Coordinating Committee (Board of Directors)
Staff Members
Wytrice Harris is an Organizer and the Communications Lead. A Native of Alabama, Wytrice moved to Detroit as a little girl and attended various Detroit public elementary and middle schools graduating from Cass Technical High School. Wytrice is a non-traditional college student who went back to college in her 30’s and subsequently completed an associate degree, two bachelors and two masters. Wytrice has worked in various aspects of the education arena in the past including tutoring non-traditional students in mathematics, teaching alternative high school students, working as a program advisor at Wayne State University for Math Corps and as the program director of the Osborn College Access Network for Osborn Neighborhood Alliance. Wytrice also has served in ministry with her husband as pastor of Total Life Christian Ministries since 1995.
Arlyssa Heard, mother of two boys, is an Organizer and Policy Lead. She graduated from Northwood University with a degree in Accounting and a BA in Business Administration. |
Molly Sweeney is the Organizing Director. She graduated from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2009 with a degree in Sociology: International Social Change. She is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. After college, Molly worked as the lead organizer of the Detroit Action Commonwealth, a homeless union, and as a section-8 tenant organizer. With D.A.C Molly led successful campaigns to create a homeless court, to change secretary of state policy, and to remove the question of misdemeanor and felony from city job applications. For the past two years, Molly has worked as an education organizer.
Dawn Wilson-Clark is an Organizer and Research Lead. She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She is a committed believer in the greatness of her hometown’s history and more importantly, believes in its potential future. |