Donate to Equality Michigan
Each month in 2024, we are collecting donations to send to charitable organizations and causes in the US. To donate, select the amount you wish to contribute and add this product to your cart. Acaia will publicly provide proof of donations when they are sent to the organization. Collections for Equality Michigan will continue through the end of September, 2024. Acaia will also match $50 in donations for this period.
In their own words:
Equality Michigan provides education, victim services, and outreach that empowers LGBTQ+ neighbors throughout the state to live in safe communities, take care of our families, and create positive impact by improving our social, cultural, and economic lives and wellbeing. We do this by ensuring underrepresented voices are amplified.
Equality Michigan‘s Values:
- Equity: We work toward fair treatment, access, opportunity, and advancement for all.
- Integrity: We honor ethical principles, honesty, and transparency.
- Inclusion: We courageously value each individual’s voice, ideas, and worth, seeking out those of underrepresented and LGBTQ+ individuals.Â
- Belonging: We are vigilantly committed to a positive environment in which everyone may experience a sense of community and worth while demonstrating a willingness to listen deeply to what each person has to say.
- Accountability: We are accountable to our community and stakeholders for results.
Equality Michigan‘s Priorities for 2024:
Build public awareness and the political will needed to amend the Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) to include LGBTQ+ inclusive protections in housing, education, employment, and public accommodations.
Work toward the passage of pro-LGBTQ+ human rights ordinances in targeted cities, townships, and jurisdictions across Michigan.
Defend against religious exemption bills that legally sanction discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals.
Increase transgender health and safety through improved access to health care, enacting LGBTQ+ cultural competency mandates in public institutions, mobilizing anti-violence policies, practices, and legal recourse against those engaged in hate and intimate partner violence against LGBTQ+ individuals.
*While EQMI may choose to work on other issues as they arise on an ad hoc basis, the above-listed are the priorities we have selected to focus our efforts and maximize their impacts.
