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Nothing is more important to a grandparent, mother, father, caregiver or community then young children – they are our future. Sometimes lawmakers need to be reminded of this and need to be made aware of the issues, importance and how their constituents’ feel about early childhood. To make things easy as pie for you we want to give you the tools to reach out and be heard.

What Can You Do?

Contact your legislator today. Thanks to Michigan Children for this great contact information:

Governor Granholm – share your opinion at http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995-65331–,00.html

Legislative Leadership


Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop: senmbishop@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Senate Minority Leader Michael Prusi: senmprusi@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Speaker of the House Andy Dillon: andydillon@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
House Minority Leader Kevin Elsenheimer: kevinelsenheimer@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Department of Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs

Senate:
Sen. Bill Hardiman (Chair): ofcbhardiman@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sen. Roger Kahn (Vice Chair): senrkahn@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sen. Martha Scott (Minority Vice Chair): senmscott@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

House:
Rep. Dudley Spade (Chair): dspade@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Vice Chair): rashidatlaib@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rep. Dave Agema (Minority Vice Chair): daveagema@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Department of Community Health Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs

Senate:
Sen. Roger Kahn (Chair): senrkahn@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sen. John Pappageorge (Vice Chair): senjpappageorge@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sen. Deb Cherry (Minority Vice Chair): sendcherry@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

House:
Rep. Gary McDowell (Chair): garymcdowell@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rep. Shanelle Jackson (Vice Chair): shanellejackson@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rep. Kevin Green (Minority Vice Chair): kevingreen@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

K-12 School Aid Appropriations Subcommittee Chairs

Senate:
Sen. Ron Jelinek (Chair): senrjelinek@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sen. Cameron Brown (Vice Chair): sencbrown@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Sen. Michael Switalski (Minority Vice Chair): senmswitalski@senate.michigan.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

House:
Rep. Terry Brown (Chair): terrybrown@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rep. Richard Hammel (Vice Chair): richardhammel@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Rep. Gail Haines (Minority Vice Chair): gailhaines@house.mi.gov This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Don’t forget to contact YOUR legislator! Not sure who represents you? click here. 

Reach out to the editor:

-Include first and last name.

-Include your city and correct mailing address and phone number. They may want to contact you or verify your information but it is not printed.

-One per month and under 250 words or less is common and op-ed’s might be 500 or less. Each newspaper has their own guidelines so make your check into this before sending a letter.

The Detroit Newspaper:

-Letters must be 250 words or fewer. Direct rebuttals to editorials may be up to 300 words.

-E-mail: letters@detnews.com

-Fax: (313) 222-6417

-Mail: The Detroit News, Letters, Editorial Page, 615 W. Lafayette, Detroit, MI 48226

The Petoskey News Review:

http://www.petoskeynews.net/lettertotheeditor.html

Harbor Light News:

http://www.harborlightnews.com/

Charlevoix Courier:

http://www.charlevoixcourier.com/Charlevoix Courier

112 Mason St.

Charlevoix, MI 49720-1314

Phone: (231) 547-6558

Fax: (231) 547-4992

news@charlevoixcourier.com

Mailing Address:

211 E. Third St.

Harbor Springs, MI 49740

Phone: 231.526.2191

Fax: 231.526.7634

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Funded with a grant from the Early Childhood Investment Corporation of the State of Michigan and the Kellogg Foundation, our project began in April of 2006. The goal of the project is to form multiple collaborative bodies in the state to begin development of a comprehensive system of early childhood care and education for 0-5 year olds and their families. This system is similar to the Smart Start system of North Carolina and the state of Michigan is receiving technical assistance in our efforts from the state of North Carolina.