Pnc Roundtable

(Nov/Dec 2015) – Paul W. Smith and co-host Regional President of PNC Bank, Ric DeVore welcome Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation and Pastor Larry Simmons, Executive Director of the Brightmoor Alliance to discuss their new partnership, Say & Play with Words. The panel discusses this new 1.5 million dollar initiative in early childhood education and how its bringing the program to underserved communities like Brightmoor and Southwest Detroit. The group will also talk about how for Detroit to have a sustainable comeback they need to address the education of the city’s children.