We are the MDP Senior Caucus, chartered in January 2020.

As Founder and Chairperson of the Senior Caucus, I was surprised when I wanted to join a group with common goals of saving Democracy and Voter’s Rights, not to find a Senior Caucus.

As a newly retired Counselor, and after living through the last horrible years of political upheaval, I learned that there was no specific Caucus for Seniors. made an application to identify and become a Senior Caucus in 2021. We held our first Board meeting and election in August 2021. We were chartered in January 2022.

~ Founder and Chairperson Linda Michaels Gruber

Our goal of the caucus is to effect public policy by bringing focus and accountability to senior issues, and by working to elect public officials who support those efforts.

Seniors are among those most adversely affected by the policies and acts of Republican administrations and congressional and legislative majorities in Washington DC and Lansing.

The Senior Caucus will work toward educating and informing Seniors on the issues involved in local, county, state and national elections and removing barriers that may prevent them from exercising their right and opportunity to vote in these elections. The Senior Caucus will give a voice to Seniors within the Michigan Democratic Party.

Keeping in line with our goals, we recently developed a Resolution to Fight Ageism which Seniors and Persons with Disabilities are most effected.

We, as a Caucus reach out and participate in other MDP Caucuses and any of their Senior Members are welcome to join our Caucus as well.

We are developing a committee to prepare a panel of our sister Caucuses to address Discrimination and hate crimes with the goal of issuing a resolution against discrimination.

We acknowledge “The State of Michigan occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabek- Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi).

The Michigan Democratic Party recognizes historic Indigenous communities in Michigan and those forcibly removed from their homelands.

We further recognize the ongoing relationship of dependence upon, and respect for, all living beings of earth, sky, and water. In offering this land acknowledgment, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history, and experiences.”

Join our active committees.

Legislative Affairs- stay up on legislation and take action, prepare resolutions.

Voting Rights-prepare and participate in actions that protect voting rights. Encourage members to run for offices.

Communications-develop Facebook, website, letterhead and other communications to members and the legislator. Presently working on a fantastic tee shirt as a fundraiser.

Budget and Finance-develop overall budget, work with the treasurer to develop fundraising ideas.

Ad Hoc Committees-will occur from time to time. Our most recent was to review our bylaws, which were accepted and passed in May.

We always meet on zoom to include our members from upper and lower Michigan.

We meet on the third Wednesday every other month as a Board of Directors. The full membership meets with us four times a year.

We also hold “Learn over Zoom” educational talks several times a year presenting topics that are of interest to our membership. Our first Zoom Seminar addressed cyber security and how to protect ourselves.

We frequently have guest speaker at our meetings. Our own Attorney General Dana Nessel presented an hour-long informational address with videos identifying issues of scamming, fraud, and many other ways to protect yourself. It was educational and humorous.

More details are explained in the MDP Senior Caucus Bylaws.

If you are looking for a way to stay up on legislation that impacts you, have Senior concerns or just want to be part of a group that has fun and learns as they age forcefully for democracy, this group is for you.

Anyone over the age of 50 can join. You must be a member of the Michigan Democratic Party to join the Senior Caucus. You must be a member of the Senior Caucus to vote in any meeting.

We are an active group, acknowledging that the Senior population is the largest voting group.
We have been voting for many years.

We are active as poll workers and voting challengers. We are active in bringing up challenges and concerns that impact Seniors. We serve on many committees and many of our members also serve on their communities’ boards. Keeping with one of our goals to removing barriers to democracy, we have members who are in office and many running for office.

We have committees that work together to bring plans, suggestions, and Resolutions to the board of Directors and MDP. These committees are: Legislative Affairs, Communications, Budget and Finance and Voting Rights. We sometimes have Ad Hoc committees to address specific issues like amending our bylaws and nominations for office.

The Board of Directors consists of four officers, Chairperson, Vice Chair, Secretary. and Treasurer. As well, there are two representatives voted from 13 Congressional Districts and an additional 8 members at large.

There are two membership categories: voting members and supporting members. Membership is open to all qualified members of the Michigan Democratic Party regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, economic status, religion, ethnic identity, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, physical appearance, or disability.

Become a member of the Michigan Democratic Party and submit your interest in becoming a member of the Senior Caucus.

We will be informed of your interest and will add you to our communications.

Our Senior Tee Shirt design will look great on all our members!

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