(DETROIT) – This Saturday, September 7th, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) will be holding a forum to discuss legal and other implications of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing. The forum will be held at the Fellowship Chapel in Detroit at 3 pm, and will be moderated by acclaimed scholar and commentator Professor Michael Eric Dyson. Participants in the forum will include key public officials, legal experts, clergy and others. The forum will be taped by C-SPAN and broadcast at a later date.
Updated information about the event is detailed below:
What:
Detroit Bankruptcy Forum
Who:
• Host – Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) – Ranking Member, House Judiciary Committee
• Moderator – Michael Eric Dyson – Professor, Georgetown University
• Harvey Hollins – Director of the Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives on behalf of Governor Snyder
• Robert Ficano – Wayne County Executive
• State Senator Coleman Young
• State Senator Bert Johnson
• Detroit Council Member JoAnn Watson
• Reverend Wendell Anthony – President, NAACP, Detroit Chapter
• Marcia L. Dyson – Political Strategist, Social Activist and Writer
• Al Garrett – President, AFSCME, Detroit Chapter
• Mark Diaz – President, Detroit Police Officers Association
• Rose Roots – President, AFSCME Detroit Retiree Subchapter 98
• James Spiotto – Partner and head of the Special Litigation, Bankruptcy and Workout Group, Chapman & Cutler LLP
• Krystal Crittendon – Former corporation counsel for the City of Detroit
• Mike Steinberg – Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan
• Shar Habibi – Research and Policy Director, In the Public Interest
When:
Saturday, September 7th, 3:00 p.m.
Where:
Fellowship Chapel
7707 West Outer Drive
Detroit, MI 48235
