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Ajamu
Group
Hosts
Annual
Multicultural
Media
Luncheon
By
Ellen
Chamberlain
Tell Us
Detroit
DETROIT
- The
North
American
International
Auto
Show
starts
tomorrow.
It
brings
spectators
and car
enthusiasts
from
across
the
globe to
Detroit.
Each
year,
the
NAIAS
hosts a
series
of
events
prior to
the
public
opening
of the
show.
Members
of the
media
were
invited
to COBO
Center
on
Thursday
to
preview
the
vehicles
being
shown
this
each.
Since
2011 the
Ajamu
Group
has
hosted
its
multicultural
media
luncheon
on the
day of
the
media
preview.
The most
successful
and
creative
automotive
advertising
campaigns
of the
year are
recognized.
This
year’s
luncheon
was held
at the
MGM
Grand
Hotel
and
featured
Loni
Love,
co-host
of
daytime
talk
show The
Real, as
the
keynote
speaker.
In a
conversation
moderated
by Rob
McConnell
– body
design
senior
manager
for
Toyota
North
America
– Love
spoke
candidly
about
her
Motor
City
roots.
Love
grew up
in
Detroit’s
Brewster-Douglass
housing
projects
and
stumbled
into a
career
in
engineering
thanks
to her
curious
nature.
“I
was on
the line
when
something
broke
down. A
guy in a
tie came
down to
fix the
line and
I’m
thinking
to
myself
‘How did
a
brother
with a
tie get
in
here,’ “
Love
joked
with the
audience.
“I asked
him what
he did
and he
said he
was an
engineer.
I didn’t
know
what
that was
but that
day I
decided
to
become
an
engineer.”
With
the help
of
scholarship
money
provided
by
General
Motors,
Love was
able to
complete
her
engineering
degree
at
Prairie
View A&M
University
in
Prairie
View,
Texas.
The
historically
Black
university
graduated
the
highest
number
of Black
engineers
at the
time.
When
asked
how she
felt
about
Detroit’s
resurgence,
Love
said she
was not
surprised.
“That
shock
was for
the rest
of the
world.
This is
Detroit.”
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