HOF: Needs recommendations!

Hello lovely Flint friends, residents, people who love flint.... I needed to take a couple days off from writing to get some Christmas cards in the mail, baking done and a few gifts wrapped.... but I'll be back soon! I wanted to write a post asking those out there for some recommendations! Any Flint people that should be highlighted here you know of?? Send me their names and where to find them! People who work here or live here or both! Nominate someone that is an unsung hero of the town! Email me at admin@humansofflint.com.

HOF: Fred M

Fred- pictured on his cell because he is always working on something, talking to someone, making something move or work... his phones are always buzzing.
Fred has lived and worked in Flint since 1983. Born in Owosso, he moved to Lansing for his undergrad and for law school but came to Flint for his first job and never left. If you've ever visited him in his office on Grand Traverse, you'd see he's a very avid Spartan fan. Aside from his work as an attorney.... he volunteers his time to assist in several non-profits. He organized and helps run the Genesee County Chapter of the Michigan State University Alumni Association.....GO GREEN! He also serves and volunteers for the Bishop Airport Authority Board, Legal Services of Eastern Michigan and for Genesee County Lawyers and Judges who need assistance. I'm pretty sure the man doesn't sleep.

HOF: Luz Y

This is the fabulous Luz Y. She is not originally from Flint, MI (Like so many, I mean there are really a ton of people here in the city that have come and have stayed because they like it here, Huh?) Either way, she lives here now and ... she is amazing. Wife, mother, grandmother (I don't want to label her as a preacher's wife) but also a Minister in her own right. Yes, her husband is a Presbyterian Minister (Married 30 years).... but Luz charges ahead in her own work... volunteering and organizing food events to feed the people in Flint that need to eat... what's amazing about it though is her ability to serve and get right in there with the people she serves and she gets to know them. What's more amazing (aside from the fact the church/people she serves with (First Presbyterian Church of Flint) prepares 125 meals per week) is she makes a huge point to remember the names of the people she's serving. She said it is very important. She was pumping gas and ran into a gentleman she knew from FPC's Sunday breakfasts and called him by name. He was surprised but it also made him smile. It proves anyone is welcome to eat where she is serving. Anyone. She wants everyone to feel at home at her table. 

HOF: R. Dubb

Robert W.... also known as R. Dubb. Chef, restaurant owner/manager, brother, boss, friend and master at cutting a rug. R. Dubb has lived and worked in Flint is entire life (minus his years in the Marine Corp). Family is more important to him than anything. When there's a rush at work, he knows how to work fast.... but otherwise he's a pretty chill human. He's quiet and reserved, and you'd never know it unless the right music was playing, but this guy knows how to dance. There use to be a party store in Flint named after him... R. Dubb's at Fenton Rd/Twelfth St.

HOF: Hattie aka Mama 2

Three generations of family all from Flint, Michigan. 

Hattie in the center, her granddaughter, Tracy, on the left and her daughter, Crystal, on the right. Hattie also known as Mama2 is and has been a Flint resident for 66 years. She was born in Mississippi but moved to Flint with her husband when he landed a job working for "the shop". They came to Michigan for better work and to escape racial segregation. They found relief from segregation by moving north. Flint is and will always be her home. #humansofflint @humansofflint

HOF: Jamie M

 

Jamie has been in a wheel chair for only a portion of his life. He was injured in a car accident that left him without the use of his legs. I consider him a champion... defying the brand that society puts on those with disabilities.

 

During the car accident his aorta was ruptured on impact. While he didn't sustain any direct injuries to his spinal column, during the emergency surgery to repair his aorta (cardiopulmonary bypass), he lost blood (ie oxygen) flow to his spine, nervous systems and muscles. This caused the lack of ability to move his legs. While no doctor directly told him he would likely never walk again, he slowly came to that realization on his own.

 Jamie would be the first to admit that by no means does he deny responsibility for the accident, the paralysis however is another story. Either way, he doesn't make excuses for his actions or behavior for the accident, he doesn't dwell on it either... he just keeps moving forward.

HOF: Tom G

HOF- This is Tom. Tommy or Terrence Jr as he will adoringly say. (Terrence Sr. coming in a future post) You may already recognize him, he was recently named Volunteer of the Year for the City of Flint. He's lived in seven different states, but he seems to have landed here in Flintown. He likes the work he does at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church. Aside from his job, I bet you've all encountered him helping and serving in other capacities in his number of volunteer jobs. I am humbled by how easy it is for him to just give. #humansofflint

HOF: Taylor S

This is Taylor S. I love love love this young lady and feel she is perfect for kicking off my 1st post on Humans of Flint with an actual person from Flint. She is an incredible woman. I would consider her a renaissance woman as I’m not sure there isn’t anything she can’t do. Sewing, needle point, restoration of fabrics, clothing design. What is even more remarkable is how amazingly cute she is and how infectious her smile is to the point you’d never know the hardships she carries with her…  So young to have the pain from arthritis… so young to have lost so many dear and close friends… but you’d never know unless you ask. Either way, she keeps moving and moving. She doesn’t wear her pain on her sleeve…. In fact, she’s a fighter. Fighter for women, fighter for justice. Just wait… I know in the near future we’ll see her on the national scene doing awesome things, making Flint proud.