When it is determined that the 2018 election is to be nullified, Snyder reclaims his throne, strictly in a continuity of government kinda thing, ya know.
FOX 2 - President Donald Trump has fired back at former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder for his very public endorsement of Democrat Joe Biden for president.
And not surprisingly, Trump pulled no punches with a fiery tweet blaming him for the Flint water crisis and saying he had failed as Michigan governor.
Trump tweeted: "The failed former Governor of Michigan, RINO Rick Snyder, who was responsible for the Flint Water Disaster (and I let him know it!), is now endorsing Sleepy Joe Biden, who doesn’t have a clue! Snyder, whose political career was ruined by Flint, hurt a lot of people in Michigan.
"I’ll take the Endorsement of Law Enforcement all over the Country, and Joe can have the RINO’S. This Snyder mess was made during the OBiden era - no wonder they’re friends!"
RINO is used as slang for "Republican In Name Only." The social media blast comes one day after Snyder spoke to FOX 2 Lansing insider Tim Skubick, saying that Biden was better for America and a short time since a USA Today Op-Ed in which he called the president a bully.
In that Op-Ed Synder cited a need to return to civility while calling out the president who "lacks a moral compass" and "ignores the truth."
The failed former Governor of Michigan, RINO Rick Snyder, who was responsible for the Flint Water Disaster (and I let him know it!), is now endorsing Sleepy Joe Biden, who doesn’t have a clue! Snyder, whose political career was ruined by Flint, hurt a lot of people in Michigan...
The failed former Governor of Michigan, RINO Rick Snyder, who was responsible for the Flint Water Disaster (and I let him know it!), is now endorsing Sleepy Joe Biden, who doesn’t have a clue! Snyder, whose political career was ruined by Flint, hurt a lot of people in Michigan...
On Tuesday Snyder expounded on those thoughts speaking to Tim Skubick saying, "I'm a proud Republican," said Rick Snyder. "But I have to think about what is best for America. And in this case, Joe Biden is a better choice for America than Donald Trump in my view."
The state of Michigan has reached an agreement with residents of Flint that includes $600 million in settlement money, after a years-long lawsuit over the Flint water crisis.
After 18 months of negotiations, the Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the state and lawyers representing thousands of residents harmed by the city's switch to a different source of water had come to a consensus on damages.
A criminal probe was launched late in the Snyder administration under AG Bill Schuette but charges were dropped under Nessel.
What is an IEP? An Individualized Education Program (IEP) documents the agreed upon special education programs and services that are needed to ensure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to students determined to be eligible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). If a child is suspected of having a disability that may warrant the need for an IEP, an evaluation is necessary to determine eligibility. What is a 504 Plan? Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance and ensures that individuals with disabilities have equal access to programs, activities, and services as compared to non-disabled peers. A 504 Plan documents the agreed upon accommodations and/or services that an eligible student requires in order to have equal access to his or her education, to the same extent as his or her non-disabled peers.
Why was Mary Ellen Brennan's husband, an attorney, speaking in defense of his wife's decision to place the girl in the most restrictive environment when he was not part of the case?
Why was her husband speaking on behalf of the State of Michigan, without authority to represent the State?
Was the girl on any psychotropics, and, if so, was there any concerns raised on the level and type of medication?
The reason why the State Attorney General will never intervene is because of the contemporaneous conflict of interest of advising while advocating which is probably why the Court of Appeals kicked out the judgment.
Why are these elected officials coming out their political lairs advocating for this girl, when they all know of thousands of other children who were raped, drugged, tortured, beaten, lab ratted and sold in child welfare?
Do we have an issue of Medicaid fraud in child welfare?
Is Hillary "Skankles" Clinton going to use her law license to champion child welfare?
Well, of course, but will she say my name, or rather, what nasty things will she say about me?
Pontiac — A 15-year-old Oakland County girl whose months long detainment drew national condemnation because it was punishment for missed homework amid the pandemic was released Friday evening to the custody of her mother.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ordered the girl's release earlier Friday from Children’s Village, a juvenile detention facility in Pontiac, following outrage, marches and public pressure from former presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
The girl's lawyers, Jonathan Biernat and Saima Khalil, said the teen was picked up by her mother around 5 p.m. after the Court of Appeals ordered her release from Children’s Village, a juvenile detention facility.
