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  • Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid. No Cuts. No Barriers.

    Tell Congress: Protect Medicaid. No Cuts. No Barriers.

    Urge your U.S. Representative to vote NO on a bill that…

  • Flip the Script: Pontiac Comes Together to Build Power at the Ballot Box

    Flip the Script: Pontiac Comes Together to Build Power at the Ballot Box

    A community-led night of connection, conversation, and civic action On June…

  • Linkage Community Launches as Independent Organization

    Linkage Community Launches as Independent Organization

    On August 1, Linkage Community will begin operating independently from the…

  • Vote Early, Vote Informed: What You Need to Know for Michigan’s August 5 Primary

    Vote Early, Vote Informed: What You Need to Know for Michigan’s August 5 Primary

    Early voting starts June 26—make your plan now! At Voting Access…

  • A Massive ICE Detention Center Just Opened in Michigan. Here’s Why That Matters for All of Us.

    A Massive ICE Detention Center Just Opened in Michigan. Here’s Why That Matters for All of Us.

    This week, the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan, officially…

  • Honor our History and Demand a Future Rooted in Equity and Justice

    Honor our History and Demand a Future Rooted in Equity and Justice

    Juneteenth marks a delayed freedom and a reminder that access, dignity, and…

  • Pride Is Powerful. So Is Your Vote.

    Pride Is Powerful. So Is Your Vote.

    This Pride Month, we honor the LGBTQIA+ community and remind each…

  • VAAC at A Brighter Way’s 2025 Community Resource Fair

    VAAC at A Brighter Way’s 2025 Community Resource Fair

    VAAC showed up at the A Brighter Way’s 2025 Community Resource…

  • Power in Pontiac: A Night of Civic Engagement at the Mayoral Forum

    Power in Pontiac: A Night of Civic Engagement at the Mayoral Forum

    Every candidate. Every chair filled. Every voice valued. This is what…

  • Eliminating Grace Periods: A New Attack on Mail Voting

    Eliminating Grace Periods: A New Attack on Mail Voting

    Voting rights are under attack again—this time, through the rollback of…

  • Centering Impacted Voices at the Detroit Mayoral Forum

    Centering Impacted Voices at the Detroit Mayoral Forum

    Executive Director Angela Davenport joins community voices demanding accountability, equity, and…

  • Secretary Benson Sounds the Alarm on Election Access

    Secretary Benson Sounds the Alarm on Election Access

    Last Friday, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson made a powerful…

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