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This Saturday in Flint: Come “In” and Learn About Cancer

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Michigan’s government should work for people, not powerful corporations.

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We hold health insurers accountable for covered but unpaid benefits. Together, we are working to transform our health care system to put people over profit.

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We believe that we can keep our communities safe from crime and reduce the number of people in prison. We’re working to reform the policies of the police, schools, prosecutors, as well as reform sentencing guidelines and improve release services.

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We’re on a mission to safeguard the integrity of every election, ensuring that the democratic process remains fair, accessible, and representative of all voices.

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Join us in our fight for a brighter future, where every person, regardless of their immigration status, is afforded the same rights, opportunities, and respect as any other Michigander.

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Take Action on ICE Funding
Right now in Minneapolis and across the country, ICE and federal immigration agents are operating like an occupying force.
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Michigan United in Action: What you can do about Minneapolis
We are living in a crisis born of government force. Use our Advocacy Alert below to educate yourself, understand what’s needed and take action.
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Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration
Substack writer Ty Partridge, author of American Reflections attended our 2026 MLK Day Celebration. It was a day of inspiration, fellowship and recommitting to the cause.
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Regulating AI in Michigan: What is “Best Practice” for Legislation?
We built this app because “AI legislation” is starting to show up in statehouses. This app turns policy into a simple checklist you can actually use.
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How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality
Given AI influence in the White House, it is highly unlikely we’ll see tech regulation from DC. As a result, states are laboratories for governing AI.
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Community Leaders and Environmental Groups Raise Urgent Concerns About Cryptomining and AI Data Centers Across Michigan
Community and environmental leaders across Northern Michigan met for a series of hybrid briefings on the growing risks from data centers.
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Michigan United

We are a broad, statewide coalition working to reform our broken immigration system, protect our environment and end mass incarceration. We develop the leadership of our members to eradicate the root causes of racial and economic injustice.

Michigan United is a 501c(3).

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Posted on January 28, 2026January 28, 2026Author dasbatesCategories Flint, Healthcare, Michigan United in actionTags Civic Engagement
Take Action on ICE Funding

Take Action on ICE Funding

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We are living in a crisis born of government force, and silence is complicity.

Right now in Minneapolis and across the country, ICE and federal immigration agents are operating like an occupying force raiding neighborhoods, schools, jobs, and families’ homes without accountability.

And the carnage continues.

 

ICE has murdered three U.S. citizens within weeks:

  • Keith Porter was killed in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty ICE agent.
  • Renee Good was shot multiple times by an ICE agent, and her death was ruled a homicide by the county examiner.
  • Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a VA ICU nurse with no criminal history, was killed by federal agents and the administration.

ICE agents murdered over 30 people in 2025, and killed six people this year in detention centers. The administration is telling us that what we’re all seeing didn’t happen.

 

Communities are traumatized. Our neighbors are disappearing into detention systems shrouded in secrecy. Children are being torn from their parents and transported across state lines.

 

This isn’t isolated. This isn’t “normal.” This is state-sanctioned violence in broad daylight.

 

And yet the U.S. House gave ICE BILLIONS through September. That money will bankroll more raids, more detentions, more deaths.

 

This is unacceptable! THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION. NOT A POLITE REQUEST!

We are demanding that Senate Democrats use their leverage and that Sen. Schumer help block the 60 votes needed to fund ICE so that ICE’s reign of terror can be stopped.

 

Not later. Now!

 

We demand:

  • No funding for ICE.
  • No more unmasked agents.

Our Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin have committed to voting NO on ICE funding, but commitments only hold if the pressure does. They cannot back down. Neither can we.

 

The vote is coming. Lives are on the line. Senate leadership can still block this funding.

 

Tell Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats to vote against ICE funding. Call Senator Chuck Schumer NOW at (202) 224-6542 or write him at 322 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510. People are dying, families are terrorized, and the Senate can’t bankroll state violence.

Silence is assent

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Michigan’s government should work for people, not powerful corporations.

Whether you’ve got five minutes or five hours, your time matters. We’re going to need volunteers to collect signatures, knock doors, spread the word, and help bring this ballot initiative to life.

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Care Over Cost

We hold health insurers accountable for covered but unpaid benefits. Together, we are working to transform our health care system to put people over profit.

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Transformative Justice

We believe that we can keep our communities safe from crime and reduce the number of people in prison. We’re working to reform the policies of the police, schools, prosecutors, as well as reform sentencing guidelines and improve release services.

