THE READING WORKS ALLIANCE
CHAIR
Paul Anger, Editor & Publisher
Detroit Free Press
HONORARY CHAIRS
The Honorable Damon J. Keith, Judge
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
A. Alfred Taubman, Founder
Taubman Centers
Rochelle Riley, Columnist
Detroit Free Press
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Elizabeth W. Brooks, Co-Vice Chair
Charles H. Wright Museum of
African American History
Cynthia Pasky, Co-Vice Chair
Strategic Staffing Solutions
Debora Scola, Secretary
Detroit Media Partnership
Daniel F. Smith, Treasurer
Ernst & Young LLP
Ismael Ahmed
University of Michigan–Dearborn
Michael Cheatham
Comerica Bank
Robert Cohen
Jewish Community Relations Council
Gary Dembs
Non-Profit Personnel Network
Ahmad M. Ezzeddine, Ph.D.
Wayne State University
Eve Haley
Bosch Community Fund
Stephen Henderson
Detroit Free Press
Kendra Howard
Detroit Jobs Alliance
Joyce Jenereaux
Gannett Michigan
Thomas Linn
Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone
Thomas G. McGinnis
Deloitte
Jonathan D. Parks
MI-GEARUP, Wayne State University
Susie Schechter
Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit
Tim Smith
Skidmore Studio
Chuck Stokes
WXYZ-TV Channel 7
For Immediate Release
Stephen Henderson joins Reading Works Board
Detroit, March 23, 2015 - Today Paul Anger, Chair of the Reading Works Board of
Directors announced that Stephen Henderson, Editorial Page Editor for the Detroit
Free Press, has joined the Reading Works Board. “Stephen is an important voice for
education and literacy in our region,” says Anger. “We are excited to have him join
our mission to raise adult literacy in metro Detroit.”
Henderson is a native and current resident of Detroit, and has been with the Free
Press since 2009. Prior to that, he was a reporter, editorial writer and editor at the
Baltimore Sun, the Chicago Tribune, the Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader and the KnightRidder Washington Bureau, where he covered the U.S. Supreme Court from 20032007. Henderson's work has been honored with more than a dozen national awards,
including the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and the 2014 Scripps Howard Award
for Commentary. Henderson hosts a weekly talk show, "American Black Journal," cohosts the weekly news wrap-up show "MiWeek," both on Detroit Public Television,
and hosts Detroit Today on WDET-Public Radio 101.9 FM.
“Assuring all adults read at a minimum proficiently is absolutely necessary to our
region’s economic and social growth,” explains Henderson. Paula Brown, Executive
Director of Reading Works adds, “We are honored to have Mr. Henderson join our
board to help us build greater support around this critical issue.”
For more information, contact: Paula Brown, Executive Director, Reading Works
313-962-6202 or [email protected]
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Michigan Chronicle
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Detroit Branch NAACP
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