"It's the education that goes with wanting to be safe. And if you talk to young people, they get it. They understand the police don't make us safe. The cameras don't make us safe. We make us safe." Myrtle Thompson Curtis, Feedom Freedom Growers
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Myrtle Thompson Curtis is the founder of Feedom Freedom Growers. She is a mother, grandmother, visionary organizer and thinker on the east side of Detroit. Myrtle is a life-long Detroiter , urban farmer and member of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Center.
Curtis Renee is an aspiring healer and chef, a reiki practitioner, and a lifelong Nonviolence (positive peace) activist from Detroit, Michigan. Curtis' Social Justice passions encompass Black liberation, Black & Palestinian solidarity, feminism, and queer activism.
Mama Myrtle and Curtis join Freedom Dreams to describe their vision for safety and beloved community in Detroit and why programs like Project Greenlight and ShotSpotter are not part of that vision.
Curtis was featured in season 1 of Freedom Dreams in the episode, How Can We Heal and Reimagine Safe Communities?
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Freedom Dreams, An Epilogue
A Mass Movement to End Solitary Confinement
Dreaming of Child-Safe Zones
Building Power Inside the Informal Economy
The Community is the Family and the Family is the Community
The Cost of Truth and Reconciliation
Finding a Common Justice
Detroit Life is Valuable Everyday
We Make Peace
Season 2 of Freedom Dreams!
Fear of Black Consciousness
How Do We Grow Our Own Food on Our Own Land?
How Do We Create Health Care that Meets our Needs?
How Can We Heal and Reimagine Safe Communities?
How Do We Make School Ourselves?
How Do We Ensure our City Budgets Reflect Our Priorities?
How Can Cooperative Economics Help Us Build Collective Power?
How Can You Shut Down Your City Jail?
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