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Support the call to end Prison Gerrymandering in Michigan
We are so grateful for this community and to everyone that was apart of this week’s Community Conversations. THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US!! Tuesday’s panel discussion, Prison Gerrymandering: How Stolen Political Power Harms Our Communities, was recorded. Once we’ve received the final recording it will be available for viewing on the Voting Access For…
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Voter Education Movie Night
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Join upcoming Expungement Fair — tomorrow at MSU
Michigan State University students are coming together to hold the university’s first-ever expungement fair this week. Do you have a criminal record ? MSU is hosting an Expungement Fair !!! Please know that there will be resources, information, and possible assistance for walk-ins too. MSU Law’s Expungement Fair, is tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 21, 10 -3…
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Upcoming Community Events
Please join this upcoming community conversation with Rep. Amos O’ Neal and Director Justice Services, and VAAC in-Jail Voting organizer — Amani Sawari
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Michigan United honors VAAC chairperson, Daniel Jones and our fallen justice warriors
This week (Monday, January 16), Michigan United held their first Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Assembly & Awards Ceremony at the Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church to honor folks from our communities who are running with the torch of justice and have made a difference in our communities. We are beyond humbled that VAAC…
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Shunning those with criminal convictions hurts us all | Opinion by Loren Khogali and Tony Gant
Shortly after making comments disparaging Justice Kyra Harris Bolden’s decision to hire a returning citizen as a law clerk, a statement was released by Justice Bernstein “apologizing to both Justice Bolden and the returning citizen who by then had resigned from the position of clerk. Just days after the first black woman was sworn into…
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Assembly and Awards Ceremony
Join our friends at Michigan United this Monday, Jan 16 for the first annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Justice Assembly and Awards Ceremony where they will honor individuals and organizations from our communities who are running with the torch of justice and have made a difference in our communities. Join us for this exciting…
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OPEN MIC: ILLUMINATING DARKNESS
Join Citizens For Prison Reform at the Detroit Public Theater for an afternoon of poetry and live music shedding light on the dark impact of incarceration. Light refreshments will be provided. If you have been impacted and would participate and sign up for the open mic, please email bhynes@micpr.org or complete this form: https://forms.gle/y2FBtiGP6HovHE729
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GOOD TIME MICHIGAN INITIATIVE PRESS CONFERENCE
On Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 1pm ET, the Liberty and Justice For All Coalition and VAAC will host a virtual press conference with community leaders and grassroots organizations to speak on the need for Good Time credits to be restored to Michigan prisons and the urgency for #GoodTime petitions to be signed and returned.…
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Ann Arbor’s 50th Hash Bash coming this weekend
Here’s a guide to Hash Bash 2022- Thousands of people are expected to gather on the University of Michigan’s Diag to show their support for reforming marijuana laws. Held annually since 1972, the 50th-anniversary event will highlight the cannabis industry, marijuana legislation and cannabis activism. Hash Bash organizers told MLive that this year’s speakers include…
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Resource Fair
Get the support and resources you need to succeed in the community to become productive self-sufficient citizens come and learn about the resources available in our community. Returning Citizens Resource Fair, Date and Time : Saturday April 9th | 12-4 PM Location : Operating Engineers Local 324, 900 – 40th St., SE Grand Rapids 49508…
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𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞!
Michigan is one of only six states with no policy for Good Time or Earned Time Credits. Because of our 100% Truth in Sentencing law and the lack of a Good Time policy, incarcerated individuals in Michigan serve approximately 126% of their minimum sentence or 6.5 years on average. Consequently, we are #1 in the country…
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