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MEJC will continue to engage parents and caregivers of school-aged children around the importance of school board elections and school bonds and millages. Together with our coalition partners, we hope to reach voters in key Black and brown school communities through relational organizing, phone banking, and door to door canvassing.
Entity Type: c3
Mission Statement
MEJC aims to organize parents, caregivers, community organizations, and educators in a statewide coalition for education equity and justice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
CaPA States Covered: MI
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged: MEJC works directly in MI-11, MI-10, MI-08, and MI-07. We have coalition partners working locally in MI-01, MI-03, MI-06, MI-11, MI-12, MI-12
Geographic Focus: Rural Suburban / Ex-urban Urban - Small city (<100k) Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black Multi-racial (including white)
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Lead Contact: Trina Tocco Director trina@miedjustice.org

Community Engagement Actions

We will be providing trainings and events that showcase the role of a school board member. We will work with school board candidates to provide training on critical issues related to school boards such as budgeting, developing strong district level policy and co-governance. We hope to hold at least 20 school board candidate forums.
Entity Type: c4
Mission Statement
MEJC aims to organize parents, caregivers, community organizations, and educators in a statewide coalition for education equity and justice.
Budget Size: Small: Previous year budget $20,000 - $1M
CaPA States Covered: MI
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged: MEJC works directly in MI-11, MI-10, MI-08, and MI-07. We have coalition partners working locally in MI-01, MI-03, MI-06, MI-11, MI-12, MI-13
Geographic Focus: Rural Suburban / Ex-urban Urban - Small city (<100k) Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: Black Multi-racial (including white)
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs Volunteer boosted - <50% of the programmatic activities are executed by volunteers
Lead Contact: Rachelle Crow-Hercher Co-Director rachelle@miedjustice.org

Community Engagement Actions

Megaphone is building a progressive digital media and messaging amplification network and online community of content creators and sharers. Since people already get their news and information on social media from friends and influencers, Megaphone ensures those trusted messengers have access to content that represents progressive values and engages voters.
Entity Type: c4, PAC
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a strong credible voice that holds public officials and government accountable, assists in the promotion of progressive ideas and uses state-of-the-art web based new media to creatively build grassroots support for progressive ideas. Progress Michigan works as a communications team and media hub for the entire progressive community. We’re a marketing department for progressive ideas – a campaign that never stops. We work year round to challenge conservative propaganda in the media and make sure that progressive perspectives are heard.
Budget Size: Medium: Previous year budget $1M - $3M
CaPA States Covered: MI
Sub-State CaPA Priority Geographies Engaged: MI-07, MI-07, MI-10
Geographic Focus: Rural Suburban / Ex-urban Urban - Small city (<100k) Urban - Large city (>100k)
Core Constituencies: LGBTQ+ Multi-racial (including white) Youth and Students (aged 17-35)
Organization Leadership: BIPOC-led Queer-led Youth-led (aged 15-35) Women-led
Staff and Volunteer Balance: Staff powered - Little to no volunteers involved in executing programs
Lead Contact: Sam Inglot Executive Director sam@progressmichigan.org

Community Engagement Actions