Teferi Brent

Teferi Brent is a lifelong Detroiter and a proud resident, servant and humble leader of the historic Northend Community. He is a proud graduate of Highland Park High School. He later earned an undergraduate degree in Business Management from Eastern Michigan University and a Master of Business Administration from the historic Baker Center for Graduate Studies. He recently matriculated at Ecumenical Theological Seminary where he has studied to receive a Master of Arts Degree in Pastoral Ministry and Doctorate in Divinity. Teferi retired from manufacturing leadership after 30 years and formerly worked as a Community Reintegration Coordinator for Goodwill Industry’s world-renowned Flip the Script Male Empowerment and Prisoner Reentry Programs. He is a 35-year community activist, advocate and servant leader in the Detroit Area, but is well known throughout the national activist and CJR community. He has trained, mentored, and coached several organizers, advocates, and activists throughout the country. He serves on numerous community boards and belongs to several community organizations: BME Fellow, Detroit’s Community Education Commission, DPSCD Police Oversight Board, Detroit ‘s Returning Citizen Taskforce, Detroit’s Gun Violence Prevention Taskforce, Mothers of Murdered Children, Detroit 300 – Co Founder, Detroit Urban Peace and Justice Institute – Founder, Dignity 4 Detroit – Co-Founder, Detroit Coalition for Peace, Co-Founder, Live Free Coalition – Member, NAACP, SOSAD, Skillman GNI, Northend Governance Board, Fellowship Chapel’s (Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony) MCF President, Detroit Parent Network…,etc.). Mr. Brent has won over 50 local and national awards for his courage, leadership, and undying commitment to the cause of freedom and justice for all human beings. To name a few, Teferi has been the recipient of the NAACP Great Expectations Award, The Arab American Civil Rights League Resilience in Justice Award, The Jame E Wadsworth Man of the Year Award, and the Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony Community Leader of the Year Award. Recently, Teferi was recognized as one of the state’s top Black Community Leaders and appointed to the Governors Black Leadership Advisory Council and serves as Chairman of the Community Safety & Justice Committee. Currently, Teferi serves as the Senior Director for Madam Mayor Mary Sheffield’s Office of Neighborhood and Community Safety. In addition to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Teferi is most passionate about serving as the Minister of Education for the Isuthu Training Institute, the nation’s oldest African Centered Christ Rooted Male Rite of Passage/Mentoring Program. Brother Teferi, as he his affectionately called in the community, has dedicated his life to relentlessly serving God, family and community. Teferi is the proud father of Ishara, Chrissy, Tyler, Landen, and Dallas.  His favorite scripture is Psalm 82:3-5 – “Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”