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Skip to contentDistrict 7 Board of Education President Latanya Gater was recognized as one of Metro Detroit’s top Black leaders during a ceremony in Detroit Oct. 1.Gater was honored with the “Emerging Black Leader” award at the African American Leadership Awards gala at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The organization annually recognizes public servants, business leaders, and community leaders for their contributions to the African American community locally and statewide.“Latanya was nominated and chosen by our statewide nomination committee that includes past awardees, elected officials and community leaders,” said AALA Executive Director Tashawna Gill. “Latanya stood out in her category and the vote was unanimous.”The Cass Tech alum – a longtime equality, inclusion, and mental health services advocate – said she was surprised she received the accolade.“I was very surprised to have been nominated. It was a complete shock,” she said. “To win was an even greater surprise because I humbly recognize how so many others were also very deserving of it. Even though I haven’t been contributing to the community for as long as some of my peers, someone at AALA saw my being “new” as a positive trait deserving of recognition and attention.”The AALA began in 2014 when then-Cong. Brenda Lawrence discussed pulling together African American community leaders, business leaders, and African American elected officials to ensure they were working together on issues of common importance. Past honorees have included Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist; former state representative Daisy Elliott; former state senator Martha Scott, also the first Black female to serve as a Michigan mayor; and, posthumously, Richard Austin, the longtime former Michigan Secretary of State.Gater was the first Black resident elected to the D7 Board of Education in 2020 and she made history again in 2022 when she was chosen as board president. She also chairs the Dearborn Heights Community and Cultural Relations Commission and serves on the Wayne County Women’s Commission.A limited licensed psychologist with the State of Michigan and CEO of her own company, Gater’s Got You, Gater was also feted in 2022 as one of the Michigan Chronicle’s Top 40 Under 40.She credits the desire to serve vulnerable populations as a driving force behind her life’s work.“Children, those with disabilities, the economically disenfranchised, the elderly, and those struggling to obtain basic civil rights inspire me to do what I do,” she said. “So often, they are not represented adequately because historically the decision makers don’t have relatable experiences.”Her advice to up-and-coming community leaders is to “put yourself in spaces where you can learn, grow, thrive and give back and then repeat. I’ve learned that by doing this, you and the community will both succeed.”Most Popular

Skip to contentDistrict 7 Board of Education President Latanya Gater was recognized as one of Metro Detroit’s top Black leaders during a ceremony in Detroit Oct. 1.Gater was honored with the “Emerging Black Leader” award at the African American Leadership Awards gala at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The organization annually recognizes public servants, business leaders, and community leaders for their contributions to the African American community locally and statewide.“Latanya was nominated and chosen by our statewide nomination committee that includes past awardees, elected officials...

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