Election Protection

We’re on a mission to safeguard the integrity of every election, ensuring that the democratic process remains fair, accessible, and representative of all voices.

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Immigrant Rights

Join us in our fight for a brighter future, where every person, regardless of their immigration status, is afforded the same rights, opportunities, and respect as any other Michigander.

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Join Project 3.5

We believe that we can keep our communities safe from crime and reduce the number of people in prison. We’re working to reform the policies of the police, schools, prosecutors, as well as reform sentencing guidelines and improve release services.

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Take Action on ICE Funding
Right now in Minneapolis and across the country, ICE and federal immigration agents are operating like an occupying force.
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Michigan United in Action: What you can do about Minneapolis
We are living in a crisis born of government force. Use our Advocacy Alert below to educate yourself, understand what’s needed and take action.
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Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration
Substack writer Ty Partridge, author of American Reflections attended our 2026 MLK Day Celebration. It was a day of inspiration, fellowship and recommitting to the cause.
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Regulating AI in Michigan: What is “Best Practice” for Legislation?
We built this app because “AI legislation” is starting to show up in statehouses. This app turns policy into a simple checklist you can actually use.
READ MORE
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How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality
Given AI influence in the White House, it is highly unlikely we’ll see tech regulation from DC. As a result, states are laboratories for governing AI.
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Community Leaders and Environmental Groups Raise Urgent Concerns About Cryptomining and AI Data Centers Across Michigan
Community and environmental leaders across Northern Michigan met for a series of hybrid briefings on the growing risks from data centers.
READ MORE

Michigan United

We are a broad, statewide coalition working to reform our broken immigration system, protect our environment and end mass incarceration. We develop the leadership of our members to eradicate the root causes of racial and economic injustice.

Michigan United is a 501c(3).

Donations are tax-deductible.

Call us at: 1-877-507-7774

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Posted on January 26, 2026February 5, 2026Author dasbatesCategories Michigan United in action, News & Media, StatewideTags Civic Engagement
Michigan United in Action: What you can do about Minneapolis

Michigan United in Action: What you can do about Minneapolis

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We are living in a crisis born of government force, and silence is complicity. Right now in Minneapolis and across the country, ICE and federal immigration agents are operating like an occupying force raiding neighborhoods, schools, jobs, and families’ homes without accountability. And the carnage continues.

 

ICE agents murdered over 30 people in 2025, and killed six people this year in detention centers. The administration is telling us that what we’re all seeing didn’t happen.

Use our Advocacy Alert below to educate yourself, understand what’s needed and take action. NOW!

Help us become the best source of better information.

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Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration
Substack writer Ty Partridge, author of American Reflections attended our 2026 MLK Day Celebration. It was a day of inspiration, fellowship and recommitting to the cause.
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Regulating AI in Michigan: What is “Best Practice” for Legislation?
We built this app because “AI legislation” is starting to show up in statehouses. This app turns policy into a simple checklist you can actually use.
READ MORE
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How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality
Given AI influence in the White House, it is highly unlikely we’ll see tech regulation from DC. As a result, states are laboratories for governing AI.
READ MORE
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Community Leaders and Environmental Groups Raise Urgent Concerns About Cryptomining and AI Data Centers Across Michigan
Community and environmental leaders across Northern Michigan met for a series of hybrid briefings on the growing risks from data centers.
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Michigan United in the News: TellUsDetroit on our 2026 MLK Celebration
On Monday, January 19th, our MLK Day celebration was chosen by TellUsDetroit.com to be featured in recap of events across Detroit.
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Michigan United in the News: 2026 MLK Day Celebration
On Monday, January 19th, our MLK Day celebration was chosen by Click On Detroit to be featured in recap of events across Detroit.
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A Three-city Event Sunday Night at 7: Intro to Cryptomining and AI Data Centers
A community briefing on AI Data Centers and Cryptomining — What’s Coming, What It Could Cost, and How You Can Push Back
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MU in the News: 2026 MLK Award Nominee Lexi Tater Stands Against the Oligarchy
Little did we know then that one of the leaders, Lexi Tater, would grow to become a nominee for our 2026 Michigan United MLK Award.
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Michigan United in Hancock: Standing for Lower Healthcare Costs
Our own Audrey Gerard discussed her experiences with the healthcare industry. Join us in the fight for lower healthcare costs.
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Michigan United

We are a broad, statewide coalition working to reform our broken immigration system, protect our environment and end mass incarceration. We develop the leadership of our members to eradicate the root causes of racial and economic injustice.

