How can you get all your holiday shopping done in one afternoon, under one roof, and support people in need all around the world? Come to the Alternative Holiday Fair.

Vendors such as Ten Thousand Villages, Heifer International, SERRV and local peace and justice organizations will be selling fairly traded goods and/or items that promote peace and justice. The Alternative Holiday Fair is a great shopping substitute for those looking to support important causes with their holiday shopping dollars.

Sunday, December 2, 2007
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM

First Baptist Church
512 E. Huron
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

Details: call 734-663-1870 or email Stephanie@icpj.net

Encounter Point is an 85-minute feature documentary film that follows a former Israeli settler, a Palestinian ex-prisoner, a bereaved Israeli mother and a wounded Palestinian bereaved brother who risk their lives and public standing to promote a nonviolent end to the conflict. Their journeys lead them to the unlikeliest places to confront hatred within their communities. The film explores what drives them and thousands of other like-minded civilians to overcome anger and grief to work for grassroots solutions. It is a film about the everyday leaders in our midst.

When: Thursday, December 13. 6:30 p.m. dinner, 7:00 p.m. film

Where: Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Who: Sponsored by the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice

What: Join us for a dinner, a film showing, and a discussion about this film.

Your $5 donation for relief aid for hunger in Gaza is appreciated.

Download the Encounter Point Flyer to print off and share.

Why is ICPJ’s trip to close the School of the Americas/WHINSEC so important?

Mary Anne Perrone has first-hand experience as to why. And she’ll share it on Tuesday, December 11 in a talk on Human Rights in Colombia. She will speak at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church at 512 E. Huron, Ann Arbor.

On June 14th, 2007, intruders broke into the Bogotá office of the Christian Center for Justice, Peace, and Non-Violent Action (Justapaz). They stole two computers that contained sensitive information on victims and witnesses of human rights abuses. The theft of human rights information is a tactic designed to silence human rights and peace advocates, and, in the Colombian context, represents a serious threat to the individuals named in the documents. The Justapaz break-in was not an isolated incident: it is the sixth in a series of recent “political” thefts in Colombia.

In response to the thefts, Mary Anne participated in an emergency human rights delegation to shine light on these politically motivated thefts and the poor human rights situation in Colombia.

Details: chuck@icpj.net or 734-663-1870.

You can also download the flier for the talk (Word or PDF versions available).

Code of Conduct

The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice strives to create a setting where people of diverse faiths and backgrounds can come together to explore issues of faith, peace, and justice; to respectfully address differences; and to find common ground for action to create a better world.

To gather together in a manner that reflects the world we choose to create, we commit that:

• we will speak and act with respect, compassion, and acceptance;
• we will use actions, words and symbols consistent with our vision of a world free from violence and oppression;
• we will not use or instigate violence of any kind against any person or group; and
• we will promote the safety of ourselves and others through our actions and interactions.

Approved May 13, 2008

You can also download the Code of Conduct and Putting the Code in to Practice documents.