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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...
Rising Voices
Dec 11, 20235 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Rising Voices
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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...
Rising Voices
Jan 22, 20232 min read
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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Nov 8, 20222 min read
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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Nov 4, 20222 min read
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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Jun 24, 20222 min read
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...
Rising Voices
Apr 15, 20222 min read
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...
Rising Voices
Mar 16, 20223 min read
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...
Rising Voices
Jan 20, 20223 min read
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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Nov 29, 20212 min read
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