The girl will stay with her mother "pending appeal or further order of this court," the three-judge appellate panel ordered. Mother and daughter quietly slipped past more than a half-dozen reporters and photographers camped out at the facility's entrance for more than an hour.
“They just want to go home. ... She will get to sleep in her own bed tonight for the first time in weeks,” Biernat said.
Biernat said the girl was “obviously overwhelmed and thankful” to be going home.
“We didn’t expect this to happen until Monday," Khalil said. "The Court of Appeals did the right thing.”
The girl, who goes by the pseudonym Grace, was placed in the facility for juvenile offenders in May after failing to complete class assignments from Groves High School in Beverly Hills after the school switched to remote learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Judge Mary Ellen Brennan of Oakland County Family Court initially ruled the girl was “guilty on failure to submit to any schoolwork and getting up for school” and called her a “threat to (the) community” because she was on probation for assault and theft charges, according to a report by ProPublica.
Grace was on probation on assault and theft charges related to a November assault of her mother, according to court officials.
On July 20, Brennan ruled Grace was a threat to her mother and should complete her course of treatment, denying a motion for early release. Grace's lawyers appealed Brennan's decision to the Court of Appeals in a Monday motion that was supported by the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office.
Grace's adjustment to online classes during the pandemic was similar to other students and shouldn't constitute a probation violation, Khalil and Biernat argued in their motion. Administrators, kids and parents alike were navigating "unprecedented and uncharted territory."
But instead of assessing the full context of Grace's situation or attempting to address it through less extreme measures, "the 15-year-old high school sophomore was taken away from the courtroom in handcuffs and shackles," Khalil and Biernat wrote.
"The lower court's callous approach is evident in this case," they wrote.
The appellate panel that ordered Grace's release Friday included judges Deborah Servitto, an appointee of former Gov. Jennifer Granholm; Elizabeth Gleicher, also a Granholm appointee; and Jonathan Tukel, an appointee of former Gov. Rick Snyder.
Grace remains on probation and will be in court for another hearing at a time to be determined, Biernat and Khalil said. Both doubted she would be sent back to Children’s Village.
Both of her lawyers believe there are sufficient support services Grace can take advantage of while remaining at home.
“Mom was looking for resources, “ Khalil said. “She said ‘I need help,’ but she wasn’t handing over her daughter.”
U.S. Rep. Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Township, on Friday praised the appellate decision, arguing Grace's case and others during the pandemic have brought to the surface "injustices underlying so many of our systems."
“There is absolutely no doubt that public pressure turned the tide for Grace and her mother," the Bloomfield Township Democrat said. "... We must continue dismantling the systems that allow young, Black girls like Grace to be incarcerated at a disproportionate rate."
U.S. Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn, also celebrated Grace's release but warned her case was just one "in our broken criminal justice system."
“Let this case shine a light and raise awareness of the work we still need to do,” Dingell wrote on Twitter.
Criticism of the teen's detention poured in from across the country and locally after her story came to light.
Former Secretary of State Clinton earlier this month retweeted an article about the girl's detention and wrote: "Let her go."
On Thursday, six members of Congress called on Attorney General William Barr and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to intervene in Grace's case. The letter to Barr and DeVos was signed by Levin, Dingell, and U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit, Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield, Haley Stevens, D-Rochester Hills and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.
"While Grace has faced many personal challenges in her young life, it was her lack of completion in online classes that the judge cited as the definitive reason for sentencing Grace to juvenile detention," they wrote in the letter. "This is unacceptable.”
Birmingham's board of education passed a resolution to review the matter, one that "reiterates (Birmingham Public Schools') deep belief that no harm should come to its students as a result of the sudden shift to online learning."
Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter called on Brennan to inquire on the matter, and protesters marched in large numbers to demand Grace be freed.
In 21 days, the world shall experience Kwame and the tales of what really happened in Detroit politics, elections, Bankruptcy, Grand Bargain, Detroit Land Bank Authority, City Council, Detroit Economic Club, Emergency Manager.
DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick looks likely to receive an early compassionate release from prison because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but so far, no definitive decision has been reached by the Department of Justice.
Kilpatrick’s family had lobbied President Donald Trump for a commutation of his sentence, but now they are attempting a compassionate release because of COVID-19.
Other federal prisoners, such as Paul Manafort, have been released from their sentences because of the pandemic.
