The author is the senior pastor of Triumph Church in Detroit and Southeast Michigan. He ran for mayor of Detroit in 2025.

By Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr.

Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr.

Political campaigns end; our shared responsibility to lift this city up does not. This mayoral transition is not simply a change in leadership; it is a moment for Detroiters to reaffirm the kind of city we want to build together.

The voters chose a new path and a new administration, but the work ahead belongs to all of us. Now, as one chapter closes and another begins, the real work of governing — of delivering on our shared hopes and addressing our deepest challenges — truly begins.

And make no mistake: we have challenges.

We must eradicate childhood poverty — not reduce it, not soften it, but end it.

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