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State Rep. Jewell Jones
MSU School of Social Work students L-R: KaDerrick Robinson, Caroline Croom, Natalie
McQueary, and Kat Logan
MSU students participate in
3 rd Annual My Brother’s Keeper Summit
O
n October 7, 2017, One Love Global, led by Angela
Waters Austin, hosted the 3 rd Annual My Brother’s
Keeper Summit at Lansing Community College.
The My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Scholars, students in social
work programs across Michigan, assisted in the planning
and outreach that allowed the summit to run smoothly and
engaged community members in discussion with breakout
sessions aimed at youth advocacy and social justice.
Through our community engagement, the scholars
connected the community to continue the work that is part
of the initiative and goals of My Brother’s Keepers. Among
the attendees was Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero and State
Representative Jewell Jones who was the keynote speaker
for that day. Shani Saxon, LMSW, is the field instructor for
the scholars.

As MBK Scholars, we participated in the summit to gain
experience in community organizing, program development,
evaluation, policy, and systems transformation. Our
inspiration to participate also involved a desire to support
youth to gain strategies and resources through organizing,
civic engagement, and political power.

At the Summit, scholars gained better engagement skills
by connecting the community together. We also hopefully
gained more youth to join us in our initiative to bring them
to the table so they can transform policies and systems that
influence their life outcomes.
One Love Global and MBK Scholars not only plan to
continue to help bring more youth to the My Brother’s
Keeper initiative, but also help bring and grow the Truth,
Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) process in
Lansing. TRHT is a comprehensive process to help plan and
bring about transformational and sustainable change. It
also addresses the effects of racism by revealing and ridding
deeply held, often unconscious beliefs created by racism.
Fall 2017/Winter 2018 SSW NEWS