Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice 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.
Join ICPJ’s Disarmament Working Group on Wednesday, February 14 for the next installment of our “Dinner and a Movie” series featuring Helen’s War.
Alarmed at the USA’s revitalization of its missile defense and nuclear weapons design programs, famous anti-nuclear campaigner Dr. Helen Caldicott sets out to “end the nuclear age in five years.” Taking place over the volatile twelve months in which the United States invaded Afghanistan and then Iraq, Helen’s War is the portrait of an optimist trying to end nuclear proliferation.
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor, 120 S. State St.
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Posted by Scott as Nuclear Disarmament on February 1, 2007 at 10:29 AM PST
The following “Other Voices” piece ran in the Sunday, November 26, 2006 edition of the Ann Arbor News. It was written by ICPJ-members Jim Varani and Dick Brown.
The recent North Korean nuclear test has once again brought the issue of nuclear weapons to the public’s attention. Again, we face the question: Can the world truly be safe from nuclear war as long as nations possess these weapons? As members of the Disarmament Working Group at the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ), we believe that the time to end the nuclear weapons age is now. We feel, furthermore, that our religious communities should lead the way. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on November 27, 2006 at 11:57 AM PST
This Friday the Disarmament Working Group will be doing a pre-screening of the film “Helen’s War,” which deals with the work of Dr. Helen Caldicott to promote Nuclear Disarmament.
Feel free to join us for this showing on Friday, September 15, at 12 noon at the ICPJ office, 730 Tappan, Ann Arbor. For more information, call 734-663-1870 or email chuck@icpj.net
Details about the film at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435005/
Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on September 13, 2006 at 2:13 PM PDT
Wednesday, August 9- COME TOGETHER FOR PEACE. The horrors of war remind us of the need to build a community to promote peace. So ICPJ will host Come Together for Peace on Nagasaki Day, at 6:30pm at Island Park (1450 Island Drive) in Ann Arbor. We will begin with a potluck dinner, followed by activities for all ages, story-telling featuring Laron Williams and Robert Oppenheimer, lantern boat making and peace crane folding. Motoko will provide a first-hand account of her experiences during that time. The evening will conclude with a lantern boat launch ceremony of remembrance for victims of war. Details: 734-663-1870, info@ icpj.net Free and open to the public, donations accepted.
Map to Island Park from Rt. 23 and Plymouth Rd.
Map to Island Park from Tappan St.
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Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on July 18, 2006 at 12:28 PM PDT
We invite you to join us for dinner, a a showing of Last Best Chance, and a discussion concerning the threat of nuclear weapons and the importance of nuclear disarmament. This film is a gripping docudrama about the threats from loose nuclear weapons and materials around the world. Last Best Chance is a wake-up call to secure and destroy nuclear weapons and materials before it’s too late.
Thursday, August 17
6:30-8:30pm
First United Methodist Church
120 S. State St., Ann Arbor
For more information: 734-663-1870, www.icpj.net, or e-mail at info@icpj.net
Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on June 27, 2006 at 10:14 AM PDT
“As we begin the 21st century we must be alert and share our knowledge about the possible destruction of our planet. We have begun this century with words of forgiveness and reconciliation from the Pope. We have begun this century knowing full well the impact of the Holocaust on our world. We have begun this century preaching about “possibilities of peace” as differentiated from the century of violence and war and fear of the 20th century….”
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Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on June 16, 2006 at 10:08 AM PDT
“We stand together in this House of God, informed by our values, aware of the horrible human cost of war and conflict, weary of the threat posed by nuclear proliferation—to call upon Congress, the President, the American military, and the American people to lead the way towards a process of nuclear reduction and disarmament.”
A statement from Rabbi David Sapperstein, from the Nuclear Reduction/Disarmament Initiative.
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Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on June 16, 2006 at 9:48 AM PDT
Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi is president of The Islamic Society of North America, an organization that provides educational and community support to Muslims and seeks to present a unified platform of expression for Islam in North America. He has also served as chairman of the Religious Affairs Committee of the Muslim Students Association in the U.S. and Canada, chairman of the Department of Religious Affairs at the Muslim World League Office to the United Nations and U.S.A. (1976-80), and director of the Islamic Center of Washington, D.C. At present, Dr. Siddiqi is vice president of the Academy of Judaic-Christian and Islamic Studies in California and an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies and World Religions at California State University in Fullerton.
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Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on June 16, 2006 at 9:43 AM PDT
Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on June 16, 2006 at 9:29 AM PDT
Disarmament, International Cooperation, and Peace Building
Throughout its 20-year history, the Disarmament Working Group (DWG) of the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice has worked for peace in our world. This effort stems from the spiritual values of individual members and their respective faith communities. For a variety of reasons, we see three major challenges in promoting global peace….
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Posted by Chuck as Nuclear Disarmament on June 16, 2006 at 9:17 AM PDT
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