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. Continue Reading »

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/

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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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

“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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“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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