Feb 18 2006
Just three days after announcing our signature ad to end the war, we’re already over 10% of the way to reaching our goal of 400 signatures — and this is before the mail-in submissions start to come in.
Read more about the signature ad here.
Feb 18 2006
At the January ICPJ Steering Committee meeting, our steering committee urged the University of Michigan to form an advisory committee to examine if any UM investments are in companies involved in human rights violations in Israel/Palestine.
So far, the U-M has stonewalled this request just to look at the investments, but there’s a strong campaign of faculty, students, and alumni urging the University to look into the issue.
We’ll see where this goes.
Feb 17 2006
The ‘Michigan Civil Rights Initiative’. That’s its official name, but the name often confuses people—if passed, it will amend Michigan’s Constitution to prevent public institutions from using principles of affirmative action in their hiring and admission policies, and from creating state and local programs that encourage the participation of women and minorities in typically male and Caucasian dominated fields. The folks advocating this initiative want us to believe that the playing field is now level and that the struggle for equality is over. You and I know that this is not the case; race and gender discrimination are still very real problems in Michigan, so it is critical that we take this message to our friends and neighbors.
Feb 17 2006
We encourage you to sign the petition to Preserve AATA Bus Service to Ypsilanti.
Feb 15 2006
Forty years ago, the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice ran its first signature ad against the war in Vietnam.
Today, in the midst of another war and another quagmire, we’re planning another signature ad so we can stop this war too.
Feb 15 2006
As you know, people of faith and conscience have been deeply concerned about the U.S.-led militarization of Colombia and the human rights violations that have resulted from our policies there.
The Latin America Working Group offers this timely action alert to help turn the policy around. Please call your member of Congress today and ask them to sign on to the Farr-McGovern sign-on letter to Secretary of State Rice.
