At a place of worship

On May 24th, 6:30-8:30pm, our friend & comrade Oday Salim from Great Lakes Environmental Law Center will lead us in a training on how to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. We will be using this skill to get government data that will help us in our lobbying efforts for bills in the state legislature relate to water shut-offs. The main audience of this training is People's Water Board organizations and their members but open to all -- learning to FOIA is a helpful skill to have in your organizing toolbox for whatever work you're engaged in.

Come join us at the Friends Meetinghouse for our May Regular Meeting! All are welcome to attend (including children).

6pm-6:30pm: Free food and mingling
6:30pm-8:15pm: Meeting!

Agenda:
1. Welcome & guidelines for respectful discussion – 5 minutes
2. General chapter & member updates – 10 minutes
3. Committee updates – 20 minutes
4. Strategy session – 20 minutes
5. Socialist feminism presentation – 25 minutes
6. Committee breakouts – 20 minutes

Ifeoma (Ify) Ike is coming back to Michigan with a new training workshop focused on power analysis and power mapping in our movement.

May 14th, 2018 in Flint, Michigan at the St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church. 12:00pm to 4:00pm.

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Come join Michigan United, the Latinx Student Association, the Rranxburgaj Family Sanctuary Campaign, the Nadeem Family Sanctuary Campaign, ABISA (African Bureau of Immigration & Social Affairs), and Action of Greater Lansing to help keep immigrant families together! The pilgrimage will take place over a week, starting on May 14th at the Central Methodist Church in Detroit and ending on May 22nd at the Lansing State Capital. At our different stops we welcome people impacted by deportation to tell their story and all attendees to take action to stop deportations!

SEIU, Center for Community Change, Michigan People’s Campaign, MOSES Action, Color of Change PAC and Planned Parenthood Action have formed an exciting new partnership called Win Justice Michigan. We are working together to help build the long-term political power of workers, women, young people and people of color in Michigan, and to Win Justice in the 2018 Election!
Please join us on May 10th in Grand Rapids for our Action Forum at Fountain Street Church (24 Fountain St. NE, GR, MI 49503) from 6-8:30pm.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide a space for people to connect and organize around Medicare for All. There are many ways to help this campaign and spread the word. Come by and learn how to get involved. Or you can share what your group is up to and find support for your health action! We will be giving a quick recap of our recent actions and brainstorm for future actions.

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Ellen Lipton, 9th District Congressional Candidate will be speaking beginning @ 8:00. Everyone is welcome to take advantage of this opportunity to listen and then there will be Q and A. The regular meeting agenda will be from 7:00 - 8:00.

NOTE: We meet the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month from 7 p.m. until 8:30/9 p.m., usually at the First United Methodist Church of Ferndale.

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We have a special meeting planned for May 9th. We have a training scheduled, led by the fabulous A. Philip Randolph Institute. The meeting will focus on voter registration training and civic engagement. Four members attended the training last week and recommended it for our Fighting 9 group. On the agenda will be: