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Detroit Summer
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Summer is a multi-racial, inter-generational collective in Detroit that has been working to transform communities through youth leadership, creativity and collective action since 1992. Started by James and Grace Lee Boggs and Michelle Brown, Detroit Summer's youth-led program empowers young people to help create a better city and world.
Links:
- Detroit Summer (website) - http://detroitsummer.wordpress.com/
- Interview with founder Michelle Brown (website) - http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/24/detroit_summer_the_youth_program_that
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