Job Announcement

Position: 3/4 to full-time staff (Community Organizer/Coordinator)

COMMUNITY ORGANIZER/COORDINATOR – Progressive interfaith community organization seeks ¾ to full-time coordinator for planning, organizing, recruiting, fundraising, education and activism. Temporary position (6 months to 1 year). Send cover letter and resume with three references by 7/30/10.  Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice 730 Tappan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104, info@icpj.net.
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Variety calls Countdown to Zero “a politically urgent picture; it will also literally scare the breath out of what will certainly be a worldwide audience.”   Entertainment Weekly says “Countdown to Zero makes old terrors radioactively new again.”

Countdown to Zero highlights the global nuclear threat and spells out, in chilling terms, the danger facing everyone if nuclear weapons end up in the hands of terrorists. The film features an array of international experts and statesmen and it ends with a powerful message: no country should have nuclear weapons.

Academy Award winner Lawrence Bender and Jeffrey Skoll  – the team that produced An Inconvenient Truth –  produced Countdown to Zero.

See the Film

Countdown to Zero will be released in select cities on July 23, July 30, and August 6, including the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak on July 30 (Showtimes: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 9:45).

Free Tickets

Carpool from Ann Arbor

ICPJ will organize carpools for the Friday and Saturday showings at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. showings. Fill out the carpool request form for details.
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Come for an afternoon of piano favorites! Get to know and support the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice – grass roots work for peace and justice in our county, state, nation and world.

Pianist Veena Kulkarni performs works by Granados, Brahms, Khatchaturian & Schubert.

Sunday, August 29th, 2010, 4:00 PM
Zion Lutheran Church, 1501 W. Liberty St.

Tickets $12 in advance, $16 at the door; Family: $30 advance/$35 door.  Be a benefactor for $50 and you’ll be listed in our program book & receive Eero Trio’s debut CD!

Acclaimed storyteller La’Ron Williams will lead the way.

Ticket type

1 regular ticket $12.00 2 regular tickets $24.00 family ticket $30.00 1 benefactor ticket $50.00 2 benefactor tickets $100.0

This July ICPJ is be hosting an on-line and in-person discussion of Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer by David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis.

To participate, all you have to do is add your comments about the book below.

For the fourth and last week, we will discuss the pages 146-183 (Section 6). You can also read the discussion from the first week’s,  second week’s, and third week’s readings .

Here are the questions to get you started, or comment on whatever interests  you!

We will also have a face-to-face discussion of the book on Monday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Dominick’s (812 Monroe Street, Ann Arbor).

To get your copy, just call 734-663-1870 or email chuck@icpj.net. They are just $10 each (plus shipping and handling).

Stay tuned next Monday for the next section and next week’s questions.

This summer we’re out and about taking photos of why people like you think we should stop climate change.

Here’s what we have so far. Do you have an image you’d like to add to the collection? Email it to info@icpj.net with the subject “climate change photo petition.”

This July ICPJ is be hosting an on-line and in-person discussion of Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer by David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis.

To participate, all you have to do is add your comments about the book below.

For the third week, we will discuss the pages 96-145 (part of section 4 and section 5). You can also read the discussion from the first week’s reading and the second week’s reading.

Here are the questions to get you started, or comment on whatever interests  you!

1. Do you believe the environment should be a top priority when at war with another country? How much should it be considered? What is more important? pg. 110
2. If you were an Afghan, what would be your stance if a country like the US came in and decided what was best for you? What do you believe is your duty as a citizen to do about the US not listening to the Afghan people? pg. 122
3. What do you believe the best solution is (or a possible solution could be) to the statement that “it is not possible for several countries to wage separate wars in the same country and be successful” when we are doing just that? pg. 134
4. Do you believe the US has a duty to help rebuild countries it wars in? What about helping people who are already impoverished in those countries? What if this help comes at the expense of impoverished American citizens? pg. 144

We will also have a face-to-face discussion of the book on Monday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Dominick’s (812 Monroe Street, Ann Arbor).

To get your copy, just call 734-663-1870 or email chuck@icpj.net. They are just $10 each (plus shipping and handling).

Stay tuned next Monday for the next section and next week’s questions.

Join us to commemorate Nagasaki Day with a community sharing of food, crafts, and music. Make peace cranes and lantern boats, play games, and meet others in the ICPJ/peace community!

• Monday, August 9^th
• 6:30-8:30pm
• Island Park, Ann Arbor (1450 Island Dr)
  ~Rain or shine (shelter reserved)~

All ages welcome (children’s activities included!). Feel free to bring friends and family.

Please bring a dish to pass (and please bring your own dinnerware if possible).

RSVP (preferred) to gracek@icpj.net or 734.663.1870.

Please share this event with others in your congregation or organization! Download the flier here.

This July ICPJ is be hosting an on-line and in-person discussion of Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer by David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis.

To participate, all you have to do is add your comments about the book below.

For the second week, we will discuss the pages 54-95 (section 3 and part of 4). You can also read the discussion from the first week’s reading.

Here are the questions to get you started, or comment on whatever interests  you!

1. How do you think the US should have handled its relations with Afghanistan during the Cold War? pg. 58
2. Did the US have the right to overthrow the Taliban and replace it with their chosen government? What should they have done? pg. 70
3. What do you believe we can and should do as US citizens when top military officials are saying the war in Afghanistan is no longer sustainable, yet the President isn’t listening? pg. 82
4. Do you support the decision of the US – a proudly democratic country -to support dictators, murderers and warlords to further its own agenda? pg. 87

We will also have a face-to-face discussion of the book on Monday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Dominick’s (812 Monroe Street, Ann Arbor).

To get your copy, just call 734-663-1870 or email chuck@icpj.net. They are just $10 each (plus shipping and handling).

Stay tuned next Monday for the next section and next week’s questions.