Aug
06
2010
For thirty years, Amy Rosenberg has worked as a volunteer for the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice. She has served on the Steering Committee and the Common Ground for Peace and Justice in the Middle East Working Group. She wanted to make the celebration for her birthday and recent wedding to Marc Lerner into an opportunity to support ICPJ’s ongoing work. You’re invited to join us to celebrate Amy!
You can make your gift to ICPJ in support of Amy by cash at the party, check (made out to “ICPJ” and mailed to 1679 Broadway St., Ann Arbor, MI 48105 or at the party), or you can donate online at www.icpj.net/donate (please indicate “in honor of Amy Rosenberg”).
We hope to see you there!
Jul
09
2010
Here’s your chance to get the July ICPJ Newsletter. Read about the US Social Forum, how to respond to racist comments, and how fair-trade goods support peace in Palestine and Israel.
Want the newsletter in your mailbox rather than your computer screen? Become a member today.
Jul
08
2010
Come for an afternoon of piano favorites! Get to know and support the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice – grass roots work for peace and justice in our county, state, nation and world.
Pianist Veena Kulkarni and cellist Nathan Jasinski perform works by Bloch, Brahms, Granados, Schubert, Schumann & more.
Sunday, August 29th, 2010, 4:00 PM
Zion Lutheran Church, 1501 W. Liberty St.
Tickets are $16 at the door; Family: $35 door. Advanced sales have ended. Be a benefactor for $50 and you’ll be listed in our program book & receive Eero Trio’s debut CD!
Acclaimed storyteller La’Ron Williams will lead the way.
Jun
14
2010
ICPJ joined 15,000 other activists converging on Detroit from June 22nd-26th for the 2nd ever US Social Forum.
UPDATE: ICPJ will host a post-USSF reflection meeting on Thursday, July 1st at First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor. Join us to keep the momentum from the forum going!
—————————————————————————————-
The US Social Forum (USSF) will provide a space to build relationships, learn from each other’s experiences, and share analysis of the problems our communities face. It will help develop leadership, vision, and strategy needed to realize another world.
United States Social Forum
June 22-26, 2010
Cobo Hall and Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit
Read more at http://www.ussf2010.org/
How you can get involved:
- Join the ICPJ delegation. We’ve organized carpools to commute from our area to Detroit each day of the forum. Contact gracek@icpj.net.
- Organize your congregation to attend. Whether you’ve got 5 or 50 interested members of your congregation, we can help to support you. Contact gracek@icpj.net. Read this informational sheet on how faith communities can get involved with the USSF.
- Attend an ICPJ workshop at the forum (ICPJ is leading or participating in the following workshops/PMA):
- DEFENDING CIVIL RIGHTS OF AMERICAN MUSLIMS: Issues, Strategies, and the Need for Allies, Wed, 06/23/2010 – 3:30pm – 5:30pm, Woodward Academy: 1475. http://tinyurl.com/27xclus
- WORKING FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MICHIGAN: A People’s Movement Assembly, Wed, 06/23/2010 – 1:00pm – 5:30pm, Cobo Hall: O3-45, http://tinyurl.com/2726crc
- TORTURE, THE LAW, AND THE MEDIA, Thu, 06/24/2010 – 10:00am – 12:00pm, WSU Student Center: 261, http://tinyurl.com/2fytpn5
- DEPLETION AND ABUNDANCE: Living abundantly with less impact on our Earth, Thu, 06/24/2010 – 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Cobo Hall: D2-10, http://tinyurl.com/22wtvfl
Join ICPJ to be a part of this exciting grassroots movement for peace and justice!
There will be specific faith and spirituality activities at the social forum. Click here to learn about the “Word and World” workshop offerings; check out the Sacred Space Tent activities; and click here to search all workshops by topic .
May
06
2010
Hear back from a recent delegation to El Salvador commemorating the 30th anniversary of Archbishop Oscar Romero’s assassination. Romero’s killing was authored by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas. Hear about El Salvador’s:
- current human rights situation
- gold mining by Canadian corporations/environmental degradation
- the new martyrs
- get updated on the continuing crisis in neighboring Honduras
Speakers:
Mary Anne Perrone of Ann Arbor
Frank Hammer of Detroit
DATE: Tuesday, June 8th
TIME: 7:30pm
LOCATION: St. Mary Student Parish (William & Thompson Sts., Ann Arbor)
Sponsored by the Latin America Task Force of ICPJ. For more information, call Grace at (734) 663-1870 or email gracek@icpj.net.
May
06
2010
You can read the May ICPJ newsletter before the printers even start turning it out. In there you will find:
- A reflection on the early years of ICPJ;
- A call to fund teachers, not warriors;
- Information on the U.S. Social Forum;
- Reflections by La’Ron Williams about the need to understand race and racism;
- And much more.
Don’t want to wait for your copy to come in the mail? Make a donation and become a member today.
