"The fight for justice requires the ability to overcome
what might appear to be insurmountable odds." ~ Ponsella Hardaway |
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Ponsella Hardaway (Executive Director) is a native Detroiter and a senior at Marygrove College, where she is working toward a degree in political science. Since 1996, Ponsella has been an organizer with MOSES. She is also a National Trainer with the Gamaliel Foundation. She has trained congregation members in South Africa, Swaziland and in the United Kingdom. Ms Hardaway has traveled to Brazil and Mali to study NGO’s work on political and social issues.
In 2008, Ms. Hardaway organized a public meeting to address hospital closures, access to grocery stores, immigration reform and public transportation. She was successful in turning out 3000 people and public officials even though President Obama’s rally was an hour before and five miles down the road from the MOSES’ Rally. |
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Ponsella Hardaway
(313) 962-5290 ext 15
phardaway@mosesmi.org |
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Juan Escareño returns as the Director of Organizing to assist in the development of the organizing staff and issue campaigns. Juan was the director of the Gamaliel Project in Indiana for the past 3 years.
In Indiana Juan was instrumental in saving a library branch that served the poorest neighborhoods in South Bend, stopping racial profiling initiatives that would have given the police power to ask for documentation solely based on appearance and organizing parents in public schools to advocate for a better education.
Juan was the Lead Organizer in MOSES for 5 years before leaving to Indiana in 2009. In Juan’s first stint in MOSES, he organized a campaign to win two anti-profiling ordinances, and one of the largest marches in the City of Detroit since the Civil Rights movement.
Juan is married and the father of 4 children. Juan is currently a parishioner of St. Josaphat Catholic Church and loves reading books on his nook. |
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Juan Escareno
(313) 962-5290x21
juan@mosesmi.org |
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Michael Tasse, Organizer, grew up in Metro Detroit where he attended The University of Detroit Jesuit High School. He graduated from Michigan State University with a B.A. in Social Relations and Policy after studying at the James Madison College. He also studied Economics while minoring in the Political Economy. Michael is also a part of the Christ the King Service Corp where he lives in Northwest Detroit and is a bilingual Spanish speaker who is proficient in American Sign Language. |
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Michael Tasse
(313) 962-5290x16
mtasse@mosesmi.org
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Andrew James Zaituna, Organizer Intern, comes to MOSES from the Christ the King Service Corp. He is a first generation Chaldean who grew up in metro Detroit. Andrew went to Xavier University where he studied chemistry and mathematics. He plans on applying to medical school but before then wishes to become more involved with issues facing health care in the Detroit area. |
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Andrew James Zaituna
(313) 962-5290x20
azaituna@mosesmi.org |
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Charlotte Maier, Organizer Intern, better known as Carly, is a new Detroit resident, originally hailing from Shelton, Connecticut. She recently graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts with a degree in Sociology, and will be community organizing with MOSES as a member of the Christ the King Service Corps. For fun, Carly enjoys music and theater, and especially looks forward to exploring in her new hometown! |
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Charlotte Maier
(313) 962-5290x22
cmaier@mosesmi.org |
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Bryon Maxey serves as the Michigan Community/Labor Organizer for the Transportation Equity Network. The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) is a grassroots network working to create an equity-based national transportation system. Bryon has experience in the areas of: education, campus and community organizing, and racial and economic justice advocacy. Bryon is also a devoted student of the history of Africa and its Diaspora. For the past two years Bryon has taught middle school social studies in both Chicago and Detroit. While in Chicago he motivated virtually all of his students to complete competition ready exhibits for the Chicago Metro History Fair; in Detroit he organized the involvement of over 160 students (6th-8th grade) in the completion of six miniature “Future Detroit” models and his students received 7 awards at the regional competition. Previously, Bryon served as an organizer for three years while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. He most prominently campaigned against Michigan's 2006 Anti-Affirmative Action Bill. Despite its passage into law, Bryon immediately joined the ACLU & NAACP lawsuit as a plaintiff in the case that saw the law successfully overturned in July 2011. Bryon holds a Bachelor’s in African Studies, History and Anthropology (minor) from the University of Michigan. |
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Bryon Maxey
TEN Organizer
(313) 739-0317
bryon@transportationequity.org
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Eufayba Touray, Virtual Assistant/Web Master, is the former Communications Administrator for MOSES. Her position was transformed after her husband joined the U.S. Army and her family needed to relocate. Based in Ft. Stewart, Georgia, She works from home providing administrative services, Web Design/Managements services and much more.
Her qualifications include: Database Management, Desktop Publishing, Web Design/Administration/Management, Event Planning, Processing Mass Mailings and Social Networking. She also has experience with web based software such as Constant Contacts, E-tapestry and Raisers Edge.
Professional, courteous and trust worthy, her passion for social justice and her inter/intra personal communications skills create the perfect environment for her to work from home.
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