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Influential Black Women’s Group Form Alliance for Political Candidates

By Kim Trent The friendship of 19th century Detroiters Caroline French and Rutha Blackburn stands as an enduring testament to the potential of Black women to transform the world when they unite for a common cause. Now 21st-century Black women have adopted Caroline French’s name for a coalition that is focused on leveraging the political power of Black women in metro Detroit.

In 1831, spouses Thornton and Rutha Blackburn escaped slavery in Kentucky and landed in Detroit, where they found a small but vibrant community of free Black men and women who had unleashed the mental shackles of enslavement. However, an acquaintance of Susan Brown, the w o m a n Kim Trent who had held Thornton Blackburn in slavery, saw him in Detroit and eventually reported to his former owner that he was settled in the famous Underground Railroad stop. Ms. Brown dispatched slave catchers to Detroit to retrieve her human “property” and return Thorton, along with Rutha, back to Kentucky.

Metro Airport Renames North Terminal in Warren Evans’ Honor

By Andre Ash

In 1833, the Blackburns were arrested and charged under the Slave Fugitive Act of 1793 and Sheriff John Wilson held them in a jail that once stood on the current site of the Skillman branch of the Detroit Public Library in downtown Detroit.

Shortly before the Blackburns were to begin their journey back to Kentucky, Rutha Blackburn’s friend Caroline French asked Sheriff Wilson if she could visit her at the jail. Sheriff Wilson agreed to allow Ms. French and another friend to visit with Ms. Blackburn, motivated by his desire to avoid a possible rebellion by the Black residents. The visit, however, was an elaborate plan for Ms. French and Ms. Blackburn to switch clothes, allowing a disguised Rutha Blackburn to slip out of the jail and escape to Canada. Days later, Black Detroiters also spirited Thornton Blackburn away from the prison, leading to the Blackburn Riots, which has been described as Detroit’s first race rebellion. Thorton and Rutha Blackburn reunited in Canada and the couple eventually settled in Toronto, where Mr. Blackburn’s cab business allowed them to build a home and settle into happy and productive lives.

The next time you make your trip to metro airport in Romulus, there will be a big change in signage. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport’s (DTW) North Terminal was renamed, Monday, as the Warren Cleage Evans Terminal.

A special dedication ceremony was held in the ticket lobby in honor of Wayne County Executive Evans who has devoted his life to public service.

“This is truly an honor, and I would like to thank everyone who made this possible,” said Executive Evans. “I have dedicated my life to public service, and I have always believed that you don’t get into this line of work for the awards or recognition. Public service is about serving the public. But I must say that it does feel good to know that others appreciate what I have been trying to do for all these years.”

Evans, has been drawn to public service and helping others since childhood.

He credits it towards how he was raised by his mother who was a schoolteacher, and his father a medical doctor.

“I grew up expecting to do something in public service,” said Executive Evans.

“The motivation for me has been trying to give Detroit and Wayne County the full value for my services and try to do the right thing. Public service is just in my wheelhouse.”

The risk that Caroline French took to help her friend cannot be overstated. Her subterfuge enraged both the slave catchers who had been contracted to return the

Evans was joined by area municipal leaders, business executives, and family

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for the historic terminal name change.

In June 2021, the Wayne County ­ irport Authority (WCAA) Board of DiA rectors voted to rename the North Terminal which opened in 2008.

“Names identify, names clarify, names headify”, said Rev. Wendell Anthony, pastor of Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, who spoke at the podium as one of the invited guests. “Whether you go south, whether you go east, whether you go west, when you come this way, you got to come to the best, …whether you’re landing, whether you’re taking off, or whether you’re just standing waiting to go, everyone will know that (Evans) is an individual that not only helped folks take off in their lives, but to land safely in their dreams.”

Mr. Evans isn’t one to be deterred from challenge. He has had to lead the state’s most populous and diverse county through a health and economic crisis. Executive Evans also helped steer the county away from bankruptcy during his first 14months in office, helping to engineer and restore to fiscal responsibility.

Evans’ administration jumped into action when the coronavirus pandemic struck in 2020 by delivering $90 million to-date in relief to small businesses, residential resources, service workers, and homeless veterans.

He is a model for ethical leadership and his “no-drama approach to govern-

ing” has help improve the county’s financial outlook.

Evans has served as Police Chief in Detroit, Wayne County Sherriff, Chief of Staff of the Wayne County Commission, Assistant County Executive, and Chief of Special Operations of the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

His name embodies the jurisdiction he serves and it’s the reason the Wayne County Airport Authority Board decided to honor Evans’ name on such a heavily populated landmark.

“What a great opportunity,” said Marvin Beatty, WCAA Board member.

“Historic, but this symbolizes so much opportunity for young people who will ultimately come through this place and learn that Warren C. Evans not only led Wayne County but solidified Wayne County… provided so much opportunity for so many people.”

“The place that so many people when they enter into Michigan, even if they’re just passing through, they get to come to a place like this.” said Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrest. “Leadership and the example he sets that all should seek to follow”.

Evans was joined by his wife, Renata, and family for the special sign unveiling and wall plaque which displays his face and biography near the pedestrian skywalk which will welcome travelers as

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Bagley Development Team Transforms Artists Building Into the Residences @ 150 Bagley

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The transformation of the former United Artists Building in the District Detroit is well underway and Black developers are taking the helm on this $75 million project named the Residences @ 150 Bagley.

On Thursday, March 31 near the former, historic building, city officials and project leaders officially announced the project, led by the Detroit-based, African American-led development team of Bagley Development Group, which is revamping the The Detroit-based development team of Bagley Development Group is revamping the nearly 100-year-old building at

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150 Bagley St. into 148 apartments. During a press conference on Thursday, March 31, Bagley Development Group

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150 Bagley From page A-1 nearly 100-year-old building at 150 Bagley St. into 148 apartments. Twenty percent will be reserved as affordable housing at 80 percent area median income.

