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Making It Count Community Development Corporation is a non-profit organization bringing positive change
to underserved communities through a series of programs and services.

Eliminating Tobacco Disparities

Truth Check Campaign

Michigan Tobacco Prevention Academies

Share Facts, Spread Love

Strategic Planning

Mental Health Advocacy through Storytelling Project

Introducing Tight4Life

 Tight4Life stands for Transformational Intervention for Grassroots Holistic Training. This pioneering program focuses on community outreach and engagement, empowering influencers like barbers and stylists to become health advocates and educate the public about holistic well-being based on the 4 Pillars of Health Promotion and Equity.

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Black communities are constantly flooded with misinformation on social media in the form of hoaxes, false claims, and flat out lies. With the simple click of a button — a like, a share, a comment — fake and harmful info in your newsfeed can spread out of control. The Truth Check Training gives you the skills you need to spot false and fraudulent information. Protect your social media timeline from fake news.

Know the facts. Take the training. Share the truth.

TRUTH CHECK

Tobacco-Free Communities

Black children in communities across the U.S. have been targeted by the tobacco industry for over 60 years. Menthol cigarettes and other predatory products like flavored cigars are marketed to these communities, hooking generation upon generation to a deadly product. Today, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death among Black Americans. 

We have made it our mission to support tobacco-free communities and invite you to learn more about the campaign.

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CAN WE COUNT ON YOU?

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, ​What are you doing for others?"

- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

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Your opportunity to get involved and make a difference begins here.

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THE TEAM

We are four African American women with deep ties to Detroit, the city that laid the foundation for our education and career. Today we are professionals with a diverse portfolio ranging in community development, healthcare, finance, and legal. Together we have nearly a century of experience and knowledge, knowledge that we pay forward through Making It Count.

​Minou Jones
MBA, ​CPS-M, ICRC
​Founder

Minou Jones is well known throughout the state of Michigan for her work in substance abuse prevention and community development. She is a Certified Prevention Specialist and currently serves as chair of the Detroit Wayne Oakland Tobacco Coalition and former Executive Director of the Black Caucus Foundation of Michigan.

Dr. Sheila Williamson
​ DNP, CRNA
​President

Sheila Williamson is a healthcare provider with over 20 years of experience in the acute care and outpatient setting.  She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Science in Anesthesiology, and a Doctorate Degree in Nursing Practice both from the University of Detroit Mercy. Sheila is currently a staff Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist with the Henry Ford Health System and a clinical instructor with Wayne County Community College and Chamberlain University.

Norma Early
​MBA, CPA, CIA, CISA
​Treasurer

Norma Early possesses 20 years of accounting and finance experience with Fortune 500 companies in the automotive and banking industries. She was born and raised in Detroit Michigan and is an alumni of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business.

Angelena Thomas-Scruggs
​Esq
​Secretary

Attorney Thomas-Scruggs is a general practitioner with 20 years experience specializing in criminal, family, and probate law. She is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Detroit Law School. Attorney Thomas-Scruggs is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and a resident of Pontiac, Michigan.

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