Tenant Partners
Together we aim to cultivate liberation, justice, and joy, for all Detroiters
The Detroit Justice Center (DJC) is a non-profit law firm working alongside communities to create economic opportunities, transform the justice system, and promote just cities. This mission requires innovative ways of community lawyering—rooted in defensive and offensive fights for racial justice and economic equity—that build up our poorest residents through direct services and novel approaches to land use, housing, and employment.
Pro-bono legal services they will provide at the LOVE Building include:
Returning citizens support (e.g. traffic warrants, child support)
Property Tax Appeals/Foreclosure Prevention
Renters Rights
Eviction Defense
Business/Non-Profit Development
Consumer debt defense
Detroit Disability Power is a membership organization that works to build the political power of the disability community. Through public education, community-building, and advocacy, DDP organizes to end disparities that people with disabilities face in regards to housing, employment, education, transportation, healthcare and more.
At the LOVE Building, DDP will host monthly Community Care Circles: gatherings for people living with disabilities, chronic pain, and chronic illness, as well as caregivers of people with disability/ chronic illness, to share stories and grow community.
The Detroit Community Technology Project’s (DCTP) mission is to use and develop technology rooted in community needs that strengthens human connections to each other and the planet. DCTP expands digital literacy and access in Detroit through programs that demystify technology and increase community ownership.
At the LOVE Building, DCTP will train area residents in how to build and maintain community Internet infrastructure through its flagship program: the Equitable Internet Initiative. It will also provide free Internet and solar-powered charging stations at bus stops surrounding the Grand River 15th St. intersection.
The Detroit Narrative Agency incubates visual storytelling by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color filmmakers. Through fellowship opportunities, resource-sharing, and trainings, DNA nurtures the growth of the film and media ecosystem in the Detroit area and globally.
At the LOVE Building, DNA will host its trainings and fellowship programs, while also producing regular public screenings of local and national independent films.
Allied Media Projects supports media, art, and technology projects that are advancing social justice. Through its fiscal sponsorship program, it provides accounting and other administrative services to 140 organizations in Detroit and nationally. For 22 years it has produced a national conference known as the Allied Media Conference, which convenes thousands in Detroit and online.
At the LOVE Building AMP will produce a seasonal Speaker Series featuring public dialogues with artists and community leaders. Members of the AMP network will offer digital media training and produce cultural events for area residents.
The LOVE Building, Inc. is a subsidiary of Allied Media Projects, which will coordinate and produce public-facing programs at the LOVE Building, beginning in 2024. For two years, the LOVE Building led community engagement sessions within the Core City neighborhood to create a voluntary Community Benefits Agreement. This CBA outlines the programs and services that will be available through its tenants and other partners. In addition to the offerings described above, this will include:
Management of a 2,000 square foot multi-media equipped event space and conference rooms, available for rent by the general public.
Dance and fitness classes.
Maintenance and distribution of a neighborhood directory of businesses and community organizations.
Design and programming of a pocket park at 15th street and Grand River.
Creation of an oral history/mural project to commemorate ancestors from the surrounding area.
Paradise Natural Foods’ mission is to make eating well accessible to everyone. At the LOVE Building, Paradise Natural foods will serve up delicious pre-prepared salads, sandwiches, soups, and coffee, beautifully flavored rotisseries chickens, tantalizing vegetables and more. Wherever possible, they will source produce from local growers. In addition to its prepared food offerings, Paradise Natural Foods will provide the following at the LOVE Building:
Culinary arts jobs training.
Cooking, nutrition, and wellness classes.
