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He was going to be the top of whatever it was he was going to do.” y all accounts, DeAndree Watson had Nguvu Tsare, a field organizer for the a bright future ahead of him. he 30- Michigan Democratic Party who met Watson Byear old legislative aid to the Detroit through the New Leaders Council, a group for City Council even dreamed of being elected progressive millennials, agreed. president one day. But those aspirations came “He literally was on track to be one of our to a screeching halt July 5 when Watson was most powerful elected officials,” Tsare said. found dead in his car outside the Willow “When I first became friends with him, he Creek Apartments in Westland. Shortly ater told me that his goal was to be the president discovering Watson, who had been shot to of the United States. I believed him. And as his death, Westland Police found a second man, friend, we would have strategy conversations Deontez Jones, dead of an apparent self- about how he was going to get there.” inlicted gunshot wound in an apartment in Tsare praised Watson’s leadership skills. the complex. Police, who are still investigating, “I’m so glad that God blessed me to be in believe the two deaths are connected. such close proximity with such a great man, Watson was a Detroit native who loved his such a respected man. He was one of those city. He was the president of Central Student leaders who knew how to lead from behind. Government at the University of Michigan his He was very good at making you do something senior year. He graduated with a bachelor’s and then making you feel like you had come degree in political science in 2012. Watson DeAndree Watson (left) poses with Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. Via Instagram. up with it on your own. I don’t know if I’ll ever started his tenure with the Detroit City Council be able to do that. as in interim in Councilman Charles Pugh’s “He was the best friend I ever had,” Tsare oice. Ater Pugh let oice, Watson went on spoke oten about change and realized the way two were both working in Pugh’s oice. went on. “He was my brother. He was my to work as a policy analyst for Councilman to transform many of the ills that have gripped “He was very quiet and shy in the beginning,” soul mate. I really miss my friend and I’d give James Tate. our society was through public policy.” Glover recalled. “But then he began to come anything to have him back. here’s not a person “DeAndree was the epitome of a leader and In a Facebook post, Detroit Mayor Mike out of his bubble. He was progressive. He went who knew him wouldn’t give anything to have was oten the irst person to volunteer whenever Duggan called Watson, who was headed back deep into his policy. … He was a policy guru.” him back.” he was needed,” Tate said in a statement. “In to UofM to attend law school in the fall, “one of Glover said the possibilities for Watson’s here will be a memorial service for Watson the seven years we worked together, I had Detroit’s rising leaders with a deep commitment future were endless. this Saturday, July 18, at the Fisher Funeral the pleasure of witnessing him mature from to public service and the city he called home.” “You hear people say that he had a bright Home, located at 24501 Five Mile Road in a previously outwardly shy intern into a very future or a promising future ahead of him, Redford Charter Township, from 3 to 6 p.m. opinionated young man who was very active Watson greatly admired and those words should not be taken lightly. Only 25 people will be allowed in the funeral in progressive social and political issues. He He did everything he needed to be done to get home at a time. Masks are required. Dawan Glover irst met Watson when the to where he was. He could have been a judge Nurse Asineth Little Talks Work During COVID-19, Care for LGBTQ Community BY JASON A. MICHAEL took a month of before they could come back.” As for Little, well, she doesn’t scare easily. t’s not easy to be a certiied nurse assistant “his is not my irst rodeo with quarantining,” in the midst of a pandemic. But four months she said. “When shingles irst came out and Iinto the novel coronavirus crisis, and no one knew much about it, they would shut Asineth Little is continuing to get by. facilities down and the people working there “When it irst started it was a little scary,” could not leave. At that time, shingles were not Little recalled. “I would sit in my car for a known to have come from chickenpox. You had minute, say a prayer and then go in. Ater work, to wear your PPE into people’s rooms who were I take everything of when I come in. hen I infected. hat’s one of the reasons I don’t work take a shower and wash my clothes every night.” in nursing homes anymore.” Little, who works for a health agency that But to Little, her work is more than just a sends her to diferent clients, said she doesn’t job. It’s a calling. She said she’s always enjoyed even know if she’s taken care of anyone who working in the medical ield in any capacity had COVID-19. she could. “If they are positive, they don’t tell us,” she “I think it came from when I was a child. said. “hey get sick and they go out. hey’re When someone was sick in my family, my just sick and out. If they send us to a client they mother would take my sister and I — we don’t tell us their status. hey just say, ‘Treat I go into. hey ask you questions.