We still need votes to officiate the election of our new board members so we’re calling on all MCHR members (since June 2014 or before) to vote by phone or email on the slate of new board members.
Members that fit this criteria can vote by phone at 313 579-9071 or by email at support@mchr.org.
Here is our slate of new board members for your consideration:
2015 MCHR Board Nominations
Dina Fattom: Arab youth activist including American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee, DC: communications graduate interested in ensuring that everyone’s voice is heard, working to outfit Gaza hospitals with solar panels to ensure consistent power despite shutoffs.
Johanna Gaymer: AmeriCorps member at MSU Extension Macomb County Foreclosure Prevention, experience in immigration law.
Lydia Wylie Kellerman: Word and World, Jeannie Wylie Kellerman community; writer; activist.
Jerry King: UAW Chrysler Local 140, SOA Watch board; Chairperson of SOA Watch Labor Caucus SE Michigan and Co-Chairman of the UAW Local 140 Civil and Human Rights Committee and a coalition member of the Detroit Eviction Defense.
Keandra “Key” Locke: Runs G.L.O.W. (Girls Leaning on Women) mentoring program in Pontiac and Lyrics on Vinyl- a record store in Pontiac that also serves as a youth gathering place and sometimes hosts social justice events
Gloria Lowe: Founder and director of We Need Green Too, longtime community (Jefferson/ Chalmers) and environmental activist, writer.
Lui Francesco Matsuo: Call To Action Vision Council (Board), Call To Action Anti Racism Team, Call To Action Strategic Planning Team, Call To Action 20/30 Leadership (young adults); Interests: LBGT rights, Nuclear weapons/energy
Prof. Tom Pedroni: Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies and Policy Sociology and Director of the Leonard Kaplan Education Collaborative for Critical Urban Studies at Wayne State University, directs the Detroit Data and Democracy Project. His current research examines educational and social inequality in Detroit.
Joel Reinstein: AA activist, Jewish Voice for Peace at U M, BDS and Palestinian Rights; contributor to Socialist newspaper.
Returning Board Members:
Cary McGehee, Chair
Brenda Bryant, President
Abayomi Azikiwe, Vice President
Kim Redigan, Vice Chair
Jose Cuello, Secretary
Dorothy Aldridge
Saeed Kahn
Linda Campbell
Julie Hurwitz
Hasan Newash
Mark Cowan
Barbara Ingalls
Matt Robb
Kezia Curtis
Bob Ingalls
Jennifer Teed
Frank Hammer
Frank Joyce
Brandon Toy
Eric Hood
Bill Wylie Kellerman
Lydia Wylie Kellerman
Tom Zerafa
