Coalition to Defend Equal Opportunity

Coalition to Defend Equal Opportunity

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Erika Butler-Akinyemi
Stephen Corbitt
Jacqueline Lambert-Davis
Godfrey Dillard, Esq.
Milton Donelson
Mary Dismuke
Garland Doyle
George Fowler
Janna K. Garrison
Rev. Milton Henry
Darnell Jackson
Llenda Jackson-Leslie
Mary Ann Lee
Juan Martinez
Cardinal Mbayi Chui Moore
Rhonda Paul, Ph.D.
Ray Plowden, Esq.
Pearlanne Pollard
Vicki Preston
Annette Rainwater
Greg Roberts
Rinia Shelby
Gladys Taylor
Marie L. Thornton
Charles Williams

Co-Chairs
Kimberly Bell, Esq.
Kim Trent

Coalition to Defend Equal Opportunity

HONORARY CO-CHAIRS

Rev. Charles G. Adams, Ph.D.
Hartford Memorial Baptist Church
Ishmael Ahmed
ACCESS
N. Charles Anderson
Detroit Urban League
Dr. Claude Anderson
Rev. Wendell Anthony
Detroit NAACP
Rev. Jeff Baker
Council of AME Pastors of Detroit
Nasser Beydoun
American Arab Chamber of Commerce
Hon. John Conyers
United States Representative
Eva Dewaelsche
LA SED
Abdullah El-Amin
The Muslim Center
Hon. Robert Ficano
Wayne County Executive
Mark Gaffney
AFL-CIO
Al Garrett
AFSCME Council 25
Janna K. Garrison
Detroit Federation of Teachers
Ron Gettelfinger
UAW
Glenda Gill
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Faye Givens
American Indian Services
Hon. Jennifer Granholm
Governor, State of Michigan
Verna S. Green
Detroit Black Chamber of Commerce
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton
St. Leo Church
Rev. Milton Henry, Esq.
CAAP
Willie Hampton
SEIU Local 79
Nati Jenks
Asian American Center for Justice
John Johnson, Esq.
Michigan Coalition for Human Rights

Linda Johnson, Esq.
Wolverine Bar Association
Rev. Joseph Jordan
Council of Baptist Pastors of
Detroit and Vicinity
Sue Kay
North American Indian Association
Bernard Kilpatrick
African American Men's Organization
Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
United States Representative
Hon. Kwame M. Kilpatrick
Mayor of Detroit
Jaramogi Menelik Kimathi
Shrines of the Black Madonna
Rev. Daniel Krichbaum
NCCJ
Hon. Carl Levin
United States Senator
Hon. Maryann Mahaffey
Detroit City Council President
Juan Martinez
Latino Action Network
Judge Greg Mathis
Rev. Horace L. Sheffield III
National Action Network
Hon. Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator
Shirley R. Stancato
New Detroit Inc.
Paul Taylor
Inner City Sub Center
Rev. Kevin Turman
MOSES
Linda Gleason Varonich
Michigan NOW
Alicia Villarreal
Latino Family Services
Hon. Jewel Ware
Wayne County Commission Chair
Jo Ann Watson
WomenEmpowered
Marilyn Williams-White
Black Women's Contracting Association
Dr. Claud Young
Michigan Chapter SCLC