Jamie Yeats, Immigration & Legal Volunteer
McGill University, History, 1974-1976, Wayne State University, B.S. Criminal Justice, 1978, University of Michigan, M.P.P. 1982.
After retiring in 2011, I needed something to keep me busy and thinking or I'd drive my wife crazy. At that time WDET had a database app that listed open nonprofit volunteer opportunities in Detroit. I selected the International Institute because it was the only opportunity that interested me that had free employee/ volunteer parking.
In the subsequent 9 years working with immigration clients, have found rewards far exceeding free Midtown parking, including the successful citizenship client that years later will appear with bags of tamales form her shop.