Sally tells us how the proposed new law – the first in the nation – would affect her.
Michigan NOW offers more information on how to contact your legislators. GOP supporters of the law are expected to push the bill again on August 15, the only day between now and September when the legislature will meet. According to Michigan NOW’s Mary Pollock, the best hope for those who want to stop this legislation from becoming law is to persuade Governor Rick Snyder to intervene and stop it.
The Lansing organizer for the "Move to Amend" movement discusses a "Corporate Personhood" resolution proposal before the Lansing City Council on August 6, 2012.
Are corporations persons, too? The "Move to Amend Barnstorming Tour" featuring David Cobb visited Lansing on June 28, 2012. Cobb provided an accessible, fast-paced analysis of the history of "Corporate Personhood" in the U.S.
During his recent visit to Lansing, Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talked about aging Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van Buren County, Michigan, on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Anika Fassia of Public Works: The Center for the Public Sector, talked to the recent Michigan Summit for progressives about a Michigan narrative that frames policy discussions in terms of community values.
George Goehl of National Peoples' Action says progressives need to re-envision the economy and suggests a strategy for activists attending the 2012 Michigan Summit in Lansing on May 12, 2012.
Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear talks to the Peace Education Center about Ontario, Canada's plans for a deep underground dump (DUD) for nuclear waste on the Great Lakes.
"I never thought I'd see the day I would be fighting my grandmother's fight..." said Melissa Osborn in addressing the United Against the War on Women rally in Lansing.
When I decided to have an abortion in 1975, I asked that the 10 week old fetus be given to me so that I could bury it on the banks of the river of the Ojiways in Mt.Pleasant. When I had a hysterechtomy 25 years later I asked for a piece of “my” cancer to bury under the apple tree I had just planted. My insistance was because both of these were part of me for a short time. They belonged to me and no one else. No one should ever be able to tell me how I should care for what is part of me.