to movement building in this era of great hope and great danger. Bring your ideas for keeping the Boggses' Field Street neighborhood and all our communities strong!
Saturday, June 22 from 11am to 2pm
Church of the Messiah
231 E. Grand Blvd. (near Belle Isle) in Detroit
Speakers include:
Donald Boggs (Son of James Boggs)
Tiffany Lee (Niece of Grace Lee Boggs)
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib
State Senator Stephanie Chang
Members of the Field Street Block Club (Jennine Spencer, Daisy Jackson) and Boggs Foundation (Alice Jennings, Scott Kurashige)
Poetry and Music by Joe Reilly, Gloria House, and Aurora Harris
Free for all to attend, but please help our planning by RSVP'ing here: https://forms.gle/n6cxUb4xRyyscAhY8
Sponsored by the James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation (www.boggsfoundation.org) and Church of the Messiah, Field Street Block Club Association, Rising Voices, Broadside Lotus Press, Filipino American National Historical Society-Michigan Chapter, Genesis Hope CDC, and Michigan Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
For more information or to cosponsor this event or make a contribution, please email [email protected]
To download or print a flyer for this event, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LbzKBvFSrSpJAyRyt8Pmuh6DaVlffHjj/view?usp=share_link
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Where is it happening?
Church of the Messiah Detroit, 241 E Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48207-3739, United States,Detroit, MichiganEvent Location & Nearby Stays: