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Michigan Statewide Activities series contains papers relating to Bashert's activities for the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League and Michigan Equality from 1999 to 2002. The Michigan Equality files include board documentation, some meeting agenda, and budget information, strategic plans, and correspondence from 2000 to 2002. The Michigan Equality Board Note Books volume contains by-laws, meeting agenda and minutes, and treasurer reports for the Michigan Equality Group, Michigan Equality Education Fund, and Michigan Equality Political Action Committee. Also found in the volume are Michigan Equality "General" 2002 annual report, outline of the board member responsibilities, grant summaries, and other administrative information. Election Campaigns files include documentation and clippings about activities employed to mount successful election mobilizations in support of local anti-discrimination ordinances. Funding support from the Human Rights Foundation and Pride PAC enabled Bashert to lead an aggressive effort to provide campaign training, voter identification programs, professional and volunteer personnel, and financial consulting to local groups in Michigan cities, notably Traverse City, Kalamazoo, and Huntington Woods. Also included in this series is a monograph Gay Rights at the Ballot Box by Amy L. Stone (University of Minnesota Press, 2012). Digital "Bashert files" contain press releases, spreadsheets, fundraising letters, public relations forms, etc.