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Candidate Forum Alert!
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Candidate Forum Alert! With important elections coming up in August and November, now is the time to get to know who is running and hear from them directly. That’s why we are launching this new feature to let you know about candidate forums that are planned throughout the election season. If you know of any…
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Sentencing Project Article on extending Voting Rights in Prison
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VAAC has a long term goal to influence Michigan policy to allow for voting in prison. Currently Maine, Vermont and Washington DC allow people who are currently incarcerated serving a sentence to vote. Connecticut, Oregon, Illinois, New York and New Jersey are working on legislation to bring voting to those incarcerated with felony sentences. The Sentencing…
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Inkster Expungement and Community Resource Fair
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Inkster Expungement & Community Resource Fair hosted by Attorney General Dana Nessel, Mayor Patrick Wimberly and the Inkster Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Saturday, June 25, 2022, from 9 am – 1 pm. at Booker T. Dozier Recreation Complex, 2025 Middlebelt, Inkster, MI 48141. Expungement Walk-ins are available on a first come first…
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Get yourself & your organization ready for the 2022 elections
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The Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI) created a toolkit to educate voters and candidates about Ending Mass Incarceration and Promoting Public Safety. Please join our weekly VAAC meeting on June Friday, June 17th, from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm when Chuck Warpehoski will take us through the messaging we need to adopt and…
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Black Voters Matter Event in Grand Rapids
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Black Voters Matter Event in Grand Rapids. June 4th, 2022 from 2-4 pm. 1970 S. Division, Grand Rapids. At this event, you can register to vote, update your voter record, sign petitions, check your voter status and more! There will be food, music, giveaways and fun! For more information, visit the Grand Rapids PROACTIVE Facebook…
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Expungement Fair in Southfield
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Michigan Liberation presents an Expungement Clinic & Resource Fair! Saturday, June 4, 2022, from 11 am – 3 pm. at St. David’s Episcopal Church 16200 West 12 Mile Rd., Southfield/Berkley, MI 48076 Pre-register by clicking this LINK This event is open to the public.
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Voting Rights and the Criminal Legal System
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Click HERE to watch the video recording of this powerful, informative event. The Detroit League of Women Voters and Detroit Public Library are sponsoring a panel on Voting Rights and the Criminal Legal System. This discussion will bring together representatives of several organizations that address the treatment of voting rights of currently and formerly incarcerated…
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The City of Southfield celebrates Juneteenth with week of activities and events June 1
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City of Southfield Celebrates Juneteenth The city of Southfield celebrates Juneteenth with a week of activities and events June 13-22. Pearls of Service Foundation (PSF)and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA), Inc.® – Pi Tau Omega Chapter, Southfield Public Library, Southfield Parks & Recreation and Southfield Historical Society, is pleased to announce the 2022 lineup for…
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Ypsilanti Juneteenth Celebration
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Ypsilanti Juneteenth Celebration 2022 is the 2nd annual event in downtown Ypsilanti. Powered by the people, it will take place on June 18th & 19th in the parking lot behind Puffer Red’s at 107 Ferris St. June 18th will be a day of dancing, music and creativity. Bring the kids out for our #BlackJoy Kids…
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Juneteenth Freedom Weekend Detroit
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Don’t miss Juneteenth Freedom Weekend! This year, the City of Detroit, Metro Detroit Black Business Alliance, Detroit Branch NAACP, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Juneteenth Jubilee, Detroit Means Business and Eastern Market Development Corporation have partnered to celebrate Juneteenth in DETROIT! Events are slated for 3 days, starting with a block party…
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Silence the Violence March & Rally
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Silence the Violence March & Rally is set for Saturday, June 4th, 2022 at 10 am. Meet at Church of the Messiah Detroit at 231 East Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI 48207. This is the 15th Annual Silence the Violence event organized by the Church of the Messiah Detroit. Community activists, leaders, and organizations from across…
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Adopt a Block Clean Up
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Adopt a Block Clean Up! The People’s Action and PPM Detroit invite on and all to a block cleanup at 5610 Greenway, Detroit MI on Sunday, May 29th from 2-5 pm. Build community, get free resources (voting registration, expungement, job opportunities, life insurance) & help make the block a place where you want to be!For…
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