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Mackinac Bridge Walk

Monday, September 1, 2025, 8:00 AM  12:00 PM, Mackinaw City High School: 609 West Central Avenue Mackinaw City, MI, 49701 (map)

The Emmet County Democratic Party is planning on walking as a group on the Mackinac Bridge Walk.  We will have ECDP t-shirts available for a donation with our new logo on them. 

Please meet at the Mackinaw City High School, 609 W Central Ave, Mackinaw City, MI at 7:30am if you would like to make a donation to get a shirt. Suggested donation is $15 and can be done via ActBlue. You will then have to walk a few blocks to the starting point. For those who would prefer to meet closer to the bridge, meet at Indian Pathways Park, on the corner of Central and Nicolet by 8:10am.  Please dress for the weather and bring water and snacks.  Plan on walking to the center of the bridge and back, a total of 5 miles. 

Remember there are approximately 25,000 people who attend this event. No signs allowed but US flags and t-shirts with messages encouraged!

The Last Class

Robert Reich's film, The Last Class, is going to be at the Lyric in Harbor Springs starting this Friday, August 29 and running through Thursday, September 4. The film will be shown in Theater 2, which has 23 seats.  In short, over the week the film is running, there will be 161 seats to fill up.  Let's make sure that happens!    

Show times:

  • F, 8/29 - 2pm

  • Sa, 8/30 - 5pm

  • Su, 8/31 - 2pm

  • M (Labor Day), 9/1 - 5pm

  • Tu, 9/2 - 5pm

  • W, 9/3 - 7:30pm

  • Th, 9/4 - 5pm

If you have not heard of this documentary, here is a brief excerpt:

Drawing on his lifetime in politics, he [Robert Reich] uses his class, "Wealth and Poverty," to offer us all a deeper look at why inequalities of income and wealth have widened significantly since the late 1970s, and why this poses dangerous risks to our society. 

Like Minded People Gathering

September 17th, 6:00-9:00pm, Legs Inn 6425 N Lake Shore Dr. Cross Village. 

Legs Inn serves a wide variety of food and beverages. This is just an informal gathering to meet and chat with like-minded individuals in the area.  Bring your family, friends, and even folks visiting for the week!

ECDC Has Joined the Petoskey and Harbor Springs Chambers

The Harbor Springs and Petoskey Chambers of Commerce joined in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to welcome the EC Democrats as a new member. The Harbor Springs Chamber reported on the ceremony in their newsletter, stating: “It was a great opportunity to welcome them [the EC Dems] and recognize their presence in our community. Congratulations!”

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Indigenous Land Acknowledgement

The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek - Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwa (Chippewa), and Bode’wadmi (Potawatomi). The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands.  We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky and water.  In offering this land acknowledgement we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.

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