482Forward is an organization made up of members! We need you to be apart of our fight in order to win! We're inviting all who are interested to attend an orientation and become a member September 16th! This will be an in-person orientation at Techtown Detroit, 440 Burroughs, from 11am-12pm! Register here. Please email Krystina at krystina@482forward.org with any questions or concerns.
Don’t miss our screening of ”The Right to Read,” a film which explores the early reading crisis in America, and what it takes to solve it.
We will have community conversations after to debrief the film and brainstorm solutions that the community has. Register here.
Únase a nosotros para una película inspiradora y que invita a la reflexión, que comparte las historias de un activista de la NAACP, un maestro y dos familias estadounidenses que luchan para brindar a nuestra generación más joven el indicador más fundamental del éxito de por vida: la capacidad de leer. Register here.
482Forward wants to spend intentional time strategizing for 2024 with our core members. Join us September 30th to hear about the work we've been doing, and propose your ideas for how to continue our campaign successfully! Register here.
Join us for our Fall Conference, November 4th from 9am-3pm, where we will learn from literacy experts about tools, interventions and solutions we can recommend to the Detroit Literacy Task Force in order to use the $94 million meant for literacy effectively. We will also learn about the history of literacy, and how we can work together to fight for $4.5 billion more across Michigan in order to truly solve the literacy issue for all students. Register here.
Recent Events
Don’t miss 482Forward’s Solution Summit, Saturday, June 3rd, from 9:30-3pm! Register here
482Forward’s top priority is education justice. When you join our org and attend our events It’s an opportunity to solve the problems of communities struggle with as a student parent or teacher, and to develop yourself as an individual leader.
We’re inviting you to our June 3rd solutions summit, an opportunity to learn more context, data, facts and history about these issues, and to decide how to take action!
Become a Member!
482Forward members are volunteers who are commited to our work for education justice for all Detroit students. After completing our new member orientation, you have the opportunity to join our neighborhood-based teams to focus on hyperlocal campaigns or our network committees to support policy, research, voter engagement, and more that seeds our campaign work. There are so many ways for new and experienced activists to plug into our local and statewide work-- click the button below to get more info!
