FAITHFULLY ORGANIZING RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT DETROIT

Mission

FORCE Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment is a culmination of interfaith, grassroots and public sector leaders committed to having hard conversations about complex community issues, pushing boundaries and generating creative justice oriented solutions. We leverage media and culturally relevant strategies to connect people least likely to be engaged to civic infrastructures. Toward the goal of building a safer, freer Detroit, Force is committed the following programs and activities: Participatory Research we aim to drive and capture the experiences of their constituencies and support them to create academically sound research that gives voice to otherwise ignored community concerns. Narrative Building pairs participatory research efforts with media creation and communications strategy to ensure that community voice is represented in public dialogue. Youth and Millennial Organizing seeks to deepen the community organizing and civic leadership capacity of youth and m

$5M in foundation grants on record from 19 funders — matched from IRS 990 grant line items. Some matches may be approximate.

Dujuan Kennedy — Executive Director (Principal officer)