Youth & Families
Paid summer cooperatives, year-round programming, and community-rooted activities that build economic literacy and leadership.
Youth programming
Southwest Detroit - Since 2010
Worker power. Youth voice. A solidarity economy.
We incubate worker-owned businesses, prepare youth to lead in their communities, and build the cooperative infrastructure Detroit deserves.
Our mission
Built by and for Southwest Detroit.
Grace in Action Collectives is an organization and community center based in Southwest Detroit. We incubate worker-owned businesses to shift control of labor, income, and decision-making to community members. We engage youth in critical, creative, and technical learning experiences that prepare them to lead within their communities.
Read our Theory of ChangeHow we do this
Three lines of work. One community.
Cooperative Business Incubation
From Co-op 101 to a full Co-op Academy, we walk each cooperative from idea to launch.
Co-op DevelopmentOrganizing & Network
The Equitable Internet Initiative, mutual aid, and coworking space form connective tissue for our solidarity economy.
Equitable InternetOur impact
Numbers behind the work.
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On the calendar
Upcoming gatherings.
Summer Youth Co-op orientation
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
GIA Community Center
Co-op 101 info session (bilingual)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Online + in-person
Mutual aid hub volunteer day
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
1725 Lawndale
Stories from the work
What cooperative power looks like.
Instagram
Youth jewelry co-op launches
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Inside the EII community network
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Co-op Academy graduation
With gratitude to these organizations
- Kresge Foundation
- Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
- USFWC
- GDYT
Detroit Community Tech Project