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‘I Am a Voter,’ ‘Morning Joe’ reveal this year’s inaugural cohort of Democracy Heroes’
by MSNBC ID: Photo of Kenia Flores, a brown skin, Latina woman with shoulder length brown hair; wearing a green floral shirt. "Kenia is...


Ahead of the elections, care advocates take their mission on a road trip
by New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative ID: Photo of the Care Can't Wait Tour outside of The Love Building “Care can’t...


Detroit Evening Report: Detroit extends deadline to apply for home accessibility repair program
by WDET 101.9 fm ID: Photo of city officials with a disabled Detroit resident at the program's press conference. “Detroit has more than...


Federal Judge Dismisses RNC Lawsuit Aimed At Purging Michigan Voters
by Democracy Docket ID: Photo of three voting booths in the sunlight. The photo is taken from a low angle. "A federal judge today tossed...


Disability Rights Are Voting Rights
ID: photo of a person in a wheelchair voting at a wheelchair height voting booth. “This isn’t just a Detroit issue, and this isn’t just a...


Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hiring Technology and Disability Discrimination
ID: Photo of a woman facing a laptop screen. Her face is being scanned by a mock-up of AI technology being projected on her face. “People...


Created Equal: Polling locations are largely inaccessible for disabled voters in metro Detroit. Why?
ID: A person using a walker tries to navigate steps through a doorway at a Detroit polling location. “Dessa Cosma from Detroit Disability...


Barrier Free Futures: Eric Welsby, Advocacy Director at DDP
ID: Screenshot of Barrier Free Futures interview of Eric Welsby. Play button says 28 minutes and 49 seconds. Date says 8/24/2024. Eric...


Detroit’s LOVE Building hosts grand opening with four days of community events
ID: Photograph of The Love Building with people walking around. The sky is clear, sunny, and blue. “We’re excited to formally welcome the...


A Look into Voting with Disabilities
Image Description: Screenshot of ideo interview by CBS News Detroit’s Shaina Humphries and guest Dessa Cosma, DDP’s Executive Director. ...


People with Disabilities Gather in Ferndale for Resources, Ice Cream, and Visibility
ID: Photo of Kaci and NaJee, DDP staff members. “Kaci Pellar and Najaree Nixon staffed [DDP’s] booth, which offered resources on voting...


Disabled Voters Face Extra Obstacles to the Ballot Box
ID: Photo of an accessible voting booth. “‘That made me very uncomfortable, because it’s a vulnerable position to be in—there is no way...


DanceAbility at the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum Local 4
ID: Screenshot of Local 4 live interview Local 4 Interviews Detroit Disability Power’s DanceAbility facilitator Cara, and DDP Member...


Deputy Mayor Bettison and Detroit’s Office of Disability Affairs (ODA) host first Disability Pride celebration & flag raising
ID: Angelic Boyer, Council Member Fred Durhal, III, Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison, ODA Director Christopher Samp, CRIO Director Anthony...


Detroit police precincts using lasso-like restraints: What to know
ID: Photo of a Bola Wrap restraining device. Detroit is equipping more of its police precincts with lasso-like restraints to defuse...


How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy
ID: While legal battles may offer longer-term solutions to the barriers facing disabled voters, other organizing efforts are focused on...


Churches Don’t Have to Be Accessible. That’s Bad News for Voters.
ID: An altered image of a church steeple in red and blue. An accessibility symbol to the right of the church. Mother Jones; Unsplash;...


Elections Have Gotten More Accessible for Disabled Voters, but Gaps Remain
ID: Signs directing voters at a Phoenix library serving as a polling location during the state’s presidential preference election in...


Nixon, Pellar: Detroit City Council must boost disability funding
ID: An accessibility sign on a glass wall. A woman pushing a small child in a stroller in the background. On April 1, the annual public...


What’s in Michigan’s push to expand voting rights
ID: A Detroit Disability Power canvasser registers an elderly resident to vote while knocking doors in Detroit’s Core City Neighborhood....
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