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Happy New Year from Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC)!
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As we close out another year, we’d like to express gratitude to our VAAC family. We know that Civic Engagement is more just than voting and that coalition building is power! It’s been a transformative year and we couldn’t have done this work without you. We’re constantly impressed and inspired by this community. VAAC is…
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Join Us for Our Final Meeting of 2022!
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Join Voting Access For All Coalition at our final meeting of the year for an election debrief, reflection on our collective achievements and a look at 2023. Believe it or not the election was only one week ago! Thank you to each and every partner, volunteer, & person that has contributed to this election in…
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Angel Tree Program Connects Parents in Prison with Their Children
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Tis’ the season!🚜📃🎅🏾 Help ensure that no child is forgotten this holiday season🎄and make a difference for a family in need this Christmas. The Angel Tree Program connects parents in prison with their children through the delivery of Christmas gifts. In partnership with Prison Fellowship, Greater Grace Temple is working to bring a little holiday…
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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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