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¡Grandes victorias para los votantes en las próximas elecciones!
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After being sent to the Michigan Supreme Court for review, both Proposal 2, known as Promote the Vote, and Proposal 3, known as Reproductive Freedom for All, were placed on the ballot, honoring the signatures of hundreds of thousands of Michiganders who signed these petitions. VAAC was honored to join the amicus brief for Proposal…
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¡El Evento de Regreso a la Escuela fue un Gran Éxito!
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When SD_pjhousing, VotingAccessForAll and PETTES LLC hosts an event, Pro Tip: come out & join us! We had last-minute school supplies, a 360-degree camera, food, voter education, & more! Thanks to everyone who came out & we hope to see even more folks next time! VAAC is HIRING AMBASSADORS for future events like this one.…
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¡Gracias, Voces de Michigan!
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We just want to shout out a huge THANK YOU to Michigan Voices for all of their recent support. Our Outreach Coordinator, EB Jordan S&D PJ Housing, visited & got to see our friends Rebeka Islam, Executive Director of Asian Pacific Islander American Vote Michigan, Sheree Goodman, and Amy Belfer, Reproductive Justice Education & Outreach…
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¡VAAC está contratando!
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VAAC está buscando EMBAJADORES DE VOTO. Puestos pagados disponibles. Ayúdenos a abogar por los habitantes de Michigan afectados por la justicia y trabaje para correr la voz de que en Michigan, ¡SÍ! ¡PUEDE VOTAR, incluso si tiene un delito grave! Obtenga más información en: contact@votingaccessforall.org
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Las organizaciones del condado de Washtenaw lideran el esfuerzo para publicar las historias de primera mano de los prisioneros de Michigan
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A recent story published in Concentrate, a Second Wave Media publication, featured Let Me Tell You, a storytelling initiative of the Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration. Partners guiding the work include American Friends Service Committee MI Criminal Justice Program, Prison Creative Arts Project and Carceral State Project. The initiative spotlights the experience of life…
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Sistema automatizado de eliminación de antecedentes penales disponible en 2023
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The Michigan Attorney General’s office recently announced that an automated system for expunging convictions without the necessity of filing an application will be established in April of 2023. Up to 2 felony convictions will automatically be expunged the later of 10 years after sentencing or the person’s release from custody. Up to 4 misdemeanors will…
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Miembro destacado: Charles Thomas, Jr.
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Charles Thomas, Jr. was born in Cincinnati, OH and moved to Detroit when he was 13. But it was his family roots in Selma, Alabama that gave him his life-long appreciation of the value of our vote. His grandfather was sharecropper in Camden, Alabama. When he raised enough money to buy land in Selma, he…
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Se necesitan voluntarios para evento de regreso a clases
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Come out and join s and d PJ Housing, VAAC and Pettes LLC for a back to school and voter registration drive community event on Sunday Aug 28th 12-4pm at 12400 E. 7 Mile, Detroit Please sign up to volunteer here and help support our community and our youth as 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸…
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Garantizar el derecho al voto de las personas con condenas por delitos graves
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Webinar will take place August 30th, 2022 at 1 pm. To kick off National Voting Rights Month, The Sentencing Project and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) invite you to a discussion exploring how felony disenfranchisement policies impact individuals with a criminal conviction, the complexities of getting voting rights restored, and the cycle…
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¡VAAC por ahí haciéndolo!
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As VAAC returns from our break, we want to take a second to shout out the VAAC outreach team that was still out strong over our break. So many great events and partners! VAAC shared our voting information at the Michigan Liberation expungement event Friday, August 12th in Detroit. Great turnout! Thanks to all the…
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Agosto negro: reinventando
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An invitation from our friends at Detroit Action: Join Detroit Action at our Black August event where we will be reimagining a world through an abolitionist point of view and healing justice policies. For generations, Black and Brown communities have felt the negative impact of living under a violent police state that’s why we want…
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Los reclusos de la cárcel del condado de Genesee emiten su voto en ausencia para las elecciones primarias del 2 de agosto
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Watch the video story from ABC12.com featuring VAAC Member and Jail Ambassador Percy Glover. GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) – With the election less than a week away, an underrepresented electorate is letting their voices be heard. About 85 inmates at the Genesee County Jail voted by absentee ballot Thursday. They came one by one to…
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