You’re invited to join us for the exciting kick-off of this year’s Faith & Food program!

• Hear about the experiences of last year’s participants.
• Find out the first steps to begin growing food.
• Learn tips andtricks from other participants.
• Get your congregation signed up to grow food for the hungry this year!

Volunteers working on the St. Andrews Faith & Food Garden in 2009

New and returning congregations are invited to attend. We hope you will be a part of this exciting program to fight local hunger!

Monday, March 22
6:30-8:30pm
Memorial Christian Church (730 Tappan)
Light dinner will be served

Questions? Call 734-663-1870 or e-mail melihe@umich.edu

Faith and Food is back for the 2010 growing season! Faith and Food assists congregations in creating community gardens to fight local hunger. Congregations then donate 50 % of their yield to local food banks. Last year local congregations donated over 3500 lbs of fresh produce. Come to our kick-off meeting on March 22 to learn how your congregation can be involved. (Click here for more on Faith & Food.)

Climate change will lead to dessertification and other calamities that will mostly affect the world's poor. It is time for religious leaders to speak out for comprehensive climate and energy legislation.

Calling pastors, rabbis, imams, deacons, bishops, social action chairs, and other faith leaders to add your names to a sign-on letter about climate change.

As the Senate debates whether or not to act to stop climate change, now is the time for faith leaders to add our voices to clean energy, anti-poverty, and environmental groups to call for a strong and comprehensive climate and energy bill.

UPDATE: See final list of signers and watch a video of the press conference where the letter was released here.

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Join ICPJ for this special event featuring long-time peace activist and disarmament advocate, Andrew Lichterman!

A Nuclear Free Middle East
Sunday, March 14th
6:30 potluck (feel free to bring an item to share)
7:00-8:30pm speaker and discussion
Temple Beth Emeth/ St. Clare’s Episcopal (2309 Packard St., Ann Arbor)

• What is the role of nuclear weapons in today’s world?
• What are the prospects for disarmament?
• What are the current nuclear weapons issues in the Middle East?

Hosted by ICPJ’s Common Ground for Peace in Israel/Palestine and NOW: No Weapons, No War Groups. For more information, call (734) 663-1870 or email lkthams@gmail.com. Free and open to the public. Join us!

About our speaker: Andrew Lichterman is a lawyer and peace activist based in the San Francisco Bay area. As a lawyer, he has represented peace and environmental activists in a variety of settings, and also taught law at alternative law schools for many years. In recent years his work has focused on the purposes and impacts of U.S. nuclear and other strategic weapons programs, including their effect on global disarmament efforts, and on the relationship between nuclear technologies and the global economy. He is a member of the Global Council of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons and a member of the boards of the Oakland, California based Western States Legal Foundation and of the Los Alamos Study Group, an Albuquerque, New Mexico based disarmament organization. Andrew is being brought to Ann Arbor through the Bring it Back, Take it Forward Conference happening April 12-14 (see www.bringitbacktakeitforward.org).

ICPJ members march at the 2009 SOA Vigil in Ft. Benning, GA. This April, we'll take the protest to Congress. Join us!

Each November, ICPJ’s Latin America Task Force organizes labor leaders, students, faith community members, veterans, families, and others to take a bus to Ft. Benning, Georgia, to protest the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC for the human rights abuses committed by its graduates.

This April, we’ll take our protest to Congress during the SOA Watch Lobby Days. Delegates from Michigan will carpool/fly/train to D.C. to lobby our elected officials demanding that the school be closed. You can join us for this important mission!

Agenda Overview:

• Saturday, April 17th – evening social event (optional)
• Sunday, April 18th – lobby training
• Monday, April 19th – lobby visits to Congress
• Tuesday, April 20th – possible continued lobby visits

This year, with a bill to close the school on the table (H.R. 2567 which would suspend operations at the SOA/WHINSEC for investigation of human rights abuses), we are optimistic that we have a real chance to make a difference.

Join us! Click here to download a registration form and learn more about trip logistics.

Questions: contact Grace at ICPJ (734) 663-1870 or gracek@icpj.net.

With opening act Joe Reilly

Charlie King and Karen Brandow in concert on April 11

Charlie King and Karen Brandow are two of the peace movement’s most poignant musicians, and they’re coming to Ann Arbor on April 11.

Who: Charlie King, Karen Brandow, you, and other music-loving peacemakers.

When: Sunday, April 11, 7:00 p.m.

Where: Temple Beth Emeth/St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 2309 Packard St., Ann Arbor (map)

How Much: $15 regular admission, $50 benefactor.

What else? You can also take out an ad in the program. Ad prices are $45 for a business cardsize ad, $60 for a 1⁄2-page ad (5”x 4”), and $75 for a full-page ad (5”x 8”).

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

Special Bonus: If you purchase your tickets prior to the concert  you will also receive a $5 gift certificate for Ten Thousand Villages of Ann Arbor!

“Exactly what a folk music recording should be: songs that make you think, laugh, weep and dance.” Matt Watroba, Folk DJ WDET, Detroit MI.

Ticket type

1 regular ticket $15.00 2 regular tickets $30.00 3 regular tickets $35.00 1 benefactor ticket $50.00 2 benefactor tickets $100.00 business card-sized ad $45.00 half-page ad $60.00 full-page ad $75.00

What: Great food, reports from ICPJ’s task forces, election of new board members, and presentation by Bill Wylie-Kellermann

When: Sunday, March 21, 2010

6:30pm Dessert Reception
7:00pm Business meeting
7:45pm Program featuring Bill Wylie-Kellermann

Where: Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1501 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor (Map)

Who: Open to the public, voting limited to current ICPJ members. Become a member today.

At this meeting, 2 of our founding members, Barbara and Russ Fuller, will step down from our Board. Please help us honor them by printing a personal message of thanks in the program ($1 per word, $5 minimum) or making a gift in honor of Barbara and Russ.

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