KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Over 180 people attended a special session in Kalamazoo last week, designed to help them restore their driving privileges.
The Michigan Secretary of State’s office and community partners kicked off the fourth year of the Road to Restoration program Thursday with the clinic in Kalamazoo with Secretary of State staff or volunteer attorneys on hand.
The program is in partnership with the Michigan Department of Attorney General, DTE Energy, Miller Canfield, Detroit Justice Center, Michigan Association of United Ways, and Michigan 2-1-1. Mt. Zion Baptist Church hosted Thursday’s clinic, its third time as a host location.
“We are very excited to be back in Kalamazoo for another Road to Restoration clinic,” Abigayl Venman, director of the Road to Restoration said. “Since its inception, the program assisted nearly 10,000 Michiganders in learning what is needed to safely return to the road. It will continue to change lives this year with clinics scheduled throughout the state. As always, we are so thankful for our ongoing partnerships that have made this program the success story that it is.”
“Road to Restoration is another way of empowering people, so that they can do for themselves and do for others,” said Rev. Dr. Addis Moore, senior pastor at Mount Zion Baptist Church. “Our mission here at Mount Zion is actually empowering people to transform themselves and the community. So, this is a way that really makes our community better whenever we can lift up people in our community, it actually lifts our entire community.”
Representatives from the 8th District Court and Kalamazoo Defender were also in attendance at Thursday’s clinic. The Kalamazoo Defender covered court fines and driver’s license restoration fees thanks to a grant from the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. Those costs are not commonly covered at Road to Restoration clinics.
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