Authentically Detroit

Mackinac Chronicles #2 w/Darnell Adams, Camille Walker-Banks, Antoine Bryant, Kirk Mayes, & Latisha Johnson

June 16, 2022 Donna & Orlando Season 3 Episode 132
Authentically Detroit
Mackinac Chronicles #2 w/Darnell Adams, Camille Walker-Banks, Antoine Bryant, Kirk Mayes, & Latisha Johnson
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Show Notes

Donna and Orlando attended the Detroit Regional Chamber's Mackinac Policy Conference on the beautiful Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan. 

The Mackinac Policy Conference is attended by Michigan's political and corporate power brokers along with executives from nonprofits and philanthropy as well as journalists. 

This episode Orlando is joined by special guest cohost, Stephen Henderson. Stephen is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Founder and Executive Editor of BridgeDetroit and is the host of WDET's Detroit Today and DPTV's American Black Journal. 

The pair caught up with Detroiters at the conference to talk about the conference theme, their work, and aspirations. 

Darnell Adams, Director of Detroit Community Initiatives at Gilbert Family Foundation.

Camille Walker-Banks, Executive Director of Detroit LISC.

Antoine Bryant, Director of the city of Detroit's Planning and Development Department.

Kirk Mayes, President & CEO of Forgotten Harvest. 

Latisha Johnson, Detroit City Councilperson representing District 4.

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