Advocacy
Are you interested in starting your own Welfare Rights Union, on your campus or in
your community? Are you interested in advocating for others or for yourself? Here
are some resources to help get you started.
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
Web: http://www.mwro.org/
Address: 4750 Woodward Ave, #404, Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 832-0618
The MWRO is a long-standing, well recognized
organization with a wealth of information. They are
community organizers and a speakers bureau. They
also conduct training for new chapters.
National Welfare Rights Union
Web: http://www.nationalwru.org/
Address: 4750 Woodward Ave, Suite 402, Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: (313) 832-0618
"The National Welfare Rights Union is an organization
of, by, and for the poor in the United States and
beyond. We are building a social movement committed to
ending poverty and ensuring a better world for our
children and ourselves. We are dedicated to unity among
low-income, public assistance recipients, and the
unemployed."
(description taken from organization's website)
Oakland County Welfare Rights Organization
Address: 132 Franklin Blvd., Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 334-8117
There is a $5 yearly cost for low-income individuals to
receive their newsletter, which contains information on
benefits for low-income people. The cost for organiza-
tions and other individuals is $15.
Michigan League for Human Services
Web: http://www.milhs.org/
Address: 1115 South Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 202
Lansing, Michigan 48912
Phone: (517) 487-5436
"The Michigan League for Human Services (MLHS) is a state-
wide citizens non-profit organization dedicated to education,
research and advocacy for the benefit of low income and
other vulnerable citizens in the state of Michigan. MLHS is
comprised of over 1,900 organizational and individual members
and has served the human services community in Michigan
since 1912."
(description taken from organization's website)
Michigan Poverty Law Program
Web: http://www.mplp.org/
Address: 611 Church Street, Suite 4A
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3000
Phone: (734) 998-6100
Support, Training, and Advocacy for Legal Aid Programs
in Michigan.
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