Part 1: Our City, Our Rights: Immigration + Advocacy

Our City, Our Rights: Immigration + Advocacy is a community-centered workshop focused on immigrant rights, advocacy, and practical tools for navigating encounters with law enforcement, authority figures, and civic systems. This program invites community members to gather, learn, and build shared understanding around the rights and resources available to immigrant individuals, families, and neighbors across Detroit and beyond.

Presented in partnership with Strangers No Longer and the Southwest Detroit Immigrant and Refugee Center (SWIRC), this session will offer clear, accessible information on advocacy, legal awareness, and community support. Through guided conversation and resource-sharing, participants will gain practical tools for self-advocacy, supporting loved ones, and strengthening networks of care in a time when immigrant communities continue to face heightened uncertainty and vulnerability.

As the first part of the two-part Our City, Our Rights series, this program reflects MOCAD’s ongoing commitment to creating a space where art, advocacy, and community knowledge meet. Together, we will consider how cultural institutions can serve not only as sites of reflection but as places where neighbors can gather around urgent issues, build collective power, and imagine more supportive futures.

The second part of this series will be hosted on Sunday, July 19.