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Save the Date! Giving Tuesday is on November 29th
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Want to have the power to make an impact in your community? #GivingTuesday is a global giving movement that harnesses the power of people & organizations to change our communities, and this year we’re asking for your support to help us raise 5K. Your gift will help us fund vital in-jail voter registration drives…
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Focus Group Participants Needed
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Were you incarcerated in Michigan? Share your experience with programming offered by the Michigan Department of Corrections! MI-CEMI and their partners want to increase the availability of quality programming for people detained by MDOC. Your responses are vital in increasing access to QUALITY & USEFUL programming for people inside. All participants are eligible for a…
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VAAC in the News: Interview with Co-Chair Kathi Harris
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Our lionhearted leader, Kathi Harris, Co-Chair of VAAC – Voting Access for All. was interviewed by WGVU about the VAAC’s mission to empower the justice-impacted community, voting rights for returning citizens, the importance of voting, and how she reaches people to empower them. Grand Rapids Chapter of A. Philip Randolph Institute
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3rd Annual Holiday Toy Drive
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The impact of incarceration on dependent children is complex and traumatic. No child should suffer because a parent is currently residing in jail. Every child should enjoy the holidays! To address generational incarceration and ensure that the children of Genesee County Sheriff’s Office detainees have a happy holiday, we are reaching out to the community…
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Volunteers Needed for Party at the Polls in Detroit
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March with VAAC and the NAACP to the Detroit Department of Elections! Free ride to the Department of Elections for the first three (3) first time voters in attendance. Gather at the Detroit NAACP branch at 8220 2nd Ave, Detroit at 10 am. Live DJ. Free Food. SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER WITH VAAC HERE. The…
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Come to the UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS with VAAC this Sunday!
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Sunday, November 6 11am, 2pm, 4:30pm ESTThe Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre2600 Atwater St Detroit, MI 48207 About this event Come help VAAC as we join friends at the Universoul Circus in Detroit on Sunday to GET OUT THE VOTE! SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER HERE The UniverSoul Circus is a world-class, live entertainment attraction that has captured…
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Souls to the Polls!
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Souls to the Polls OCTOBER 30th!! 12-5 PM at Grand Rapids City Hall.Walk For Our Vote as we take our Souls to the Polls! Register & Vote in person!“Drive up & drop off” your completed ballot!Also, FUN! MUSIC! FOOD! Free parking in the city ramp. The Proactive Project Grand Rapids Chapter of A. Philip Randolph…
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More VAAC “Why I Vote” Videos!
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We continue to collect powerful personal statements from Michigan Voters. Look for the videos on our Facebook page, Here are three new videos that we really love. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1497562124004944 https://www.facebook.com/reel/1497562124004944/?s=single_unit https://www.facebook.com/VotingAccessForAll/videos/491788546191974
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Judicial candidates take part in forum for Genesee County Jail inmates
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From Michigan Radio:Candidates for several seats in the Michigan court system made an unusual campaign stop on Monday, making an appeal to voters in orange jumpsuits at the Genesee County Jail. Contenders for seats on the 7th Judicial Circuit Court serving Genesee County, the 2nd District Court of Appeals, and the Michigan Supreme Court spoke…
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Voter Suppression – A Horror Story
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Halloween is coming and we’re facing an horrific attack on our voting rights. Some time between election day on Nov. 8th and the end of the year, a thinly veiled initiative by right-wing extremist lawmakers to make it harder for Black and low-income Michiganders to vote will most likely reach the legislature for a vote…
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Two Voter Outreach Events in Traverse City this Weekend
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VAAC is excited to support two events in Traverse City this weekend hosted by our family at Nation Outside. Friday 10/21/22 from 12-2pm at Good Will Inn Traverse City Saturday 10/22/22 from 10-3 pm at St. Vincent DePaul Store Traverse City IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW: You can register to vote up until 8 p.m. on…
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PHONE BANKING WITH VAAC (from home)!
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We are weeks away from the Nov 8th general election, and we need your help to ensure we use our power at the polls across Michigan. Join the fight! There is too much at stake! We need to ensure that all voices are heard at the polls! Help us to get out the vote from…
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