Watch our new video with Danny Jones, promoting the vote in Michigan. Your vote matters! And, yes, you can vote even if you have a felony on your record in Michigan. #HoodVote #MIVote #Freedom2Vote
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Exploring Prisoner Voting Rights Through Art
A new creative project, “Civic Death, Civic Dignity” explores the relationship between citizenship and punishment, and what it means to be an active citizen. Currently accepting submissions for visual art, writing, and other creative work.
VAAC Member Spotlight: Kenneth Gourlay
Kenneth Gourlay is a graduate student studying sociology. He also helps VAAC maintain their website. Learn more about him in this Member Spotlight.
VAAC Member Spotlight: Percy Glover
As an active member of the Voter Access for All Coalition, Percy Glover offers expertise that is invaluable in the expansion of Vote by Mail in Jail’s programming as well as the implementation of jail voting in Michigan. His partnership with grassroot groups and non-profit organizations alike have inspired more …
Drawing The Line: Film Screening and Roundtable Discussion Feb 24
EMU is hosting a screening of Drawing the Line: Inside the Fight to End Prison Gerrymandering, followed by a roundtable discussion.
Support for VAAC at Detroit Pride
Gerald Tkach of Voting Access for All Coalition (VAAC) attended the Detroit Pride parade and festival last weekend to hand out flyers and talk about the importance of enabling citizens in jails to vote. He was met with great support. Below are some pictures of people who support our goals.
Documentary Screening and Discussion at Wayne State University, “Silenced”
“Silenced: An Unlock Civics Documentary” will be shown followed by a panel discussion at Wayne State University, September 19, 2021.
View Art Exhibitions About Mass Incarceration at Michigan State University
Culminating Sept. 9th, The MSU Broad Art Museum will have opened six exhibitions dedicated to mass incarceration in the U.S.
VAAC’s Danny Jones Published in Detroit News on Prison Gerrymandering
Danny Jones, chairperson of the Voting Access for All Coalition, speaks from personal experience in a recent opinion article in the Detroit News, describing the harmful practice of prison gerrymandering: counting prisoners as residents of districts where they are imprisoned, even though they have no ties to that community, likely call a different district home, and are not even allowed to vote.
Michigan Liberation Monthly Assembly, September 3, on Ending Cash Bail
This Friday, September 3rd, from 6 to 8pm Michigan Liberation will be holding our Monthly Assembly. The focus this month is on Ending Cash Bail. We’ll also be hearing from other organizers and organizations about some of their ongoing campaigns, including Clean Slate, End Truth and Sentencing / Restore Good …
VAAC Goal for National Voter Registration Month this September
At this week’s Tuesday morning Voting Ed and Outreach meeting, we set a goal for September (National Voter Registration month): to distribute flyers and posters to all the settings we have listed on our Community outreach spreadsheet during the first two weeks of September; to make contact with all 83 county jails …
Voting in Prison and Then Becoming an Elected Official
This is a great article about the power of voting. We have a committee on Voting for those who are incarcerated in Michigan. When incarcerated citizens vote it really makes a difference!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/25/joel-caston-dc-incarcerated-commissioner/