Our Goal

Less then 10% of Southwest Detroit residents work in Southwest Detroit. Over the next 10 years, we plan to bring about 200 new cooperative-based jobs, raising the percentage of people both working and living in Southwest Detroit by 5%. This will have a direct impact on the Southwest Detroit economy by generating 10 million new dollars that will cycle through the neighborhood.

What We Do

As a network, we provide the following support services for a minimum of 3 years:

Cooperative development training
Business feasibiity and planning
Bookkeeping and accounting
Initial and ongoing legal support
Branding and marketing
Connections to lenders
Meeting room, office and equipment use

Through ongoing training, we create a pipeline of Southwest Detroit residents interested in becoming members of one of the network Cooperatives. Training classes are offered throughout the year at Grace in Action, on subjects including cooperative development, graphic design, web coding, and digital literacy. All trainings have a curriculum informed by a popular education pedagogy, are rooted in the Southwest Detroit context, and use the tools learned to solve community problems.

Grace in Action Collectives

Southwest Equitable Internet Initiative