# Macomb Defenders Rising: Defending democracy\. Empowering community\. Renewing Macomb\.

> Macomb Defenders Rising unites Michiganders to defend democracy, fight authoritarianism, and build a stronger, fairer America\.

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## Pages
- [Home](https://macombdefenders.com/)
- [Elections](https://macombdefenders.com/elections/)
- [Voters' Guide](https://macombdefenders.com/voters-guide/)
- [Subcommittees](https://macombdefenders.com/about-us/subcommittees/)
- [Love and Liberation](https://macombdefenders.com/about-us/subcommittees/love-and-liberation/)

## Posts
- [Nobody’s Exempt: Will You Be Next](https://macombdefenders.com/nobodys-exempt-will-you-be-next/): The machine doesn’t need your name on a list to come for you\. It just needs a door wide enough, and a public quiet enough to let it stay open\.

I’d rather be loud\.
- [The Eviction They Didn’t Have to File](https://macombdefenders.com/the-eviction-they-didnt-have-to-file/): My first thought, watching it happen, wasn’t just about the politics of immigration at all\. It was: who owns that building, and what do they get out of this\. This felt too familiar, just with different packaging\.
- [Low Income Gentrification: The Conveyor Belt Comes Home](https://macombdefenders.com/low-income-gentrification-the-conveyor-belt-comes-home/): So: if you can’t own a home, can’t afford an apartment, and now can’t afford one of the last cheap manufactured lots in the state either — where do you go\. Where do you live\.

And then, when the only place left is your car, they write a law to make that illegal too, and start striping the lands you can stay at\.

That’s the conveyor belt\. Not a metaphor\. A method, working exactly as designed, one lot rent increase at a time\.
- [TRUMP’S LAND GRAB](https://macombdefenders.com/trumps-land-grab/): This was never about giving land back to “the people\.” It was about which people get asked, and which people find out after the fact, the same way you did, reading this\.

The wheels of justice move slow\. The damage doesn’t wait on the courts\. The mining claims file at 9 a\.m\. Eastern whether or not a lawsuit has landed by then\.

We’re paying attention\. That has to be step one\. It can’t be the only one\.
- [Effort Isn’t Infinite: A System Built on Attrition, and What It Costs\.](https://macombdefenders.com/effort-isnt-infinite-a-system-built-on-attrition-and-what-it-costs/): So the next time you pass someone on a corner holding a sign, sitting with a dog, existing somewhere that makes you uncomfortable, I want you to think about this\. Think about six years\. Think about 140 pages faxed after the hearing\. Think about a judge who had time for one question, and chose the dog\.

## Actions
- [Know your Rights University](https://macombdefenders.com/take-action/know-your-rights-university/)
- [Attend the Macomb County Black Caucus Meetings](https://macombdefenders.com/take-action/attend-the-macomb-county-black-caucus-meetings/)

## Events
- [Take Back Majority with Manetta Afternoons](https://macombdefenders.com/event/take-back-majority-with-manetta-afternoons/)
- [Canvass for Katrina Manetta for State House\!](https://macombdefenders.com/event/canvass-for-katrina-manetta-for-state-house/)
- [What's On Your Ballot? Macomb Election Education\!](https://macombdefenders.com/event/whats-on-your-ballot-macomb-election-education/)
- [Pack And Play: Day Of Service](https://macombdefenders.com/event/pack-and-play-day-of-service/)
- [Canvass for Denise Mentzer for State House\!](https://macombdefenders.com/event/canvass-for-denise-mentzer-for-state-house/)

## Food Resources
- [ICNA Relief Michigan](https://macombdefenders.com/food-resource/icna-relief-michigan/)
- [Forgotten Harvest Community Choice Market](https://macombdefenders.com/food-resource/forgotten-harvest-community-choice-market/)
- [The Hive](https://macombdefenders.com/food-resource/the-hive/)
- [D\-Town Farm](https://macombdefenders.com/food-resource/d-town-farm/)
- [Keep Growing Detroit](https://macombdefenders.com/food-resource/keep-growing-detroit/)

## Partners
- [Indivisible Michigan](https://macombdefenders.com/partner/indivisible-michigan/)
- [Money Out of Politics Movement](https://macombdefenders.com/partner/money-out-of-politics-movement/)
- [State Wide Indivisible Michigan](https://macombdefenders.com/partner/state-wide-indivisible-michigan/)
- [Indivisible Michigan District 11](https://macombdefenders.com/partner/indivisible-michigan-district-11/)
- [We the People Dissent](https://macombdefenders.com/partner/we-the-people-dissent/)

## Event Types
- [Recurring](https://macombdefenders.com/event-type/recurring/)
- [Meeting](https://macombdefenders.com/event-type/meeting/)
- [canvassing](https://macombdefenders.com/event-type/canvassing/)
- [Training](https://macombdefenders.com/event-type/training/)
- [Protest](https://macombdefenders.com/event-type/protest/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://macombdefenders.com/sitemap_index.xml)