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Action needed- Legislators Play Ping Pong While Children Go Hungry: Call for Covid Relief
Action Item for 2-28-20 – Legislators Play Ping Pong While Children Go Hungry In December 2020, the Federal Government authorized 5.6 billion dollars for COVID relief to Michigan with the intention that it be spent on desperately needed food and housing assistance,...
Addressing the Inequality of Vaccine Distribution in the African American Community
WCDP is very concerned about the impact of disparities in vaccine distribution. We are looking for ways to help remedy this is to get the facts, Representative Felicia Brabec has organized a panel that will be very informative.....
Calls Needed- MI Legislature Withholding COVID Housing Relief
Allocate Emergency COVID Funding for Housing Immediately Thousands of Michigan families are facing homelessness as a result of evictions related to COVID. They can’t pay bills and landlords have notes coming due. The COVID emergency eviction moratorium approved by...
Black Women Speaking Truth to Power
LINKS FROM WCDP’S BLACK WOMEN SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER FORUM Racial Roots of Vaccine Skepticism (Feb 10th) – With Special Guests: Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, Dr. Joneigh Khaldun- Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director for Health and Human Services, and...
Action Item: COVID Relief– Calls Needed
From Michigan Resistance: Just this week, the GOP house passed a completely inadequate supplemental budget plan that does not provide anywhere near the same funding as the Governor’s plan. They left millions if not billions of ‘spend it or lose it’ federally granted...
7 Petitions for Clemency for Battered Women Prisoners to Governor Whitmer and the Michigan Parole Board
Contacts: Melissa Salinas, Director, Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic, University of Michigan Law School, salinasm@umich.edu Megan Richardson, Clinical Teaching Fellow, University of Michigan Law School, megarich@umich.edu Carol Jacobsen, Director, Michigan Women's...
Covid-19 Community Conversation with Rep. Peterson, Lt. Gov. Gilchrist and Dr. Bagdasarian of the MI DHS
On Feb. 4, 4-5 pm, Rep. Ronnie Peterson will be hosting a virtual community conversation on the latest news concerning COVID-19. He and special guest speakers Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II and Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Senior Public Health Physician at the Michigan...
“Mask Up Ypsi” Winners
Check out the winners' artwork for the Ypsilanti Community Schools "Mask Up Ypsi" contest: Makayla, 12th grade Ali, 10th grade Tai, 2nd grade Angel, 4th grade
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