This local "Social Justice and Community Wellness Tour ~ in the D" — featuring author Dr. Mary Frances Phillips, Detroiter and author of Black Panther Woman: The Political and Spiritual Life of Ericak Huggins — will stop @ four to five Detroit locations. Centering well-being as core to social justice and social change work, the event aims to connect people in and between communities to engage the question of what it means to live a political and spiritual life. This will be achieved through a 2-hour program at each stop that uniquely bridges the practices of (a) reading as political education, (b) historically based community conversations, (c) mean-making through art, and (d) holistic wellness practices.

Tour Dates: 

May 3rd, 2-4 p.m., General Baker Institute (LAUNCH!), 15798 Livernois, Detroit, MI 48238

May 10, 2-4 p.m., Birwood House, 12602 Birwood Street, Detroit, MI 48238

May 24, 2-4 p.m. Feedom Freedom Growers, 870 Manistique, Detroit, MI 48215

June 6, 2-4 p.m., Mama Akua House, 2431 Ferry Park Street, Detroit, MI 48208

June 14, 4-6 p.m. The Shrine of the Black Madonna (LAST STOP!), 7625 Linwood, Detroit, MI 48206

RSVP here: https://form.jotform.com/241934421638155

Community Partners & Hosts:

• Coleman A. Young Foundation Endowed Chair/WSU
• General Baker Institute
• Birwood House
• Feedom Freedom Growers
• Mama Akua House
• The Shrine of the Black Madonna
• ADACI
• Source Booksellers
• Crockett-Lumumba Scholars Program/WSU
• Department of African American Studies/WSU