{"id":1133,"date":"2024-06-20T15:45:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/cavanagh\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2024-06-20T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T19:47:16","slug":"grassroots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/cavanagh\/2024\/06\/20\/grassroots\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Senate Passes Cavanagh Resolution Commemorating Grassroots Week from June 23-29\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<div>LANSING, Mich. (June 20, 2024) \u2014 Today, the Michigan Senate voted to pass Senate Resolution<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><p><u>,<\/u> sponsored by Sen. <b>Mary Cavanagh<\/b> (D-Redford Twp.), honoring June 23-29, 2024, as Grassroots Week in the state of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week, we honor and celebrate grassroots movements and the opportunity for everyday citizens to be catalysts for change. Here in Michigan, we are proud of our deep history of successful grassroots movements, which have long made an indelible impact on our state\u2019s progress. When local leaders mobilize their communities to participate in our democracy, some of our greatest changes are realized,\u201d Sen.<b> Cavanagh <\/b>said. \u201cThis resolution serves as a symbol of appreciation and respect for Michigan&#8217;s grassroots organizers, precinct delegates and other local leaders, and the invaluable contributions they make to our great state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, June 23 commemorates the beginning of Grassroots Week in recognition of the 61st anniversary of the Detroit Walk to Freedom, when civil rights leaders joined Detroit city officials and community leaders to protest widespread racial injustice. Led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and then-Mayor of Detroit Jerome Cavanagh, grandfather of Sen. <b>Cavanagh<\/b>, the march was one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in not only Michigan history, but in our entire nation\u2019s history, engaging an estimated 125,000 participants. 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