Press Release
For Immediate Release
Date: 10/17/2007
Contact: Woody Miller 734-260-3946
Email: woodymiller1@yahoo.com
Hearing Scheduled Regarding The Unresolved Murder Of Community Leader
Detroit, MI - The Detroit City Council, at the behest of Council Member JoAnn Watson, has scheduled a hearing for Monday, October 22, 2007 at 10:45 A. M. regarding the murder of Yale Guy Njoma Miller. The hearing will be held in their Public Health & Safety Standing Committee in the City Council Committee Room on the 13th floor of the Coleman A Young Municipal Center. Mr. Millers murder occurred on Saturday, February 24, 2007 at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Wabash & Marquette (South of West Grand Boulevard and West of Rosa Parks by McMichael Middle School) in Detroit. Fatal shots were fired at a blue 1993 Jeep that he was driving by unknown person/persons claiming his life at the age of 35. While the community has provided cooperation and assistance to police very little information has been provided by the Detroit Police Department. Yale’s family has made requests for the autopsy, 911 phone records, homicide report and other information under the freedom of information act, which have been denied.
At thirteen years old, Yale began his career in community service as a Peer Educator for the “How To Say No Program” of the Southeastern Michigan Family Planning Association. At eighteen years old, he received his certification as the youngest HIV/AIDS counselor in the State of Michigan. After working for the Detroit Health Department for over ten years, Yale enjoyed a teaching position at Timbuktu Academy in Detroit. He played an active role in his children’s education at Nsoroma Institute where he chaired the father’s (Baba’s) club. While employed by Catholic Social Services as a Prevention Specialist, Yale helped young people in several community groups with substance abuse and violence prevention. Always active in bringing about social change, Yale participated in a “Sit In” at Wayne State University which contributed to the creation of an African Studies program still being offered today. His dream was to provide the world a community of healthy families who lived in peaceful support of each other’s needs. A self-sufficient community that enjoys clean air, water, wholesome food and children learning safely with the help of their parents in thoughtful harmony with modern technology
“Yale’s death is a devastating blow to the Detroit community and progressive, family-driven people of the African Diaspora everywhere. I’m so tired of losing my loved ones in the streets of Detroit and around the country. I want to come home to read poems for the living, not bury all my closest friends before they turn 40,” said Detroit Poet/Activist Jessica Care Moore Poole. Please arrange to be present at this hearing and help to resolve Yale’s senseless death. For additional information call 734-260-3946.
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I hope for justice. Shoutouts from Buffalo, NY. Regular reader… love the vibe.
Comment by jennimi — October 31, 2007 @ 2:00 pm