Metropolitan Detroit Teen Conference
The Metropolitan Detroit Teen Conference brings metro Detroit teenagers together from diverse backgrounds to spend the day discovering what they have in common. The diversity isn't limited to race, but also includes economic background, inner-city, suburban and those from public and private schools. The students will be put in small groups of six to eight people for topical discussions. The discussion groups, led by trained adult and student facilitators, help the teens discover their commonalties and focus on positive goals while reinforcing in their own minds that they are empowered to make personal choices in their everyday lives that will steer them in a positive direction.
This is a yearly conference scheduled for Fall 2007. Founded by the late Mary-Agnes Davis, the Metro Teen conference is designed to help teenagers understand they can make choices in life and provide teens from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to share, learn and understand different points of view.
TEEN CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS (Advocates and Professional Advisors)
AAA Michigan
ACCESS
Arab-American and Chaldean Council (ACC)
American Red Cross Youth Services
Bank One
Barat Human Services
Boys and Girls Republic
Catholic Youth Organization
Child Care Coordinating Council of Wayne County
Children's Home of Detroit
City of Detroit Recreation Department
City of Detroit Youth Department
Co-Ette Club Governing Board
Co-Ette Club, Inc.
Coca-Cola Company
Comcast Cable Television
DTE Energy
Detroit Historical Museums
Detroit Institute of Arts
Detroit Public Schools
Detroit Science Center
Detroit Urban League, Inc.
Family Service of Detroit and Wayne County
Franklin-Wright Settlements, Inc.
Friends of the Detroit Public Library
Grosse Pointe Academy
Henry Ford Health Systems
Joy of Jesus
Junior League of Detroit, Inc.
Madonna University
Marygrove College
Michigan Department of Civil Rights
Michigan Metro Girl Scouts Council
Mosaic Youth Theater of Detroit
National Council for Community and Justice/Round Table
New Detroit, Inc
Parker Counseling and Consulting Services
The Children's Center
Total Health Care, Inc.
UNCF College Fund
United Way Community Services, Inc.
University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
University of Detroit Mercy
University Liggett School
University of Michigan
Vista Maria School
Wayne State University
STEERING COMMITTEE AND HONORARY CHAIRS
HONORARY PATRON
Honorable Trudy DunCombe Archer
HONORARY CHAIRS
Robyn Arrington, Jr., MD
Benjamin Carson, M.D.
Arthur Johnson, Ph.D.Sr.
Frances Nadolny, O.P., Ph.D.
Linda V. Parker, J.D.
Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D.
FOUNDER
Mary-Agnes Davis, M.S.W., C.S.W.(deceased)
LONG RANGE PLANNING CHAIR
Ethel Burwell
CONFERENCE CHAIR
Diane Bostick Robinson
BUSINESS MANAGER
Trudy Shiemke
STEERING COMMITTEE
Inez Allen
Elizabeth Barton, Ph.D.
Cassandra Bowers, Ph.D.
Marlene M. Cain
Carla L. Coleman
Stuart Dow
Bernyce Edwards
Alex Gajewski
Karen W. Gaskill
Karen Gay
John Golazewski
LeShone Hall
Austerine Hambrick
Donna Harahuc
Sonia Harb
Kathryn Bryant Harrison
Risarg Huff
Danielle Jenkins
Alma Kopoencka
Cally Kypros
Jacinta S. Lee
Teresa Slaughter Lloyd
Amyre N. Makupson.
Sarah McDaid
Regina McIver-Haywood
Linda McLin
Theresa Mitchell
Doris Pope Moore
Linda Morrell
Laura E. Mosley, J.D.
Sue Norender
Mary Jane Peck
Elaine Randolph
Dora Reid
Shelita Richmond
Betty Roberts
Latosha Sayle
Kimberly Simmons
Todd Slisher
Rick Sperling
Maureen Stapleton
Nilda Thomas
Rosi Triano
Sonya Wardlaw
Beverly Weathington
Patricia Meade White
M. Kay Willingham
Carla Young
RESOURCE CONSULTANTS
Betty Arrington, Ph.D.
Gail Brumitt, Ph.D.
Ethel Burwell
Hon. Miriam Clark
Vivienne Cooper
Chacona Johnson
Gail Parker, Ph.D.
Chevis B. Spratt
Jane Rosco Thomas
Jeannette Wheatley
