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Elevate the Mic
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Event Date: July 21, 2023 @ Ann Arbor Art FairEvent Time: 11AM – 5PMVenue: Stage on Main – Corner of Main and Williams, Ann ArborPresenting Sponsors: DTE & the Ark Join Prison Creative Arts Program for ELEVATE THE MIC: Performers Uniting for Social Progress. Experience powerful spoken word, captivating music, and heartfelt performances that advocate…
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Oakland County Progressive Roundtable
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You are invited to the latest and most important part of the event series:The Oakland County Progressive Round Table on Saturday, July 15 from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the Crofoot 1 S Saginaw St, Pontiac, MI 48342The organizing committee (Charlie Cavell 18th District Oakland County Commissioner, Sierra Club Michigan Chapter, For Our Future MI, Michigan…
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Maine is Latest State to End Prison Gerrymandering
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Michigan is working on ending Prison Gerrymandering in our state and you can help by taking action HERE. Maine is latest state to end prison gerrymandering! From our colleagues at the Prison Policy Initiative: For more than two decades, we’ve led a national campaign to end prison gerrymandering, a problem that distorts political representation and…
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VAAC Member Spotlight: Bonnie Zabel
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Bonnie Zabel’s activism began when she found gaps in Michigan’s mental healthcare system as she sought treatment for her son. A teenager with ADHD and depression, her son turned to drugs for self-medication, leading to increasingly disruptive behaviors. Bonnie tried all available options, including involving law enforcement and the court system, but her son’s situation…
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Safe & Just Michigan Issues Legislative Status Report
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In their June 29, 2023 newsletter, Safe and Just Michigan provided the following status report on criminal legal reform legislation The state Capitol is preparing for summer. Legislators are wrapping up work on their spring projects and getting ready to go back to their communities for their summer in-district work period, which means little action…
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Free Event! Flint Harmony Fest: Embracing Peace in Our Community
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FREE EVENT! Next Saturday, July 8, 2023 FLINT HARMONY FEST Embracing Peace in Our Community 12pm – 4pm Midway Square Townhomes 3102 Fox Circle, Flint, MI 48507 (Formerly known as Evergreen Regency) EVENT INCLUDES: Bounce Houses • Dunk Tank • Snow Cones • Face Painting • Live Music & DJ • Ice Cream • Community…
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A Free Community Event: Celebrate with VALLEY GIRLS
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JOIN Nation Outside, VAAC – Voting Access for All, & American Friends Service Committee FOR A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT Celebrate with VALLEY GIRLS FREEDOM, FAMILY, SISTERHOOD When? Friday, July 7, 2023, from 4 – 8 PM Where? Center Line Park & Rec 25355 Lawrence Ave, Center Line. MI 48015 Free Food & Beverages Music Fun…
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Detroit NAACP’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 60th Commemorative Freedom Walk
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Join the march towards justice at the 60th Commemorative Freedom Walk, taking place on June 24, 2023. The event begins at 10 am with the Freedom Walk Step Off from the intersection of Woodward and Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Detroit. It will conclude with a rally at Hart Plaza at 12 pm, commemorating…
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Prop 2 Implementation Bills Pass Legislature
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In their June 16, 2023 newsletter, Promote the Vote shared the exciting progress of an eight bill package to implement Prop 2: It has been another exciting week for voting rights in the Michigan legislature! The House and Senate both passed their own eight-bill package to implement the provisions of Prop 2! (Additional details are…
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Proposed Legislation Restores Limited Records Access for Incarcerated People
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The following interview with VAAC member Tony Gant appears on WLNS.com from LANSING, Mich. Recent parolees shared their struggles getting official identification at the Capitol Tuesday, as lawmakers discussed a bill that would ensure people who have just been released from prison are able to get a driver’s license or state ID. Tony Gant is…
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10 Years Since Shelby County: How Democracy Advocates Can Fight Back
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On June 28th at 3:00 PM Eastern, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is hosting a virtual event to discuss how pro-democracy advocates can make democracy more inclusive and accountable through creative measures like state Voting Rights Acts, independent redistricting commissions and other commonsense measures that would protect and expand the freedom to vote. The Supreme Court…
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CALL TO ACTION. DEAR FRIENDS WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
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Voting Access For All Coalition is thrilled to share that SB494 will soon receive a hearing before the Committee on Elections & Ethics. Michigan currently counts incarcerated people as residents of the places where prisons are located rather than in the communities where they would otherwise reside, where their families live, and where they overwhelmingly…
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