A great “Other Voices” piece in Sunday’s Ann Arbor News praises ICPJ for it’s work to bring people from different faiths and backgrounds together for peace in Israel/Palestine.

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What do the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures have to teach about peace?

Join the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice for an event which speaks to the core of our interfaith work, featuring readings of sacred texts on peace from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Speakers will present reflections on what these texts teach us about the deepest calling in each of our traditions – the desire for justice and for peace for all people.

Join us as we seek a deeper engagement from within the Abrahamic tradition with:

• Dr. Soraya Orady, founder and president of the Islamic Education and Resources Network (ILearn),
• Dr. Sarah Heidt, lecturer in philosophy and theology at Eastern Michigan University and Ecumenical Theological Seminary, and
• Alan Haber, a founder of the Megiddo Peace Project.

January 10th , 7:00 pm at St. Clare’s/Temple Beth Emeth Social Hall, 2309 Packard, Ann Arbor.

This event is organized by the Common Ground for Peace in Israel and Palestine working group of Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice. It is co-sponsored by Temple Beth Emeth, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, and the Islamic Education and Resources Network (ILearn), Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, the Reconstructionist Havurah, and First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor.

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.

Half our federal income taxes go to the Pentagon. That’s a big piece of the pie.

Recently a Peace Action group in Wisconsin came up with a creative way to make that point. They staged pizza deliveries to media outlets. On the outside of the box was a Military Spending Pie Chart and a note saying “Pizza Brought to you by Peace Action” but inside the box was only half a pizza and a note saying that “the military got the other half of the pie.”

How would you make the point of how much of our money the Pentagon gobbles up? Post your ideas in the comments section below.

Veteran peacemaker Rudy Simons shares his reflections from his journey to Iran with a Fellowship of Reconciliation peace delegation. He reports:

A brighter future for the entire world demands that ‘The Great Satan’ and the ‘Axis of Evil’ build a new and friendlier relationship with each other after 28 years of hostility and mutual isolation. War is not the answer. Let’s have a discussion about how we can reduce the threat of armed conflict and create possibilities for a new opening between our two nations.

Come hear more of what he has to say about his trip on Thursday, June 7, 7:00 p.m. at the Ann Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth Avenue.

Free and open to the public. Details: chuck@icpj.net, 734-663-1870

The Library is renting the room to us, and part of the rental agreement is that we can’t pass the hat. So we depend on pople like you to make this event possible. Please make a donation to help us cover the costs of the event:

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The Ann Arbor City Council is considering a resolution to push Congress to bring an end to the war in Iraq, and ICPJ is supporting this effort.

Here is our statement to the Ann Arbor City Council Caucus session regarding this peace resolution: Continue Reading »