GRIID will be facilitating a two part Grand Rapids Power Analysis workshop in May at Fountain Street Church

For anyone who reads my blog you know that for years I have been monitoring, investigating and writing about what I call the Grand Rapids Power Structure.

I have been doing this kind of work for years because I believe that it is vitally important to understand which families, organizations and institutions wield economic, political and social power in Grand Rapids and what that means for this community. I also believe that for those engaged in social change and social movement work it is critically important to have a robust Grand Rapids Power Analysis, since the Grand Rapids Power Structure is likely to be one of the major reasons we can not achieve social justice and collective transformation in this community.

The workshop is in two parts, with Part I being on May 17th and Part II on May 31st at Fountain Street Church. In Part I, I will be presenting slides and analysis on the Grand Rapids Power Structure. You can find the current version of the slides here, but I will be updating many of these slides and adding new ones for the 2 part workshop.

In Part II, I will be looking at how we can organize and resist the economic, political and social power that the Grand Rapids Power Structure has in this city. This will be the first time that I have had the opportunity to talk about how we can engage in collective resistance to the Grand Rapids Power Structure.

Both of these session will take place at Fountain Street Church and are free to those who attend. Each of the sessions are 90 minutes long and will take place on Sunday, May 17 and Sunday, May 31st, starting at 2:00PM.

The two part workshop is being offered through the Social Justice Committee at Fountain Street Church and SPARC – Solidarity Progress Action Resistance Collective.