Come to learn about a global justice issue, to write letters to our elected officials and/or other leaders on that topic, and, of course, to eat breakfast. This month’s breakfast focuses on the international campaign to close the U.S. military’s School of the Americas/WHINSEC, a military training facility for Latin American officers that has trained some of the worst human rights abusers in Latin America. The School of the Americas provides the military muscle that helps to enforce unfair and unpopular economic policies.

When: Join us anytime between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.

Where: The Broken Egg, 221 N. Main St., Ann Arbor.

For more information e-mail info@icpj.net or call 734-663-1870.

On Thursday, September 27, concerned UM students and faculty, working with community members concerned with human rights and worker rights, will show two films about Oaxaca, Mexico:  Granito de Arena (about the movement for a democratic teachers’ union in Oaxaca from the early 1980s to the present) and Un poquito de tanta verdad (about the uprising in Oaxaca in 2006).   Both films are open to the public. Read the rest of this entry »

Now is the time!

Now is the time when the Congress is about to vote on cutting funds to the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.

This is an issue we’ve been working on for years; the School of the Americas is linked to some of the works human rights abuses in Latin America. And the vote to cut funding to it will come THIS WEEK, and the vote will be close. Read the rest of this entry »

Solidarity With Bolivian People’s Campaign to Bring Gonzalo “Goni” Sanchez de Lozado to Justice

Bolivia’s former president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, a.k.a. “Goni,” is responsible for the murders of 67 people, yet he lives in the U.S. as a free man rather than facing justice for his crimes. Support the Bolivia Solidarity Network in the campaign to extradite him to Bolivia to face a Trial of Responsibility!

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After a free community dinner, this special double-feature Dinner and a Movie presentation begins with a showing of a 30-minute segment from the acclaimed PBS series A Force More Powerful highlighting how the pro-Democracy movement in Chile successfully used nonviolent action for social change, followed by a showing of the 20-minute documentary Convictions: Prisoners of Conscience highlighting current efforts to use nonviolent action to promote justice and human rights in Latin America.

When: Thursday, June 21, 6:30 p.m.,

Where: Memorial Christian Church Fellowship Hall, 730 Tappan

How Much: Free and open to the public, donations accepted.

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

Mary Anne Perrone, a former Bolivian outreach worker, discusses the international campaign to bring the former President of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada (a.k.a. “Goni”) to justice for human rights abuses. The only problem is that his host country won’t extradite him. What government is shielding him from the law? The United States. Come hear why human rights advocates in Bolivia and the U.S. are calling for Goni’s extradition, and what you can do to end impunity for human rights abusers like Goni.

When: Tuesday May 22 @ 7:30 p.m.
Where: 1st United Methodist Church of Ypsilanti, 209 Washtenaw Ave., 48197

Download the Confronting Impunity flyer

Last week Joel Devonshire, a member of ICPJ’s Latin America Task Force, had the following “Other Voices” piece published in the Ann Arbor News. Read the rest of this entry »

Beehive Collective presents “DISMANTLING MONOCULTURE: Tales of Ants and Economics in the Americas.”

With three giant illustrated portable murals, a six foot tall fabric storybook “slideshow”, and an engaging narrative, the Bees take audiences on an interactive VISUAL tour of the connections between COLONIZATION, MILITARIZATION, and RESOURCE EXTRACTION in the Americas.

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As ICPJ plans to lead taka a bus to the School of the Americas Rally and Vigil at Ft. Benning Georgia, the news from Mexico reminds us why we need to promote nonviolent alternatives to militarism in Latin America. Read the rest of this entry »

Want to know when the trip for Ann Arbor to the School of the Americas Rally and Vigil heads out? Here’s the draft itinerary

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