Downriver

Maybe you get something to eat.

But maybe you don't really think too much about places like Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, part of Southgate, Downriver, Detroit, Union Towns, Refinery Towns, the kind of place that decides who runs a state.

Our guest is a chaplain.

She does clinical spiritual care at hospitals, which means her job is holding somebody's hand on the worst day of their life.

But obviously, I think Monroe Jefferson has the leg up this year and they're going to win this one.

Downriver pits a pretty pivotal game between Allen Park and Woodhaven.

How effective can that running back tandem of Cam Miller and Teron Minter be for Woodhaven, do you think?

Talk about a tandem that has really helped this rushing attack.

back.

It's Michael Patrick Shields, Downriver, the Downriver Community Conference.

It's a summit of sorts, and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell will be with us coming up shortly, and Jim Nance from CBS Sports.

Jim Perry is our co-host, and I want to remind you... of the Lansing Airport, Capital Region International Airport.

And so Pat's here, you gotta talk to him, Michael Patrick.

He's quite a wizard when it comes to maritime history as well.

And Sue, Destination Downriver people do come for the water, the Great Lakes Waterway that is the Detroit River, right, leading into Lake Erie?

Yes, that's very true.

Jim Blanchard used to say, jobs, jobs, jobs, what we do.

That's what you do here at the Downriver Community Conference, and that's what we're doing today.

He's the executive director for decades, and they're having a big old conference.

You're bringing in a lot of important people.

Jim Nance, your friend from CBS Sports, is going to bounce in.

He's going back to work on NFL this weekend.

And Jasmine Dancy is here, too, the Executive Economic Development Director at the Downriver Community Conference.

Good morning.

So we're here to celebrate DCC and all of our partners and all of the people that make DCC effective, and we're wanting to just celebrate DCC and our programs.

Downriver Community Conference, Lisa, what does it do?

Downriver Community Conference provides a variety of programs that help people connect to work, to resources in the community, and get their careers back on track.

jim what kind of people live down river including yourself

well i think it's uh... lines fifty-seven paper different people i mean uh...

We definitely have great support.

And, you know, our board is so unique.

It's the 20 Downriver mayors or their alternates.

Jim Perry won't let you down, and neither will the Downriver Community Conference and Michigan Works.

It's Michael Patrick Shields.

We're broadcasting from Downriver Forward.

It's a regional leadership conference here, and this morning at the Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center, if you remember Heinz Prechter, he invented the sunroof, and he lived on Grosse Ile, and was very, very charitable and very active in politics.

And speaking of politics, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell will be with us A little bit later this morning and at this conference, the Wayne County Executive Warren Evans will be here, too.

Because I kind of look at him and I say, geez, once upon a time, I remember when he was this big.

We're all getting older.

That is the Downriver Community Conference that you are a chair of.

Rewinding and returning to Downriver, where I grew up.

It's Michael Patrick Shields with you through the AT&T microphones and very, very pleased.

to be with you today.

Visit americansforprosperity.org and get yourself involved.

Today we are involved with Jim Perry, frequent guest on the program.

You're the executive director for almost 50 years of the Downriver Community Conference here.

You'll be speaking today.

But for the listeners who are enjoying your co-hosting this morning, just give us a quick sort of CV on who you are.