Empowering communities for a brighter future.
Advocate
We advocate for change in the areas of education, public safety, and resident voice in our diverse cultural community.
Organize
We Organize and facilitate cross-community conversations and collaboration between residents, stakeholders, and youth.
Energize
We energize residents through leadership development to support the rise of natural leaders in our neighborhoods.
Our Mission
To provide leadership and facilitate collaboration of residents, youth, and stakeholders to foster a vibrant and sustainable community.
Our Vision
To provide leadership in a thriving, safe, clean, green, economically developed and culturally-rich community; where children, youth and adults are healthy, skilled, caring, and Civically engaged. We take pride in living, working, learning, worshiping, shopping, and playing in the neighborhoods of Southwest Detroit.
Our History
Founded in 2010 in Southwest Detroit, Congress of Communities responded to a growing need for community collaboration and connection between youth, stakeholders, and residents.
We advocate for change in the areas of education and public safety, and project the voice of our residents in our diverse cultural community. Over 10,000 residents, youth and stakeholders participated in a 3-year planning process that led to the creation of Congress of Communities (CoC).
CoC is the resident-led organizing and advocacy agency in #SwDetroit that works to facilitate solutions around community challenges and support community growth.
What We've Achieved
Shifting education to be equitable
Leadership development through building equitable education for SouthWest Detroit ages 0-18
Work around self care and identity
Building equity for our leaders in our schools
Building a medium between community organizing and economic development
Conducting, facilitating, and creating safe venues as a neutral party
Creation of a variety of programs
We are all leaders waiting to be developed.
