Ed Rivet, MPA

Ed Rivet earned a BS in Pre-Law and Public Policy and a Master’s in Public Administration from Michigan State University. He served three years as a legislative aide in the Michigan House of Representatives and for 21 years Ed has served as the Right to Life of Michigan’s Legislative Director. Mr. Rivet has written and helped enact dozens of laws, including the nation’s first complete ban on human cloning, and banning assisted suicide in the face of the assault on human life by Jack Kevorkian and Geoffrey Fieger. Mr. Rivet was the director of the state of Michigan’s largest all-volunteer citizen petition drive, which also was the state’s most accurate petition drive with 97.3% valid signatures. With countless media interviews, Mr. Rivet appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, and live interviews on CNN and Good Morning America.



Mr. Rivet teaches the following courses:
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Government: Government, Democracy, and Citizenship
Government: Advanced American Government 
Government: American Elections: Democracy in Action
Government: Government and Politics 
Pro-Life Boot Camp: Learning the Facts and Effective Communication (with Mr. Jason Negri)
Society and the Ethics of Life Issues (with Mr. Jason Negri)

Student testimonials:

"Thank you for your courses! They were really helpful for preparing me for college!"

"I was quite apathetic when it came to government and after I had taken the class, he really inspired me to try and do better."