About ICPJ
Who We Are
The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) is a 501(c)3 incorporated non-profit education/social organization which brings together people of various faiths who believe the world is one family. As the mission statement shows, ICPJ believes that love, commitment to future generations, wise stewardship of the environment and promotion of social, political, and economic justice are religious responsibilities. For more information, read about ICPJ’s vision and core values.
What We Do
ICPJ empowers people of faith and people of conscience in the Washtenaw County/Ann Arbor, Michigan area to act on their moral and religious values to build a better world.
Our History
In the spring of 1965, Ann Arbor earned a footnote in American history. The first teach-in drew hundreds of professors and students to auditoriums and lecture halls to discuss the U.S. government’s undeclared war in Vietnam. In December, a small interfaith group from the World Order Committee of the Ann Arbor/Washtenaw County Council of Churches met for the first time. Forty years later, the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice still seeks the way that is “plain, peaceful, generous, just.”
Since 1975 we have organized the annual Washtenaw County CROP Hunger Walk as an interfaith response to local and world hunger. Over the last 28 years walkers from some 50 area congregations and schools have raised more than one million dollars to assist both local and international agencies in relieving hunger and addressing its root causes. ICPJ works closely with Bread for the World in education, action and advocacy efforts; provides resources for congregations and groups doing programs about world hunger; and cooperates with area agencies in raising community awareness and soliciting funds.
Task Forces
At the heart of ICPJ’s work are six volunteer-led program committees, each composed of people of faith and conscience committed to building a more just and peaceful world. These task forces are:
- NOW: NO Weapons, NO War
- Hunger Projects/CROP Walk
- Racial and Economic Justice Task Force
- Latin America Task Force
- Common Ground for Peace in Israel and Palestine
- Climate Change and Earth Care
You can join our work by getting involved in one or our program committees, volunteering in the office, helping with events, or by making a donation to ICPJ. When you support Interfaith Council with your time and money, you make a real contribution for peace and justice in Washtenaw County and around the world.
Contact Us – Learn more, just call 734-663-1870, email info@icpj.net, or stop by our office in Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan Street on the corner of Hill (come to the parking lot entrance and ring the bell–it’s by the door next to the mailbox).