Michigan United is a 501c(3).

Donations are tax-deductible.

Call us at: 1-877-507-7774

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Posted on January 26, 2026February 10, 2026Author dasbatesCategories Election Protection, Immigration, Michigan United in action, Movement Politics, News & Media, StatewideTags Civic Engagement
Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration

Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration

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Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration

Substack writer Ty Partridge, author of American Reflections attended our 2026 MLK Day Celebration. It was a day of inspiration, fellowship and recommitting to the cause. In a thank you note to us he adds, “I am deeply thankful for Michigan United for putting this amazing event together. There are few events that one walks out the door a different person than when walking in — This was one. The amount of work that it takes to bring this together is immense and too often invisible.”

Below is an extended excerpt from the article.

“…Walking through the doors, welcomed by greeters and activists with petitions, this place I had never been became familiar.

I am not religious in the sense of believing in some deity or supernatural entity. But the message of human compassion and solidarity, no matter which God or Goddess is believed to be on the answering side of a prayer, is something in which I undeniably believe.

The interior of this careworn building had housed generations of human communion. The deep red carpet had been there for some time. The pews were simple, comfortable, and well-used. The tiles of the basement floor held the memories of people coming together, sharing the griefs and the joys across generations of this community. There was a woman sitting in front of me – her hair was just so, and her outfit not expensive, but well-cared for. I could see she had walked many hard miles in this world, but knew deep in her soul, that despite the hardships, she was truly blessed. The room was full of people, young and old, mostly Black, but not completely. This was a place of sacred connection to one another, where humanity was all that ever mattered. There was a piano – no Hammond organ here – but the spirit of its playing made it grand. This building, these people, was a home.

To celebrate and honor Martin Luther King Jr. was the reason we were all there. But it was his spirit, more than his name that was in the foreground. Dr. King was not celebrated but inhabited. Not the White approved, sanitized Dr. King – the real Martin Luther that lived and breathed.

The message was Abolition.

The message was speaking the truth about ICE on the street, KKK at home.

The message was that everyone matters, everyone is sacred, everyone a child of God.

Reverend Dr Genetta Hatcher was the keynote and she brought ALL the fire.

She spoke from the Book of Judges, when Israel had no king. What was missing was not a leader, but a remembrance of human grace. A terrible injustice born of inhumanity was committed in that time and the people clamored – but they did not act to change the system.

America is living in a time when we have a leader who disdains the people’s consent, claiming he can do whatever he wants. A leader who has no morality, no humanity, no grace. Atrocities are being committed in his name. Injustices are his policy frame. The people are clamoring, but we must do more. We must change the system to rid ourselves of such leaders for evermore.

This work is hard.

This work is dangerous in the way of all moral reckonings for injustice.

This work will elicit the wrath of those who benefit from the suffering of others….”

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE

The 2026 MLK Award Recipients included:

• Honorary MLK Awards: Posthumously awarded to the Honorable Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Rene Lichtman. Additional recipients: Minister Malik Shabazz, Rev. Oscar King III, Pastor Sharon Buttry, Pastor Dale Milford, and Rev. Dr. Louis Forsythe.

• Justice Warrior Award: Lexi Tater (Michigan United Action)

• Winnie Mandela Freedom Fighter Award: Christina Hayes (Mothering Justice)

• Mamie Till Political Healer Award: Kai Page

• John Lewis Political Healer Award: Nicholas Buckingham (Michigan Liberation)

• Bayard Rustin Strategist Award: Katrina Manetta (Macomb Defenders Rising)

• Ryan Bates Founder Award: State Rep. Donovan McKinney

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Mop Up Michigan

Michigan’s government should work for people, not powerful corporations.

Whether you’ve got five minutes or five hours, your time matters. We’re going to need volunteers to collect signatures, knock doors, spread the word, and help bring this ballot initiative to life.

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Care Over Cost

We hold health insurers accountable for covered but unpaid benefits. Together, we are working to transform our health care system to put people over profit.

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Transformative Justice

We believe that we can keep our communities safe from crime and reduce the number of people in prison. We’re working to reform the policies of the police, schools, prosecutors, as well as reform sentencing guidelines and improve release services.

Election Protection

We’re on a mission to safeguard the integrity of every election, ensuring that the democratic process remains fair, accessible, and representative of all voices.

