Endorsements

The following are some of the community leaders who have endorsed Eli Savit for Washtenaw County Prosecutor. View our full list of endorsers here.

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Bernie Sanders

United States Senator, Vermont

“Eli Savit led the city [of Detroit’s] efforts to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for the opioid epidemic. He also spearheads the city’s efforts to make it easier to expunge criminal records.

We need district attorneys and prosecutors who understand that their job is not throwing people in jail but that their job is fighting for justice.”
— Senator Bernie Sanders
 
 
“District Attorney races are crucial to changing our criminal justice system. Eli Savit is running on a restorative justice platform to fix the broken criminal justice system as the next Washtenaw County Prosecutor. Vote for Eli Savit on August 4!”
— John Legend
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John Legend

Singer, Songwriter, Criminal-Justice Reform Advocate & Activist

 

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Elected Officials and Political Leaders

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Abdul El-Sayed

Progressive Activist, former candidate for Governor of Michigan

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Alma Wheeler Smith

Former State Senator & Representative; Chair, Michigan Civil Rights Commission

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Annie Somerville

Ypsilanti City Council

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Anuja Rajendra

CEO, Bollyfit; former candidate for Michigan State Senate

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Brandon Dillon

Former Chair, Michigan Democratic Party

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Bryan Johnson

President, Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education

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Chris Savage

Community Activist, Publisher of Eclectablog, Host of GOTMV Show

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Christina Lirones

Former Pittsfield Township Treasurer and Clerk

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Conan Smith

Former Chair of the Washtenaw County Commission

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Hon. David Szymanski

Former Judge, Wayne County

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Elena Greer

Youth Vice-Chair, Michigan Democratic Party

Evan Pratt

Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner

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Feliziana Meyer

Former Pittsfield Township Clerk

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Gene Ragland

Former Ann Arbor Township Trustee, Former Board member, Safe House & Dawn Farm

Gillian Ream Gainsley

Ypsilanti Community Schools Trustee

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Heather Roe

Ypsilanti Township Trustee

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Jack Eaton

Ann Arbor City Council Member

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James Dell'Ocro

Saline City Council

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Jan BenDor

Women's Rights Activist; Founding Member: Michigan Election Reform Alliance; Former Deputy Pittsfield Township Clerk

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Jeff Gaynor

Ann Arbor Public Schools Board of Education Trustee

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Jeff Irwin

State Senator, 18th District

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Jimmie Wilson Jr.

Ypsilanti Township Trustee

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Joe Tate

State Representative — Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Military, Veterans Affairs, and State Police

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Jordan Acker

Regent, University of Michigan

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Kathy Griswold

Ann Arbor City Council Member

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Katie Scott

Washtenaw County Commissioner

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Kira Berman

Former Vice-President, Ypsilanti School Board

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Leaha Dotson

Chair, Young Democrats of Michigan

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Linh Song

Ann Arbor District Library Trustee

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Mark Bernstein

Regent, University of Michigan

Lon Johnson

Former Chair, Michigan Democratic Party

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Maria Sheler-Edwards

Ypsilanti Community Schools Trustee

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Mark Brewer

Former Chair, Michigan Democratic Party

Marshall Bullock

State Senator — Associate President Pro Tempore, Michigan Senate; Chair, Michigan Legislative Black Caucus

Marta Larson

Former Northfield Township Trustee

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Matthew Miller

Foster Youth Advocate, former candidate for Michigan State Senate

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Michelle Deatrick

Democratic National Committee Member, former Washtenaw County Commissioner

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Misha Stallworth

Detroit Public Schools Community District Board of Education

Paul Brown

Regent, University of Michigan

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Phillip Volk

Founder and former Chair, Michigan Democratic Party LGBT Caucus

Sam Bagenstos

University of Michigan Law Professor, 2018 Democratic nominee for Michigan Supreme Court

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Stephanie Chang

State Senator — Vice-Chair for the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee

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Zachary Ackerman

Ann Arbor City Council Member

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Sue Shink

Washtenaw County Commissioner

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Organizations

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Huron Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

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American Federation of Musicians, Local 625

