Civic Engagement
Highlights
Black History Month 2025
February 4, 2025
February is Black History Month. This year’s theme is “Black Resistance,” which recognizes and celebrates the resistance of Black people, organizations, and institutions to racism in the past and present.
Library Social Work program coming to YDL
The Ypsilanti District Library is transforming how patrons can connect …
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Annual Budget Hearing
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING YPSILANTI DISTRICT LIBRARY County of Washtenaw, …
Events
Voter Information
Michigan Voter Information Center
Check whether you are registered to vote, find your polling place, and see every item that will appear on your ballot, including the exact text of ballot proposals.
How to Register to Vote
You can register at any Secretary of State branch, or at your local City, Township, or County Clerk’s offices.
Polling Locations
An updated list of polling locations in Washtenaw County.
Vote 411
Voter education, including Q&A with each candidate that will appear on your ballot. A project of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters.
Fora Better Ypsilanti
Organizes public forums local candidates and issues that will appear on the ballot. Affiliated with the League of Women Voters of the Ann Arbor Area.
Civic Advocacy
Research
Comprehensive business and demographic information for researchers and entrepreneurs.
A list of over 1,000 digitally-accessible newspaper collections across Michigan.
General interest magazine articles, reference books, primary source material, with some full-text resources dating back to 1922.
Current events and issues, such as gun control, global warming, and capital punishment, are explored with pro/con viewpoints and interactive maps and articles in this tool for persuasive essay writers.
