7th District Candidate Lawrence to Speak to Livingston Dems

Livingston Dems will hear from another candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 7^th  Congressional District later this month.

William Lawrence, a Lansing-area political organizer and activist, will speak at the party’s Sept. 25 meeting.

Lawrence was a founder of the Sunrise Movement, which helped Biden pass the largest green jobs program in U.S. history.

It delivered hundreds of millions of dollars in investment to Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.

He also has made good housing a focus. He founded the Michigan Rent Is Too Damn High Coalition, which fights for solutions to the housing crisis, and has won statewide protections for low-income renters.

Lawrence also is a founder of the Mid-Michigan Tenant Resource Center, which empowers tenants to know their rights, and secure good housing.

He is a native of mid-Michigan.

The party’s September meeting will be on Thursday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m. at Re/MAX Platinum Auditorium, 6870 Grand River, between Brighton and Howell. Please park in the back, use the rear entrance, and take the stairs or elevator down to the auditorium.

Please be aware that the business locks the door at 7 p.m.

There will be a social time at 6:30 p.m. Please sign up here https://forms.gle/HuEd7Z18Ct43K9Ck9 to let us know you are coming so we have enough snacks on hand.

The party’s regular business meeting will follow.