Black women Democrats lobby for more leadership roles in state party
Detroit — A group of Black women Democrats and their supporters have launched a campaign to demand more support and representation from the state Democratic party.
The effort is called "Our Own Backbone" and it has the support of some of the Democrats who will choose the next state leaders for the Michigan Democratic Party early next year.
About 50 people, including Harper Woods Mayor Valerie Kindle and Wayne County Commissioner Monique Baker McCormick, attended launch for the effort Wednesday at the Detroit office of a nonprofit called the African American Leadership Institute,
"Black women are done," said Tashawna Gill, executive director of Our Own Backbone. "`Black women have long been the backbone of the Michigan Democratic Party."
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