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Michigan Summit: Blueprint for Change is where you will join with savvy policy wonks, leading lawmakers, student scholars, movement professionals and others in confronting Michigan’s toughest challenges with solutions that work for Michigan’s families and communities.

Through an open process of dialogue and debate you will help decide what policies and initiatives should be priorities in creating jobs, good schools, better government, strong communities and cleaner air and water. Then you will share skills, make connections, and learn about how we will put Michigan’s Blueprint for Change into action.

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Creating the Change: How coalitions are the hammers and nails for building a future for Michigan’s working families.

The Op-Ed Project: You’ve heard about these powerful women whose work is building more opinion leaders and they are coming to the Michigan Summit to help us strengthen and expand our strong voices for change.

Architects of Change: Movement leaders, wonks, visionaries and lawmakers and their ideas for rebuilding Michigan.

Michigan’s Freedom Fight: Reforms that empower people and strengthen families and communities through access, choice, equality and opportunity.

Putting Michigan to Work: Leading Michigan university student scholars with the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network share their best ideas for developing an economy that works today and tomorrow.

GrowingUp, Not Old: What are the policies and reforms that make sense for Michigan’s 21st Century cities?

Yes We Can in 2010: Working with Michigan Summit groups to drive change in the 2010 elections.

Good Skills, Good Results: Workshops on grassroots organizing, online media, communications and issue advocacy.