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Immigrant Rights

Join us in our fight for a brighter future, where every person, regardless of their immigration status, is afforded the same rights, opportunities, and respect as any other Michigander.

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Join Project 3.5

We believe that we can keep our communities safe from crime and reduce the number of people in prison. We’re working to reform the policies of the police, schools, prosecutors, as well as reform sentencing guidelines and improve release services.

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Michigan United on Substack: “American Reflections” on our 2026 MLK Celebration
JOINDONATEJOINDONATE Substack writer Ty Partridge, author of American Reflections attended our 2026 MLK Day Celebration. It was a day of inspiration, fellowship and recommitting to the cause. In a thank you note to us he adds, “I am deeply thankful for Michigan United for putting this amazing event together. There are few events that one walks out the door a different person than when walking in — This was one. The amount of work that it takes to bring this together is immense and too often invisible.” Below is an extended excerpt from the article.”…Walking through the doors, welcomed by […]
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Regulating AI in Michigan: What is “Best Practice” for Legislation?
We built this app because “AI legislation” is starting to show up in statehouses. This app turns policy into a simple checklist you can actually use.
READ MORE
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How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality
Given AI influence in the White House, it is highly unlikely we’ll see tech regulation from DC. As a result, states are laboratories for governing AI.
READ MORE
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Community Leaders and Environmental Groups Raise Urgent Concerns About Cryptomining and AI Data Centers Across Michigan
Community and environmental leaders across Northern Michigan met for a series of hybrid briefings on the growing risks from data centers.
READ MORE
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Michigan United in the News: TellUsDetroit on our 2026 MLK Celebration
On Monday, January 19th, our MLK Day celebration was chosen by TellUsDetroit.com to be featured in recap of events across Detroit.
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Michigan United in the News: 2026 MLK Day Celebration
On Monday, January 19th, our MLK Day celebration was chosen by Click On Detroit to be featured in recap of events across Detroit.
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Regulating AI in Michigan: What is “Best Practice” for Legislation?

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Regulating AI in Michigan: What is “Best Practice” for Legislation?

An app to compare existing bills to what’s working best now

We built this app because “AI legislation” is starting to show up in statehouses as a grab bag of worries—power, water, secrecy, and who gets stuck with the bill. Instead of arguing about vibes, the app turns a policy question into a simple checklist you can actually use: What’s the problem? What’s the trigger? Who’s responsible? What paperwork exists? How is it enforced? In other words, it helps you quickly tell the difference between a law that sounds strong and a law that can be implemented Monday morning.

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The tool gives you a high-level overview plus a “best-practice” five-pillar check you can run on any proposal:

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Then it applies that same lens to Michigan’s SB 761 / SB 762 / SB 763—showing where they line up with best practice, where they’re fuzzy (like unclear definitions and hard-to-audit metrics), and where they offer practical, Michigan-realistic fixes you can copy into amendments or testimony.

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How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality

How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality

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How to Regulate AI in Michigan: The Physical Reality

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Given the AI industry’s influence in the White House, it is highly unlikely we’ll see tech regulation from the federal side. Congress voted 99-1 to strike language from the so-called Big Beautiful Bill that would have preempted state authority to regulate AI. As a result, states remain the primary laboratories for governing the technology.

In Michigan, the proposed gigawatt-scale hyperscale data center in Saline Township is an early test of local control. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2026. Although the MPSC has approved the project, many questions remain unanswered. Public pressure for transparency has already altered timelines for three other data center projects across the state.

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Community leaders and environmental advocates across Northern Michigan convened for a series of hybrid public briefings to warn residents of the growing risks posed by the rapid expansion of cryptomining and artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in Michigan.

The briefings, organized by the recently formed Northern Michigan Alliance for Responsible Development coalition, were designed to inform and empower residents of Northern Michigan’s First Congressional District.

They come amid a growing surge of AI data centers and cryptomining operations across the state, raising concerns among residents and communities. The briefings explored how these industries have an impact on electricity rates, water resources, climate goals, and rural communities, providing residents with tools to engage local and state lawmakers.

“Cryptomining and data centers can have real, lasting impacts on energy costs, local infrastructure and quality of life in rural communities,” said Kalvin Carter, Director of Up North Advocacy. “Protecting our towns and natural areas means working together, sharing information, listening to one another and making sure local voices are centered before big outside interests move in. The Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan deserve development that respects our people and our shared environments.”

