March 2022: Detroit People's Food Co-op
When you round up your PFC purchase to the nearest dollar throughout the month of March, your change supports the Detroit People’s Food Co-op.
The Detroit People’s Food Co-op is an African American led community-owned grocery cooperative start-up. The DPFC, part of a larger food security and food sovereignty project by the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, has been organizing for over a decade and is getting very, very close to breaking ground in Detroit’s historic North End. The project is 93% of the way to being funded, with a $1.3M gap right now. Our contributions will go toward closing this gap.
Check out the video below to hear from the visionary leader of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op (@DetroitPeoplesFoodCoop on Instagram), Malik Yakini:
“After more than a decade of visioning and organizing, Black leaders and community members have broken ground on a cooperatively owned full-service grocery store in the city’s North End.”
Together, PFC and a number of other Great Lakes area food co-ops raised $10,000 for the Detroit People’s Food Co-op!
From left to right: Shakara Tyler, PhD, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network Board President; Akua Woolbright, PhD, Detroit People’s Food Co-op Board President, Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network Executive Director; Sonya Mays, Develop Detroit Inc. CEO; Julie Schneider, City of Detroit Housing and Revitalization Department Director and Oren Brandvain, Develop Detroit Inc. Project Manager, at the April 23 groundbreaking for the Detroit Food Commons, the future home of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op.