charter authorization
All pages referencing charter authorization in the public record.
- CBC Week Events — Political Networking CBC Week events: Brian Banks hosted 4 years of Congressional Black Caucus parties in Washington DC. 2025 honoree: Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (DPSCD Board).
- Institutional Capture — How the Enterprise Controls Detroit Institutional capture: how the Banks enterprise controls Detroit schools, courts, and political offices — installing loyalists and creating financial dependencies.
- RICO Pattern — The Banks Enterprise RICO pattern analysis: 6 predicate acts, 14+ years of continuity, $4.9M annual extraction through shell entities. The Banks enterprise mapped.
- Brian Roderick Banks — Enterprise Leader Brian Roderick Banks — 9 criminal convictions (6 felony). State Bar of Michigan: zero results for claimed J.D. Runs Purpose Charter Academy and MacDowell Preparatory Academy ($4.9M+ public funding). ICHAT SID 2029469K.
- MacDowell Preparatory Academy — Financial Extraction MacDowell Preparatory Academy Detroit — convicted felon superintendent Brian Banks, $4.9M revenue, 3% math proficiency, 72.67% to Purpose Group LLC.
- Purpose Charter Academy — K-8 Charter School K-8 charter school in Detroit authorized by DPSCD. Run by Brian Banks (9 convictions, claimed J.D. not confirmed by bar records). Managed by Purpose Group LLC. DOE certificate issued 3 days after school year started.
- The Purpose Group, LLC — The Extraction Engine Banks' management company takes 72.67% of all school revenue. Sole member: a convicted felon with 9 convictions (6 felony). Organized by attorney Gary E. Perlmuter with aggressive liability shields.
- Sun Community Development Corp Sun Community Development Corp — Brian Banks entity at 1968 Severn Road. Community development nonprofit controlled by a 9-time convicted felon.
- Judge Tenisha Yancey Judge Tenisha Yancey — 36th District Court. MacDowell board chair. $383.82 was her sole contribution and sole expenditure — all to Banks Strategy LLC.
- Sherry Gay-Dagnogo — Former Charter Authorizer Detroit City Ombudsman since Oct 2025. Former DPSCD board member who authorized Banks' charter schools. Ex-MI State Rep (HD-8).