Michigan

Conmunities Over Corporations - Michigan Capitol Day 2025

April 23, 2025 | Lansing, MI

Across the country and here in Michigan, the attacks are escalating—on our freedoms, our schools, our paychecks, our healthcare, and our very democracy. While billionaires and lobbyists write the rules, working people are left to pick up the pieces. On Wednesday, April 23, we're sending a message: we're fighting back.

Communities Over Corporations - Capitol Day 2025 - April 23rd Michigan State Capitol bit.ly/capday2025 - Buses from Detroit, Saginaw, Flint, Grand Rapids

MI staff posing with "Taking Back Our Power" signs

Working To Keep The Great Lakes State Great: Michigan 2024 In Review

December 6, 2024 | By Sean McBrearty

Together we will walk the path ahead and prove that a grassroots struggle that builds power from the bottom up is essential to making progress on the issues that matter most. As we prepare for 2025 and the critical fights ahead, I take courage in knowing that we can count on your support, and I’m thankful to be in this fight with you.

The Powerful Commitment of Thanksgiving

November 27, 2024 | By Nichole Keway Biber

"Should we choose to heal people, water, plants, and animals in the places we are, food is the most intimate measure of health. Thanksgiving can be a powerful action, committed to food sovereignty, and nourished by love."

The author and her daughter in a canoe harvesting manoomin (wild rice)

Jen Schlicht

Michigan Voting Rights Act Lobby Day

December 4, 2024 | Lansing, MI

Join Clean Water Action and a coalition of Michigan non-profit organizations to lobby for the Michigan Voting Rights Act, Taking Back Our Power, and Community Solar legislation!

On The Ground In Michigan

November 5, 2024 | By Sean McBrearty

In an election that will be decided by who shows up to vote, the work that we do at Clean Water Action truly matters. Not only what we do in election season, but what we do year-round, educating our members and the public about critical issues and engaging more people in the democratic process.

Holding up several Michigan "I Voted" Stickers

Backyard garden with decorative sign "Planting A Seed Is Believing In Tomorrow"

Sowing Seeds for Spring: An Earth Day Reflection

April 22, 2024 | By Nichole Keway Biber

On Earth Day and as the traditional nursery rhyme about April showers and May flowers perhaps come to mind, there is an invitation to greet this time of year with a sense of hope for renewal.