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State Representative Jewell Jones has partnered with former Detroit resident and community leader Roneil Jackson to distribute pandemic relief to local residents. Jackson has donated 10 care packages to Jones, who will in turn, distribute those to families who are experiencing distress due to COVID-19 and its related consequences including job loss. Jackson, who currently resides on the east coast, says, "I just wanted to make sure that we can do something meaningful at a time that is most difficult for a majority of us."

Now residing in Washington, D.C., Jackson was raised in Detroit and...