How to resist the Grand Rapids Power Structure will be the focus in Part II of a Grand Rapids Power Analysis workshop on May 31st

Last night I facilitated the first part of a two part workshop centered around and Grand Rapids Power Analysis.

For about the past 12 years I have been doing a 10 Part series on the Grand Rapids Power Structure, looking at the families and organizations that have the most political, economic, social and cultural power in Grand Rapids.

I regularly use the slides from the Grand Rapids Power Analysis, as I regularly write about these families and organizations in order to provide ongoing analysis. For people who have seen these slides previously, I have recently updated some of the data, analysis and even added new slides to better reflect the far reaching power that the families and organizations in this city have, like the one here above. You can access the updated slides here.

In Part II, I will be looking at how we can organize and resist the economic, political,  social and cultural 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 developing strategies and tactics, especially as we seek to fight for social justice and collective liberation in this community. As I said during the presentation last night, you can not ignore the Grand Rapids Power Structure if you truly want to work on creating structural change.

Part II, the how to resist part of this two part workshop, will be on Sunday, May 31st at Fountain Street Church, from 2pm – 3:30pm. This workshop is free and open to anyone.