People of Life Annual Benefit Reception

Donald T. Eason has been a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 25 years. He currently serves as the Senior Minister to the Metro Church of Christ in Sterling Heights, MI, and the Great Lakes Regional Director of pastoral engagement for the Douglass Leadership Institute. Donald was a Financial Executive for over 20. He served as Chairman of the Board Directors for Outreach, Inc., an Indianapolis non-profit organization that services the needs of homeless and displaced youth. He has also held leadership positions to a variety of organizations, including current Board member of the Herald of Truth and Advisory Board member of the Church of Christ Care Community. Donald was Special Assistant to the President of Hillsdale College and Corporate Chairman for the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (ATL Chapter). Minister Eason has also spoken and done mission work in Panama, Swaziland, and South Africa. Donald has been married to Phyllis for 35 years and they have 3 adult children and 2 young granddaughters.

Jasmine Fountain has been an educator for 10 years to both youth and adults of color in Georgia, California, and Michigan. In her career, she has worked with middle and high school students to help them harness their power as writers with critical insights to share with the world. Additionally, she has worked with women to see the beauty that can come from the most challenging times in their lives as they embrace themselves and others. Through these practices she has helped those who have often felt silenced and isolated to find their voice and to build community. Jasmine’s life truly began to experience transformation as she found the courage to share her own story. Through this process she began to find freedom and healing as she embraced the pieces of herself that she had long kept hidden. Currently, Jasmine educates youth as a U.S. History teacher at Lansing Christian School and empowers the community through her work at Right to Life of Michigan.

Even though Theresa Henderson was conceived in rape, she grew up in a home of love with her mother and grandmother. God had a special plan for Theresa which included Theresa becoming a certified nurse anesthetist, the mother of 6 children, grandmother of 15 and great grandmother of 5. All of those generations because Theresa’s mother chose life. Theresa, who is now a volunteer teacher of young Children at a Catholic school in Ann Arbor, has a beautiful testimony about her life, her love for life, and her love for the Lord.