Happy Pride Month! Working towards just cities means cherishing and supporting LGBTQIA+ people and all the ways they enrich our communities. “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” - Audre Lorde This June we’re uplifting the work of the @ruthelliscenter, who work to create a supportive environment and community for LGBTQ+ young people. You can support them this year by participating in Stride for Pride! “Stride for Pride is more than a walk – it’s a mission helmed by the Ruth Ellis Center to provide safety, support, and opportunity to LGBTQ+ youth facing housing insecurity, rejection, and discrimination. Because our vision is a world where LGBTQ+ young people are safe and supported no matter where they go.” Swipe to see fundraisers benefitting the Ruth Ellis Center and Pride gatherings they will be present at this year! This June, dance with pride, feel joy with your community, and never stop fighting for our collective freedom. 🎉 💖 🔗 Learn more at: https://www.ruthelliscenter.org/ Or make a team at: https://ruthelliscenter.networkforgood.com/projects/252340-stride-for-pride-2025?hid=NDkyODc4NjM=&utm_campaign=dms_email_blast_4028388 (fb)

🚨 Reminder for Artists in Wayne County, MI! 🚨Applications are open for our 2025-26 Artist Residency! The selected artist will receive $10,000 and a year to complete their project with assistance from DJC. We want your project proposals that grapple with the question: “What does a world without police and incarceration look like?” What would it feel like to exist in a world without the police and incarceration, without jails, prisons, and detention centers? What would be the textures and sensations of that world? What patterns of interactions and relationships would transform for the communities that would be born as we realize these demands of structural change? Applications close 5/31/25. https://detroitjustice.org/narrative-shifting-and-imagination/ #detroitartists #artistresidency #detroit We strongly encourage people of color, women, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and individuals with past involvement in the criminal punishment system or who have loved ones currently or formerly in the criminal punishment system to apply. (fb)