A lot of us are here, reading MichLib in the middle of a work day, because we’re frustrated with the endless gridlock in Lansing and the lack of progress on issues we care about. That, and because we really love seeing hilarious Photoshopped images.
Like a lot of you, I’m frustrated. The Michigan I want to live in is a Michigan shaped by her people, not by her perpetually-campaigning politicians. The Michigan I see tackles our challenges instead of pushing them off, year after year, or refusing to confront naysayers with courage.
Should we shrink our urban cities like Flint and Detroit? Instead of dodging the question, why not confront it? Flint Mayor Dayne Walling and former Genesee County treasurer Dan Kildee will debate the right-sizing issue at the 2010 Michigan Summit: Blueprint for Change, taking place June 12 in East Lansing.
In a few weeks, hundreds of progressive activists, students, community members, policy wonks, campaign teams and others will gather in East Lansing to tackle that and other big issues facing our state. Click here to register.
Summit attendees will also hear from state Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Sarah Roberts, the organizers behind successful campaigns for health care reform and equal rights in Kalamazoo, and political podcast powerhouse Joe DiSano. .
Catherine Orenstein, the writer and founder of the Op-Ed Project, will also be there. She’s planning to show attendees how we can shake up the state’s opinion pages – which are a big YAWN – by getting out our message instead of seeing the same old pieces supporting the same old policies that got the state into trouble in the first place.
Seriously, there’s no better place to be on June 12. If you care about fixing Michigan – not just sitting in a room full of boring people listening to equally boring powerpoint presentations stuffed with even more boring clichés like “think outside the box” – then register today. Let the snail’s-pace-for-change thinkers have their boring conference.
We’re going to fix Michigan with progressive policies, a collaborative plan, and all the tools we need to win in 2010.
Doers, shakers, movers, muckrakers, activists and Michigan Liberals welcome. |
