in western Washtenaw County, a resolution upholding the Paris climate accord; and a resolution increasing wages for county-employed mental health workers. As County Commissioner, Deatrick wrote and passed additional proclamations honoring the work of two Food Policy Council members, honoring county naturalist Faye Stoner, and condemning the deportation of mother and longtime community member Lourdes Salazar. Activism Deatrick is an activist focusing on social and economic justice, women's issues, and climate change. In 2020, her invited speaking engagements include the American Climate Leadership Summit, the Democratic National Convention, several state Democratic party environmental caucuses, and panels with other environmental leaders. On September 20, 2019, Deatrick spoke in an invited forum on environmental justice and politics and taught a workshop on writing Environmental Poetry at the Washtenaw County Climate Strike, part of the Global Climate Strike. On March 16, 2019, Deatrick was lead organizer, as Chair of Women's March Ann Arbor, of Women March On for Justice. On March 15, 2019, Deatrick was an invited speaker at the Washtenaw County Climate Strike on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor's Diag. "Climate change is an alarm clock that's been going off, ignored by those in power, for years," she said. "This strike is a beautiful thing. We have been called the grassroots for a reason - step on us, we spring back up." In late 2018 and in 2019, Deatrick was a spokesperson for Michigan One Fair Wage. In October 2018, Deatrick was co-organizer of the Stand with Survivors Rally and March in Ann Arbor, a response to the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. In January 2018, Deatrick was a lead organizer for the 2018 Ann Arbor Women's March at the University of Michigan. In April 2017, Deatrick co-organized and spoke at the Tax March in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 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 people gathered at the University of Michigan Diag and marched through Downtown Ann Arbor. In 2014, Deatrick was involved with Michigan small farm rights, advocating for full Right to Farm protection for non-commercial farms and farms in transitional agricultural areas. Deatrick co-founded the Michigan Small Farm Council to advocate for small farming operations across the state. Writing Deatrick has won multiple writing awards, including both Winner and First Runner-Up