Speakers included Kalvin Carter of Up North Advocacy, Jackie Sawicky of the National Coalition Against Cryptomining, Shawn Merritt of the Clark Township Planning Commission, Tim Minotas of the Michigan Sierra Club, and Susie Schlehuber, Superintendent of Lake Superior Academy, the latter of who recently filed a lawsuit against Odessa Partners LLC in response to noise disruptions caused by a nearby Bitcoin mining facility.

Jackie Sawicki with the National Coalition Against Crypto, discussing how Texas shifted the cost of powering bitcoin mines to taxpayers.


Suzy Shlezelberg, the Superintendent of Lake Superior Academy, asks the obvious when it comes to bitcoin mine site selection and approval at the bureaucratic and political levels.


Sean Merritt of the Clark Township (MI) Planning Commission on what he’s done so far to pass as data center ordinance.


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“Michigan is at a critical moment when it comes to cryptomining and large-scale data center development,” said former Michigan Representative Jenn Hill. “If communities are not fully informed at the outset, they can be left dealing with higher energy costs, reduced water supply, and setbacks to climate progress long after the developers have moved on, leaving residents to bear the consequences.”

“What communities in Michigan are experiencing reflects a broader national trend as cryptomining and large-scale data centers rapidly expand across the country,” said Jackie Sawicky of the National Coalition Against Cryptomining. “From small towns to major regions, these projects are often pushed forward with limited transparency and little regard for local impacts. The public deserves rules that put people first, not a regulatory vacuum that benefits developers at everyone else’s expense.”

“Sault Ste. Marie, our community, is dealing in real time with the impacts of a Bitcoin mining operation that was allowed to move forward without adequate oversight,” said Susie Schlehuber, Superintendent of Lake Superior Academy. “The constant noise has forced us to change how we teach our students, including moving classes indoors despite our strong focus on outdoor and environmental education. No school or community should be forced to sacrifice learning environments or quality of life because of poorly regulated industrial development.”

“Michigan’s climate and energy policies were designed to protect communities and keep costs affordable for families, not to subsidize highly energy-intensive industries with minimal public benefit,” said Tim Minotas, Legislative and Political Director at Michigan Sierra Club. “As cryptomining and AI data center proposals expand, lawmakers and regulators must ensure these projects are held to strong standards so they do not drive up electricity costs, undermine climate goals, or shift the burden onto residents who never asked for them.”


The briefing was a production of the Northern Alliance for Responsible Development.

Participating community leaders and environmental organizations include:

  • Western Upper Peninsula: Keweenaw Against the Oligarchy (Hub of Michigan United Action) (Primary host), Up North Advocacy, Progress Michigan, The Keweenaw Mutual Aid Collective, Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Keweenaw Youth for Climate Action, Clean Water Action, Progress Michigan
  • Central Upper Peninsula: Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Progress Michigan, Rise UP Michigan, Michigan United Action
  • Eastern Upper Peninsula: Up North Advocacy (Primary Host), Progress Michigan, Clean Water Action, Michigan Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Michigan United Action

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On Monday, January 19th, our MLK Day celebration was chosen by Click On Detroit to be featured in recap of events across Detroit. Here’s some of their coverage and a link to read the whole story.

Across Metro Detroit, people gathered to reflect on King’s life and legacy. Michigan United hosted an event on Detroit’s west side.

“Freedom doesn’t sustain itself on feelings. It sustains itself on formation, on training, on leadership development, on people learning how power works so they can move it,” Elder RaShad Frazier-Gaines said during Michigan United’s MLK celebration.

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A Three-city Event Sunday Night at 7: Intro to Cryptomining and AI Data Centers

A Three-city Event Sunday Night at 7: Intro to Cryptomining and AI Data Centers

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A community briefing on AI Data Centers and Cryptomining — What’s Coming, What It Could Cost, and How You Can Push Back

Across Michigan, companies are scouting rural communities for cryptomining facilities and AI data centers. That might sound distant and technical, but the impacts are local and real: more strain on the electric grid, pressure on water resources, higher utility costs, and setbacks for climate goals.

Community leaders and environmental groups are holding public briefings so residents are not blindsided — and so decisions are not made quietly, after the deals are already done.

The basic point

AI is not just an app on your phone. AI runs on massive buildings full of computers. Those buildings can use enormous amounts of electricity, 24/7, and they can demand new infrastructure fast. When that happens, communities can get stuck with the downsides: higher bills, environmental risk, and fewer choices later.

