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  • Join Us for a Voter Education & Mobilization Party

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    We’re excited to invite you to our Voter Education Party on September 14, from 12-4 PM. It’s a community event filled with fun, prizes, swag, activities, resources, music, food, and more!

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  • Voting Access for All Coalition Launches Video Series ‘Why I Vote,’ Connects Voting to Criminal Justice Legal Reform

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     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from Voting Access for All CoalitionTuesday, September 10, 2024Contact: Angela Davenport at contact@votingaccessforall.org MICHIGAN – Voting Access for all Coalition (VAAC) launched a new video series to inspire voters to cast ballots to reform the criminal legal system in Michigan. The series of two compilation videos and seven shorter individual videos can be…

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  • Why I Vote featuring Bonnie, EB, and Shawanna

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  • Why I Vote featuring Dakota

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  • Why I Vote featuring Ronnie, Jackie, and Michelle

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  • Mass Incarceration 101: Resources to help students and teachers understand the carceral system

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    Students and teachers are heading back to the classroom. In addition to math, science, and language arts, many will also focus on the criminal legal system and mass incarceration. Unfortunately for them, the carceral system operates like a black box, making it hard to study what’s happening inside the walls of prisons and jails. Fortunately,…

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  • VAAC Partners with UU the Vote

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    We’re teaming up with UU the Vote, @muusjn and @jfasd_org to call voters in Michigan and ensure they have all the information they need leading up to the November election! 🗳️ 📅 When: Tuesday, September 10, 2024🕖 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM ET📍 Where: Online Make a difference from wherever you are—sign up now to be part of…

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  • VAAC to Speak at A Celebration of Democracy in Traverse City

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    JOIN Traverse Indivisible ON SEPTEMBER 7 at 12PM for our FREE event, we’d love to have you! Great speakers and great people working to make our community better! Democracy thrives when citizens are actively engaged in their communities, listening to one another, learning about issues, and working for positive change. Have a fun afternoon in…

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  • Why We Vote: Shawanna

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    Shawanna votes for mental health services. Please share this video!

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  • MI-CEMI Prison Programming Convening

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    September 12, 2024 Are you interested in collaborating with other organizations that provide programs in prisons? Do you want to connect with volunteers throughout the state and help build a vision that promotes healthy programming in Michigan prisons? If collaborating, connecting, and building a vision for healthy prison programming excites you, then this summit is…

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  • Michigan Coalition Calls for Second Look Legislation to Alleviate Staffing Shortages in State Prisons 

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    This post first appeared on Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration. (Lansing, Michigan) – August 22, 2024. Today, the Second Look Michigan Coalition released the following statement responding to the severe staffing shortages in Michigan’s prisons: Today, there are hundreds of people sitting in Michigan’s prisons who pose no threat to society, have served significant…

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  • MI-CEMI Seeks Program Coordinator

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    Are you someone who has seen the harms of mass incarceration first-hand? Are you committed to bringing people together to make a change? Apply now! MI-CEMI holds a unique role with the network of groups working to make change in Michigan’s criminal legal system. Our members are grassroots organizations, policy advocates, social service nonprofits, faith-based…

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