November 6, 2015
Program - John Connaughton, Birmingham Fire Chief
From Probation Firefighter to Top Office: Meet the New Chief
John M. Connaughton has been with the Birmingham Fire Department since 1980. He has progressed through the ranks to Assistant Fire Chief in 2009 and to Fire Chief in September 2015.
John was awarded his BS from Adrian College and Fire Staff Command, Paramedic, and Heart Support Licences from Eastern Michigan University and The State of Michigan.
John and his wife Katie at the state capitol
Discussion - Jason Morgan, Executive Director, South Oakland Citizens for the Homeless
Welcome Inn (SOCH Welcome Inn YouTube Link)
Find out more about the homeless population in south Oakland County; what services are provided to our neighbors, including Welcome Inn’s low barrier shelter for the chronic homeless; and how you can get involved to support the most vulnerable in our community.
Jason Morgan serves as executive director of the South Oakland Citizens for the Homeless, a 501c3 nonprofit that operates the Welcome Inn Day Center. Jason’s degrees from Kalamazoo College and Boston University’s School of Theology have fed his career leading nonprofit, social service agencies. He is also active on local, county and State levels in an array of interagency teams, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Samaritan Counseling Center of Southeast Michigan.
Jason met his wife, Rev. Amy Morgan, in Brooklyn, NY. They moved to Birmingham in 2007 when Amy received a call to serve as Associate Pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham. Together, and with this community of faith, they are raising their one son, Dean, who is in fourth grade at Birmingham’s Covington School.
November 13, 2015
Program
Gus Mondalek, Middle East Expert
The ISIS Threat
Fred Leydorf, SMC Member
2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Car Show
Discussion
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