2022 Racial Equity Conference - Interview Series

New Detroit has begun a series of short interviews conducted by Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different. Every week we will feature leaders and guest speakers who attended the Just Lead: Advancing Racial Equity Conference.

Check out the full collection of interviews here.

Episode 11

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to DuJuan Kennedy, Public Health & Safety Organizer, Force Detroit.

Episode 10

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Douglas Stewart, Executive Director, Max M & Majorie Fisher Foundation.

Episode 9

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Andre Ebron, Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – United Way for Southeastern Michigan.

Episode 8

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Rebecca Irby, Director of Programs & Services for New Detroit.

Episode 7

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Alice G. Thompson, CEO, Black Family Development Inc., Educational Services.

Episode 6

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Kamilia Landrum, Executive Director, Detroit NAACP.

Episode 5

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Michael Sosin, Manager, GC As A Service, LLC about his personal perspectives on diversity, inclusion and the need for all of us to “be in the conversation”.

Episode 4

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Sherisse M Butler, Executive Director of City Year Detroit. Sherisse discusses access, leadership, shared power and the importance of equitable decision making within her organization.

Episode 3

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Justice interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Alia Harvey-Quinn, Director of Force Detroit. Alia discusses issues of social justice, mentorship, creating opportunities, and different paths for equity in health & education.

Episode 2

On this episode of New Detroit’s Just Lead: Advancing Racial Equity interview series, Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different talks to Freda Sampson, Director of the Fred G. Sampson Foundation about the evolution of diversity, equity and inclusion for corporations and how it impacts the workplace.

Episode 1

On this episode of our Just Lead: Advancing Racial Equity interview series, President and CEO, Michael Rafferty talks to Khary Fraizer, Founder of Detroit is Different about the inception of the conference and his thoughts on race and the region.