Category: Events
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Today: VAAC Friday Community Meetings Return September 11 With a Ballot Proposal Deep Dive
VAAC Friday Community Meetings returns today with a conversation focused on Michigan ballot initiatives and what voters need to understand about proposals that could make significant changes to the Michigan Constitution. Our next statewide community meeting will take place Friday, September 11, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM ET on Zoom. For Ballot Proposal Deep Dive:…
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Next Week: VAAC Friday Community Meetings Return September 11 With a Ballot Proposal Deep Dive
VAAC Friday Community Meetings return in September with a conversation focused on Michigan ballot initiatives and what voters need to understand about proposals that could make significant changes to the Michigan Constitution. Our next statewide community meeting will take place Friday, September 11, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM ET on Zoom. For Ballot Proposal Deep…
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Upcoming Events: Find VAAC in Royal Oak, Highland Park, Detroit, and Online
VAAC will be out in the community over the next week, connecting with people at festivals, back-to-school events, and community gatherings, along with participating in conversations about voter access and the 2026 election. Find us at the events below to ask voting questions, get accurate information about voting rights in Michigan, and connect with VAAC.…
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Barbershop Talks with MDOS: Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Power
Barbershops and salons have long been places where people exchange information, talk about what is happening in their communities, and build relationships. On September 14, VAAC and community partners are bringing voting and civic engagement into that conversation. Barbershop Talks: Your Voice, Your Vote, Your Power will bring community members, barbers, salon professionals, civic organizations,…
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From Community Art Pop-Ups to ArtPrize: VAAC’s Voting Rights Art Installation Heads to Grand Rapids
For months, people across Metro Detroit have been helping turn conversations about voting rights, democracy, representation, and whose voices are heard into art. Now, hundreds of those individual expressions are coming together for ArtPrize 2026 in Grand Rapids. Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC) and Indivisible Metro Detroit’s Community Voting Rights Art Installation has been…
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Expungement Clinics & Road to Restoration Events in August and September
Free clinics and resource events are coming to communities across Michigan to help people address barriers connected to a criminal record or suspended driver’s license. Road to Restoration clinics and expungement events provide different services. Road to Restoration clinics focus on driver’s license restoration and are not expungement events. Expungement fairs and intake clinics help…
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Help Strengthen Oversight and Accountability in Michigan’s Prison System
Our partners at Citizens for Prison Reform are making progress on oversight — Michigan House leadership has scheduled a committee hearing for two bills that would strengthen and expand the work of the Office of the Legislative Corrections Ombudsman. You can support these bills by Submitting written testimony by 12 Noon on Monday, August 24…
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VAAC Friday Community Meetings Return September 11 With a Ballot Proposal Deep Dive
VAAC Friday Community Meetings return in September with a conversation focused on Michigan ballot initiatives and what voters need to understand about proposals that could make significant changes to the Michigan Constitution. Our next statewide community meeting will take place Friday, September 11, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM ET on Zoom. For Ballot Proposal Deep…
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Where to Find VAAC in the Community: August 21–28
VAAC ambassadors will be out in the community over the next week, bringing voter and civic education into spaces focused on expungement, families and young people, community art, Black leadership, and neighborhood resources. At these events, VAAC will share accurate information about voting rights in Michigan, answer questions, and offer voter registration support. We will…
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Black Voters Matter Brings GOTV Events and Free Documentary Screening to Detroit This Saturday
Black Voters Matter will be in Detroit this Saturday, August 22, for a full day of voter outreach, community organizing, and a free documentary screening. The day begins with phone banking and canvassing at two Detroit locations, followed by a motorcade and an evening screening of Love, Joy & Power: Tools for Liberation. GOTV Phone…