DETROIT – Wendy Caldwell-Liddell is tired of waiting for change in Detroit.The nation’s largest Black-majority city has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic and its ensuing economic fallout.
More than 14,200 COVID-19 cases and 1,500 deaths have been confirmed in the city.So when the 29-year-old Black mother of two thinks about what's at stake for the November presidential election, her answer is simple: Everything.
She's determined to help defeat President Donald Trump.“Trump won Michigan by less than 11,000 votes,” noted Caldwell-Liddell, the co-founder of Mobilize Detroit, a newly formed grassroots organization. “And so, our thought process is, if we can just get an additional 15,000 or 20,000 to show up, that could change.