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Michigan's Defining Moment

The Michigan's Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign is a multi-year effort to heighten public awareness of the significant challenges and opportunities Michigan faces and tighten the focus of statewide leaders on a common ground agenda best suited to help Michigan achieve a new era of sustainable prosperity.

Nearly 2,000 people - from top business leaders to everyday citizens - participated in the campaign's first year, from May 2007 - May 2008. There are numerous ways you can get involved today...

>>Read an overview of the Michigan's Defining Moment Public Engagement Campaign.

>> Read the Common Ground Agenda for Michigan's Transformation published in May 2008. This agenda captures the deliberations from more than 175 statewide Community Conversations involving more than 1,800 participants and more than 6,000 volunteer hours of deliberation about Michigan's future.

>> Join a Community Conversation in Your Area. Our staff outreach coordinators are working across the state to expand involvement in Michigan's Defining Moment to 10,000 people through 2010. We will launch a new wave of Community Conversations and regional town hall meetings beginning in fall 2008. The meetings offer an easy-yet-in-depth way for interested residents to understand the challenges facing Michigan and voice their opinions on how best to move the state forward. Contact us today at

734-769-4625 or info@thecenterformichigan.net to sign up for a Community Conversation in your area.

>> Become a volunteer Recruiter, Promoter, or Driver of the MDM agenda. Click actions for a checklist of easy steps you can take - from writing letters to your local newspaper editor, to starting a blog, to meeting with political candidates in your area, to helping staff booths at community festivals - to move Michigan's Defining Moment forward.

>> Sign Up for "Fresh Thoughts for Michigan's Transformation," our weekly email newsletter about Michigan current events, innovations, and fresh ideas to move our staqte forward.