Dr. Geneva Speaks

Kim Trent is not one to complain and sit on the sidelines of life. She is an action person, an activist - who sees wrong and tries to make it right.  She is a true leader - with a cause and a calling.  Her passion is to help people and make a difference. Hear how she does that...and how you can too!  Kim Trent began her career as an award-winning city hall reporter for The Detroit News, covering the city’s housing department, Detroit City Council and the mayoral administrations of Coleman A. Young and Dennis W. Archer. She left The News in 1995.  In 1996, she moved to Cape Town, South Africa, where she earned a graduate diploma in African Studies from the University of Cape Town. She returned to the United States and after a brief stint as a city hall reporter for the Toledo Blade, joined the Washington staff of Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick in 1997. After five years as Congresswoman Kilpatrick’s Communications Director, Trent joined the staff of United States Senator Debbie Stabenow as Stabenow’s