As concerned citizens and organizations, we aim to address Michigan’s legislature and advocate for the passage of pivotal criminal legal reform legislation.
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Understanding the Michigan Voting Rights Act & The Fight for Fair Representation As Michigan moves deeper into the 2026 election cycle, major legal and political fights over voting rights and representation are continuing across the… Read Article
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Last Thursday and Friday, Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC) visited the Genesee County Jail to provide civic education and register eligible detained individuals to vote. VAAC Executive Director Angela Davenport was joined by VAAC… Read Article
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The Michiganders for Money Out of Politics (MMOP) campaign announced this week that organizers submitted more than 562,000 petition signatures in support of a proposed Michigan ballot initiative focused on campaign finance restrictions. Organizers turned… Read Article
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Local governments across Michigan continue taking action in opposition to documentary proof of citizenship requirements and in support of Michigan’s current election system. On Tuesday evening, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners overwhelmingly passed a… Read Article
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Several expungement clinics, warrant clinics, housing resource fairs, and Road to Restoration events are taking place across Michigan in the coming months. These events can help people address barriers connected to criminal records, suspended driver’s… Read Article
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Proposals requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote continue to advance at both the state and federal level. These policies are being framed as election security measures, despite repeated findings that noncitizen voting… Read Article
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Juneteenth is a time to honor freedom, Black history, community leadership, and the ongoing work of liberation. Several Juneteenth events are coming up across Metro Detroit in June, including community gatherings, cultural celebrations, organizing spaces,… Read Article
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What Does Supporting Programming Look Like? Providers across Michigan spend enormous time navigating barriers to meaningful prison programming: staffing shortages, inconsistent access, communication gaps, policy limitations, volunteer burnout, funding instability, and uneven opportunities between facilities.… Read Article
