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  • 2023 Celebration of Healing

    Safe & Just Michigan is excited to invite you to an evening of celebration, healing and fellowship from 5 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023 at Crown Plaza Lansing West, 925 S. Creyts Rd., Lansing. The Celebration of Healing features a presentation from Aswad Thomas, who grew up in Highland Park and who…

  • Legislative Spotlight: SB494

    On Wednesday, September 27th, several VAAC members appeared before the Senate Elections and Ethics Committee to testify on behalf of SB 494. This legislation, sponsored by Senator Sylvia Santana, D-Detroit, seeks to require the state’s redistricting commission to consider the pre-incarceration addresses of incarcerated individuals when drawing congressional and legislative districts. The current system, which…

  • Sign Up for Capitol Day for Housing Not Hurdles

    ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ! ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐”๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐ก, 2023 ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ in Lansing! ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต. Secure your spot now using this link Mark your calendars for #CapitolDay2023 with Nation Outside and the Vera Institute of Justice. Our registration link…

  • VAAC Represents at Warrant Clinic

    VAAC – Voting Access for All and S&D PJ Housing were thrilled to join the registration event for Our Own Wall Street‘s October 14th Warrant Clinic! Thank you to everyone who attended and especially to Our Own Wall Street!

  • PCAP and Partners Host a Paint Out!

    Join Prison Creative Arts Project, American Friends Service Committee & Nation Outside and friends for an IMMERSIVE public art-making workshop to explore the power of arts and send goodwill to the thousands of people incarcerated in Michigan. Friday, September 29, 202311:00 AM-2:00 PMFree & open to the public. All ages & abilities welcome!Food tickets &…

  • Prison Gerrymandering Bill Needs Support

    Help us put an end to prison gerrymandering! The updated bill (SB494) that would count incarcerated people at their home address pre-incarceration will be discussed in committee today. Please find out more about this issue and how you can help us stop prison gerrymandering https://forms.gle/NxqshYhPg9AaAABW7 VAAC – Voting Access for AllVoters Not PoliticiansMichigan Collaborative to…

  • A Call for Clemency & Prison Reform

    Freedom and Justice for All: A Call for Clemency and Prison Reform Saturday, Sept. 30 3-5PMLansing, MI โ€ข Capitol Steps Bring our loved ones home for Christmas! Speakers include: Michael Thompson, Served 25 years for cannabis before Whitmer granted clemency โ€ข Hill Harper, Innocence Project Ambassador, MI U.S. Senate Candidate โ€ข Richard Bernstein, MI Supreme…

  • Justice Matters Listening Session

    Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength presents: JUSTICE MATTERS LISTENING SESSION OCTOBER 5TH, 2023 Life of God Outreach Ministries18411 West 12 MileLathrup Village, MI 48076 6pm-8pm Join in as we hear and share our experiences with the criminal justice system in an effort to make changes our communities. Light Refreshments will be served. Register for the…

  • Support Second Look Legislation, Support Second Chances!

    Contact Governor Whitmer, Lt. Governor Gilchrist, and all Members of the Michigan Legislature at this LINK. There are over 200,000 people in the United States serving life sentences, 1 out of every 7.  Michigan data shows that 15,000 of our 32,500 incarcerated persons is serving life or a long sentence(15 years or more). Currently, over…

  • Promote the Vote Michigan Urges Action

    This action digest published below is produced by Promote the Vote Michigan. National Voter Registration Day may be over, but PTV is still working hard to ensure that all eligible Michiganders have access to secure and convenient voter registration opportunities. To that end, weโ€™d like to highlight two very important registration-related bills that are currently…

  • Conviction Integrity Clinic

    UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY SCHOOL OF LAW’S CONVICTION INTEGRITY CLINIC invites you to join a panel discussion on wrongful convictions on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 at 5:30-7:00PM DETROIT MERCY LAW ATRIUM 651 E. JEFFERSON AVE., DETROIT, MI 48226 THE ROAD TO EXONERATION: AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH JUDGES AND EXONEREES To kick off Wrongful Conviction Day, panelists…

  • ACLU Announces Events

    You are invited! We are excited to announce a return to in-person events and a new format that celebrates you โ€“ the people and organizations that make the fight for freedom, justice, and equality possible. We truly cannot do this work without all our partners โ€“ clients, grassroots volunteers, online activists, cooperating attorneys, donors, members,…

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