The mission of the Madison Community Resource Center (MCRC) is to empower community residents to address the issues that perpetuate homelessness, lack of employment opportunities, minimum public services, drugs infestation and diminished public education in their community. MCRC will serve as the community catalyst that perpetuates stakeholder participation, community development and economic growth.

Description:
MCRC was established in November 2002 and received its non-profit status in April 2003.MCRC current programs consist of: employment services and referrals, food pantry and cooked meals, clothing, youth prevention programs against Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs, summer lunch program, City of Detroit Youth Career Works site, minor home repairs for senior citizens, building a community park and garden. Volunteers staff the center. MCRC provides service to over 300 people per month, which includes families with children. The center hosted it second Family Fun Day which included free health screening, food, music, and activities for all. MCRC embraces community partnership and has collaborated with the City of Detroit, Building Better Adults, Bailey Temple Church, Prevention Network and other local agencies to strengthen and revitalize the MCRC community.

History:
Madison Community Resource Center (MCRC) was established in November 2002 and received the status of non-profit 501 © (3) in April 2003, as a result of the endeavors of the Executive Director Phyllis Edwards. Ms. Edwards, a social worker, wanted to do more for the community that served as host to her church so she used her skills and knowledge to establish a non-profit center to begin the process of revitalizing a disenfranchised community. Her pastor Elder James Madison Johnson and church provided the necessary support and initial funding to get the center started. She visualized an improvement in the quality of life for the residents in the area bound by West Grand Boulevard to the west; Jefferies Freeway to the east; I-94 to the north and West Warren to the south. Ms. Edwards espouses the idea that urban communities can no longer afford to wait for local governments to decide its fate, rather a community must use its resources (human and financial) to begin to rebuild and reinvest in itself.

Contact people:

Phyllis Edwards, Executive Director, (313) 574-4813, (email) Bernadine Davis, Program Director, (313) 896-2047 Andrew Washington, Employment Director, (313) 898-7996

Address:

5370 McKinley Detroit, MI 48208 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified