Author Talk: MI Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson With Dennis Archer, Jr.

The Author Series Committee welcomes current Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for a discussion about her new book, The Purposeful Warrior (Open Field, 2025). The book is a road map for shattering the status quo and standing up for ourselves, our communities, and our country. Jocelyn shares powerful stories from her rise in politics—investigating domestic terrorist cells, becoming the youngest woman in U.S. history to lead a top 100 law school, and running the Boston Marathon while more than eight months pregnant—as well as those of paradigm-shifters throughout history, to demonstrate how we can be warriors for ourselves and for each other. Joining Jocelyn will be joined by renowned businessman and advocate Dennis Archer, Jr.

Copies of The Purposeful Warrior will be available for sale from Detroit's own .

About Jocelyn: Jocelyn Benson is Michigan’s Secretary of State. She ascended into the national spotlight during the 2020 election cycle as one of the “Women from Michigan”, a group who led the effort to successfully stymy Donald Trump’s failed attempts to overturn the valid and accurate results of the 2020 presidential election. She was subsequently featured on the cover of Time and was honored with both the JFK Profile in Courage award and the Presidential Citizens Medal. Visit https://jocelynbenson.com/ for more information.

About Dennis: Dennis W. Archer Jr. is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sixteen42 Ventures, the parent company to several operating companies and strategic investments, including Archer Corporate Services, Ignition Media Group, The Vinyl Society Lounge, and Central Kitchen + Bar.

Archer sits on the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Executive Committee and is chair of its Racial Justice and Economic Equality Committee. He served as the past chair of the Chamber’s Board of Directors, the 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference, and the 2019 and 2020 Detroit Policy Conferences. He is a founder and the chairman of the Paradise Valley Foundation and sits on the boards of the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, Dennis W. Archer Foundation, Citizen Detroit, and the Wayne County Youth and Senior Education Board.

Archer also serves on Independent Bank Corporation’s audit and loan committees, the General Motors Inclusion Advisory Board and Supplier Council, HealthRise’s Board of Advisors, and the Wayne County Airport Authority.

Archer earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Michigan and has a certification in the NMSDC Advanced Management Education Program from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management.

Dennis can be found at https://www.dennisarcherjr.com/.

This is NOT a ticketed event, so seating will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Make sure to arrive early to secure your spot!

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