Maureen D. Taylor

Maureen Taylor is a lifelong organizer who has served as State Chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization since 1993. Along with other welfare rights members, she conducts local and state FIA policy trainings, and works with political leaders and corporations to draft policies and procedures that protect poor and low-income families. Maureen has been working along with many other concerned citizens in Detroit and Highland Park to stop water, gas, and electricity shut-offs for thousands of low-income households and to restore winter utilities for those already shut-off. Currently, Ms. Taylor is the Program Director for the Detroit NFI Community Self-Sufficiency Center. The CSSC is a program that works to assist chronically unemployed persons in the Detroit Central Empowerment Zone. She also serves as a Trustee to New Detroit, Inc, and is a member of several boards and community organizations and hosts her own radio show.

Maureen earned her Bachelor of Social Work at Marygrove College in 1983, where she was also the distinguished Valedictorian of her graduating class. In 1994, she earned her Master of Social Work degree from Wayne State University. She has received many distinguished awards for her community organizing and leadership, including the National Community Leader Award from the National Black Caucus in Washington D.C.