Federal officials are considering letting Kilpatrick out, and he has been moved into the pipeline that would allow that to happen.
Reports started surfacing Thursday night that a Kilpatrick release from federal prison was imminent, not the original commutation of the sentence from Trump.
Multiple sources close to the Kilpatrick family have confirmed that the Department of Justice was on board with considering a compassionate release.
Sources said Kilpatrick had been placed in a 21-day quarantine in preparation for release, and the family was hopeful that he would get out June 10.
On Friday morning, an email was sent out from the Ebony Foundation, congratulating Kilpatrick on his release from federal prison. It doesn’t mention how the foundation knows that the release has been granted.
To be clear, there is no indication from the Department of Justice that it has signed off on Kilpatrick’s release, nor that all the details have been worked out.
But the process for a compassionate release is in the works and appears probable.
There are various standards Kilpatrick has to meet in order to be let go, and one is whether he has served at least a quarter of his total sentence. Kilpatrick meets that standard.
If Kilpatrick is given a compassionate release, he would go through a period of home confinement, and then supervised release.
In order to be granted a compassionate release, there’s usually an underlying medical issue that would make the prisoner more susceptible to the coronavirus. The argument for Kilpatrick is that he’s asthmatic and pre-diabetic, and that he’s been in close contact with prisoners who have died from COVID-19.
Kilpatrick’s conviction
Currently, Kilpatrick is an inmate at the Oakdale FCI low-security prison in Louisiana. His sentence is scheduled to end Jan. 18, 2037.
Kilpatrick served as mayor of Detroit from 2002 to 2008. He resigned in 2008 following a corruption scandal.
Kilpatrick was convicted in 2013 on 24 federal felony counts, including mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering. He was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison.
7 years ago: Kwame Kilpatrick convicted on 24 federal felony counts
Kilpatrick was ordered on Dec. 17, 2013 to pay $4,584,423 in restitution. That number was later lowered to $1,520,653.50 but eventually set at $1,637,087. In 2018, Kilpatrick told the court that he didn’t believe that he should have to pay the restitution because it’s impossible to calculate the amount of money he took from taxpayers.
Asking for freedom
In 2018, Kilpatrick wrote a letter to President Donald Trump, asking for his sentence to be commuted.
“I pray that I will receive the opportunity for pardon/clemency from the President of the United States as well,” Kilpatrick wrote.
At the time of his blog post, Kilpatrick had just been moved to a prison in Philadelphia. He wrote that he had been “punished severely."
"I have been chained like a wild animal, shackled around my ankles, waist and wrist.”
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears before Judge Thomas Jackson for an Aug. 8, 2008, emergency appeal hearing in Wayne County Circuit Court. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears before Judge Thomas Jackson for an Aug. 8, 2008, emergency appeal hearing in Wayne County Circuit Court. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) (2008 Getty Images)
READ: What’s the difference between a pardon and clemency?
He said he was mentally, emotionally and spiritually ready to go home.
"My family has forgiven me," Kilpatrick wrote. "I have asked the people of the city of Detroit for forgiveness many times, and most Detroiters have forgiven me, as well."
He was eventually moved to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey, and then again to Oakdale FCI.
In February 2020, Detroit State Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo attended the national African American History celebration at the White House after discussions with President Trump’s team on the Kilpatrick issue. Gay-Dagnogo brought a letter signed by politicians and pastors across the state requesting commutation of sentence.
“None of us are arguing he’s innocent,” Gay-Dagnogo said. “If that was the case we’d be asking for a pardon, we’re not, we realize during his leadership he did some things that were wrong and impacted the city negatively and pretty much scarred us for a very long time. But we also realize this is an act of mercy and a second chance.”
More controversy
Before the federal corruption charges and trial ever started, Kilpatrick quit office in 2008 because of a different scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair. He ended up pleading guilty to perjury.
Kilpatrick was forced out of office while the auto industry was nearing collapse and Detroit’s unstable finances were deteriorating even more.
The city was then run by a state-appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, who took Detroit into Chapter 9 bankruptcy as a last-ditch effort to fix billions of dollars of debt. The city emerged from bankruptcy in 2014.
“Kilpatrick is not the main culprit of the city’s historic bankruptcy, which is the result of larger social and economic forces at work for decades," federal prosecutors said. “But his corrupt administration exacerbated the crisis.”
