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brz-css-1gal55g\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cuHyQTPTCx7p\">\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-row--inner brz-css-d-row-container brz-css-r-row-container brz-css-164m3om\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-d-column-column brz-css-1ayweng\" data-brz-custom-id=\"cOYVZGURQjg_\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-d-column-bg brz-css-8b6k9o\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-wd3hci brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-l3m6mv\" data-brz-custom-id=\"zRd_exDtY7IK\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-24 brz-css-eKofh\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-aGvh5\" data-uniq-id=\"ooumt\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color2\" style=\"background-color: transparent\">This award is given to a community activist\/organizer who led a community effort to bring about community change on a local, county, or statewide level.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-r-wrapper brz-css-14ion04 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-spacer brz-css-d-spacer brz-css-12suiw7\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-34rqf6 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-gfxwhu\" data-brz-custom-id=\"jB9ijJRvVoO3\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-oRl7h\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-bXcix\" data-uniq-id=\"dbaob\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Minister Malik Shabazz truly embodies the spirit of this award because he has spent&nbsp;the bulk of his adult life serving as an activist and community organizer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-w72M4\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-dPZO4\" data-uniq-id=\"o2vrs\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-dd3yw\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-zg3TD\" data-uniq-id=\"fWgUy\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Shabazz grew up in Detroit\u2019s North End, an area centering around Oakland Street north of East Grand Boulevard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-v1Toi\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kFLXc\" data-uniq-id=\"rMmBT\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-pOP2p\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-efU2l\" data-uniq-id=\"icfF4\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">He credits the Shrine of the Black Madonna as a big inspiration for his activism, which in part led to him founding the New Marcus Garvey Movement. Under Minister Shabazz\u2019s leadership, the group focused on community activism, either to get bad actors out of the community or to use public attention to force them to clean up their act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-xoRiA\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-hvnqQ\" data-uniq-id=\"iWEf3\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-qQx6a\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-kYeyW\" data-uniq-id=\"vrL0p\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Protests in the early 90s targeted neighborhood grocery stores selling foods past the expiration date. According to articles in the Michigan Citizen, his group\u2019s efforts led to the closing of as many as 10 stores by 1998.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-vglLC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-f4Yjh\" data-uniq-id=\"b94kl\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-e3rIE\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-broQh\" data-uniq-id=\"flTCx\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Around the same time, Minister Shabazz took on an even tougher opponent: Drug houses. Day in and day out, the group marched in front of drug houses, including even staging a protest on Christmas. While there is no exact count, the group was successful in closing down several drug houses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-aCwJ1\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-rtBxR\" data-uniq-id=\"iwpgp\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">In 2010, along with motivational speaker Raphael B. Johnson and the late Angelo Henderson, a former Detroit News reporter, Minister Shabazz founded the Detroit 300 patrol group after a 90-year-old woman was raped. The armed citizen patrols, which grew to more than 1,500 members, led to multiple arrests and helped to reduce crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-nqNJz\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-c3Gzz\" data-uniq-id=\"if7N6\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-qkWTC\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-uTrVk\" data-uniq-id=\"liS77\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Minister Shabazz has organized citizen patrols, mobilized searches for unsolved crimes and spoken out about any number of policy issues, ranging from quality local government to quality schools. For many years he raised his voice through his weekly radio show on WHPR 88.1 FM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-jHjoj\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-c4rc5\" data-uniq-id=\"lhM3l\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-yavZS\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-evdjc\" data-uniq-id=\"qWNVQ\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">For a warrior who spent more than four decades working to bring justice to our communities, Minister Shabazz is this year\u2019s honorary winner.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"zawIqtAE_FRE_zawIqtAE_FRE\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-d-section brz-css-jbvg9p\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-d-sectionitem-bg brz-css-q13bvx\" data-brz-custom-id=\"kRaBQ3H5EoRP\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-d-sectionitem-container brz-css-sbkm07\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1kl57rp brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-g4cnhi\" data-brz-custom-id=\"kZudq1O71ye7\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<h2 class=\"brz-tp-lg-heading2 brz-text-lg-center brz-css-kcoBe\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-fJWBe\" data-uniq-id=\"mTvJQ\"><span class=\"brz-cp-color8\">Honor the legacy<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"sqUmZjKSSHQu_sqUmZjKSSHQu\" class=\"brz-section brz-css-d-section brz-css-qpgmaa\">\n<div class=\"brz-section__content brz-section--boxed brz-css-d-sectionitem-bg brz-css-bfuml4\" data-brz-custom-id=\"s0qQEFIpEXTh\">\n<div class=\"brz-bg\">\n<div data-type=\"bgVideoCustom\" data-loop=\"true\" data-start=\"0\" class=\"brz-bg-video\"><video class=\"brz-bg-video-custom brz-bg-video__cover\" muted=\"\" autoplay=\"\" playsinline=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/miunited.