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).
One year ago the peace movement was jubilant at the election of a new administration. One year after a new administration came to office, where does the peace movement see itself?
A panel of community leaders and peace activists from ICPJ task forces will discuss the policies and actions of the administration of the past year and the effect on the peace movement. Panelists will focus on ICPJ’s issue areas including climate change, Latin America, hunger, Israel/Palestine, war and disarmament, and racial & economic justice.
Date: Wednesday, January 20th Time: 6:30-8:30pm. Join us for dessert and coffee/tea at 6:30pm, followed by panel speakers and discussion. Location: Church of the Good Shepherd (2145 Independence Blvd., Ann Arbor).
For more information, call (734) 663-1870 or email info@icpj.net. Free and open to the public. Join us!
Unexploded cluster bombs like these in a fig orchard in Yaroun, south Lebanon, remain a risk to civilian populations long after military conflict ends.
Over eighty Michigan clergy and religious leaders urged Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan to support efforts to ban the use of cluster munitions in or near civilian populated areas and to prohibit the use, sale and transfer of cluster munitions with a failure rate of over one percent.
“Cluster bombs continue to kill and maim civilians long after armed conflict has ended,” said Chuck Warpehoski, Director of the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, “It is time for Senator Levin to support eliminating the out-dated, inhumane weapons.”
Join ICPJ for a viewing and discussion of "Why We Fight," Tuesday, March 31 at 7:00
Join ICPJ for a screening of acclaimed documentary Why We Fight, which examines America’s policies regarding making war, most recently the Iraq war and what is termed “the Bush doctrine” that includes pre-emptive strikes. It also explores today’s U.S. military/industrial complex via interviews with individuals involved with it.
The film showing will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, followed by dessert and discussion. Location: Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan (corner of Hill and Tappan), Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Free and open to the public.
Here is the video from the “What Next for the Peace Movement” panel discussion on January 22, 2009. This video covers the first 1/2 hour, focusing on the initial presentations by Chris Savage, Fr. Fred Thelen, Laura Russello, and Bhavik Lathia.
Tell us what you thought of the forum and what your ideas are for next steps for the peace movement in the comments below. Also please scroll down to see a summary by Toni McNamara
On December 3, 2008, more than 120 countries – including most members of NATO – will sign a treaty banning cluster bombs. The U.S. boycotted the negotiations. Click here to take action.
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).
One year ago the peace movement was jubilant at the election of a new administration. One year after a new administration came to office, where does the peace movement see itself? 