Mayor Mike Duggan, city, local and governmental leaders from Bagley Development Group, Olympia Development, and the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development announced the project, which is described to bring market-rate and affordable housing along Detroit’s Grand Circus Park.

Beyond oneand two-bedroom units that will be up to 1,300 square feet, the redevelopment will also activate approximately 10,000 square feet of retail and dining space along Bagley Street, adding to the growing number of shopping and dining options downtown.

The building is slated to open in late 2023.

Bagley Development Group is comprised of Emmett Moten, Scott Allen, Larry Brinker Sr., Tom Goss, Richard Hosey, Roy Roberts, and Jim Thrower, who have a total of decades of development experience in Detroit and have helped to save a number of the city’s vacant historic buildings, including the Fort Shelby Hotel, Farwell and Capitol Park buildings, and soon, the Fisher Body 21 plant.

Moten said during the press conference that he and his peers wanted to put a deal together with “some guys that look like me.”

“A group of Black guys come together and see if we can do something in our city,” Moten said adding that his team wanted to do something for the next generation.

“Let them see if we can work collectively.”

Moten added that the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and the Detroit Economic Growth

Corporation were very integral to the project, along with countless organizations and entities.

“All the city council members and staff were very very supportive (including) Invest Detroit. ...That’s the team that helped us.”

“My partners and I are honored to develop Residences @150 Bagley in such a vibrant, downtown community,” said Moten, the group’s managing partner. “Residences @ 150 Bagley represents the perfect model for urban development, with the public and private sectors working collectively to benefit the community. “Residences @ 150 Bagley, will become a flagship, residential development in The District Detroit, and will honor the past while creating the next step in downtown’s exciting future.”

Duggan said during the event that this was one of the 12 sites in the city that was the basis of an “international reputation of ruin.”

“We set out to have a plan for all 12 and the United Artists Building ... was one of them,” Duggan said. “We are very fortunate that the Illitch family took this building over.”

Duggan added that the Illitch organization preserved the building for decades to make this possible.

He added that he is seeing a trend cropping up in the city when it comes to advancing new developments in Detroit.

“We are seeing a trend of long-time Detroiters, African American business leaders actually doing the development that is driving Detroit’s recovery,” Duggan said adding that Moten brought the idea to his attention years ago alongside some Black heavy hitters across various industries in the city who are now leading the project. “A number of people who are iconic African American business leaders in the city for decades. People I’ve known for many years. They all

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Blackburns to Kentucky as well as Sheriff Wilson who was surprised by the “shrewdness” demonstrated by Ms. French. But while she was threatened with being sent to Kentucky as a replacement for Rutha Blackburn, French ultimately did not face legal consequences for her act of bravery.

It is in the spirit of Caroline French that a group of prominent Black women in Detroit and its surrounding areas, came together to establish a power building initiative designed to elect Black women to public office and leverage their influence in a demonstration of what can be achieved on behalf of all people when Black women lead.

The group of approximately 50 members include many of the city’s leading Black women in business, the nonprofit sector, government, and community activism. Members include equity and inclusion strategist, Sommer Woods, investment manager, Gail Perry Mason, Detroit Public Schools Community District school board member, Sonya Mays, and longtime business and community leader, Shirley Stancatto, among others.

First convened by political strategist Jessica McCall, the Caroline French Club has been meeting since early Feb-

came in and said, ‘This is going to be something.’”

“I’m not sure anybody else could have done this but it is here,” Duggan said. “This beautiful building is going to come back to life. This is a great thing for the City of Detroit.”

Detroit Councilman Coleman Young II said during the event that when his father, Coleman A. Young, became mayor one of his visions was to make sure that there African Americans participated while bringing others along the journey, too.

“What these gentlemen have done here represents that fruition,” Young said of the developers.

The Residences @ 150 Bagley will not only bring affordable housing, new residents, and businesses to the thriving neighborhood around Grand Circus Park but also create hundreds of construction and permanent jobs to Detroit.

The Residences @ 150 Bagley will be within walking distance of several public transit options and a wealth of work, live, and play options in The District Detroit, including Comerica Park, Ford Field, Little Caesars Arena, the historic Fox Theatre, the Detroit Opera House and other cultural venues.

The project received a $43 million HUD 221(d)(4) multifamily housing loan, $8.5 million from the Downtown Development Authority, $7 million from the Michigan Strategic Fund, and $3 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funding secured through the Detroit Housing & Revitalization Department, according to the release.

The building, vacant for nearly 50 years, is a symbol of rebirth that will be rightly positioned in the downtown area.

“Bagley Development’s commitment to bringing this historic property back to life – and to creating opportunity through

ruary to discuss how they would like to mobilize as a coalition. “Many of the women in the Caroline French Club have had the opportunity to work together in the past, but rarely in this capacity,” said Jessica McCall. “We’ve long recognized our individual influence and with everything that has happened, especially over the past 24 months, we knew that now was the time to harness our power.”

After several conversations, the Caroline French Club assessed that they had the greatest opportunity to mobilize in the race for the 13th Congressional District. “It’s a crowded field,” said French Club member, Sonya Mays, “and that’s why we believe our support is needed in the 13th. Michigan’s Congressional Delegation should have Black representation and we believe that person should be a Black woman.”

McCall, who is a strategist with DCbased public affairs firm, The Raben Group, and previously worked for Michigan’s former governor, Jennifer Granholm, said Black women lead from a place of “we” over “me;” that’s something that, until now, she believes has been missing in our public discourse.

