Rising Voices
STATEMENT: Election Defense Coalition's Response to Racist Voter Intimidation in Detroit
Statement from Election Defense Coalition: Amid Racist Voter Intimidation in Detroit, “Michiganders have each others’ backs” Michiganders...
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Rising Voices
- Nov 4
- 2 min
STATEMENT: Rising Voices Condemns Hateful, Racist Mailers Targeting Michigan Asian American Voters
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday November 3, 2022 Contact: team@feldmanstrategies.com Jasmine Rivera...
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Rising Voices
- Jun 24
- 2 min
This Is Not the End: Rising Voices’ Statement on the Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
DETROIT, MI - Rising Voices strongly condemns the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. The ending of over 50 years of protected...
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Rising Voices
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Rising Voices' Statement on the Police Killing of Patrick Lyoya
Our definition of safety can never include murder. The killing of Patrick Lyoya by the police is murder, plain and simple. Patrick was...
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Rising Voices
- Mar 16
- 3 min
ONE YEAR LATER - Rising Voices' Statement on the Anniversary of the Atlanta Shootings
Dear Community, We have gone back and forth in this statement. We want to commemorate this day, but remain humble in all that we don’t...
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Rising Voices
- Jan 20
- 3 min
We Do This Work: A Letter from Rising Voices' Interim Executive Director, Jungsoo Ahn
2022 has begun in earnest and the staff at Rising Voices are preparing for a banner year of advocacy as we organize the Michigan Asian...
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Rising Voices
- Nov 29, 2021
- 2 min
Detroit Will Breathe/Rising Voices/ANSWER Detroit Joint Statement on Warren Massage Spa Police Raids
On November 18th, the Warren Police Department raided two massage spas in the city of Warren, resulting in the arrests of six Asian...
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Rising Voices
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
A Message from Rising Voices Executive Director Laura Misumi
It is with both sadness and excitement that I announce that I will be stepping down as Executive Director and Board member of Rising...
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Rising Voices
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
Rising Voices Statement on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
On this, the twentieth anniversary of 9/11/01, we are reflecting on how much the world has changed and yet in some ways has stayed the...
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Rising Voices
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Rising Voices Statement on the Texas Abortion Ban Law
Supreme Court Ruling to Uphold Texas’ SB8 Abortion Ban Will Have Devastating Consequences on Asian American Women and Communities...
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Rising Voices
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Rising Voices’ Statement On Palestine And The Illegal Evictions In Sheikh Jarrah
Rising Voices believes in organizing and developing the leadership capacity of AAPI women across Michigan for self-determination, to...
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Rising Voices
- Apr 8, 2021
- 4 min
Fear, Racism, and Violence is Driving Asian Americans To Politics
Fear, Racism, and Violence is Driving Asian Americans To Politics, and They Have Just Begun to Scratch the Surface of Their Real...
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