His defense team asked the court to give some credit to Kilpatrick for the 2006 Super Bowl and 2005 MLB All-Star Game in Detroit, as well as 75 new Downtown Detroit businesses.
Agents who pored over bank accounts and credit cards said Kilpatrick spent $840,000 beyond his salary during his time as mayor. His trial attorney, James Thomas, tried to portray the money as generous gifts from political supporters who opened their wallets for birthdays or holidays.
Mikey Cox is back and reporting has failed to mention that he was former Michigan Attorney General under Governor Jennifer Granholm who failed the children of the state who cried out to him when it came to drugging, rape, torture and death in the child welfare system.
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Dykema lawyers were involved in drafting legislative amendments to the State of Michigan’s various municipal oversight and financial emergency laws, and authored the statute creating a financial oversight board for the City of Detroit post-bankruptcy and for the Detroit Public Schools. On behalf of the State of Michigan, Dykema drafted and successfully negotiated the first voluntary consent agreements under Michigan’s financial emergency law with local governments facing declared financing emergencies, including two school districts, a charter township, and Wayne County (Michigan’s largest). The consent agreement with Wayne County enabled resolution of its financial emergency in less than 18 months.
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In 2008 and 2009, Dykema lawyers drafted and assisted in the enactment of legislation enabling the successful regionalization of the City of Detroit’s convention center, insulating it from city liabilities. This legislation was significantly based on legislation Dykema had drafted in 2002 creating a new independent authority to operate the State’s largest airport.
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ANN ARBOR, MI — A former University of Michigan wrestler has filed the first lawsuit against UM alleging sexual abuse at the hands of late athletic doctor Robert Anderson.
Livonia attorney Mike Cox said Wednesday he has filed the first of 11 planned federal lawsuits against UM and expects to file the rest through Wednesday evening.
“My 20 or so clients, who are all ‘Michigan men’ and bleed maize and blue, found out two weeks ago that weird acts by Dr. Anderson were in fact motivated by his deviant sexual desires, No. 1,” Cox said. “No. 2, that the University of Michigan foisted this sexual predator.”
Former NHL, UM football athletes among victims of late doctor Robert Anderson, lawyer says
A majority of the former students he is representing attend UM under athletic scholarships and were forced to see Anderson “and endure the exact same assaults that the young ladies in the (Larry) Nassar case endured.”
According to the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, the plaintiff, who remains anonymous, received a wrestling scholarship in 1984 to attend UM. When seeking medical care, Anderson “sexually assaulted, abused and molested plaintiff by nonconsensual digital anal penetration and excessive genital fondling and manipulation under the guise of medical treatment.”
Lawyers of Larry Nassar victims hired in University of Michigan doctor sexual misconduct case
The plaintiff filed the suit anonymously because of the extremely sensitive nature of the case, Cox said.
The lawsuit alleges Anderson abused the wrestler on at least 35 occasions, "or 70 total acts of nonconsensual anal penetration and genital fondling, between 1984 and 1989.
The wrestler was between the ages of 17 and 22 at the time, according to the lawsuit.
Anderson worked at UM from 1968 to 2003 and is now being investigated after a 2018 letter from former wrestler Tad Deluca detailed sexual abuse in the 1970s, which included unwarranted hernia and prostate checks during medical exams.
Three former UM wrestlers speak out on sexual abuse allegations against late doctor
Other students and athletes endured similar abuse, which included instances described as fondling, and Anderson exposing himself during examinations, according to an extensive police report compiled by UM police. The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office declined to issue any charges in the case, noting that Anderson died in 2008.
UM announced a hotline for victims to report any abuse on Feb. 19 and has received more than 100 calls as of Feb. 28.
The lawsuit is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, as well as attorney fees and corrective actions by the university “to ensure something like this never happens again,” Cox said.
Multiple UM staffers heard rumors of abusive doctor, including one who thought he fired him
UM President Mark Schlissel last month apologized on behalf of the university to those who were harmed by Anderson and created a hotline for victims to report their abuse. The university is also offering free counseling to those affected by Anderson or Provost Martin Philbert, who is on administrative leave amid an investigation into separate claims of sexual misconduct.
