How are young men of color faring in Detroit? And what can leaders here and across the nation do to change that narrative?
Those are two questions that will be dissected on Monday,
when a team from the White House, including the head of the
My Brother's Keeper Task Force, Broderick Johnson, will spend the day in Detroit meeting with civic leaders and the community.
The goal is to begin a conversation about what the My Brother's Keeper initiative can do to create change for young men of color in the city of Detroit and across the nation.
The public is invited to a listening session at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, May 5. The evening will featured a panel of Detroit youth leaders and is hosted by
Tonya Allen of the Skillman Foundation,
La June Montgomery Tabron of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation,
Mayor Mike Duggan, and Detroit Free Press columnist
Stephen Henderson. If you can't attend, please follow the conversation on Twitter using #MBKDetroit.
RSVPs are required and space is limited,
so click here to reserve your spot today.