URGENT ACTION NEEDED: CONTACT STATE SENATORS (from Michigan ACLU) This week, we are asking you all to take action to oppose Senate Bill 285, Senate Bill 303, and Senate Bill 304. On Wednesday, May 26 at 2 p.m. EST, the Michigan Senate Elections committee will be taking testimony on Senate Bills 285, 303, and 304. These voter suppression bills will create unnecessary restrictions designed to make it harder for some people to vote. The bills will eliminate Michigan’s long-functioning system of allowing a voter to prove who they are by signing an affidavit under penalty of perjury if they arrive at a polling place without ID. The bills go so far as to require you to send a copy of your ID through the mail if you […]

Call Your Michigan Senators Senator Debbie Stabenow: 1-202-224-4822 Senator Gary Peters: 1-202-224-6221 Thank Them for Being Willing to Support the American Rescue Plan To Bring Relief to Michigan Families and Communities The COVID pandemic — and the economic and health crisis it triggered — is devastating families across the country. On February 26th, the U.S. House adopted a $1.9 trillion COVID relief package called the “American Rescue Plan”. Click HERE for details from a recent article in the Detroit Free Press that spells out how the plan includes billions in relief for Michigan: THE BATTLE TO GET A $15/HOUR RAISE ADOPTED IN THE SENATE Recently, the Senate parliamentarian ruled that a raise in the minimum wage could not be included in the Senate COVID relief bill under Senate “reconciliation” […]

Call Your Michigan Senators Senator Debbie Stabenow: 1-202-224-4822 Senator Gary Peters: 1-202-224-6221 AND Your U.S. Representative Click HERE to Find Your Rep’s Name and Phone # URGE THEM To Support Pres. Biden’s COVID Relief Package That Gives More Help for Struggling Families and Communities The COVID pandemic and the subsequent economic and health crisis it triggered is devastating families across the country. As of January 28th, 29.8 million people have contracted the COVID virus and 433,000 have died from it. President Joe Biden’s new Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellin, said that the “price of doing nothing is higher than the price of doing something big”. The Biden’s administration last week introduced a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” to help both people and the economy to recover from the […]