The university encourages anyone who may have been affected by Anderson to call the hotline at 866-990-0111 or the Steptoe & Johnson law firm at 202-419-5162 or UofM@steptoe.com.
The Steptoe & Johnson law firm was retained not to defend the university, but to conduct an independent, external investigation, UM spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said.
“We recognize the enormous strength and courage it takes for survivors to come forward and share their stories,” said UM spokesperson Kim Broekhuizen after the lawsuit was filed Wednesday.
“The university continues to encourage those who have been harmed by Robert E. Anderson or who have evidence of his misconduct, to come forward. It’s important that the University of Michigan hear your voices."
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When a youth would file one of those Recipient Rights Complaints, it was always tossed.
I know.
I used to talk to them.
Then I would file a grievance with Michigan, strictly for documentational purposes, only, because all they did was toss, or send me a gratuitous phone call, or dismissive missive, letting me know everything was status quo.
See, there are no civil rights in child welfare because it is all privatized under foreign corporate shape shifters who like to use LLCs because it is easy to dissolve, or bankrupt, or sell, gift, trust or something, right after you get the state grants. contracts and the fake ass Medicaid cost reimbursements because, more than likely, they took out some mortgages, DLA Small Business loan, TARP, then quiet titled, then mortgaged again, or some stealin' like that.
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All they ever want is to turn a profit.
How is it one can turn a profit when engaging in the healing of a child?
Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare, of course.
Oh, there are so many fraudulent billing scams that go on in child welfare.
I used to let them take me in their offices and show me everything, including voicing their grievances that Michigan will not do a damn thing for these children.
Remember, there are no civil rights in child welfare because it is privatized, where the foreign entity comes up with its own, self-reporting, of all the wonderful things they do for kids.
Lawmakers call for more review of post-release deaths
Notification of Death Report
LANSING (WXYZ) — Since 2017, at least four patients have died within two days of being released from StoneCrest Hospital, a private inpatient psychiatric facility in Detroit. Despite being notified of each of the deaths, state officials never investigated.
Officials with LARA, the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, say they’re not legally required to follow up on deaths like these, nor are they empowered to by statute. Today, in response to an investigation by 7 Action News, two state senators are calling for changes to ensure that post-release deaths are investigated.
RELATED: A Detroit psychiatric hospital released him Thursday, he took his life Friday
At 162 beds, StoneCrest is one of the largest private psychiatric facilities in the state. 7 Action News first investigated the hospital earlier this year, after one of its patients, Joe Sadlak, admitted to murder only two days after he was discharged.
He had been treated at StoneCrest for less than a week.
“You put my son on four different kinds of medication and knew his drug history,” said Pamela Rowley, Joe’s mother, “and you let him go.”
In Michigan, when a psychiatric patient dies within two days of being released from a hospital, the state requires the hospital to report it. Those reports come to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.
In September 2017, StoneCrest reported that a patient came to its hospital after stating he “was not happy in his life and wanted to die.” After treatment, he was released and died shortly thereafter. StoneCrest reported the death to the state, listing the cause as “not known.”
Less than a month later, another patient came to Stonecrest after saying he wanted to “jump off a bridge.” Within 2 days of release, he was found dead in his bathtub with his throat cut. State officials from LARA didn’t investigate.
A third death would be reported the following July. A woman came to Stonecrest with a history of suicidal behavior. She was treated, released and—the next day—found dead in a river. The cause of death was listed as “unknown.” Again, state officials didn’t investigate.
Then, this past June, a 29-year-old Detroit man came to Stonecrest after displaying severe psychotic behavior. He was deemed well enough to be released, but took his life the next day.
“Did your office ask any questions about that?” asked Channel 7’s Ross Jones.
“Again, we’ve been doing our statutory requirement,” said Larry Horvath, the Director of the Bureau of Community and Health System at LARA
“Did you ask any questions about that?” Jones asked again.
“We required the report to be filled out,” Horvath said.
“And that’s it,” Jones replied.
“Yes,” Horvath said.
Officials asked no questions, according to a spokesman, because “LARA is not by law or rule required to follow up on these reported deaths,” nor—they say— does the law give them the express authority to. State watchdogs are empowered to investigate only deaths that occur in restraints, Horvath said.
The death reports are reviewed during regular inspections, but no investigations are launched. Horvath said he hopes hospitals use the reports to guide their treatment.
