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Washtenaw County organizations lead effort to publish Michigan prisoners’ firsthand stories
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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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Automated System for Expungement Coming in 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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Member Spotlight: 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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Volunteers Needed for Back to School Event
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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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Guaranteeing Voting Rights to People with Felony Convictions
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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 Out There Doing It!
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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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Black August: Reimagining
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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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Genesee County Jail Inmates Cast Absentee Ballots for August 2 Primary
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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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Pizza to the Polls Returns!
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Join VAAC on election day, Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022 from 4:30-6 pm at the Mack Warming Center at 11301 Mack Ave. in Detroit for FREE pizza, fun, and voting information. Contact s.an.d@pjhousing.org for more information.
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VAAC in the NEWS!
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Next Tuesday is the primary election in Michigan, and Michigan News Connection ran a story on groups dedicated to getting out the vote, such as VAAC- Voting Access for All Coalition. “We are encouraging people to make a plan to vote and to be informed when you show up to the polls.” said VAAC co-chair…
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Massive Turnout in Wayne County!
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Flashback to last weekend— VAAC had the opportunity to be part of the first expungement fair in Wayne County! Such a massive turnout! Thousands of people with expungements in Wayne County showed up for Saturday’s Expungement Fair – and more than 50 attorneys and law students volunteered. Thanks to a new bill that went into…
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Pizza to the Polls Was a Great Success!
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We had a blast on Sunday July 24th in Detroit at our PIZZA & Pledging PARTY for the community! Organizers of the event were: S&D PJ Housing, VAAC – Voting Access for All, The Proactive Project, Grand Rapids Chapter of A. Philip Randolph Institute. It’s all thanks to Pizza to the Polls & Domino’s Pizza…
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