The Merrill-Palmer Institute will hold a high tea on Saturday, May 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Activity Center of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House of Grosse Pointe Shores, to honor the late Mary-Agnes Miller Davis for her inspirational commitment to the youth of Detroit. A tour of the Ford House will be available at 4:15 p.m. Tickets are $125 per person; $50 of ticket contributions are tax deductible.

Proceeds for the afternoon tea will support an endowment at Wayne State University benefiting the annual Metropolitan Detroit Teen Conference. “Last year’s tea was such a success that we are all very excited about this year’s. The tour of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House is a wonderful addition to our program,” commented Dr. Gail Brumitt, Associate Director of Merrill-Palmer. For further information contact Kathryn Bryant Harrison, Committee Chair, Vice President and Chief Public Affairs Officer, AAA at (313) 336-1170.

Davis, a social worker by profession, founded the Metro Teen Conference along with the Co-Ette Club of Detroit.

The Metropolitan Detroit Teen Conference is designed to help teenagers understand the choices they make in life, and provide teens from diverse backgrounds an opportunity to share, learn, and understand different points of view.

The conference brings Detroit area teenagers together to spend the day discovering what they have in common. The students are divided into small groups of six to eight people for topical discussions. They discuss and learn that diversity isn’t limited to race, but also includes economic background, inner-city versus suburban living, and differences and similarities between public and private schools.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 11 schools and colleges to more than 33,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.