Michelle Regalado Deatrick

Michelle Regalado Deatrick is an elected official, poet, and community advocate from Michigan.[1] She is Vice Chair of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners and an award-winning poet. She represents the 2nd district encompassing the townships of Superior, Salem, Northfield, Webster, and Ann Arbor, as well as Barton Village and portions of the cities of Ann Arbor and Dexter. Deatrick is also an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and was a staffer for Senator Bernie Sanders.[2][3]

Michelle Regalado Deatrick
Residence Superior Township, MI
Education

University of Michigan

Wesleyan University

Harvard University
Term January 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018
Political party Democratic Party – Incumbent
Website http://www.votemichelledeatrick.com/
Vice Chair, Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners

Elected Official and Community Advocate

In 2016, Deatrick ran successfully as a Democrat for the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners in the mostly rural 2nd district, beating the three-term Republican incumbent with 53% of the vote. [4] [5] She was also elected to the Democratic National Committee.[6] Deatrick strongly supports small farms, renewable energy, veterans' services, and natural area preservation.[4] She holds a BA from Wesleyan University, a Master's Degree in Education Policy and Administration from Harvard, and an MFA from the University of Michigan.[1] She was on staff for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign in Michigan as Special Projects Director, and also spent time in Kenya, working for the Peace Corps.[1]In 2017, Deatrick was also active in the campaign to elect Keith Ellison as the Chair of the Democratic National Committee.[3]

In May 2017, Deatrick successfully proposed anti-poverty legislation to lower the chances of residents losing their homes or facing water and electricity shut-offs.[4]

In April 2017, Deatrick co-organized and spoke at the Tax March in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[7]

In January 2017, Deatrick was a lead organizer of the Women's March in Ann Arbor, Michigan as a part of the Women's March that took place all over the world. More than 11,000[8] people gathered at the University of Michigan Diag and marched through Downtown Ann Arbor.

In 2014, Deatrick was heavily involved with Michigan small farm rights, in particular advocating for full Right to Farm protection for non-commercial farms and farms in transitional agricultural areas.[9]

Writing Career

Deatrick has won multiple writing awards, including both Winner and First Runner-Up in the 2012 Chautauqua Poetry Contest.[10] She teaches writing privately and for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Michigan.[11] She actively maintains a blog (Word Garden) about poetry, the environment, and the 80-acre farm and native prairie she lives on and cares for.[12] Her work has also appeared in the American Literary Review, Southern Poetry Review, and Crab Creek Review.[13] [14] Previously, her fiction was featured in Best New American Voices 2006.[13][15]

In January 2015, Deatrick won an Honorable Mention in The 38th New Millennium Awards for her poetry.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Michelle Regalado Deatrick". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ https://berniesanders.com/bernie-sanders-loyalists-taking-democratic-party-one-county-office-time/
  3. 1 2 "Subscribe | theaustralian". www.theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  4. 1 2 3 "Home page, Michelle Deatrick for Washtenaw County Commissioner". Michelle Deatrick for County Commissioner. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  5. ↑ "Deatrick Edges Out Smith For County Commission District 2 - We Love Dexter". We Love Dexter. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Washtenaw County Democratic Party | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-12-07.
  7. ↑ "More than 1,300 Trump protesters join in Tax March in Ann Arbor". MLive.com. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  8. ↑ "More than 11,000 flood streets of Ann Arbor for Women's March". MLive.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  9. ↑ Heinlin, Gary (May 4, 2014). "New Michigan urban farm policy creates more uncertainty". The Detroit News. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Chautauqua Contest Winners". Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  11. ↑ https://olli-umich.org/olli/index.php/member/ctlg/viewEventDetails/1010
  12. ↑ "Word Garden". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  13. 1 2 "Michelle Regalado Deatrick". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Volume 53, Issue 1 - Southern Poetry Review". Southern Poetry Review. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
  15. ↑ "Crab Creek Review". Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  16. ↑ "New Millennium Writings". Retrieved January 30, 2015.


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