“The Blackburns went on to live a beautiful life in Toronto, in part because of Caroline French’s sacrifice. That’s what Caroline’s story teaches us, the great things that can happen when you look out for someone else. That’s what we’re here to do.”

good jobs and affordable housing while doing so – remains an inspiration to me and the entire team at Olympia Development,” said Christopher Ilitch, president, and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. “We’re honored to partner with Emmett Moten and the rest of the outstanding Bagley Development team on this historic restoration in The District Detroit, and we look forward to seeing the lasting, positive impact that it will have on the community.”

“HUD is thrilled to partner with the City of Detroit, Bagley Development Group, and Olympia Development to bring 150 Bagley back to life,” said Michael Polsinelli, Detroit field director for HUD. “HUD’s name says it all – Housing and Urban Development. The rehabilitation of the United Artists Building will bring additional quality housing to the City of Detroit along with the continued successful urban development of Detroit.”

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they enter the terminal.

Entry points to the facility are already pointing travelers in the right direction, including some freeway signage which has changed as well.

The terminal will not only embark a new name, but additional new changes are on the way. During Evan’s dedication ceremony, airport leadership announced upgrades such as a new look for terminal, new technology, and other improvements to enhance customer experience.

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the five thousand airports in the States, there are handful who bear

the name as a person of color and none of them are alive to witness it,” said Executive Evans.

“I’m grateful to join this small group and even more grateful to be here to witness it.”

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Diversity and Inclusion: We Still Have a Long Way to Go

By Jessica M. Mills, Bush Seyferth PLLC

As we conclude the celebration of another Women’s History Month, addressing the continued unique challenges African American women face in the legal profession is crucial. One hundred fifty years after Charlotte E. Ray became the first African American woman Attorney. African American women make up only 2% of the nearly 1.33 million Attorneys in the Unites States today. And despite increasing “diversity and inclusion” initiatives throughout the profession, this troubling statistic begs the question: What does it mean to be diverse and inclusive in name and deed? While often joined together, diversity and inclusion represent two distinct concepts. Diversity relates to demographics: gender, race/ ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability status, to name a few. On the other hand, inclusion sweeps broader and seeks to provide equal access to opportunities and resources to individuals who have not enjoyed such access (e.g., those from marginalized groups) by eliminating disparities, especially in under-represented communities, and creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive process.

Some might argue that the nomination of the first African American woman to the Supreme Court is illustrative of how far the profession, and the nation, have come in recognizing the unparalleled talents of African American women Attorneys. And as we continue to celebrate the accomplishments (and hopefully, the appointment) of Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson, it is important that we also acknowledge the value of African American women Attorneys. An authentic diversity and inclusion approach requires a holistic acceptance and celebration of the entire person: who they are, where they come from, and how they can add value and perspective to the profession. A community also has the responsibility to help drive and improve diversity within the legal profession by engaging and creating opportunities to promote inclusion.

Increased authentic diversity and inclusion efforts will not only increase the number of African American women Attorneys and Judges but will also create a pipeline to keep the doors open for the next generation.

Jessica M. Mills is a member of Wolverine Bar Association and an attorney at Bush Seyferth PLLC. She focuses her practice on product liability defense and general commercial litigation and is a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committee. She received her law degree from Wayne State University Law School.

Donald Robinson family- Judge Donna Robinson Milhouse, third from left, stands with her father, Donald Robinson, fourth from left, and other family members. Photo courtesy of Judge Donna Robinson Milhouse

A Daughter’s Take: Judge Donna Robinson Milhouse Shares Her Father’s Fiery Legacy

By Sherri Kolade He was a Cass Tech graduate who changed the name of the game in the city of Detroit.

Donald Robinson, Detroit’s first black fire marshal and the first Black person to hold the position in a major city, and in doing so made so many pivotal advancements in breaking barriers, passed away at 89 years old.

The gifted artist, singer, community leader, and all-around Renaissance man was all that and more to many people around the city and beyond who looked to him for inspiration.

However, to 36th District Court judge Donna Robinson Milhouse -- an accomplished woman in her own right in the legal world -- he was simply her father who left a huge legacy for her and her family.

“That’s my dad,” Robinson told the Michigan Chronicle shortly after his passing. “He just was always there -- even when he was working, and he worked. I don’t like to call it work. I think it was a passion for him.”

Robinson, who was born in Detroit in 1932, discovered his artistic talents during his school years as a Detroit Public Schools student, yet “getting a job in the field as a young Black person at that time, in that field, was tougher,” he said, according to the Detroit Public Schools Foundation.

“In 1956, when there was growing pressure to hire more Black firefighters, he joined the Detroit Fire Department and was the 16th Black person hired. In 1974, this child of the Brewster Projects

Judge Donna Robinson Milhouse, left, stands with her father, Donald Robinson.

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was appointed fire marshal by Mayor Coleman A. Young and would serve for 18 years.

“He didn’t wear a uniform [to work] but every day he wore a suit and tie, for the most part,” Robinson Milhouse said.

“I think he was humble.”

He and his wife, Barbara, met after joining the Brazeal Dennard Chorale, one of the country’s oldest African American choral groups. According to the Foundation, he later became the executive director of the award-winning Chorale.

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Representation Through Literacy

By Megan Kirk Representation in literacy can make all the difference for African American children. The ability to see themselves on story pages helps create relevance and encourage imagination. Sadly, though there are Black narratives, accurate representation is few and far between. Hoping to inspire a natural level of curiosity, literary experts are encouraging storytelling in a new way to bring about change in inclusion.

Zora Neal Hurston was one of the most prolific authors of her time. Her work spans decades and has provided the groundwork for avid readers’ academic and literary endeavors. Now, one scholar is using her work, love, and adoration for Hurston to foster a love for reading for children and inclusion for Black authors.

“I’m a Detroit native and at the root of everything that I do for children, adults, sharing

the legacy of Zora, is storytelling. I believe that storytelling and sharing connectedness through human experience is a very effective way in which we understand the world around us and each other,” says Rae Chesny, author, Zora Neale Hurston scholar, and social education expert.

