- Detroiters Speak Winter 2025: Rethinking Education Justice
- Fall 2023 - Desti-Nations of Hip Hop
- Winter 2022: Making Labor Work - Organizing for Power in the 21st Century
- Winter 2021: Pandemic Politics - From Lockdown to Liberation (Virtual)
- Fall 2020 with General Baker Institute: Policing Black Power - From Watts to Detroit (Virtual)
- Fall 2020: Healing Justice (Virtual)
- Winter 2020: Detroit 2020 - People, Power, & Politics
- Fall 2019: Healing Justice Workshop Series
- Winter 2019: Whose Safety? Policing Minds, Bodies, and Borders in Detroit
- Fall 2018 Workshop Series: Healing Justice as Building Cultural Resilience
- Winter 2018: From "Two Societies" to a New Society
- Fall 2017: Reclaiming the Commons
- Summer 2017: Beyond '67 - The City-Wide Citizen's Action Committee
- Winter 2017: Toward Education Justice
- Detroiters Speak Archive
History
For over 12 years, Semester in Detroit has organized community classroom events that are free and open to the public. In recent years, SiD has collaborated with Detroit community partners including: 482Forward, The James and Grace Lee Boggs School, Racquet Up Detroit, Detroit is Different, and the General Baker Institute. University partners have included Wayne State University's Department of African American Studies, the Detroit Equity Action Lab, and the UM Marsal School of Education's newest program - Learning, Equity and Problem Solving for the Public Good. This unique public series brings together Detroit community members, U-M + WSU students, alumni, faculty and staff to learn about Detroit's past and present.
Access to Previous Sessions:
Use the side navigation to watch videos and access readings associated with previous semesters of Detroiters Speak.
Next Up in Winter 2026 - Transit Justice Edition
Planning has begun for the next edition of Detroiters Speak which will focus on Transit Justice in Detroit and the wider region. Come back to this webpage soon for more information and updates. And please chime-in with your ideas by filling out this quick survey.
