"...R/evolution means protecting the people. the plants. the animals. the air. the water. r/evolution means saving this planet. R/evolution is love.”
- Assata Shakur
Embodying just ecosystems, Creating justice in our ecosystem.
realizing environmental and climate justice as a transformation of society
EVENTS
EMEAC’s intention is to create a just environment that affirms the humanity and dignity of everyone, as we work to build unity among grassroots justice organizations. We steward, protect and share an historic and essential space, The Commons, for political organizing, art production and other community enterprises. We are evolving a model of social justice movement independence and sustainability.
Friday June 14 | 8PM | 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit MI 48201
Earle Davis Brain Stretching Medicine Band
Featuring Djallo Djakate and Ian Finkelstein
Friday June 28 | 7PM | 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit MI 48201
Alex Harding Trio
Join us for the Community Yoga Practice at the Commons Monday or Wednesday at 10:30 AM. Mats and water are provided but you can of course bring your own. Our class is taught by Tracy Felder of Hot Flower Yoga. Tracy is a Bikram, mat Pilates and trauma-informed instructor. Shebrings diverse wellness practices to her Michigan community. She offers yoga, mat Pilates, guided meditation, and private group training. Believing in the power of beginner’s mind, she fosters a supportive space for self-discovery. Tracy is dedicated to creating safe, affirming spaces for queer and BiPOC youth.
10:30AM | Monday + Wednesday | 4605 Cass Ave. Click for more info.
Through the Social Ecologies Project, we build on our community health and wellness, political education and arts & culture programs to develop leadership within our community, preparing ourselves for ongoing collective self-advocacy in a way that centers and produces justice in alignment with our ecosystems, those social and natural.
Sign up to tap into our Community Advisory Consultation Processes, to learn about our constituent organizations, to get involved in more environmental justice work and environmental action, and to get help with issues in your community.
We need a metabolic shift to fix the metabolic rift.
Whether guiding conservation projects, practicing citizen science in our local parks, or installing solar in a community garden, we use ecology training to build skills and confidence in our community members and partners to be well-equipped and -educated advocates for our ecosystems.
Through our composting trainings for example, we build a practice understanding of the powerful potential in composting to reduce harmful waste accumulation. We don’t want or need any expanded landfills. We don’t need corporate controlled waste management. We need community-controlled, regenerative bio-waste management.
To begin to build our confidence as the community that is seeking to be empowered and lead in our own solutions we need to continue to grow our skills and spread education amongst one another.
Join EMEAC and Sustainable Community Farms for a 4-week intensive composting school where you will learn about how to compost starting in your home and how to properly produce highly nutritious compost no matter where you live or how much space you have!
"Create schools and spread education in all liberated areas."
amilcar cabral
Board of Directors
We work to build environmental justice through democratic, revolutionary organizing. And we believe that an educated and organized mass of everyday people can transform society from a force of environmental destruction to one of healing and regeneration.
East Michigan Environmental Action Council works to build a movement to produce environmental justice as a transformation of society. We work to build a transformative environmental justice movement from within the broad base of neighborhoods and communities of Southeast Michigan. We analyze our community’s collective problems and work toward real solutions, those that address root causes and produce lasting change, working within our Six Pillars of Power:
- Science & Knowledge Production
- Eco-Socialism: Ecological & Economic Freedom
- Black Liberation: Internationalism & Solidarity
- People’s schools: Political Education & Organizing
- Black Arts & Culture: Spiritual Grounding & Ancestral Veneration
- Radical Futurity: Youth Power & Intergenerational Study
Office Hours Mon – Sat
10.00am – 4.00pm (except holidays)
email: umoja@emeac.org
phone: (313) 556-1702
Detroit, MI 48201
