The power of a committed few
Lasting Change Always Starts With a Small Group of Determined People
Throughout American history, real and lasting change has been led by a committed few. In the mid-1760s, colonial organizers built networks of people outraged by the King’s Stamp Act. In the years before the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, women organized against the “Cult of True Womanhood” and its impossible vision of women as the ever-pious, submissive, home-obsessed wife. In 1934, Henry Gerber started the Chicago Society for Human Rights, a gay-rights advocacy that pre-dates Stonewall by decades.
These examples and more reiterate one truth that Margaret Mead found about change and society:
"History teaches us that even a small, committed group of individuals can transform the world. Imagine what 3.5% of the population can achieve."
--Margaret Mead
Ready to Take Action Now?
If you think everything is heading in the wrong direction, join Project 3.5.
If you're tired of feeling under siege, join Project 3.5 and renew your spirit by helping others.
If you want to get off the see-saw of relatively normal and totally insane, join Project 3.5. We stand on things that endure, like dignity and opportunity for everyone.
If that sounds like the way you feel, tap the button.
Our Goal is to Organize 3.5% of Michigan
We want to organize 3.5% of Michigan, tear down the barriers of inequality and replace it with dignity and opportunity.
The committed few mentioned above are now a superpower, an empowered gender, and a people slowly but certainly moving towards public acceptance.
At Michigan United, we believe that kind of power is still within reach. But only if we organize to claim it.
Introducing Project 3.5
Project 3.5 is our mission to activate 3.5% of Michigan’s population—the tipping point needed to transform politics, policies and people’s lives.
That’s about 350,000 people. The same number of fans packed into three home games at the Big House, or 16 nights at Comerica Park. Instead of cheering from the stands, we’ll be knocking doors, standing up to injustice, and building the future we deserve—together.
And it starts with you.
Two Ways to Join the Movement
We offer two membership levels, because everyone deserves a role in this fight:
Member – $10/month
Members power the movement with their energy, voice and dollars. Your monthly gift helps us train organizers, produce campaign materials, and show up everywhere we’re needed—at the Capitol, in neighborhoods, at school board meetings, and beyond.
Members get access to resources that can teach you the nuts and bolts of community leadership. Learn the listening, speaking, and planning skills to become an effective advocate for the people around you.
Members have the opportunity to use those lessons learned as volunteer leaders with Michigan United/Michigan United Action. Members get special invites and access to events, information and custom content.
Supporter – Free
Supporters are full members of Project 3.5 and participate as volunteer organizers. You'll grow through real-world action, campaign work, and training opportunities offered throughout the year.
Supporters:
- Access to basic organizing and advocacy training
- Invitations to take action with us across Michigan
- Connection to local campaign and volunteer opportunities
What You'll Be Part Of
This isn’t a club. It’s a campaign for the soul of Michigan.
Project 3.5 members walk streets and knock on doors—not to sell, but to have discussions. We sit across from neighbors at kitchen tables and city council chambers.
We protest in the streets, not out of anger alone, but because love demands we stand up for each other.
Together, we are building the power to:
Eliminate corporate money from Michigan politics
- Hold health insurance companies accountable to the people they serve
- End the epidemic of handgun violence harming our children
- Break the systems of racial, economic, and gender injustice holding our state back.
How do we overcome today’s problems? Organize.
The Revolutionary-era organizer Thomas Paine, the person that penned “these are the times that try men’s souls” didn’t have the troubles we do today.
But he did have the courage to join something bigger than himself.
Join Project 3.5
Become a Member ($10/month)
Become a Supporter ($0)
Leaders aren’t born. They’re built—from people like you.
Whether you're new to organizing or ready to take the next step, you can learn to lead lasting change with Project 3.5.
As a Member of Project 3.5:
- You'll get access to exclusive online leadership trainings and campaign planning resources.
- Learn how to build and grow a powerful network of friends, neigbors and new acquaintences.
- You'll recieve invitations to selected direct actions, advocacy and organizing opportunities.
- Build your leadership network among other new and committed activists.
- You can grow your leadership skills as a Michigan United/Michigan United Action volunteer organizer.
- Choose from organized advocacy campaigns for gun violence, healthcare, good government, election protection, immigration rights and more.
OR, join Project 3.5 as your way to resist. We'll know you're with us in spirit while we're in the streets. Your monthly support fuels the growth of Michigan United and Michigan United Action.
Become a member of Project 3.5.
Join the movement. Learn by doing.
Supporters are full members of Project 3.5 and participate as volunteer organizers. You'll grow through real-world action, campaign work, and training opportunities offered throughout the year.
As a Supporter of Michigan United:
- Choose from organized advocacy campaigns for gun violence, healthcare, election protection, immigration rights and more.
- Stand with us at actions and organizing opportunities.
- Participate in trainings and development as part of our regular organizing calendar.
- Learn through experience, side-by-side with others in the field.
If you're ready to do something now—Project 3.5 is how you start.
