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  • Apply to be a Paid Voting Ambassador at your School

    Apply to be a Paid Voting Ambassador at your School

    Are you a high school student or educator eager to make…

  • Michigan Statewide Learning Community Invites you!

    Michigan Statewide Learning Community Invites you!

    The MI Statewide Learning Community is excited to share the YouTube video…

  • What is Proof of Residency for Voting?

    What is Proof of Residency for Voting?

    This article was published by Promote the Vote Michigan as part…

  • Prison disciplinary fines only further impoverish incarcerated people and families

    Prison disciplinary fines only further impoverish incarcerated people and families

    This article was originally published by Prison Policy Initiative as “Prison…

  • Key Dates and Options for Voting in Michigan’s Presidential Primary

    Key Dates and Options for Voting in Michigan’s Presidential Primary

    All Registered Michigan voters can go to the polls on Election…

  • Celebrating Black History Month

    Celebrating Black History Month

    This week marks the beginning of Black History Month, a time…

  • Webinar on Ending Mass Incarceration

    Webinar on Ending Mass Incarceration

    The Sentencing Project, Berkeley School of Theology, and the Congressional Black…

  • Addicted to punishment: Jails and prisons punish drug use far more than they treat it

    Addicted to punishment: Jails and prisons punish drug use far more than they treat it

    This article was originally published by Prison Policy Initiative as “Addicted…

  • Amicus Brief: In prison, a $15 fine means so much more

    Amicus Brief: In prison, a $15 fine means so much more

    This article was originally published by Prison Policy Initiative as “Amicus…

  • Michigan Bill for Medically Frail Parole Reform (Senate Bill 599)

    Michigan Bill for Medically Frail Parole Reform (Senate Bill 599)

    The post Medically Frail Reform (Senate Bill 599) Talking Points appeared…

  • Zombie politics: The return of failed criminal legal system policies in 2023 – and how to fight back

    Zombie politics: The return of failed criminal legal system policies in 2023 – and how to fight back

    For the first time in over a decade, prison and jail…

  • Absentee voting begins in Michigan for presidential primary 🗳️

    Absentee voting begins in Michigan for presidential primary 🗳️

    Absentee voting is available, and no excuse is required! The official date…

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