After such a wonderful turnout for our monthly dinner and a movie series, which focused on global warming, it seemed like the appropriate next step to list ways for individuals and organizations to take action. Creating a change in our nation and community involves some simple steps that entail you to make an immediate difference:

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Call Congress & the President: to demand that the U.S. help to broker a ceasefire in the Middle East and to call for the protection of civilian life and a re-starting of the peace process. (sample script and phone numbers below)

Candlelight Peace Vigil: ICPJ and Michigan Peaceworks will host a Candlelight Peace Vigil on Sunday to call for a ceasefire in the Middle East on July 30 at 8:30 p.m. in downtown Ann Arbor. Meet at the corner of Main and Liberty, we’ll have signs, banners, and candles. You just need to bring yourself and your desire to promote peace. Read the rest of this entry »

Wednesday, August 9- COME TOGETHER FOR PEACE. The horrors of war remind us of the need to build a community to promote peace. So ICPJ will host Come Together for Peace on Nagasaki Day, at 6:30pm at Island Park (1450 Island Drive) in Ann Arbor. We will begin with a potluck dinner, followed by activities for all ages, story-telling featuring Laron Williams and Robert Oppenheimer, lantern boat making and peace crane folding. Motoko will provide a first-hand account of her experiences during that time. The evening will conclude with a lantern boat launch ceremony of remembrance for victims of war. Details: 734-663-1870, info@ icpj.net Free and open to the public, donations accepted.

Map to Island Park from Rt. 23 and Plymouth Rd.

Map to Island Park from Tappan St.

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Thank you to everyone who signed ICPJ’s fortieth anniversary signature ad! It will run tomorrow, Wednesday, July 19 in the Business section of the Ann Arbor News. This is 40 years to the date after ICPJ’s first signature ad against the war (that time it was the Vietnam War).

Download the signature ad to see the final version.

Thank you also to Kathleen Peabody who coordinated the effort!

Join us to:

• Learn more about the California Amendment, which would ban affirmative action in Michigan.

• Pray for racial and gender equality.

• Eat a delicious breakfast.

Speakers include: Alma Wheeler-Smith; member of the Michigan House of Representatives, Dawud Walid; Executive Director of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations in Michigan), Rev. Jerry Hatter; Pastor of Brown Chapel AME, Mary Bejian; Field Director of ACLU Michigan.

Brown Chapel A.M.E., 1043 W. Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti MI 48197 at 8am