Category: In The News

When our work makes it to the News, we like to brag.  See articles in the news about VAAC and what we do.


  • Michigan Lawmakers Discuss Prison Oversight in Committee Hearing

    Michigan Lawmakers Discuss Prison Oversight in Committee Hearing

    Lawmakers consider granting state legislators unrestricted access to correctional facilities Yesterday,…

  • VAAC in the News: Amplifying Every Voice on Election Day

    VAAC in the News: Amplifying Every Voice on Election Day

    Executive Director Angela Davenport Shares Why Voting Access for All Matters…

  • Standing With Women at the Valley: Support Freedom and Second Chances

    Standing With Women at the Valley: Support Freedom and Second Chances

    Responding to Ongoing Abuse With Action and Care Earlier this month,…

  • “I Don’t Understand”: Prison Video Exposes Abuse of Writer Demetrius Buckley

    A rare glimpse behind Michigan’s prison walls A newly released Detroit…

  • Expanding Electoral Engagement Among Justice-Impacted People

    Expanding Electoral Engagement Among Justice-Impacted People

    What the research says — and how VAAC puts it to…

  • Take Action: Protect Your Freedom to Vote

    Take Action: Protect Your Freedom to Vote

    Urge the Election Assistance Commission to reject proof-of-citizenship requirements Voting Access…

  • Building Civic Engagement from the Start

    Building Civic Engagement from the Start

    VAAC joins community leaders for story time and civic connection in…

  • Know Before You Sign – Protect Our Communities From Harmful Petitions

    Learn what’s behind the ballot initiatives circulating in Michigan Ballot petitions…

  • Michigan’s August 5 Primary: Key Results Across the State

    Michigan’s August 5 Primary: Key Results Across the State

    Detroit and beyond — voters shape local leadership for the years…

  • VAAC Friday Community Meeting

    VAAC Friday Community Meeting

    Join us this Friday, August 15, for an important VAAC Community…

  • Prison Gerrymandering in Michigan: Distorting Democracy

    Prison Gerrymandering in Michigan: Distorting Democracy

    How counting incarcerated people in prison districts shifts political power In…

  • What You Need to Know Before the August 5 Primary

    What You Need to Know Before the August 5 Primary

    Voter registration deadlines, ballot drop guidance, and threats to your rights…

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