Using her own story, Chesny expresses she, too, was once a part of the number of children who may have engaged in storytelling but were not a reader or lovers of books.

“I was actually a reluctant reader as a child. I didn’t have anyone who inspired me to write, I had just always loved to tell stories, but would not read them unless you paid me,” says Chesny.

As some children have a natural knack for reading, others struggle with finding themselves in the story. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, with 85 percent of Black students lacking

proficiency and reading skills, the push for literacy is dire.

Working with children since 2016, Chesny began summer camps and social education programs to help increase literacy. This led to an opportunity to guide students at Michigan State University and the ability to present Zora Neale Hurston as not only an author and historical icon but as a human.

“The students really took to the way that I presented my methodology and the innovative ways of using storytelling itself to get reluctant readers interested in literacy-based activities,” says Chesny.

In a world on the go, reading has shifted. Now, books are available via audio, decreasing the need for reading and comprehension. To help increase and encourage reading in children, programs have been developed that re-establishes books as the primary focus but allow children to discover different avenues to completion.

Rae Chesny with a collection of Zora Neale Hurston books “My programs are all designed around that exact idea; how do we make reading engaging and interesting? How do we increase curiosity? I think that is the leading point; the engagement,” says Chesny. “In my programs, one of the things is that the book is always central, but there is multiple pathways to encourage that curiosity.”

Historically silenced in the

literary world, Black authors are also shunned from storytelling.

Underrepresented demographic, Black authors are just over five percent of all authors across the country. Looking to break barriers, Chesny began a group, Work in Progress Literary Club, to give Black adults a rare opportunity

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Robinson Milhouse told the Foundation that her father “was a hard worker who was devoted to his family, loved the arts, and was a lifelong champion for the city of Detroit. He was always teaching history and believed Negro spirituals were a very important part of history.

He wanted to promote the strength that came out of history, culture and art.”

“He loved the city and he loved serving the people in the city,” she told the Michigan Chronicle. “He took all of that very seriously and growing up with him I feel like he just was a teacher -- he was always teaching us.”

Robinson Milhouse said that since her father’s passing, people have called her and told her how her father’s legacy is still making an impact today in their lives.

“He instituted a lot of different changes to the department and the fire marshal’s division,” she said. “He just was a gem.”

Robinson Milhouse even credits her father for inspiring her to be where she is today.

While in high school, she wrote a paper about how it was unfair that the Detroit Fire Department back then required firefighters wanting to advance

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to watch the process of creating a book with the hopes of encouraging them to pen their own.

“I wanted to give a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to actually not only publish a book, but to really craft a story,” says Chesny.

Storytelling is an inherited part of blackness spanning the African diaspora. Passed down through generations, folklore and family heritage have been traditionally gifted through word-ofmouth. A legacy for many Black families, storytelling is used to keep the ancestors alive. Restoring the storytelling methods of yesteryear, African Americans can immerse themselves in the traditional while helping to reignite the passion for narratives.

to have specific years of experience on the job when it was common knowledge that Black people were at a disadvantage from those kinds of opportunities from the get-go as segregation kept them out until the late 1930s.

“In 1976, he was appointed fire marshal -- in 1974, I wrote the paper,” Robinson Milhouse said, adding that it was “very fresh” in her mind when it happened.

“Black people didn’t have that background,” she said of the unfair start white people had in the department.

“Just doing the research, and that kind of ignited my interest in law.”

She added that music was a passion of his, and growing up, the love was felt profoundly in her and her two younger brothers’ lives.

“You just knew you were loved, that is, from both of my parents,” she said, adding that her father encouraged her children, too, who have tapped into their creative sides, including her son, a professional photographer. “He was an artist and must have influenced me because I’m that way and he completely influenced his grandchildren. He said you can be anything you want to be; do anything you want to. … He was a huge confidence builder all the time with all of us. I just was always buoyed by the love he showed us and his confidence in us.”

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“The other piece is using the oral tradition, especially for children of color.

Our ancestors were rooted in oral traditions so focusing on storytelling as a connection to the physical book is deeply powerful,” says Chesny. “A lot of times I work with children to get them to tell stories first because as they hear their own voice and value their own ideas, the value in others becomes more engaging.”

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By Sherri Kolade Michigan has about $47 million in potential refunds from previous tax refunds for eligible residents. Do you qualify? Or have you paid too much in taxes and need to right some wrongs in that discrepancy?

The Michigan Chronicle sat down with Jason Tinsley, market manager for Michigan Private Banking, Chase Bank, and talked about what taxpayers should know about filing in 2022, filing with a professional or going solo and more especially during the somewhat-waning pandemic.

Monday, April 18 tax filing deadline to submit 2021 tax returns or an extension to file and pay the tax owed for most taxpayers, according to the IRC. While it’s too late now to file early (Tinsley recommends filing early the next go-round) residents can still get the best bang for their buck when it comes to getting their returns in a few weeks.

“Sign up for direct deposit it’s more efficient for them and you,” Tinsley said adding that the “government has gotten a lot better” at returning funds on time.

Tinsley, who is not a tax advisor but gives a scope of what taxes can do relative to one’s investment portfolio) said that by following tax law he is a market leader and helps Black families, LGBTQ communities, among others, keep their funds afloat.

“Taxes are an important to people at every step of life and every income bracket,” he said adding that in the space he sits in he notices its daily importance.

Like last year, there will be individuals filing tax returns who, even though they are not required to file, need to file a 2021 return to claim a Recovery Rebate Credit to receive the tax credit from the 2021 stimulus payments or reconcile advance payments of the Child Tax Credit, according to the IRS. People who don’t typically file also could receive other credits.

