Join us for these self-guided toursof Washtenaw County garden sites that create smart, fast and sustainable ways to increase low-income people’s access to locally grown, healthy food.
Visit Faith & Food congregational gardens to see for yourself how this collaboration among ICPJ, Food Gatherers, and Growing Hope is supporting congregations to grow healthy food for the hungry.
Get a look at other area gardens developed by Food Gatherers, Growing Hope, and Project Grow to see how local community members are responding to increased need for healthy, affordable food.
Choose from 2 dates: July 22, 6 – 9 p.m. ORAugust 1, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
How has the economic crisis reshaped the “American Dream”?
Join us on Monday, July 6th for The Call in the Darkness: The Economic Crises and the New American Dream — Independence Day Community Discussion and Potluck Dinner!
On Independence Day, we celebrate our country’s heritage, values, and democratic ideals that define the “American Dream”. But as the economic crisis continues to reshape our lives and our plans for the future, how do our visions of the “American Dream” begin to change?
You are invited to this informal community sharing of our hopes, concerns, questions, and insights as we reflect on this unique 4th of July holiday. (Families are welcome!)
Location: Wesley Lounge, Wesley Foundation (shares a building with First United Methodist Ann Arbor: 602 E. Huron, Ann Arbor – on State between Huron and Washington). Date: Monday, 7/06 Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Please bring a dish to pass. RSVP’s appreciated to gracek@icpj.net, 663-1870.
Co-sponsored by Michigan Peaceworks.
We want to hear from you about the importance of a better public transit system in Washtenaw County!
ICPJ’s Racial and Economic Justice Task Force (REJ), in collaboration with Partners for Transit and other local groups, is currently working to promote public transit in Washtenaw County that is sufficient and available for all who need it. Our first step is to collect Transit Testimonials from community members. We want to hear from Washtenaw County residents what you want in a public transit system.
Take the 2-minute survey to share your Transit Testimonial and help us make better public transit a reality! (You can also download a copy of the survey to print or share with others.)
REJ is tracking other local transit issues and keeping you informed. Read about the recent CALLS TO ACTION here.
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Mauricio Funes, of the FMLN party, is now the president of El Salvador. The former guerrilla organization has transformed itself into an effective political party that has won the presidency of the nation!
Mary Anne Perrone will give a first-person account of an SOAW delegation to El Salvador in May, meeting with the FMLN party members, social organizations, unions, and victims of the government during civil war and beyond.
Sylvia Nolasco-Rivers, a native Salvadoran who came to the US as a refugee from war-torn El Salvador will give her perspective on this new era in her native country.
When: Tuesday, June 23, 7:30 pm
Where: First United Methodist Church of Ypsilanti, 209 Washtenaw Rd,
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Details: www.icpj.net; 734-663-1870, chuck@icpj.net, download the flier.
Visit Faith & Food congregational gardens to see for yourself how this collaboration among ICPJ, Food Gatherers, and Growing Hope is supporting congregations to grow healthy food for the hungry.
