Racial Equity Fellowship
DEAL 3 Cohort | 2016-17
Aamina Ahmed
Amanda Alexander
Detroit
Founder, Detroit Justice Center
Namira Islam Anani
Southfield
Co-Founder & Community Engagement Director, Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC)
Blair Anderson
Detroit
Black Male Engagement and Mentor; Uprooting Racism, Replanting Justice/Michigan Faith in Action
Marcia Black
Detroit
Co-Chair of the Detroit Chapter, BYP100 Detroit
Lisa Brunk
Detroit
Owner; Four Directions Wellness, LLC
Esperanza Felicidad Cantú
Berkley
Manager, Health Equity and Collaboration; Authority Health
Rhiannon Chester
Detroit
Detroit Action Strategist, ioby
Antonio Cosme
Detroit
Artist, Farmer, and Organizer; The Raiz Up, and Southwest Grows
Mark Crain, Jr.
Detroit
Project Director, Dream of Detroit
Violeta A. Donawa
Detroit
Healing Justice Organizer, Community Sociologist; Healing by Choice!
Raul Echevarria
Wyandotte
Director of Land Use and Economic Development, Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI)
Eleanor Gamalski
Detroit
Community Organizer, Detroit Jews for Justice
Michelle George
Detroit
Registered Nurse/Public Health Nurse, Matrix Human Services
Lola Gibson-Berg
Detroit
Aaron Handelsman
Detroit
Senior Policy Advocate, Detroit People's Platform
Alex B. Hill
Detroit
Epidemiologist, Detroit Health Department
Aramis D. Hinds, Sr.
Eastpointe
Pastor/Co-Chair, Breakers Covenant Church International/D.R.I.V.E. (Detroit Regional Interfaith Voice for
Equity)
Christine LM Joseph
Ann Arbor
Epidemiologist, Henry Ford Health System
Marcia Lee
Detroit
Coordinator of the Office of Mission and Ministry and Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation; Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph
Samantha Magdaleno
Wyandotte
Director of Community Organizing, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
Michelle Martinez
Detroit
Executive Director, Third Horizon Consulting
Lena F. Masri, Esq.
Novi
Legal Director, CAIR Michigan
Lynx M'Chea
Southfield
Black Lives Matter - Detroit
Asha Noor
Dearborn Heights
Civic Advocacy and Engagement Specialist, Take On Hate
Branden Snyder
Debra A. Taylor
Detroit (City of Origin: Flint)
Director of Finance & Development, We the People of Detroit
Rebecca Thompson
Detroit
Executive Director, Good Jobs Now
Natasha Tamate Weiss
Detroit
Writer, Poet; Detroit Asian Youth Project, Great Lakes Taiko Center
