• Promise Zone Act
• Trustee of Bennett College
• Led Fight for Cobo Hall
• Ex-Officio Trustee of the City of Detroit Board of Trustees of The General Retirement System
• National Co-Chairwoman of  the Congressional Black Caucus Spouses Association
• Previous Occupation/Employer: Administrator 12 years - Detroit Public  Schools (previously taught in Detroit Public Schools for five  years) 
• Successfully negotiated with Super Bowl host committee to resolve issues concerning Second Baptist Church 
• Led fight to secure life protecting equipment for Detroit Police
• Awards scholarships to deserving Detroit students

My mission as Detroit City Council President is to make city government accessible to the citizens of Detroit as we work to deliver quality city services to the people of Detroit. To achieve that goal I will serve you in a manner that will:

• Make our neighborhoods safer for families and seniors
• Provide efficient and cost effective neighborhood services
• Effectively battle crime and violence in Detroit
• Advocate for jobs, economic development and create incentives to keep our people in Detroit.
• Open the doors to city government to ensure that Detroiters have a say in how our city is run.
• Ensure that our children have safe passageways to and from school. I will work with parents, law enforcement and educators to help make our schools violence free zones.

As a 10-year-old papergirl, Monica Conyers did not like the cold of Detroit but the papers had to be delivered or there would be no money. Monica understood the importance of hard work as she helped her mother make ends meet for a family of seven.

Hard work has been a way of life for Council President Monica Conyers.  Married for more than 16 years to one of America's most powerful U.S. Congressmen, John Conyers; the couple are raising their two sons, John III, who is now a student at a Georgia University and Carl in Detroit. 

Monica's husband, Congressman Conyers, supported his wife's bid for Detroit City Council. The congressman did not mince words when he would ask Detroiters to "join the Conyers family as we fight to take back Detroit from those that put self interest above your interests. Detroit deserves better. I respect you enough to say that you must vote for more than a name. Vote for Monica because she has prepared herself to serve Detroit," said Congressman Conyers.

The work ethic honed on the streets of Detroit as a papergirl was the foundation as Council President Conyers earned degrees from the University of the District of Columbia School of Law (Juris Doctorate), Central Michigan University (Masters Public Administration) and Bennett College (B.A. Secondary Education/ Political Science) and served as a Lyndon B. Johnson intern in the nation's capitol. 

Monica Conyers worked for 16 years as a teacher and administrator, managing staff and budgets with the Detroit Public Schools and she has served as co-chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus Spouse’s Association and sits on the Board of Directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

The hard work paid off as Monica Conyers shocked political experts when she garnered enough votes to elevate Councilwoman Conyers to the position of Detroit City Council President Pro Tempore as her vote total even exceeded that of Mayoral candidates Kilpatrick and Hendrix.

When asked what she would do to balance the city budget, then Council President Pro Tem Conyers said, "I would not vote for a budget that exceeds realistic revenue projections. You can't spend what you don't have. Deliver for the people of Detroit or hit the door."

Council President Conyers led the fight to secure life-protecting equipment for Detroit police officers and successfully negotiated with the Super Bowl host committee to resolve issues concerning Second Baptist Church.  She also awards scholarships to Detroit students.

• Juris Doctor, University of District of  Columbia School of Law

• Masters Public Administration, Central Michigan University

• B.A.  Secondary Education/ Political Science,  Bennett  College

• Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

• Order of Eastern Star

• Board of Directors Congressional Black Caucus Foundation