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sabbadoo32_httpss.mj_.runVh_pg4_KnOE_dense_multiracial_crowd_a_167d41e3-d9e0-49bb-99b8-7650728ff66d_1.mp4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/miunited.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sabbadoo32_httpss.mj_.runVh_pg4_KnOE_dense_multiracial_crowd_a_167d41e3-d9e0-49bb-99b8-7650728ff66d_1.mp4\" style=\"display:block\"><\/video><\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-bg-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-container brz-css-d-sectionitem-container brz-css-1i2uz3y\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-tyka8x brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-1fg7cbe\" data-brz-custom-id=\"nwAPw2ucYlHO\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-text-lg-center brz-text-sm-center brz-text-xs-center brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-700 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_4 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-montserrat brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-30 brz-css-mcRZ9\" data-uniq-id=\"fBFHU\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-aVHH9\">Donate your money, time or both to Michigan United<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-row__container brz-css-d-row-row brz-css-1mq680i\" data-brz-custom-id=\"c_0f5_3WP5CY\">\n<div class=\"brz-row brz-css-d-row-container brz-css-r-row-container brz-css-19qrh4d\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-d-column-column brz-css-oj56t2\" data-brz-custom-id=\"rL_hiZOiXdMs\">\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-d-column-bg brz-css-52v3kd\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-cvl774 brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-rich-text brz-rich-text__custom brz-css-d-richtext brz-css-1867s8x\" data-brz-custom-id=\"dhj4otd1X8CC\">\n<div data-brz-translate-text=\"1\">\n<p class=\"brz-tp-lg-empty brz-ff-lato brz-ft-google brz-fs-lg-22 brz-fss-lg-px brz-fw-lg-400 brz-ls-lg-0 brz-lh-lg-1_5 brz-vfw-lg-400 brz-fwdth-lg-100 brz-fsft-lg-0 brz-css-aksYD\" data-generated-css=\"brz-css-f6WoV\" data-uniq-id=\"gmHhk\"><strong class=\"brz-cp-color2 brz-bold-true\">Join the 3.5 percent moving Michigan forward. 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class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-jlakrq brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-d-wppoststitle brz-css-r-wppoststitle brz-css-nuwj3d\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qpPlz5gtHyHe\"><span class=\"brz-wp-title-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">Follow the Money: the Hall-Bolin Holiday Budget Cuts<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1wc6p6p brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt brz-css-d-wppostexcerpt brz-css-r-wppostexcerpt brz-css-1jy3kqo\" data-brz-custom-id=\"tZ8COYxFVlvl\"><span class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">Using an obscure power in state law, they moved to strip multi-year protection from $644.9 million in already-approved projects. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone brz-flex-xs-wrap brz-css-d-cloneable brz-css-19tt7e9\" data-brz-custom-id=\"sJfOr8e1PSgK\"><a class=\"brz-a brz-btn brz-css-d-button brz-css-ew41bp brz-css-d-button-bg brz-css-r-button-bg brz-css-1aqclyb\" 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src=\"https:\/\/miunited.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Gun-Violence-Prevention.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-jlakrq brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-d-wppoststitle brz-css-r-wppoststitle brz-css-nuwj3d\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qpPlz5gtHyHe\"><span class=\"brz-wp-title-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">MU in the News: The Fight for Gun Violence Prevention in Michigan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1wc6p6p brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt brz-css-d-wppostexcerpt brz-css-r-wppostexcerpt brz-css-1jy3kqo\" data-brz-custom-id=\"tZ8COYxFVlvl\"><span class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">Learn more about the report and how Michigan United is making an impact in communities like Detroit and Flint.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone brz-flex-xs-wrap brz-css-d-cloneable brz-css-19tt7e9\" 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data-brz-custom-id=\"coYgIxYVyWpL\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"brz-img\" src=\"https:\/\/miunited.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_0527.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-jlakrq brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-title brz-css-d-wppoststitle brz-css-r-wppoststitle brz-css-nuwj3d\" data-brz-custom-id=\"qpPlz5gtHyHe\"><span class=\"brz-wp-title-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">The 2025 Michigan United Election Protection Report<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-1wc6p6p brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt brz-css-d-wppostexcerpt brz-css-r-wppostexcerpt brz-css-1jy3kqo\" data-brz-custom-id=\"tZ8COYxFVlvl\"><span class=\"brz-wp-post-excerpt-content\" style=\"min-height:20px\">Ensuring every eligible voter could cast a ballot safely, confidently, and without interference<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-wrapper-clone brz-flex-xs-wrap brz-css-d-cloneable brz-css-19tt7e9\" data-brz-custom-id=\"sJfOr8e1PSgK\"><a class=\"brz-a brz-btn brz-css-d-button brz-css-ew41bp brz-css-d-button-bg brz-css-r-button-bg brz-css-1aqclyb\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/miunited.org\/2025\/11\/the-2025-michigan-united-election-protection-report\/\" data-brz-link-type=\"external\" data-brz-custom-id=\"h1mDbmQdJX2U\"><span data-brz-translate-text=\"1\" class=\"brz-span brz-text__editor\">READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"brz-posts__item\" data-brz-filter=\"movement-politics,mu-news,statewide\">\n<div class=\"brz-columns brz-css-d-column-column brz-css-r-column-column brz-css-1ckvt8d\" data-brz-custom-id=\"a_PzAgrFW44c\">\n<div class=\"brz-column__items brz-css-d-column-bg brz-css-1w80obl\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"brz-css-d-wrapper brz-css-16z4h1b brz-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"brz-image brz-css-d-image-coygixyvywpl-parent brz-css-tceb47\" data-brz-custom-id=\"coYgIxYVyWpL\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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