Gray Panthers - Metro North records, 1979-1995
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Chapter of the Gray Panthers serving the northern Detroit suburbs. The organization was originally named Gray Panthers-Metro North and was renamed Gray Panthers-Metro Detroit in 2015. The collection includes Gray Panthers-Metro North organizational material such as minutes of meetings and newsletters; also photographs. Photographs include photos of Gray Panthers founder, Maggie Kuhn visiting Detroit in 1980; photos of march for nuclear disarmament participants in Washington, D.C., 1987.
This collection documents the Gray Panthers-Metro North's activities from 1989 to 1997, with one article about their first meeting in 1978.
The gray Panthers-Metro North monthly meetings minutes indicate the broad range of issues and coalitions with which the group was active. The newsletters typically include topical articles, a calendar of events, committee reports, and suggested actions to support or protest various situations
The Photographs series includes a group shot of the Gray Panthers-Metro North with Maggie Kuhn during her 1980 visit to Detroit.