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Ryan Friedrichs, Center for Civic Participation
WHAT'S NEW
Michigan Voice is a state based collaboration formed in 2005 to improve long-term coordination and communication among nonprofit civic engagement organizations in Michigan. The collaboration's nonpartisan mission is to engage underrepresented or socially responsible voters in the democratic process and to establish collective action around a common issue agenda.
Organizations & Program
A. Phillip Randolph Institute Edu Fund, ACCESS, ACLU Fund, ACORN, APIA Vote, Black Youth Vote, Catholics for the Common Good, Center for Progressive Leadership, Clean Water Fund, Ecology Center, Environment MI, Gamaliel of MI, Grassroots Alliance, MARAL Foundation, MCTC, MEC, MI Citizens Edu Fund, MI Equality Edu Fund, MI LCVEF, MI League for Human Services, MI Legal Services, MI Pride at Work, MI Prospect, MI State Conference NAACP, MI United, MI UUSJN, MichUHCAN, MOSES, Native Vote, NOW Edu Fund, PIRGIM, PPFA, Progress Michigan Edu Fund, Project Vote, Sierra Club, Triangle Foundation, TransGender MI, USSA, VYV, Wellstone Action and Young People For the American Way
The eight strategies / economies of scale groups identified as most in need of central coordination:
| 1) Central Statewide Voter File | 5) Central Communications and Media Hub |
| 2) Coordinated Voter Reg, ID and GOTV | 6) Statewide Policy Summit |
| 3) Voter Protection and Reform | 7) Ballot Initiative Development |
| 4) Polling, Modeling and Research | 8) Coordinated Training |
Focus Areas
Organizations ranked counties for 2007 and 2008 collaborative work based on organizational capacity, low registration and turnout rates, and high historically underrepresented populations. Groups with capacity in each have developed detailed, nonpartisan plans for voter education, registration and turnout efforts.
I II III 1) Wayne 6) Washtenaw 11) Monroe 2) Genesee 7) Ingham 12) Berrien 3) Oakland 8) Saginaw 13) Chippewa 4) Kent 9) Kalamazoo 14) Jackson 5) Macomb 10) Calhoun 15) Marquette
Contact Information
Ryan Friedrichs, Center for Civic Participation 313-566-0538, Fax: 313-557-0533, 220 Bagley, Ste 948, Detroit, MI 48226