"If they're starting to notice a pattern with a cause of death that occurs have discharge, hopefully they're starting to work with their medical directors, their nursing staff, their social workers to put corrections in place to address it," he said.
“It’s inexcusable,” said Mark Reinstein, President and CEO of the Mental Health Association in Michigan. “To hide behind, ‘It’s not our legal responsibility.’ Well then whose is it?”
By law, LARA is required to report all psychiatric deaths reported to them to the state legislature. But they haven’t been, 7 Action News has learned, for at least the last three years. In August, prompted by our reporting, the state submitted reports for 2016, 2017 and 2018, though they did not include post-release deaths.
Following our questions, LARA changed the reporting requirements for post-release deaths—no longer requiring that deaths occurring within 48 hours of discharge be reported. Spokesman Jason Moon said changing the policy aligns LARA with state law, which doesn’t require notification of post-release deaths.
The decision stunned multiple mental health advocates, including Andrea Rizor, the Director of Advocacy for Michigan Protection and Advocacy Services,.
“It looks like they don’t want to know if it’s a suspicious death or not,” she said. "It doesn't make sense."
This week, in response to 7 Action News' findings, the Democratic leader in the state senate is calling for changes.
“Stories like these are deeply concerning, and as a state we should be doing all that we can to help stop these preventable deaths,” said Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint). “The department should have the ability to identify concerning patterns, and if it requires a legislative fix to make sure they are empowered to do so, we will write the bill.”
"Who needs water? Soft Skills are a human resource!"
It was when I read this sentence from the article, did I realize that we have a new Detroit pacification campaign of rebranding "The Poors" as "overlooked and underserved".... in Farmington Hills.
StreetWise is partnering with Centria Healthcare, based in Farmington Hills and when mentors and mentees meet, it will be at Centria's offices.
Then, I read the following sentence and saw the battle cry of Hillary Clinton, "to help people reach their full potential", which is code for Predictive Modeling Crap in elections.
According to Jeff Steigerwald, a vice president at Centria, the partnership fit with its mission, "which is to help people reach their full potential."
Perhaps, if Centria Healthcare and the "Elected Ones" would stop stealin' Detroit's children, land and the votes, there would not be a population of overlooked and undersourced in Detroit.
See how that works?
Yes, I consider the overlooked and undersourced in Detroit to be victims of gerrymandering war crimes, but I believe there shall be much more of a need to stop the generation of the overlooked and undersourced, populations, first.
It is time to examine why there is even a need for mentors in the first place.
Stealin' is not job creation.
How come there is no one from Detroit who is "worthy" enough to teach the overlooked and underresourced ?
Oh, wait, I forgot, the worthy are the overlooked and underresourced.
See how that one works?
When Leona Medley was in her early 30s and working at Home Depot, her manager pulled her aside to offer her some unsolicited career advice.
"If you want to be a leader, you need to dress like a leader," the manager told her.
She heeded the advice and started wearing slacks to work. It took.
"People changed their behavior around me," the 40-year-old recalled. "And all it took was changing my pants," which she said never would have occurred to her if it a respected source hadn't mentioned it.
Medley, a community engagement manager for Bedrock is among the first mentors signed up for a new program launching in Detroit and designed to teach career skills to the "overlooked and underresourced."
StreetWise Partners started in the late 1990s in New York City and expanded to Washington, D.C., in the mid-2000s, serving more than 6,000 people along the way.
Now it's coming to Detroit — its third city — where unemployment and underemployment are major issues. The "skills gap," between what employers want and what they can find in the local hiring pool, has been a source of frustration for business and political leaders alike in southeast Michigan.
Dichondra Johnson, program director of the Detroit office, said the program complements existing workforce development efforts in the area, which often focus on hard skills by way of training and certifications, with the "soft skills" training they may never have gotten.
"We don't want to be a parachute organization," Johnson, 42, said. "We want to fit in where we're needed, not just come in and say 'we're here to save Detroit.' We asked those tough questions and learned from our partners what their needs were."
Building soft skills
What they found was that Detroiters are falling through the cracks with resume development, writing cover letters and building interviewing skills.
"Employers are saying 'we're not seeing the talent that has the soft skills,'" Johnson said. "But building a social network is important as well, and that also part of what we do."
StreetWise is partnering with Centria Healthcare, based in Farmington Hills and when mentors and mentees meet, it will be at Centria's offices.
