Remembering Michele Corey
‘Michele Didn’t Talk-the-Talk on Making Systems More Anti-Racist; She Walked-the-Walked’ This past month has been incredibly challenging. Today marks one month since Michele’s passing. In that same month, we’ve seen…
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With a ‘Bee in Her Bonnet,’ Michele Corey was the Ultimate Champion for the People
Michigan lost another brilliant soul. But we have not lost her wisdom. As a person, colleague, and advocate, Michele Corey was a role model. Michele grew up on dirt floors,…
Engaging Advocates across Michigan, and Lessons Learned about Outreach
A few months ago I was brought on board to a new position at Michigan’s Children as regional engagement and mobilization associate and tasked with engaging organizations and people in…
It’s a New Legislative Season: Review Michigan’s Children’s Updated Policy Playbook and Join our Work
Today we launch our Policy Playbook for the 2021-2022 Legislative Season and welcome you to review our priorities to assess where you can join the advocacy work necessary to improve…
Lessons from the Pandemic, and Making Michigan a Top State to Have and Raise a Baby
There’s no doubt a single voice with a compelling message can be influential and stir change, but a chorus of voices? That’s influence amplified. Last week Michigan’s Children and other…
Out-of-School Time is Key to the Public Good of Education
COVID changed the look of school, at least for now, and reminded us that a student’s out-of-school and in-school lives are one and the same. Making remote learning work in…
Winning Plays for Moving Policymakers to Advocacy Champions
As advocates, we’re all looking for that saving grace, the lawmaker(s) who rises up to champion an issue, bill, appropriation, or rule change that makes life better for the children,…
Governance and Leadership: We have an obligation and a responsibility to make change
January 20, 2021 – In her book, Leadership in Tumultuous Times, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles four America Presidents and their leadership legacies and asks the questions- “Are leaders born…
Meet Stephen, our Newest Staff Member: The New Normal – How lessons from COVID-19 can provide a more equitable future
As COVID-19 began to take over our country and stay-at-home orders and masks mandates became commonplace, there was one common refrain “when will things go back to normal?” Now as…
Dear Voters: Thank You!
Throughout this election cycle, we’ve stressed the importance of making you voice heard at the polls in person or via absentee because it’s truly the starting point for all of…