Tinsley added that with filing taxes there are numerous disruptions to the financial ecosystem on the inflation side that he said might not ruffle too many feathers. “(There has been) a lot of talk about potential tax law changes in 2022 -- we’re super confident nothing is going to change … the problems over in Europe, Ukraine (is) inflation, also with the Supreme Court judiciary track their working on we don’t think anything is going to change that could negatively impact families on any particular income level.”

Tinsley added that the filing

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Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance’s President and CEO Charity Dean wants to empower Black businesses in Detroit and beyond.

Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance Clocks a Year

By Sherri Kolade

The Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance (MDBBA) has been in operation for the last year after officially opening up in March 2021.

Now, over 400 members strong – along with $4 million toward Black businesses – the organization’s keeping the momentum going for this space.

“We are excited to celebrate one year of serving Black-owned businesses,” Dean said. “what we’ve been able to accomplish in a year has been amazing and a result of really, really great partners; we have some amazing members that believed in us.”

Dean added that the Alliance is “growing every day,” While it has not been easy, it’s been “definitely rewarding.”

“We started this work because we saw just a huge need for a local organization to (help) Black businesses in our region,” Dean said.

The Kellog Foundation put out a 2018 report that noted a case for racial equity and the wealth gap in the country that compared Black and White families with the same income and education level still had stark inequalities in the wealth gap, with White families having nine times the wealth of Black families.

“When we think about our history in our country with gen-

erational wealth … when you’ve been excluded in wealth (opportunities) by ancestors who helped build in this country you can see why it exists,” Dean said. “What can we do to close the wealth gap and if we did close it what we can gain.”

According to blndedmedia.com, 2019 data from the Small Business Administration shows that just over 19 million businesses, or 70.9 percent of all U.S. businesses, are white-owned.

Black-owned businesses account for about 2.6 million businesses or 9.5 percent of all U.S. businesses, and Latinos own 3.3 million or 12.2 percent of all American businesses. The data showed that 19 million white-owned businesses have 88 percent of the overall sales and control 86.5 percent of U.S. employment. In contrast, Black businesses have only 1.3 percent of total American sales and 1.7 percent of the nation’s employees.

According to the article, entrepreneurship can help close the ever-widening racial wealth gap, which is seemingly ever-increasing, even before the pandemic that took out many Black businesses.

Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (2014) shows that Black households have fewer than seven cents on the dollar compared to white households. White households living near the poverty line typically have about

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Michigan Chronicle’s Women of Excellence ‘Black Girl Magic’ Class Illuminates

By Sherri Kolade Each year, the Michigan Chronicle makes an effort in honoring African American women in all facets of life who motivate others through their leadership works in Detroit and elsewhere across varying career paths.

The 2022 Women of Excellence class was inducted on Thursday at the 15th annual Women of Excellence Award

ceremony in Detroit and honored local women who sprinkle a little “Black Girl Magic” wherever they go while bringing others who look like them along the way through their visionary leadership, noteworthy accolades and vested interested in community welfare.

The ceremony recognizes women who also personify poise and grace while setting the tone for what professionalism looks like, all while many

are juggling multiple roles as mothers, wives, and more. This year’s event also marks the second in-return ceremony since COVID-19.

Hiram E. Jackson, a publisher of Michigan Chronicle and chief executive officer of Real Times Media (RTM), said that the women were beyond empowering during the live event.

“All these beautiful, intelligent amazing women tonight ... this is truly an honor,” Jackson

said. “Nothing is more amazing than highlighting Black people in your community – nothing.”

Jackson added that honorees are nominated by other honorees for the work they do and this class has “done the work.”

“I like to make a point that we could solve any problem in our community,” Jackson said just from the notable women honored who span careers in healthcare, news, law, educa-

tion, business, community organizations, and more. “The collectiveness of your community is power.”

Women of Excellence Vanguard Awardees include Dawn N. Ison, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield, Joi Harris, president of DTE Gas, and Denise Lewis, senior partner (retired) at Honigman Miller

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Black Business Alliance From page A-5 $18,000 in wealth. In contrast, Black households in similar economic situations usually have a median wealth near zero, which means many Black families have a negative net worth.

On the other side of the financial coin, Black households make up less than 2 percent of those in the top one percent of the nation’s wealth distribution. Meanwhile, white households make up more than 96 percent of the wealthiest Americans and are among the nation’s most affluent households.

“If we close the wealth gap by 2050, the State of Michigan can gain $92 billion,” Dean said. “This lack of generational wealth (along with) racism and structural barriers expenses is not just in the country but state and is costing the country and

region billions of dollars.

She added that Kellogg’s report laid out a plan that says the region needs business development in underserved areas. Access to capital for Blackowned businesses has been a challenge.

“No matter where you go in this country you will see challenges,” Dean said. “Our job is to help fix that. With that in mind, we launched MDBBA. We want to help close that wealth gap by creating programs and advocating for policies that are going to result in thriving Black businesses.”

The MDBBA also celebrates nearly a year of operating their Black Business Resource Center (BBRC).

The BBRC, located at 1234 Washington Blvd., provides members free internet and co-working space. The Cen-

ter also serves as a hub for all Black entrepreneurs to collaborate and access community resources. The BBRC hosts workshops, seminars, and other resources to help Black Businesses thrive.

The MDBBA launched with TCF’s $1 million contributions, now Huntington Bank.

“This space will provide Black businesses with access to resources, meeting space, and opportunities to network,” Detroit Economic Growth Corporation President and CEO Kevin Johnson said previously.

“We are aligned with MDBBA in prioritizing programs that enable Black entrepreneurial success and small business growth.”

“Black businesses face many historic barriers,” previously said Charity Dean, President/CEO of MDBBA. “The goal of the MDBBA is to eliminate barriers to success in every way possible. By providing this Cen-

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the majority of her adult life working at DTE. “I think our work is so vitally important to our community.”

