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Donavan McKinney: “Michigan became the first state in the country to have a…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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CAN DETROIT ELECT A PROGRESSIVE? | Donavan McKinney

Published | Video Starts at 15:05

And by the grace of God, we ended up fighting for that, getting it, because I'm the only Detroit Appropriations Committee in the House here in Lansing last term and this term in Michigan, and we got the dollar. So Michigan became the first state in the country to have a statewide community advisor adventure program. which our homicides had dropped. But now I'm starting to see the suicides have gone up amongst our youth because a lot of them don't feel welcome. (15:05–15:12)

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