The “Moving Michigan Males Forward” meeting hoped to address problems like a lagging number of boys and men going to college or apprenticeships.
Onjila Odeneal is CEO of the Detroit Promise, a program that helps Detroit high schoolers cover trade school or college tuition. She says it should be easier to understand options for school or job training.
“Some of the smartest people that I have ever met, even with a high-level degree, are people who never went to college to date. And that’s because we didn’t create practical, simple pathways to navigate that are attached to real careers.”
The conference is a response to the governor directing the state to work on closing the education gap between men and women.
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