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American Federation of State, Council and Municipal Employees, Council 25

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American Federation of Teachers, Michigan

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Arab American Democrats

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Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 of Michigan

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Communications Workers of America, Local 4123

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Emgage

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Fems for Dems Approved Candidate

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Graduate Employee’s Organization Local 3550

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International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 395

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 252

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Iron Workers Local 25

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Laborers' Local 499

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Michigan Democratic Party Anishinaabek (Indigenous) Caucus

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Michigan Democratic Party Environmental Caucus

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Michigan Democratic Party Faith Caucus

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Michigan Democratic Party Hispanic Latino Caucus

Michigan Democratic Party Progressive Caucus

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Michigan Democratic Party Rural Caucus

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Michigan Democratic Party Youth Caucus

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Michigan Federation of College Democrats

Michigan Jewish Democrats

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Michigan Liberation

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National Association of Social Workers - Michigan Chapter

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Our Revolution, Michigan

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Operating Engineers Local 324

People for the American Way

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Prison Birth Project at the University of Michigan

Restorative Justice International

Run for Something

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Sheet Metal Workers Local 80

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Southpaw Michigan

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Students for Bernie at the University of Michigan

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Sunrise Movement - Ann Arbor

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UNITE HERE! Local 24

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Working Families Party

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Young Democrats of Michigan

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Young Democratic Socialists of America at the University of Michigan

 




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Community, Business, and Legal Leaders

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Aaron Suganuma

Executive Director, A Brighter Way

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Alex Thomas

Community Activist, West Willow

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Alyshia Dyer

Former Deputy Washtenaw County Sheriff

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Amy Chronis

Children and Youth Advocate, Safehouse Center

Andre Watson

Watson Financial Group

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Angie Martell

Iglesia Martell Law Firm

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Ashton Marr

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Ashton Steele

Founder, Her World Initiative

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Bentley Johnson

Senior Partnership Manager, League of Conservation Voters

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Bernadette Atuahene

Civil rights attorney; Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Bill Teepan

Ypsilanti

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Bill Worzel

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Bob Gillett

Former Executive Director, Michigan Advocacy Program (retired)

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Brad O’Conner

Past President, Jim Toy Community Center

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Brad Thomson

Immigration Law PLLC

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Bryan Foley

Community Activist

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Bryan Roby

Professor, Judaic Studies, University of Michigan

Catherine Archibald

Professor, University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law

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Charity Dean

Executive Director, Detroit Department of Civil Rights, Inclusion, and Opportunity

Charmie Gholson

Michigan Moms United

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Chris Crockett

President, Old Fourth Ward (Ann Arbor)

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Chuck Newman

Founder, Protectors of Equality in Government

David Blanchard

Blanchard and Walker, PLLC

David Hannon

Bejin Bienman

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David Nacht

NachtLaw, P.C.

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Denise Kirchoff

Community Activist

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Denise Thal

CFO, Planned Parenthood of Michigan

Dexter Mason

Kresge Foundation

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Dirk Mayhew

Community Activist

Don Campbell

Collins, Einhorn Farrell PC

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Don Deatrick

Veteran's Activist

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Rev. Donnell T. Wyche

Senior Pastor, Ann Arbor Vinyard Ministries

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Doug Baker

State Appellate Defender’Office (SADO)

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Doug Scott

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Dug Song

Co-Founder, Duo Security

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Ebru Uras

Community Activist

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Ed Martell

Perkins Law Group

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Elisa Guyton

Executive Director, Riverside Arts Center

Ellis B. Freatman, III

Roberts & Freatman, Attorneys at Law

Eric Moore

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Eric Schwartz

Professor, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

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Erica Myrick

Ypsilanti Community Schools

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Evan Caminker

Professor & Former Dean, University of Michigan Law School

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Gary Mavael

Professor Emeritus, University of Detroit-Mercy School of Law

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Ginny Rogers

Ann Arbor Group Leader, Citizens' Climate Lobby

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Gregory Lockridge

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Greg Pratt

Community Activist, East Ann Arbor

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Guy Conti

ContiLegal

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Hakim Berry

Chief Operating Officer, City of Detroit

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Law Offices of Hillard Fried

