UPDATE: The vigil was a great success! We had coverage in the Ann Arbor News, Fox TV 4. Attendees have also shared some pictures of the event. You can read below for more coverage.
When: Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 6:00 - 6:45 pm.

Where: the University of Michigan Diag, downtown Ann Arbor.

What: Candle light vigil to mourn Iraqis, Americans, and other people who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq, including a reading of the names of all U.S. service men and women whom have died from the state of Michigan and a commemoration of Iraqi deaths.

Who: Sponsored by Veterans for Peace, Michigan Peaceworks, Military Families Speak Out, and Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice.

Why: To mourn the deaths in Iraq, and to remember that U.S. armed forces serve because we, as a nation, have sent them.

How you can help: To volunteer to hand out candles or with event planning and publicity, email chuck@icpj.net or call 734-663-1870.

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That’s what UM student activist Jennifer Mills says about her work to organize a bus to the School of the Americas Rally and Vigil in Ft. Benning, Georgia. Thanks to donors like you, ICPJ has been able to be there for Jennifer’s development as an activist, from bringing her to her first peace and justice event to working with her to organize an entire busload of people to attend a rally and vigil in Georgia.

Please make sure that ICPJ is here for activists like Jennifer in 2007 and beyond by making your tax-deductible donation of $40, $60, $100, or another amount to the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice today.
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Several months ago ICPJ’s Racial and Economic Justice Task Force organized a welfare simulation in Lansing for a group of business leaders involved in the state’s Welfare to Work project, it was a powerful simulation, and the Lansing City Pulse did a cover story about it.

Well, that cover story got one reader thinking about poverty in America, so he decided to do a little experiment and try to live a month on only $30 worth of food and write about it on his blog.
The posts are in reverse chronological order, so it works best to start at the bottom and read to the top.

I heard about this in a nonprofit online newsletter that was talking about perspective in the face of the holiday season’s excess.

I’m amazed at how far the ripples of ICPJ’s work can reach!

Join ICPJ’s Globalization Task Force on Thursday, January 25 for the next installment of our “Dinner and a Movie” series.

This moth we screen Buyer Be Fair, which explores how conscious consumers and businesses can use the market to promote social justice and environmental sustainability through product labeling, with a focus on Fair Trade coffee and Forest Stewardship Council certified wood.

Time: 6:30 p.m.

Place: First Congregational Church of Ann Arbor, 608 E. William St.

Free and open to the public. Pay Parking available at the Maynard Street Structure between Liberty St. and Williams St.

Details: info@icpj.net, 734-663-1870, www.icpj.net

Film details at: www.buyerbefair.org

This event is co-sponsored with the Ann Arbor People’s Food Co-op and Students Organizing for Labor and Economic Equality (SOLE)

The 2006 ICPJ survey has completed. We will post the results shortly. Keep checking back at www.icpj.net to find out more.

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