Oct 24 2006
The October 11 issue of the Lansing City Pulse cover story, “Just Hold It Together” highlights the work that our Welfare Simulation program does to educate people on just how hard it is to survive on Welfare.
You can learn more about the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice Welfare Simulations by downloading the Welfare Simulation Brochure (pdf 179 kb)
Oct 19 2006
ICPJ is launching a process of surveying and speaking with our members and allies to help get broad input as we look forward to set our future course. Read below to find out more about this process. In November, we will have a copy of the survey available here in November, stay tuned for more information.
Oct 18 2006
By Chuck Warpehoski, ICPJ Director
Jesus preached a message of radical equality, where all humanity is united in God’s love. He taught his followers to “love your neighbor as yourself,” and he extended that call by showing that your neighbor may include somebody of a different religion or ethnicity (as in the case of the good Samaritan), or even your own enemy. Paul’s letter to the Galatians explains the implications of God’s universal love by writing that in Christ, “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female.” (Galatians 3:28)
Oct 12 2006
Saturday, November 11th, 7pm
Church of the Good Shepherd
2145 Independence, Ann Arbor
Film showing of “The Cost of War” (60 minutes) followed by panel discussion featuring Zach Goldsmith of Lincoln High Students Against War, Chuck Warpehoski of Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and speakers from Veterans for Peace and the Gray Panthers
Oct 12 2006
Please join us for a light dinner and film, with discussion afterwards. Hotel Rwanda tells the gripping story of the Rwandan genocide, throu
gh the eyes and experiences of Paul Rusesabagina; a hotel manager who shelters and protects more than 1,000 Tutsi refugees from the Hutu militia.
Thursday, November. 9th at 6:00pm at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 2250 E. Stadium Blvd (between Packard & Washtenaw). Continue Reading »
Oct 05 2006
The Zapatista Rebellion Lives!
Rich Stahler-Sholk recently returned from a year in Chiapas, Mexico, where he spent time in Zapatista indigenous villages in the Lacandón Jungle.
Come hear about this grassroots movement to create autonomous government, including community-based education, health, justice, and local decision-making structures.
Tuesday, October 10th, 7:30 p.m.WHERE: First Baptist Church, Memorial Lounge
512 E. Huron Street, Ann Arbor (between Division and State, parking on Washington St. side)
Download the flyer and spread the word.
Richard Stahler-Sholk is a professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. His academic interests focus on Latin American social movements, rebellion/revolution, democratization, and political economy (particularly neoliberal globalization and its alternatives). He has written on the Nicaraguan revolution and Central American politics. His recent work focuses on the Zapatista rebellion in Chiapas, Mexico, where he has served as a human rights observer on numerous occasions since 1994.
Sign up for the CROP Hunger Walk on October 12, or learn more about how you can help STOP hunger