Child Marriage Focus of Advocacy Efforts

​Our advocacy committee is focused on educating the community on child marriage laws here in Michigan and why not younger than age 18 should be a law with no exceptions. House bill 4003-5 was introduced in January and moved to a forward in June. It has not become a law yet, but our representatives need to vote on it to become a law. They will be more likely to bring it to a vote, the more they hear from us that this is an important issue!
 
Coming soon, the committee will develop:

• Letter to the editor for the Midland Daily News
  
• Zonta Says No to Violence Against Women billboard to be displayed Nov. 4-Dec. 2
  
• Visual display during the 16 days of activism (Nov.r 25-Dec. 10) in town, representing the number of domestic violence victims in Midland County over the past year
  
• The committee will also be partnering with the ARR committee for a movie night (stay tuned for details)

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This past summer, Zonta had a table at the Loons game on Aug. 22 to celebrate 100 years! It was a great event combining multiple committees. Advocacy passed out flyers educating attendees on child marriage laws in Michigan - the devastating effects child marriage has on individuals and society and House Bill 4003-5 with cited references.