Jul
26
2010
This July ICPJ is be hosting an on-line and in-person discussion of Ending the US War in Afghanistan: A Primer by David Wildman and Phyllis Bennis.
To participate, all you have to do is add your comments about the book below.
For the fourth and last week, we will discuss the pages 146-183 (Section 6
). You can also read the discussion from the first week’s, second week’s, and third week’s readings .
Here are the questions to get you started, or comment on whatever interests you!
- Do you believe it’s possible to only have a military solution without any humanitarian work? Why or why not? Any examples? What should be done? pg. 154
- Do you believe there should be some type of international law to end war if it is unproductive? Who should be in charge of it? What should it say? What should the UN’s role be? pg. 156
- What as US citizens, can we do in order to make sure the government is held accountable for its deeds and informing the public about details of the war (such as the information that Al Qaeda prime is all but wiped out)? pg. 171
- What next? What do you feel is the best response and action to take in this area of the country?
We will also have a face-to-face discussion of the book on Monday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. at Dominick’s (812 Monroe Street, Ann Arbor).
To get your copy, just call 734-663-1870 or email chuck@icpj.net. They are just $10 each (plus shipping and handling).
Stay tuned next Monday for the next section and next week’s questions.
Jul
14
2010
Join us to commemorate Nagasaki Day with a community sharing of food, crafts, and music. Make peace cranes and lantern boats, play games, and meet others in the ICPJ/peace community!
- Monday, August 9th
- 6:30-8:30pm
- Island Park, Ann Arbor (1450 Island Dr)
~Rain or shine (shelter reserved)~
All ages welcome (children’s activities included!). Feel free to bring friends and family.
Please bring a dish to pass (and please bring your own dinnerware if possible).
RSVP (preferred) to gracek@icpj.net or 734.663.1870.
Please share this event with others in your congregation or organization! Download the flier here.
Jun
15
2010
Variety calls Countdown to Zero “a politically urgent picture; it will also literally scare the breath out of what will certainly be a worldwide audience.” Entertainment Weekly says “Countdown to Zero makes old terrors radioactively new again.”
Countdown to Zero highlights the global nuclear threat and spells out, in chilling terms, the danger facing everyone if nuclear weapons end up in the hands of terrorists. The film features an array of international experts and statesmen and it ends with a powerful message: no country should have nuclear weapons.
Academy Award winner Lawrence Bender and Jeffrey Skoll – the team that produced An Inconvenient Truth – produced Countdown to Zero.
See the Film
Countdown to Zero will be released in select cities on July 23, July 30, and August 6, including the Main Art Theater in Royal Oak on July 30 (Showtimes: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30 and 9:45).
Free Tickets
Carpool from Ann Arbor
ICPJ will organize carpools for the Friday and Saturday showings at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. showings. Fill out the carpool request form for details.
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Feb
24
2010
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).
Jan
05
2010
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!
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Aug
04
2009
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.”
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