Bellwether Public Relations

06/17/2026

The 6th Annual 517 Juneteenth Weekend kicks off tomorrow in REO Town. This celebration is about uplifting community voices and bringing Lansing together, and we're proud to support it.

Learn more and grab your tickets for events throughout the weekend: https://www.517juneteenth.com/

06/16/2026

Michigan is facing real challenges that deserve an honest reckoning.

Communications can shape how a story is told but not what the story is. A press release doesn't fix a policy failure. A media strategy doesn't repair a broken product. A carefully worded statement can't substitute for accountability.

Read more to learn what can be done and how PR can help.

Every year, the Mackinac Policy Conference sets the tone for Michigan’s business and political conversations. This year, much of the conversation we heard centered around one issue: “Michigan’s house is on fire.” Everywhere we turned, people were eager to talk about how Michigan has quietly ...

06/15/2026

10 years of changing lives. That's worth celebrating! 🎉

We had a blast joining our friends at Michigan Progressive Health for their anniversary open house. For a decade, they've been offering innovative, ketamine-assisted therapy and holistic mental health care for Michiganders living with treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD and chronic pain, with locations in Ann Arbor and Royal Oak.

We're proud to be in their corner. Here's to 10 more years of meaningful work!

06/10/2026

On Monday, the Grand Rapids community cut the ribbon and opened the doors to the new Central Station Early Childhood Center. Starting this fall, 100 young children will spend their days at The Rapid as their parents and caregivers access public transportation to commute to work.

At a time when access to child care remains a major barrier in the workforce, our clients at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and their community partners have prioritized investing in the very real infrastructure needed to support families and children.

This milestone project, which uses public space for public good, is exactly the kind of work we exist to support. Congratulations to all involved in making this center a reality, and to the countless families who will benefit from this new space!

05/18/2026

Bellwether PR is the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA)'s 2026 Silver Anvil award winner for Best Boutique Agency in the nation!

The Silver Anvil is widely considered the highest honor in public relations. Earning seven of these as a boutique agency reflects the standard we set for ourselves — and the outcomes we expect to deliver.

We do this work because we believe in making the world a little better than we found it, and we're grateful for our clients and partners who are on this journey with us.

Bellwether Public Relations won the Silver Anvil for Best Boutique Agency at the 2026 Anvil Awards ceremony Thursday night in New York City.

05/08/2026

For this year, we want to talk about what makes harmony possible. At Bellwether, that looks like excellence, teamwork, and a commitment to growth.

These are our Core Values, and we build our company around them, not because they are a business decision, but because they're a mental health one.

For Mental Health Month, we want to talk about what makes harmony possible: teamwork, excellence, and growth.

05/05/2026

Bellwether is proud to work with Research Universities for Michigan - RU4M, whose university presidents published an op-ed in Crain's Detroit Business today making a compelling case for Michigan's R1 universities as economic engines.

In 2024, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, University of Michigan, and Wayne State University secured $1.85 billion in federal R&D funding — 95% of all federally funded academic research in the state — and generated a $51.4 billion economic footprint. That's Michigan tax dollars coming home.

Read the full op-ed:

Michigan's top research universities are great engines for getting tax dollars back into Michigan from Washington.

03/16/2026

Bellwether Public Affairs Manager Katie Jesaitis joined the latest MIRS Monday podcast for a bipartisan roundtable discussion on key Michigan issues from ballot proposals to primary elections.

Catch her full conversation with Sam Shriber:

MIRS sits down with Eaton County Prosecutor Doug Lloyd, who's running to become Republicans' pick for Michigan Attorney General. He discusses the recent car ramming attack on Oakland County's Temple Israel, the growing relationship between crime and technology, and what Republican delegates are most...

03/06/2026

Today, two Family Leaders in the Steelcase Foundation Investment in Families Initiative joined Dr. Daniel Williams at the Michigan AEYC to discuss the impact of the first year of the initiative. Their main takeaway bears repeating: families benefit when they have breathing room to dream, to grow, or to just be. That breathing room looks like predictability and reliability, and through it, these leaders are finding stability. We’re proud to play a small role in the vitally important work they’re doing to support families.

02/25/2026

Today, nonprofit leaders from across Michigan gathered in Lansing for the Michigan Nonprofit Association 2026 Nonprofit Day at the Capitol, which included visits with lawmakers. Attendees discussed the implications of the state’s budget, the key role nonprofits play in strong civic engagement, as well as the growing presence of artificial intelligence in all aspects of public policy. Throughout the day, we were reminded of the critical role Michigan’s nonprofits play in lifting up our communities, which is essential to making our world a better place.