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She added that she never thought she would be standing where she is today as a young person growing up on the westside of Detroit.

Schwartz and Cohn LLP. Carla Walker-Miller, founder and CEO of Detroit-based Walker-Miller Energy Services, presented the Woman of The Year Award to Harris.

Walker-Miller, former Women of Excellence honoree, told the packed audience that she has had the honor and pleasure of knowing Harris for years.

“I have known her before she was the Joi Harris,” Walker-Miller said, adding that Harris made it her mark to follow in the footsteps of people whose careers she admired throughout her remarkable professional journey, and she encourages other young people to do so too. “I am so happy, so honored to witness her journey.”

Harris thanked the Michigan Chronicle for the honor and congratulated her fellow honorees, too.

“I am simply in awe of your brilliance -- many of you I know and many of you I watched and seen and experienced your journey and Black girl magic is real,” Harris said, adding that she spent

Harris, who became the first African American and woman in that position, told the crowd that her professional accomplishments and her recent award that evening were nothing short of miraculous.

“Look at God,” she said. “I say this often and I mean it. It is all in divine order and I give all the praise and glory to the almighty for ordering my steps. I recognize it is my responsibility to translate the best of what God has given to me into a path for others. … our young people are looking to us for direction. ... They need to see and experience our humanity and most importantly they’re looking for those beacons of hope. I offer to everyone in this room we all have a responsibility to help people see and bring to light what is possible in their future. I’m doing (my) best to serve in that capacity but we’re stronger together.”

ter to members, we are helping to close the digital gap that exists while creating a space for unapologetically Black innovation and creativity in entrepreneurship.”

Kara Chaney, the owner of luxury clothing brand, Lavish The Lifestyle, told the Michigan Chronicle that as a member of the MDBBA since last year, her company received capital funding through the organization.

“It’s been a great experience being able to get set up with the capital funding,” she said, adding that the MDBBA has provided her business with technical assistance and more. “A lot of information that you may not need now but later down the road (is) definitely to get you set up for a really good kick start for your business (to)… being prepared for real-life scenarios.”

Chaney added that as a Black-owned business, she said that it’s vital for her peers

to have resources and obtain basic financial literacy that her white counterparts might already have.

“Being Black and being in this organization – they definitely help you get ahead of the curve, regardless of all the obstacles we face in this day they definitely help you specifically prepare as a person of color,” she said.

Since its launch, MDBBA has successfully implemented programming beneficial to its members and the community.

According to Dean, MDBBA will create several tangible resources to assist Black businesses in the tri-county area.

For more information about Metro-Detroit Black Business Alliance, its membership, and events, visit www.mdbba.com.

To join, visit joinmdbba.com.

Donald James contributed to this report.

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deadline is approaching soon and those who are waiting to the last minute should get all their ducks in a row by Monday, April 18. “We always tell clients the best way to take advantage of tax situation is to make sure you’ve done everything to minimize implication and did you maximize your 401k contributions this year from filing from last year.”

Below are the eight actions to consider to improve your 2022 return: Maximize contributions to all tax-deferred accounts - The amounts you can contribute to your 401(k) account increased by $1,000 in 2022 (up to $20,500 if you are under age 50, or $27,000 if you are over 50). Also, the amount your employer and you can contribute has risen by $3,000 (to $61,000 or $67,500, respectively, depending on your age).

Consider required minimum distributions (RMDs) and qualified charitable distributions (QCDs) - Before you take your RMDs this year, decide whether you’d want to make a QCD of up to $100,000 to a public charity, in place of all or part of your RMDs. Unlike an RMD, the QCD amount is excluded from your gross taxable income.

Fund charitable gifts with appreciated stock - Many equities appreciated significantly over the last year and it could make it extremely tax-wise to donate those public equities, in kind, to a public charity.

Review your quarterly estimated payments - Review your actual 2021 and anticipated 2022 tax bills to determine your minimum necessary quarterly estimated payments for this year.

Decide which state to call your home for income tax purposes in 2022 - Many taxpayers moved during the pandemic but were not able to get themselves officially declared residents of a lower-tax state, or to minimize the taxes they owed to multiple states. But you have time in 2022 to establish a domicile in the state to which you want to pay taxes this year.

Stay up-to-date on potential federal income tax rate increases - It appears increasingly unlikely Congress will pass legislation in 2022 that would raise tax rates on high-income taxpayers. But

even if it did pass such a bill, most individuals with incomes less than $10 million a year or non-grantor trusts that accumulate less than $200,000 a year are likely to be unaffected.

Optimize annual exclusion gifts Consider making annual exclusion (up to $16,000 per donor, per done) gifts earlier in the year so that any growth on these assets over the year occurs off your balance sheet.

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“Planning for the nation’s filing season process is a massive undertaking, and IRS teams have been working nonstop these past several months to prepare,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig. “The pandemic continues to create challenges, but the IRS reminds people there are important steps they can take to help ensure their tax return and refund don’t face processing delays.

Filing electronically with direct deposit and avoiding a paper tax return is more important than ever this year. And we urge extra attention to those who received an Economic Impact Payment or an advance Child Tax Credit last year.

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As a pastor, Rev. Sheffield has seen too many of his church members suffer with COVID-19, then die in the hospital without the comfort of loved ones nearby. But he believes that the end of the pandemic is in our control. “We need to do this. We need to get vaccinated,” he says. Make a choice to change the narrative. Get your vaccine today.

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Entertain in Style (Family Features) It’s never too early to plan ahead, especially when you are expecting guests in your home. Your family and friends know and might love your style, but it can be important to spice things up now and again to impress your visitors. Factors such as lights, music and food can affect your guests experience in your home.

To remain stylish and keep your party going, consider these tips for fun and festive home entertaining.

Back to Basics.

Staying organized is key while entertaining guests in your home.

