Modern creatures, we must remember that we are essentially the products of a long and slow evolution. That, in the course of that time, everything we saw was both Here and Now. It was necessary to react to what we saw to maintain social order, to protect ourselves, to simply […]
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Thank you for supporting Michele. Thank you for offering your talents, donating your hard-earned pennies, and spending your nights & weekends knocking doors and making phone calls with us. Thank you for sharing our posts and telling your friends, family, and neighbors about Michele. Thank you for believing in a […]
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Head Heart Hustle Herald November Election Edition Sunday, November 4 Dear friends and supporters, I miss you! I am writing to you now in the last days before the November election to talk through the ballot we have the task of filling out in just a few days. I am […]
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Head Heart Hustle Herald Only better for it Sunday, August 12 An open letter at the close of a great campaign, When I last wrote, I was unsure of the outcome of the election. I’ll admit that the effect of seeing my name listed at the top of 14 names […]
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Head Heart Hustle Herald What a Wild Thing August 7, 2018- Election Night For a sentimental person, you can’t ask for a better prompt than a story with a beautiful plot and an unfinished ending. It’s like reading a great book and lingering on the final pages. This moment is […]
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Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, August 5th Edition VOTES FOR WOMEN It’s really getting close! The house has been full of well-wishers, volunteers, family, former UCHC clients, co-workers, neighbors, random dogs, and food offerings. It is wonderful and invigorating. It’s a bizarre feeling to hear voices in the background leaving voicemails […]
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FREEP Endorsement Let’s keep this brief. I thought you’d want to know that our campaign earned the highly coveted endorsement of the Detroit Free Press. Here’s what they had to say: Candidates of MICHELE OBERHOLTZER‘s caliber don’t come along every day. As director of Detroit-based nonprofit United Community Housing Coalition tax […]
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Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 29nd Edition Musical Chairs A political campaign is quite an amazing thing. First, you have to find a crack in the infrastructure of government- a seat up for election. Then you have to file paperwork and basically begin a start-up company whose product is a […]
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Head Heart Hustle Herald Sunday, July 22nd Edition The Ghosts of Atkinson I want to start today’s writing with a story: Yesterday I was knocking on doors in the Boston Edison neighborhood. I froze in my tracks when I realized that I had encountered two homes that I once worked very […]
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