Alia Harvey Quinn
Founder and Executive Director Force Detroit

Backed by 20 years of nonprofit leadership experience, Alia Harvey Quinn founded Force (Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment) in partnership with the Faith in Action National Network and the Ford Foundation. She has grown Force, which focuses on violence prevention, from her initial $100,000 investment to a $1.7 million organization.

With her leadership, the nonprofit became one of the 52 national White House community violence intervention or CVI initiative partners and secured $500,000 from the state of Michigan. Force gained 501(c)3 status earlier this year and distributed $120,000 to grassroots safety organizations.

Quinn is working with legislators to ensure that CVI is recognized as crisis work.

“She has a vision to create a freer, safer, more just Detroit… Alia’s vision for Detroit draws upon evidence-based practices nationally and is uniquely and appropriately tailored to local dynamics in Detroit,” said Heidi Alcock, director of grant development and communications for the McGregor Fund.