Mon 9/14: Escanaba ArtServe/MDM Event

The UPPER PENINSULA ARTS & CULTURAL COMMUNITY has a unique opportunity on 9/14/09 to make its voice heard regarding the many critical issues affecting Michigan’s future.

ArtServe Michigan and Michigan’s Defining Moment have partnered to capture the voice of the Upper Peninsula Arts & Cultural Community and make sure it is heard by our future elected leaders in Lansing. Please join us for a presentation from ArtServe Michigan before the MDM Community Conversation.

WHO ASKED YOU?

That's the problem. Too often, our policymakers in Lansing are not asking Michigan citizens what they feel about critical issues like diversifying Michigan's economy, education and clear taxing and spending priorities. Not anymore. The Center for Michigan is asking you to HAVE YOUR SAY and influence the course of Michigan's future.

Next year is a watershed election. In the midst of a declining economy, all of the state’s top posts including the governor, 30 of the 38 state senators and more than 70 percent of the Michigan House of Representatives will be replaced because of term limits. 2010 is “Michigan’s Defining Moment.” With the massive turnover, it is imperative that you make your vision for Michigan clear to current Lansing decision makers and upcoming candidates.

Michigan’s Defining Moment is a 3-year statewide, non-partisan effort by the Center for Michigan to get people talking about Michigan's challenges and opportunities, and develop a common ground agenda to help guide the decisions of state and local leaders. MDM community conversations are an innovative public participation approach that is truly solutions-oriented. Help create public policy that percolates from the grassroots up, not from Lansing down. Over 6,000 Michigan citizens have weighed in so far. HAVE YOUR SAY on what can be done to ensure a brighter future for Michigan.

Monday, September 14

TIME: 1:00pm –4:00pm

LOCATION: William Bonifas Arts Center - 700 1st Avenue South, Escanaba

RSVP: Simon Perazza - Simon@artservemichigan.org or 517.980.1839