Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO)

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Michigan Welfare Rights Organization (MWRO) MWRO is the union for welfare recipients and low income people in Michigan. http://twitter.com/MWRO
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MWROdetroit

10/12/2026

Good morning Detroiters!

Many people are receiving high energy and electric bills from DTE. Some are getting shut-off notices. MWRO opposes all shutoffs of energy because of inability to pay.

One of the best ways to make sure you keep your gas and electricity on as winter approaches is to attend one of the following DTE customer resource fairs. Please bring bills and necessary documentation. There you will be able to apply for State Emergency Relief (SER) and learn what help may be available to you.

There are two locations -- Northwest Activities Center at 18100 Meyers and Ford Resource Center East on 15491 Maddelein St.

Wednesday, Oct. 21 and
Thursday, Nov. 19
Ford Resource Center East (Door #5)
15491 Maddelein St., Detroit 48205
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 4
Northwest Activities Center:
18100 Meyers Rd. Detroit, 48235
10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Everybody keeps saying "October 1" like it's a date on a calendar. For us it's a question: will the office still answer ...
10/01/2026

Everybody keeps saying "October 1" like it's a date on a calendar. For us it's a question: will the office still answer the phone?

The state has to pay more to run the program now. We've seen what happens when offices are short-staffed. Longer holds. Lost papers. Clients explaining themselves over and over again.

We're asking the people in Lansing to fund the workers who handle these cases. It's cheaper than feeding clients in the ER.

Call your State Rep. Ask them to fund MDHHS caseworkers.

Looking back at September: new federal data reported Sept 21 showed Michigan lost 24,231 SNAP participants in a single m...
10/01/2026

Looking back at September: new federal data reported Sept 21 showed Michigan lost 24,231 SNAP participants in a single month, from May to June 2026. That was the fifth-largest monthly drop of any state.

Nationally, SNAP enrollment was down 5.3 million, or 12.8%, from a year earlier.

If you were one of them, check whether you can reapply, and don't go hungry while you figure it out. Call Michigan Welfare Rights Organization today.

If your hours change every week, protect your SNAP and Medicaid now:• Save every pay stub (photo on your phone works).• ...
09/27/2026

If your hours change every week, protect your SNAP and Medicaid now:

• Save every pay stub (photo on your phone works).

• Ask your employer or agency for a written hours statement when you need one.

• Report income changes on MI Bridges.

• If you volunteer or take job training, keep sign-in sheets; those hours can count too.

Looking back at September: Hunger Action Month opened with a number that should stop all of us.5.3 million fewer America...
09/26/2026

Looking back at September: Hunger Action Month opened with a number that should stop all of us.

5.3 million fewer Americans were getting SNAP in April 2026 than in September 2025, down from 42.4 million to 37 million. The new federal work rules took effect February 1.

Some of those people found better jobs. Many didn't. They missed a form, couldn't document irregular hours, or never got the letter.

If you or someone you love lost food assistance this year, you may be able to reapply or ask for a hearing.

Contact and join Michigan Welfare Rights Organization for help.

I clocked in at 6:40 every morning. I'll clock out after the dinner rush. I've done that five days a week for twenty-fiv...
09/25/2026

I clocked in at 6:40 every morning. I'll clock out after the dinner rush. I've done that five days a week for twenty-five years.

I still ran out of groceries on the 22nd.

People act like it's a mystery. It isn't. Rent went up. The bus doesn't come when it's supposed to. My hours change every week, so one month I "make too much" and the next month I'm short 6 hours on a form that decides whether my kids eat.

I'm not asking for pity. I'm asking you to see me. I'm the one who rings you up, cleans your office, and changes your mother's sheets at the nursing home. I'm not a line item. I'm your neighbor.

If this is you too, you're not alone. Michigan Welfare Rights Organization exists for exactly this reason. Help Us, Help You!

07/21/2026

MONDAYS with MARIAN & MAUREEN
"ASK WELFARE RIGHTS"
OPEN LETTER & CALL TO ACTION!!

I remember reading the... "Emperor's New Clothes"... years ago and not understanding what effect it would have on me years later. It is a tale told to convince on lookers that what they were seeing is NOT what they were seeing.

Take a moment to review:
A.I. is the latest economical advancement that has already begun to reduce the need for workers since A.I. has the capacity to replace human hands. In Michigan, we once had a Dodge Main, a Lynch Road Assembly, a Chevrolet Gear & Axle, a Huber Avenue Foundry, Mack Stamping, the reduced in size Ford Motor Complex all dwarfed in size by the introduction of the international device known as the ‘assembly’ line. The ‘assembly line’ changed the face of automobile manufacturing permanently just as A.I. has started to do. MI is a manufacturing headquarters that has been a leader in production for years, but today – things are changing so we need to better understand what lies ahead, and just what kind of outfit is the Emperor wearing.

Michigan is also in a hot race that is exposing the candidate pool we have. The race for the new governor is in full swing. The race for conservative's vs progressives is popping.

This OPEN LETTER is focused on one area...but not really. James Clyburn and some National Black Caucus members have come out in support of ‘old school’ thinking. Democrats STILL don’t want to fight for those things working people want.

We all don’t have healthcare – why? Why all this recent concern about homeless veterans when this population has been on the streets & suffering for years? Why? The ICE agent that shot and killed the man in Maine has been in and out of mental health centers for years and had a habit of using the “N” word according to a former wife and that is who was given a gun and hired – why? It is not his fault that he is ill, but it is someone’s responsibility that such a person was hired to carry a gun.

These things keep happening because it takes us too long to learn while voices tell us that what we see is not what we are seeing. We have been ‘chickened-down’ as we wait for someone else to fight for what we need.

The Right to Vote is being challenged by the US Justice Dept that sent a letter to Detroit, Lansing, and East Lansing Clerks explaining WHY they were sending federal monitors to all voting locations in those three cities suggesting voter fraud is taking place. All evidence proves that such a notion is not true. New threats require new strategies forward.

The well-respected James Clyburn, those National Black Caucus Members, and the group of Michigan-based local, retired elected officials who tell us to stay in line, to vote for the old school conservative candidates, who say the old ways are the best ways, who say the new voices can’t be heard in the long run, need to: “GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY!”

The people need new ideas, new energy, new ways of thinking and proof that they came to us, heard us, and are taking what we told you as your call to action. The OLD CLOTHES that the old guard is used to wearing won’t work anymore.

Young voters, elder voters, disabled voters, religious voters, veteran voters, welfare recipient voters, food stamp recipient voters, homeless voters, college voters, factory voters, union & non-union voters, activist voters, Eastside – Westside, Southwest and Northwest voters, and those who don’t believe voting helps – get yourselves together and

VOTE FOR ABDUL EL-SAYED for US Senate every time you see his name listed anywhere!

We need something new and fresh, and courageous.

Like a lady used to say: WAKE UP, DETROIT!

Call now to connect with business.

If you want   in your community, you’ve got to get out and attend your City of Detroit Council meetings and    , because...
07/20/2026

If you want in your community, you’ve got to get out and attend your City of Detroit Council meetings and , because at the end of the day complaining aint gaining!

We still want right?

I advise you to be and most importantly be because you only have two minutes to speak during . So about what you want and how you’re going to ask for it.

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23 E Adams Avenue
Detroit, MI
48226

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Tuesday 12pm - 2pm
Wednesday 12pm - 2pm

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