According to Jeff Steigerwald, a vice president at Centria, the partnership fit with its mission, "which is to help people reach their full potential."
"We felt this would help close opportunity gaps and level the playing field for (those who) might otherwise be overlooked and underresourced, which is what we do on a daily basis," Steigerwald said.
Centria has an Autism services branch, and has become the largest applied behavioral analysis therapy provider in Michigan. It employs about 3,500 people in 11 states, including more than 500 people in Michigan.
The plan is to improve on the factors that get people hired and minimize those that get people fired or keep them from getting callbacks, such as an unprofessional social media presence.
'Secret knowledge'
Mentorship of that sort allows mentees to benefit from the "secret knowledge that's not really secret," Medley said, and to familiarize themselves with how bosses think and talk behind closed doors. She calls it "executive presence," and it's a lesson she hopes to impart when she is paired up with a mentee.
The mentorship effort will kick off on Sept. 17, when the first cohort of 20 mentees meets with the 30-35 people who will be their mentors for the next year. When the second cycle starts in March, organizers hope to double the footprint.
The program starts with 13 weeks of classroom work, where the group will meet for 2½ hours each Tuesday through mid-December.
After the classroom work ends, the curriculum switched to workshops.
Streetwise's target audience is job-seekers from the ages of 18 to 65, Johnson said.
While all are welcome to apply, including people who have criminal records, there is also a need for mentors and organizations willing to provide meeting space.
Getting the most our of your mentor
Dexter Perry, of Redford, is among the first cohort of mentees. The 2015 Western Michigan University grad heard of the program during a seminar at Focus: Hope in Detroit, where he is taking a 10-week class on information technology.
Perry is in the midst of a switch from business development, which he did for Staples for much of the last year, to IT.
Dexter Perry participates in the Streetwise Partners Program, which teaches 'soft skills' and network building to job-seekers.Buy Photo
Dexter Perry participates in the Streetwise Partners Program, which teaches 'soft skills' and network building to job-seekers. (Photo: Todd McInturf, The Detroit News)
Despite his resume, skills and drive to change careers, Perry understands he could benefit from guidance and a chance to expand his network.
"These are people who are well off and doing great work," the 27-year-old said. "There's a lot of opportunity to grow."
Medley advised mentees to realize the onus is on them to make the most of the relationship.
"The big mistake people make is, they assume it's a friendship," Medley said, noting she made the same mistake herself at one point. "And it can be, eventually. But your mentor is there to help guide you through obstacles. You have to initiate those conversations."
The effort to commute the sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick by appealing to President Donald Trump continues as Kilpatrick’s youngest son Jonas Kilpatrick recently filmed a video directed at the president asking for help.
In a one-minute video released on the “Freekwameproject” Facebook page, Jonas describes how he misses having his father in his life and begs Trump to commute the 28-year prison sentence Kwame is currently serving.
Jonas addresses Trump by first talking about how he’s been without his father for seven years now and that he recently graduated high school without his father in attendance. Jonas then says that while he missed having his father there for such a special day, it’s other moments that he feels he’s truly missing out on.
“It’s the little things. Taking me to school, grabbing a bite to eat, talking about girls, talking about basketball, but most importantly, him being present to show me an example and be a model for how a man should move and express himself and carry himself in everyday life," Jonas Kilpatrick said.
“Every day that my father is in prison is another day that I lose. I feel cheated. So I’m asking you, Mr. President, to please grant my father mercy, commute his sentence and bring him home to his family. Please. Thank you, Mr. President.”
Kwame Kilpatrick, 49, is currently serving a 28-year sentence after he was convicted in 2013 on 24 felonies related to public corruption, including racketeering, bribery and extortion. He is not scheduled to be released from prison until 2037.
In June, Kwame penned a lengthy letter to Trump -- his second official plea to the president -- saying that he applauded Trump’s willingness to fly in the face of political tradition while also laying out why Kilpatrick feels his sentence should be commuted.
If the sentence were commuted it does not mean his crimes would be vacated. Instead, Kilpatrick could be released from prison but the conviction would remain on his record or Trump could elect to reduce the sentence.
In 2018, Kwame reached out to Trump to ask that he be pardoned for his crimes. Trump has not responded to any of the requests thus far by the Kilpatrick family or their supporters.