Try to plan out every detail before the big event, which can allow things to go more smoothly on the big day. As you think out your plan ahead of time, making lists can be a helpful way to stay organized and ensure you get everything done. List out your guests, what needs to be picked up from the store and possible decorations you might need to buy or craft yourself. The possibilities can seem endless, but it’s important to have a plan in place before you start putting things together.

Think about Theme.

There are numerous ways your style can be shown while entertaining. One way is to pick a theme or theme-related food dishes. One way to show your theme is through decorations. Placing them throughout your home can give the party some life and help guests get into the overall theme of the party.

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Transforming your home can be made simpler by changing the lighting. It’s typical for lights to be dimmed for parties to set a more relaxed mood. Other ideas include using candles, lamps or even hanging lanterns if you are entertaining outside. Make sure it’s bright enough so everyone can see, but dimmed enough to set the mood for the evening’s events.

Set the Mood with Music.

Pick music that matches your theme and inspires that same feel throughout the house. If you’re going for a fun, energetic atmosphere, try something with a quick tempo, such as pop. If you’re wanting to relax, go for subtler, soothing tones. Try making your playlist before you entertain and listen to it a few times through, that way you can know what to expect and how guests will react to your music selections.

Enjoy it.

Through all the anxiety and stress of entertainment planning, make sure you take time to enjoy yourself during the time guests are in your home. Some guests will notice if you’re not having a good time. Smile and remember to be present in the moment.

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Hemp, THC, CBD, marijuana; Cannabis. For centuries, Cannabis has been used for medicinal and recreational qualities. It has also been the center of controversy. Now, as the narrative around Cannabis begins to shift, many are re-examining the plant and forming a new opinion about usage and consumption and ways to monetize it legally.

Still, little is known about its origin, and even less is known about its multi-layered properties. However, advocates are working to educate and dispel outdated myths and ideologies about the plant.

“Here’s a good way of thinking about it: CBD might be considered your body high, THC may be considered your head high. What I mean by that, THC is psychoactive so it produces a high and CBD is non-psychoactive, not producing a high,” says Crawford.

Cannabis has been around for centuries, and its uses are as long as its time on earth. First noted in central Asia, Cannabis has grown in popularity and has been demonized for its ‘feel-good’ properties. Nevertheless, education around Cannabis is growing and causing a change in how it is viewed.

Called many names, Cannabis refers to the plant component which produces marijuana, the dried leaves or flowers of the plant. Hemp is also a derivative of Cannabis. Similar in its nature to marijuana, the two are worlds apart. Hemp contains a lesser amount of THC and is unlikely to produce a high. Alternatively, marijuana’s THC levels can range wildly and is the main component causing feelings of euphoria for users.

“The terms ‘marijuana,’ the term ‘cannabis’ all get interchanged, but they’re not necessarily interchangeable when it comes to a scientific standpoint. Look at Cannabis as your high level. Then a breakdown from that, people probably

cannabinoids found in Cannabis. With more than 100 cannabinoids found in Cannabis, CBD and THC get the most attention and work to create different sensations in the body by releasing neurotransmitters in the brain.

Biyyiah Lee, MSN, RN, PAHM- CEO and president of Midwest CannaNurses also heard of a term ‘hemp.’ Cannabis is your high-level plant and then you have hemp and marijuana. Hemp and marijuana, to the naked eye, look identical, but hemp is not technically marijuana,” says Jerome Crawford, Director of Legal Operations and Social Equity for Pleasantrees, a Michigan cannabis dispensary.

Often lost in translation, CBD or cannabidiol and THC, tetrahydrocannabinol, are the two most common

Cannabis has been used for its medicinal properties since its origination despite its recreational usage. Used to treat chronic pain, side effects caused by terminal illnesses, and anxiety, Cannabis is re-establishing its roots in the medical field and providing relief for many patients. Creams, pills, edibles, and other consumables are made with CBD components to relieve joint and muscle pain. CBD may help to actually relieve pain, while THC may relate to how the body perceives pain. Legalization is helping Cannabis to make headway in medicine as an alternative way to treat pain and illnesses.

“I do think it has to deal with the legal status. We are seeing more states come aboard with some type of medical program, so people feel like if the law says it’s okay to use, it must be okay,” says Biyyiah Lee, MSN, RN, PAHM, and CEO and president of Midwest CannaNurses.

Helping to break medicinal stereotypes, users explore additional ways

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Brush Park Bodega Will Offer Local, Fresh Market Convenience

By AJ Williams Brush Park Bodega will provide Brush Park residents and neighborhood visitors a convenient and walkable new market to shop when it opens to the public April 8.

Located at 2671 Brush Street, within Bedrock’s City Modern development, the Brush Park Bodega will offer a fresh market, stocked with a variety of Michigan-made and locally sourced products. It will also feature a rotating, onsite-prepared café menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner meals and a full-service bar with a curated selection of beer, wine, and liquor, both available to enjoy in-store or takeout.

The Bodega is an ‘all-in-one’ café, market, bar and bottleshop. As the name suggests, it is an authentic neighborhood ‘has everything’ convenience store, having ‘every-

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La Bohème Comes to Detroit Opera

By Megan Kirk In February, the former Michigan opera theater announced they would be operating under a new name and logo to usher in a new era for the city icon. Now known as the Detroit Opera, the brand is welcomed in its new moniker in the return to the opera stage with the premiere of La Bohème.

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thing you want, and just what you need’.

“We’re excited to bring to Brush Park a local, convenient market with all the essentials, as well as exciting products from Detroit and Michigan vendors. Our goal with the concept was to make the entire shopping experience a whole lot more fun,” said Marcus Perez, Co-Owner/Founder of Brush Park Bodega. “As part of the Bodega’s development team and a Detroit resident as well, this project is especially meaningful to me, one that I’m sure will be a beneficial addition to the area.”

