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Rising Voices Statement: Rising Voices Protests the Trump Administration’s Authoritarian Actions and the Illegal Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
Detroit – Rising Voices is outraged by the Trump administration’s illegal and authoritarian actions, a direct threat to American...
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Mar 183 min read
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Michigan Community Organizations' Letter to Michigan State Lawmakers and the House Elections Committee on Opposing House Joint Resolution B
To Michigan State Lawmakers and the House Elections Committee, House Joint Resolution B is a direct threat to millions of Michiganders’...
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Mar 52 min read
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Press Release: Rising Voices Condemns Executive Order attacking Language Access
DETROIT  – President Donald Trump’s recent Executive Order declaring English the official language of the U.S. government and rescinding...
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Mar 42 min read
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Rising Voices Letter to Michigan House of Representatives Opposing House Resolution 19
Dear Members of the Michigan House of Representatives, On behalf of Rising Voices, an advocacy organization dedicated to organizing and...
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Feb 133 min read
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Rising Voices Statement: United Against Injustice in the Face of Change
Dear Rising Voices Community, As we move forward following Inauguration Day, we acknowledge the weight of this moment and the challenges...
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Jan 222 min read
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Rising Voices Statement on the 2024 Election Results.
Dear Michigan Asian American community - We are still here. We are with you. Our first concern is each other. We know that many in our...
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Nov 7, 20242 min read
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Rising Voices endorses Vice President Kamala Harris to be the next President of the United States.Â
Rising Voices endorses Vice President Kamala Harris to be the next President of the United States. This election is a historic moment...
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Aug 21, 20244 min read
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Michigan Immigrant Communities Applaud Gov. Whitmer for Signing Landmark Language Access Legislation
LANSING, MI – Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law the Statewide Meaningful Language Access Coordination Act (SB 382 and...
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Dec 11, 20235 min read
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Landmark Language Access Bill Package Passes the House
DETROIT, MI - Rising Voices, a leading Asian American advocacy organization in Michigan, applauds the historic passage of the “Meaningful...
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Nov 3, 20232 min read
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Rising Voices Statement of Solidarity with Palestine
Rising Voices stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine. We call for an immediate, complete ceasefire and end to the occupation...
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Oct 27, 20233 min read
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Bipartisan Language Access Bill Package Sails Through the Senate
DETROIT, MI - Rising Voices, a leading Asian American advocacy organization in Michigan, applauds the passage of the common sense and...
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Rising Voices and community partners raise concern over new Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, and Jain Caucus
DETROIT - Michigan’s leading Asian American and Pacific Islander civic engagement, advocacy, and civil rights organizations question the...
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Oct 6, 20232 min read
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Rising Voices Applauds Michigan House of Representatives Vote on Holiday Bills Package
DETROIT, MI - Rising Voices, Michigan’s first 501(c)(4) Asian American advocacy organization, applauds the passage in the Michigan House...
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Sep 14, 20232 min read
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Rising Voices Urges City of Detroit to Preserve Historic Building Key to the Asian American Movement
Rising Voices Urges City of Detroit to Preserve Historic Chinatown Building Key to the Asian American Movement in the United States. The...
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Jul 26, 20232 min read
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Rising Voices Condemns Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action Ending Race-Conscious Admissions
DETROIT, MI – Rising Voices issued the following statement on today’s US Supreme Court rulings in SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. University...
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Jun 29, 20232 min read
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Michigan Immigrant Advocates Applaud Introduction of the Equal Language Access Legislation Package
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 09, 2023 Contact: Christine Sauvé csauve@michiganimmigrant.org (734) 740-0979 Jasmine Rivera...
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Jun 9, 20233 min read
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Rising Voices Applauds Gov. Whitmer for Signing Law to Expand the Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit
The statement can be attributed to Rising Voices Co-Executive Director Jasmine Rivera. The expanded Michigan Earned Income Tax Credit...
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May 9, 20232 min read
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Rising Voices Applauds Bills to Recognize Lunar New Year, Eid al-Fitr, Vaisakhi and Diwali
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2023 Contact: Jasmine Rivera jasmine@risingvoicesaaf.org Co-Executive Director, Rising Voices Rising...
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Apr 24, 20232 min read
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Rising Voices Statement: Michigan State University Shooting
Our hearts are broken today. We are grieving the three lives lost in last night’s shooting at MSU and we are praying for those injured as...
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Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Response to the Lunar New Year Mass Shooting in Monterey, California
DETROIT, MI - The staff of Rising Voices would like to express sorrow and condolences for the victims of the mass shooting in Monterey...
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Jan 22, 20232 min read
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