Hedieh Briggs

Former Vice-Chair, Washtenaw Democratic Party

Holly Honig

Vice President, Humanity for Prisoners

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Howard Stein

Professor, Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan

Hunter Van Velkenbergh

Jack Wagner

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Jacqueline Williams

Co-Founder, Michigan Prison Doula Initiative

James Joyce

C.H. Langford Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan

Jane Forman

Executive Committee, Michigan Mixed Methods Program

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Jametta Lilly

CEO, Detroit Parent Network

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Jessica "Decky" Alexander

Director of Academic Engagement Programs, Eastern Michigan University

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Jim Gallagher

The Margolis Law Firm

Jim Toy

LGBTQ Activist and Leader; Founder, Jim Toy Community Center

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JoAnn McCollum

President, New West Willow Neighborhood Association

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Joe Malcoun

CEO, Nutshell

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Rev. Joe Summers

Joel Pannozzo

Co-Owner, Detroit Filling Station/Lunchroom

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John Bredell

Bredell & Bredell

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Jonathan Warsh

Chief of Staff, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

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Joshua Kay

Clinical Professor, Child Advocacy Clinic, University of Michigan Law School

Kim Easter

University of Michigan Law School

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Kim Moore

Kim Moore PLLC

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Krystle (Krystle Rose) DuPree, LLMSW

Chapter Leader - Black Lives Matter Ann Arbor; Community and Youth Coordinator, Avalon Housing

Kurt Berggren

Civil Rights Attorney

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Lauren Sargent

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Lesia Fedorak

Assistant Macomb County Prosecutor

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Leslie Sobel

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Lisa Wozniak

Executive Director, Michigan League of Conservation Voters

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Lisa Bashert

Community Activist

Lonnie Scott

Executive Director, Progress Michigan

Marc Bernstein

Professor, Jewish and Muslim Studies, Michigan State University

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Margaret Connors

Lecturer, University of Michigan Law School; Former First Assistant Washtenaw County Prosecutor

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Mark Kriger

LaRene & Kriger, PLC

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Rev. Marta Dabis

JissoJi Zen, Ann Arbor

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Rev. Maymette Dolberry

Brown Chapel AME

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Matt Grocoff

Founding Director, THRIVE Collaborative

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Marquan Jackson

Director, Family Empowerment Program

Meghan O’Neill

Research Scholar, University of Michigan; Domestic Violence Survivor & Advocate

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Mehmet Uras

President and CTO, Paradigm Research and Engineering

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Michael Richardson Jr.

Ypsilanti Township

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Mike Steinberg

Professor, University of Michigan Law School; former Legal Director, ACLU of Michigan

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Michael Woodyard

Woodyard & Associates, PLLC

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Mike Huget

Honigman LLP

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Mohammed Nasser

Perkins Law Group

Morgan Foreman

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Muddasar Tawakkul, Esq.

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Nate Frazier

Host, Heart to Hearts

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Natalie Holbrook

Program Director, American Friends Service Committee – Michigan Criminal Justice Program

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Natalie Jakub

Executive Director, Green Living Science

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Neal Elyakin

Nora Lee Wright

Attorney at Law

Pam McClain

Former Commander, Wayne County Sheriff’s Department

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Roderick Wallance

Youth Advocate

Sam Jones-Darling

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Satish Ramade

Agile Zone

Steph White

Former Executive Director, Equality Michigan

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Stephanie Young

Executive Director, Community Education Commission

Susan Fecteau

Tad Wysor

Community Activist

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Tom Brennan

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Rev. Trevor Bechtel

Shalom Community Church of Ann Arbor

Trische’ Duckworth

Executive Director/CEO, Survivors Speak

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Vijay Sankaram

Chief Information Officer, TD Ameritrade

Organizational affiliations are for identification purposes only. All individual endorsements are made in the endorser's personal capacity.

 

We're grateful for each and every one of our endorsers! View our full list of endorsers here. If you'd like your endorsement of Eli to be highlighted with a photograph on this page, please email a headshot to eli@eli2020.com.