Category: Events
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Next Week’s VAAC Friday Community Meeting: Proportional Representation: How It Works and What It Could Mean for Representation
Heard of proportional representation but not quite sure what it is, how it works, or why people are talking about it? Join Voting Access For All Coalition next week, on Friday, September 25, from 12:30 to 1:30 PM ET at vaac.me/Fridays for a community conversation about proportional representation and what different approaches could mean for…
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VAAC’s Community Voting Rights Art Installation Opens at ArtPrize: Visit, Vote and Join Us in Grand Rapids
The Community Voting Rights Art Installation created by Voting Access For All Coalition (VAAC) and Indivisible Metro Detroit opens at ArtPrize 2026 on Friday, September 18, and now it’s time to see the finished installation and vote for it. Hundreds of individual pieces created by people at community art-making pop-ups across Southeast Michigan have come…
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Where to Find VAAC This Week: Voter Education, Expungement Fairs, Community Resources and ArtPrize
VAAC ambassadors will be out across Michigan this week, bringing voter education and registration support into community resource events, shelters, expungement fairs, and other spaces where people are already connecting. We’re also heading to Grand Rapids for ArtPrize, where you can visit and vote for the Community Voting Rights Art Installation created by VAAC and…
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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…