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These briefings are designed to give people clear information and a practical path to action.

What these briefings will do

Host Introduction to Cryptomining and AI Data Centers: A Community Briefing is a series of in-person and virtual events across Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.

Organizers will cover:

  • How cryptomining and AI data centers can drive rising energy demand and affect electricity rates.
  • What these projects can mean for water resources, public health, and local climate commitments.
  • How rural communities can end up paying the price, even when promises are made upfront.
  • How residents can engage local and state decision-makers before approvals are locked in.
  • A community Q&A so people can ask direct questions and get real answers.

Why this matters right now

These industries are moving quickly. Developers often show up with glossy claims about jobs and progress. But once a project is approved, it is hard to undo. That is why timing matters. If you care about your community’s future — your utility bill, your water, your local environment — the moment to speak up is before permits are granted and plans are finalized.

How you can take part in regulation and decision-making

This is how regular people influence what happens next. No special expertise required.

  • Show up and learn the basics.
  • Go to the briefing.
  • Bring questions.
  • Bring a friend.
  • A room full of informed residents changes what officials are willing to approve.

Learn to ask questions that force specifics, not slogans.

  • Use questions that make decision-makers deal with facts:
  • How much electricity will this facility use, and what happens to rates if demand spikes?
  • What new infrastructure is required, and who pays for it?
  • What is the plan for water use and water protection?
  • What limits will be enforceable, and who will monitor compliance?

Put your concerns in writing.

  • Verbal comments are easy to shrug off. Written comments create a public record. A paper trail makes it harder for anyone to claim they “didn’t know.”

Get involved where it counts locally

  • Many key decisions run through local bodies like planning commissions and other public boards. These are public processes. You are allowed to attend, speak and submit comments.

Stay focused on rules that can be enforced

  • “Trust us” is not a policy. Push for requirements that can be measured and enforced: monitoring, reporting, penalties, protections for water, and clear permit conditions.

Event details

When: Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, at 7 p.m.

Where: Register for all at: https://bit.ly/easternup

  • Eastern Upper Peninsula: East Superior Room, Lake Superior State University, 650 W. Easterday Ave., Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
  • Central Upper Peninsula: Whitman Commons, Northern Michigan University
  • Western Upper Peninsula: Orpheum Theater, 426 Quincy St., Hancock, MI
  • Northern Michigan: Virtual only

Who is participating? Community leaders and environmental organizations, including:

  • Western Upper Peninsula: Keweenaw Against the Oligarchy (Hub of Michigan United Action), Up North Advocacy, Progress Michigan, The Keweenaw Mutual Aid Collective, Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Keweenaw Youth for Climate Action, Clean Water Action, Progress Michigan
  • Central Upper Peninsula: Sierra Club, Clean Water Action, Progress Michigan, Rise UP Michigan, Michigan United Action
  • Eastern Upper Peninsula: Up North Advocacy, Progress Michigan, Clean Water Action, Michigan Climate Action Network, Sierra Club, Michigan United Action

Speakers (partial list)

  • Audrey Gerard, Michigan United Action
  • Kalvin Carter, Up North Advocacy
  • Former Michigan Rep. Jenn Hill
  • Abbie Hawley, MI Watershed Council
  • Jackie Sawicky, National Coalition Against Cryptomining
  • Shawn Merritt, chair, Planning Commission, Clark Township
  • Susie Schlehuber, superintendent/school leader, Lake Superior Academy

Additional regional organizations and speakers to be confirmed.

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Back on April 1, 2025, The Lode covered a protest led by Keweenaw Against the Oligarchy. Little did we know then that one of the leaders, Lexi Tater, would grow her skills and experience to become a nominee for the 2026 Michigan United MLK Award Nominee. Here’s a snippet from that report, comments from Lexi herself. You can read the entire story here.

“Lexi Tater, a graduate student at Michigan Tech who organized the event, said, “…my greatest motivation [for organizing this protest] was feeling like people were feeling unsafe and like their voices weren’t being heard… there are so many intimidation tactics that are being used right now to overwhelm us… the goal of this is to empower people to use their voice and come together and feel supported.” This event also marks the beginning of a community organization, partnered with Michigan United, that will meet monthly. “We’re hopefully gonna be meeting once a month for the next 15 months campaigning for a particular issue,” said Tater. “We haven’t decided on the particular issue yet, but we’re hoping to make positive changes in the world and in our local government.”

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