Hood Research

"People would do better if they knew better"

KUANZA kuhusu mimi matukio kuvinjari kukutana The Thinkers Report

How We Treat Our Organizations

Being "woke" means little if we are unwilling to hold ourselves - and our organizations - accountable. Awareness may expose the problems in our communities, but it takes honest, disciplined, and sometimes uncomfortable work to actually change them. We have become too comfortable protecting organizations from criticism and too hesitant to challenge leaders when they fail. But silence is not unity, and avoiding conflict is not accountability. If we want stronger communities, we have to stop hiding behind our organizations and start taking responsibility for them.   

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The Agenda

Our next meeting is Saturday September 19, 2026 - Begins @ 3PM and ends promptly at 6PM.

Announcements:

  1. Join the Charles H Wright Museum of African American History
  2. Candidates Need to be Members to Get Our Vote (Read)
  3. Attend the weekly Detroit Board of Police Commissioners Meeting
  4. School Board Election
  5. Subscribe to the Calendar (link)
  6. Join the What's App discussion group (link)
  7. Our Campaigns
    • Restore Access to Detroit Civilian Oversight - See the Petition.
    • Why we have campaigns
    • We will set goals and strategize

Topics / Guests:

  • The process of being woke (Read)
  • How we treat our organizations (read)
  • TBA

The Work:

  • Review our Work List
  • Review our 2026 Goals
  • Black Agenda
  • Issues with Detroit Public Safety, Civilian Oversight and our City Charter
  • Review the 2026 Project Planner

Keep a notebook, planner or use a smartphone to track actions, events and to quickly share information - don't just post to social media.

 


How to Participate

Watch Feedback Every Monday @ 9am on WHPR TV33 - download the app WHPR TV Now


Our Saturday Meeting is weekly from 3pm to 6pm Eastern (USA). Please bring your thoughts, your ideas and concerns about our community and come ready to share in our discussion.

Dial (978) 990-5000 and when prompted enter the access code 338729 followed by the # symbol.

-OR- use the software, Go to https://join.freeconferencecall.com/HoodResearch

hoodresearch is the Meeting ID - Download the Full Instructions


Socials:

What's App - Join our Discussion Group

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We advance civic education, collaboration, and strategic thinking to strengthen communities, deepen understanding of public issues, and develop solutions that build a better society.



"We need a self-help program, a do it yourself philosophy, a do it right now philosophy, an it's already too late philosophy."

Malcolm X


Work List for 2026

1 - PA 436 / Democracy

2 - Community and CBA's, CDC

3 - Voting, Coffee Party, Democracy

4 - Human Rights

Immigration Policy

Apartheid

Genocide

5 - Education Policy & Literacy

6 - Public Safety

Community Policing

Police Commission


Coming Soon

  • How to join Hood Research
  • Newsletter Subscriptions

 
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