Category: Advocacy
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Common Sense Policing Reform Needs Your Voice
Five years after the murder of George Floyd, we’re finally seeing real momentum for meaningful policing reform in Michigan. A bipartisan group of state senators has introduced the Police Practices Standardization, Transparency, and Trust (S.T.A.T.) package, a set of eleven bills shaped by years of community advocacy to increase transparency, accountability, and public trust in policing.…
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Rank MI Vote
An exciting new Michigan constitutional amendment is being proposed that could change the way we vote in elections. Rank MI Vote wants Michigan to allow a fairer, more sensible option to elect the best candidates. This option is called ranked choice voting. What is Ranked Choice Voting? Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a way to…
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Making Legislative Change
Take a look at this video featuring our friends Josh Hoe and Kandia Milton, and produced by Dream.Org, providing a peak into how legislative change actually happens. Meeting with legislators is a key way to influence policy. If you are interested in getting more involved with advocating for legislation for your community, and you want…
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MI-CEMI Recommendations on MDOC’s Communication Services Contract
2025.06.03–MDOC Inmate Network, Applications & Services RFSDownload The post MI-CEMI Recommendations on MDOC’s Communication Services Contract first appeared on Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration.
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Police Practices S.T.A.T. (Standardization, Transparency, and Trust)- Michigan State Legislation to Improve Police Practices and Transparency, Build Community Trust
Chang_STAT_ One-PagerDownload The post Police Practices S.T.A.T. (Standardization, Transparency, and Trust)- Michigan State Legislation to Improve Police Practices and Transparency, Build Community Trust first appeared on Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration.
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Join the Movement to Bring Women Home from the Valley
Learn how to support commutation efforts and build lasting relationships with incarcerated women. Across Michigan, people are coming together to fight for freedom — and you can be part of it. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) MI Criminal Justice Program invites you to a powerful monthly Commutation Workshop where you’ll learn how to support…
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2025-2026 Criminal Justice Reform Agenda
The Michigan Collaborative to End Mass Incarceration (MI-CEMI), which serves over 115 member organizations working to improve public safety and end mass incarceration, established the following policy priorities for 2025–2026. These priorities were shaped through deep collaboration among justice-impacted leaders and organizations across the state, reflecting a range of political perspectives, lived experiences, and roles…
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Landmark Michigan Supreme Court Ruling for 19- and 20- years olds with LWOP
Earlier this month, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in People v. Czarnecki and People v. Taylor, holding that mandatory life without parole (LWOP) sentences for people who were 19 or 20 at the time of the offense are unconstitutional—and that this decision applies retroactively. Combined with the People v. Poole ruling (affirming resentencing rights for 18-year-olds sentenced…
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Investing in a Safer Michigan Budget Recommendations
Today a coalition of organizations released their 2026 Michigan Budget Recommendations to Invest in Crime Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Reentry. Tell your lawmaker to support the budget recommendations. With Michigan seeing record low rates of violent crime and low rates of recidivism, the FY2026 budget is an opportunity to double down on the programs that prevent…