The committee meeting convened on May 6, 2026, at 10:04 AM with Chair Angela Whitfield Calloway, Vice Chair Scott Benson, and Member Reneta Miller (joined later). The meeting included public comments, interviews for board appointments, and consideration of various agenda items.
Member Angela Whitfield Calloway. Councilmember Scott Benson. Councilmember Reneta Miller. Renata Miller is going to join us, but right now she's going to be a little late. Madam Chair, we have quorum. Thank you so much. Yes, ma'am. Good morning. Good seeing you. Good morning, Councilmember Callaway. It's good seeing you as well. And thank you for your service on the human trafficking task force for the number of years that you um served. We missed you last week in Lansing. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. I've been uh recovering from an accident where I fractured my fibula. So I haven't been moving around much lately. All right. Well, I'm glad you are here with us, and I hope you're feeling better. Yes, ma'am. Thank you so much. It's a pleasure. Let us pray. Father God, creator of life, sustainer of life. We pause to say thank you. Thank you for every good and perfect gift which comes down from you, the father of lights in whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. We thank you for life, health, and strength. We thank you for the gifts that you have given us, talents and abilities that you have shared with us so that we can impact the lives of others. Uh for every uh elected representative that sits on this committee for all of those who come alongside them to do the work of this committee, the work of this council, and the work of this city. We say thank you. Thank you for Detroit. Thank you for the spirit and heart of Detroit, a city that has literally and figuratively risen from the ashes time and again, a resolute and resilient city. Thank you for the current leadership of our city, uh a leadership that is focused on helping everyone to rise again. And so uh the deliberations of this committee and this council are of extreme importance uh not only uh to the greatest of these, but to the least of these in our city. And it is our prayer today and every day going forward that everything they do, everything they say, ultimately has the goal of lifting all of the people of our city. We could easily take credit for the advancements that have been made over the past few years, as our city has risen from the bottom uh back to one of the leading cities in our nation. But we are reminded that except the Lord build the house, they that labor labor in vain. And so we submit their work into your hands. We ask that you lead guide and direct them in all that they say and do for your glory and for the benefit of your people, we pray, and we ask it in the name of our Savior Jesus, who is the Christ. Amen. Amen. And thank you, Bishop. You are um welcome to continue to join us on the call. But again, we hope that you'll um experience a speedy, complete, full recovery from your injury. Amen. I want to get back to the committee and to the other work we're doing. Thank you so much, Councilmember Callaway. Yes, sir. Have a blessed day. Thank you.