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The Vote, the Truth, and the AI
This zine educates us on how generative AI is being used to interfere with election information, and what we can do about it.
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Immigration Hoops: Just Follow the Rules
As many of us know, just following the rules isn’t always as simple as it sounds. For those of us caught in nightmarish bureaucratic systems—parole, probation, courts, or immigration—the rules can be nearly impossible to figure out. Some Americans think that immigrants should just follow the rules. If they can’t do that, they’re “illegal” and…
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Election Interference: The Truth and the Hype
Even though the midterm elections aren’t until November, there’s already been plenty of talk about voter suppression, intimidation, and stolen elections. In a news culture when everything is sensational and nothing is without controversy, how do we know what is a real threat and what is just political hyperbole? With tensions high, many of us…
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Help Us Power the Next Five Years of Voter Access in Michigan
This Giving Tuesday, VAAC is raising $25,000 for voter education, outreach, and civic leadership. Please help us and share this message.
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Take Action: Comment Now to Protect Your Freedom to Vote
Anti-voter groups have flooded the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) with more than 200,000 comments demanding a dangerous new requirement: that Americans show a passport or other proof of citizenship just to register to vote. If voted in, this change would disenfranchise millions of eligible Americans—including students, Black and Brown voters, returning citizens, rural residents, lower-income…
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Research Opportunity
Have you experienced incarceration and worked for change in your community? Calling Black Women in Detroit and Lansing! We would love to hear your story. There is a new PhD project led by a researcher from Detroit, focusing on the political lives of Black women after incarceration. This project involves interviewing Black women who have…
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Rank MI Vote Collects Signatures
The Rank MI Vote petition is LIVE!! This exciting new ballot proposal seeks to bring ranked choice voting to Michigan. Ranked choice voting means that every voter has a say in who wins an election, not just those who vote for major-party candidates who have major financial backing from elite interest groups. It gets rid…
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Linkage Community Launches as Independent Organization
On August 1, Linkage Community will begin operating independently from the University of Michigan’s Prison Creative Arts Project, where the group got its start as a space for formerly incarcerated creatives to thrive during the transition from prison back to their Michigan communities. This is a major milestone, marking growth of the group beyond its…
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Rank MI Vote
An exciting new Michigan constitutional amendment is being proposed that could change the way we vote in elections. Rank MI Vote wants Michigan to allow a fairer, more sensible option to elect the best candidates. This option is called ranked choice voting. Edit July 17, 2025: The Rank MI Vote petition has been approved, and…
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Making Legislative Change
Take a look at this video featuring our friends Josh Hoe and Kandia Milton, and produced by Dream.Org, providing a peak into how legislative change actually happens. Meeting with legislators is a key way to influence policy. If you are interested in getting more involved with advocating for legislation for your community, and you want…
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Michigan HJR-B: A Direct Attack on Voting Rights
Michigan’s HJR-B is a dangerous and anti-democratic policy. It impedes legitimate access to vote, despite the fact that our voting system is already secure from fraud.
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Stop the SAVE Act
Congressional Republicans have introduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a dangerous and unnecessary anti-voter bill that would make it significantly harder for eligible American voters to register and cast their ballots—regardless of their party affiliation. The SAVE Act would impose new, burdensome voter ID requirements and mandate in-person registration, effectively disenfranchising millions of…
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