Detroit Gets Both: AI Fluency Workshop and Voter Brigade at the Northwest Activities Center

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Rev. Al Sharpton rallies the Detroit Voter Brigade before a full room at the Northwest Activities Center after the AI Fluency class, October 27, 2026

Northwest Activities Center · Detroit, MI · Tue, Oct 27

Detroit Gets Both

The AI Fluency Workshop with Susan Hearn · Then the Voter Brigade with Rev. Al Sharpton

One Day · Three Stops · One Week to Election Day

Wayne County Community College → Northwest Activities Center · Tuesday, October 27, 2026

On the Ground in Detroit

Detroit built this country's middle class on an assembly line, and on Tuesday the National Action Network came to make sure Detroit is in the room for the next one. In a single afternoon at the Northwest Activities Center, community members of all ages learned how to put artificial intelligence to work in their everyday lives, then turned the same room into a Voter Brigade with Rev. Al Sharpton at the podium, one week before the November 3rd midterm elections.

Stop One · Morning

Vote Safe MichiganWayne County Community College with Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II and the Save America Movement. Rallying voters to make every vote count.

Stop Two · Afternoon

AI Fluency WorkshopNorthwest Activities Center. NAN National Lead Facilitator Susan Hearn leads a hands-on session, with laptops provided by Human-I-T.

Stop Three · After the Class

The Voter BrigadeRev. Sharpton takes the podium. Register, confirm your status, find your early voting site, bring your neighbor.

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks from the podium at the Northwest Activities Center in Detroit

Why Detroit

“Black folks came to this city by the hundreds of thousands because there was a job on a line that paid enough to buy a house and send a child to school. Then the line got automated and not one person asked us what we thought about it. Artificial intelligence is the next line. This time we mean to be in the room while it is being built instead of reading afterward about what it did to us.”

Rev. Al Sharpton · Founder & President, National Action Network

Part One · The Class

A Solid Turnout for the AI Fluency Workshop

Community members of all ages came together to learn more about artificial intelligence and how to use these emerging tools in their everyday lives. NAN National Lead Facilitator Susan Hearn led an engaging and informative session that met people wherever they were, from first-time users to those who use AI every day, and sent them home with real work they created in the room.

Human-I-T provided laptops for participants and donated three laptops for a special raffle, so nobody sat on the sidelines for lack of a machine.

“It is important that our communities are not left behind as technology continues to advance. We must ensure they have access to the knowledge, resources, and opportunities to move forward.”Rev. Al Sharpton

Rev. Al Sharpton addresses participants at their laptops in the Northwest Activities Center — Participants at their laptops as the afternoon opens at the Northwest Activities Center.

Susan Hearn, NAN National Lead Facilitator, leads the AI Fluency Workshop — Susan Hearn, NAN National Lead Facilitator, leads the session.

The room follows along on the big screen during the AI Fluency Workshop — Following along on the big screen.

All AgesCommunity members from first-time users to daily AI users

LaptopsProvided for participants by Human-I-T

3Laptops donated for a special raffle

Part Two · The Brigade

When the Class Let Out, the Room Became a Brigade

Laptops still open, Rev. Al Sharpton took the podium and the afternoon became a nonpartisan Voter Brigade, held alongside the Save America Movement. The message was plain: register if you have not, confirm your registration is active and in the right precinct, locate your early voting site, and bring somebody with you.

Any Michigan resident can still register in person at their city or township clerk's office with proof of residency, including on Election Day, and vote the same day until 8:00 PM. Polls are open 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, November 3rd.

“From the ballot box to the future of technology, we're organizing, educating, and mobilizing our communities.”Rev. Al Sharpton · Detroit

Rev. Al Sharpton rallies the Voter Brigade before a full room in Detroit — Rev. Sharpton rallies the Voter Brigade before a full room.

Rev. Al Sharpton at the podium, Northwest Activities Center — The charge from the podium.

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks as a Save America Movement partner looks on — With the Save America Movement looking on.

Earlier That Day · Stop One

Vote Safe Michigan

Before the class, Rev. Sharpton stood with Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II at Wayne County Community College for the Vote Safe Michigan x Save America Movement GOTV effort, stressing that every vote must count.