The Bodega ownership group is thrilled to open their first location and has eyes on further scaling the concept.

Prior to opening, Brush Park Bodega is planning giveback initiatives with local charities as well as neighborhood senior citizen centers, special shopping extras and other community offerings.

“Brush Park Bodega perfectly complements the progress made in City Modern,” said Naumann Idrees, Bedrock’s Senior Vice President of Leasing.

“Both the modern convenience and locally-sourced products will fill a missing gap in the neighborhood to support the growing number of residents.”

The store takes a unique modern spin on traditional convenience; the Bodega will offer delivery and pickup options, e-enabled purchasing, quick-delivery, and in-store drinking and dining to make it all a bit more fun experience.

The design and offerings are meant to reflect the residents of the Brush Park neighborhood – expect to be able to stop

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to self-medicate with Cannabis. No longer limited to just smoking, users have many more diverse options to fit their needs.

“When we think about weed, most people think about the flower. However, the changing regulation have given us more ways to consume Cannabis, beyond just smoking. A lot of people feel more comfortable with that. They think that when you consume Cannabis in an oil form or in a pill form, it has more of that traditional medicinal feel than it did when we had just flower on the market,” says Lee. Cannabis has been used for its medicinal properties since its origination despite its recreational usage. Used to treat chronic pain, side effects caused by terminal illnesses, and anxiety, Cannabis is re-establishing its roots in the medical field and providing relief for many patients.

“If you want to get into the nitty gritty of why we’re even seeing the politics play, at the end of the day, it’s money. We are well aware now of the financial freedom that is behind a lot of the cannabis products and the cannabis businesses, but all-in-all, it’s the combination of the advance in legalization and then you have just more accessibility now,” says Lee. In Michigan, voters elected to legalize marijuana in 2019, and since, dis-

in to hear the music of local Detroit artists, grab a Blake’s hard cider, purchase produce and meat sourced from Eastern Market and much more from your favorite Detroit brands.

Robert Harriman is passionate about serving the local community first and sourcing local products. The Bodega currently several local brands including Oh Mi Chocolate, Guernsey Farms, Avalon International Bakery, Germack Pistachio Co., Dave’s Sweet Toffee and Bees in the D honey — just to name a few.

In addition, the market is interested in hearing from other Michigan-made purveyors. For more information about how to get your product on store shelves, please direct your inquiry to Harriman’s attention at robert@bodegamkt.com.

Brush Park Bodega opens April 8, operating Monday – Saturday from 8:00 a.m. – midnight and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

her key,” says Shirley. “Describing the scene that is coming up; Paris 1850, Latin Quarter. He’s sort of a faithful figure that might be a reincarnation of Rodolfo himself.”

A native Detroiter, George Shirley’s career began at an early age and has spanned several decades of success.

Touring internationally across England, Italy, Austria, Japan, and many more, his The show features a humble roots began new role portrayed by in Detroit as the first George Shirley, the first Black high school voBlack tenor and the cal teacher in Detroit second Black man to Public Schools and the perform a leading role first Black member of at the Metropolitan Opthe United States Army era. Along with a new Chorus. name, Detroit Opera is pushing the boundLa Bohème tells the aries of art to foster a story of love, passion, sense of community, and tragedy. Sharon and innovative, creative vithe Detroit opera takes sion, and transformaelements of the classic tion. and helps breathe new life into the production.

As the theater opens after a two-year hiatus George Shirley, The Wanderer “Theater is about caused by the pandeminnovation. It’s about ic, artistic director Yuval Sharon will breathing fresh life into works as well as present La Bohème in reverse order. creating new works,” says Shirley. “This Beginning with Act IV, audiences will is something that is sort of, I think this be taken on a melodic ride through Act is patterned after what happens in film; I and witness a love story that still has stories that start at the end and go to the relevance today. beginning. It will be interesting to see “The music that begins Act I and Act how the audience responds to it.”

Those who are fans of the original IV is almost identical,” says Sharon, “and even in its normal chronology, La adaptation will witness the classic in a bohème isn’t a connected linear narra- new light; those who will see it for the tive, but a collection of short episod- first time will fall in love with characters ic narratives. So a reverse chronology whose story is as rich as the play itself. comes more easily than you might ex“It’s a beautiful story of love and loss pect. But the effect is profound: sudden- and it’s about two bohemians; one is a ly, La bohème, this classic, archetypal writer and one is a painter, who share opera, becomes a bit of a mystery. We a space in Paris with two other fellows; know there’s a darkness to it, we watch one is a musician, one is a philosopher the death and tragedy unfold. But where and upstairs in this tenement building, does it start? As we move through the there is a young woman who is a seamworld of memory, we witness a resurrec- stress,” says Shirley. tion, and a new love blooming. When the The opera is not typically featured audience leaves the theater, they won’t in inner-city neighborhoods or is being be left with the heaviness of inevitabilreimagined to include more stories that ity. Instead, they’ll be left with a notion represent all. La Bohème will play at the that the pain was worth the fleeting moDetroit opera on April 2, 6, and 10. ments of joy. We move backward, so our audience can move forward.”

A new element will be added to the production with the introduction of the character The Wanderer. Played by George Shirley, The Wanderer will give a spoken intro for each act to help move audiences through the reverse order of the show and provide a critical narration throughout the production.

“The Wanderer is someone who, a character who comments on these events before they happen. At certain points during the opera asks questions such as ‘what would have happened if he had kept going or had not dropped

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“I think the best way you can go around dispelling truth and rumors is, one, if you’re a consumer, then that’s your job. Don’t hide behind it,” says Crawford. “On the other side, if you want to help dispel or be a part of the change you want to see, but let’s say you’re not a consumer, keep an open mind and I encourage you to unpack why you have negative outlook in the first place.”

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