Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice inspires, educates, and mobilizes people to unite across differences and to act from their shared ethical and spiritual values in pursuit of peace with social and environmental justice.
Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice envisions a world free from violence, including the violence of war, poverty, oppression, and environmental devastation. To enact this vision, we commit to nurture a community in which compassion and respect foster actions that dismantle systems of violence while simultaneously creating systems of peace, justice, and ecological sustainability.
When you donate to ICPJ, you help to educate, mobilize, and inspire people of faith and conscience to work for a better world. And due to a generous $5,000 Challenge Gift from ICPJ’s Steering Committee, if you can give extra this year, it will be matched dollar for dollar! Make your tax-deductible donation today!
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The Race: Are We So Different exhibit at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History provides congregations a great opportunity to learn about and discuss race in the United States. Photo (c) American Anthropological Association
We pride ourselves as Americans in being a nation of equal opportunities and equal rights. We strive for equality in education, housing, pay, healthcare, and incarceration in our communities. Nonetheless, research shows a need for greater efforts to resolve disparities in privilege and access to power among different racial and religious groups.
Life, including religious life, in the United States remains highly segregated. Many faith traditions have rich heritages of scripture, interpretation, and action regarding equality, but many “people in the pews” are unaware of these traditions, have not studied the historic and contemporary dynamics of racial inequality, and feel powerless to promote racial justice.
Through collective action and community engagement, local faith communities can brighten the future of equality and begin to heal racial divides for a brighter future.
The Goals
- Build relationships between people of different racial and religious groups,
- Deepen understanding of historical and contemporary racial inequality through study and through deeper and broader conversations about race and racism
- Foster a commitment to racial justice among participants
- Empower them to take action toward racial justice and racial healing as individuals and communities during and beyond the time of the exhibit.
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Elm Park 1955
Tuesday, March 12, 7:00 PM –In Elm Park, 1955, Ann Arbor based storyteller La’Ron Williams combines an adult’s analysis and wisdom with the fully believable wonderment, confusion, and fear he felt as a child growing up in the midst of social upheaval on the south side of Flint, Michigan. Listeners of every color and background are drawn into his story precisely because it is suffused with a child’s sincerity and genuine bafflement that the reality he lived didn’t match the stories he was taught about his country – or himself – on TV, at school, and in the society at large.
Offered as part of the Understanding Race Project [www.
When: Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00 PM
Where: Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St., in Ann Arbor
Who: This event is co-sponsored by the U-M Understanding Race Theme Semester, Michigan Theater, and U-M Museum of Natural History.
Details: For more information, contact Amy Harris at aharris@umich.edu or (734) 763-4191 or Amanda Bynum atabynum@michtheater.org
Tickets are now available through Ticketweb. Here’s the address:
www.ticketweb.com/t3/
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Racial Justice Book Group: The New Jim Crow
Join the discussion of The New Jim Crow, Tuesday, January 22, 7pm, 1679 Broadway, Ann Arbor.
The New Jim Crow is one of the most talked-about, poignant titles about the how race affects life today in our “colorblind” society, especially in the criminal legal system. It is also the 2013 selection for the Ann Arbor/Ypsi Reads. Come find out what all the fuss is about!
When: 4th Tuesdays of January through March at 7:00 p.m.
Where: In the lounge at Northside Presbyterian/St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church/ICPJ, 1679 Broadway, Ann Arbor (map).
What: January’s discussion will focus on the introduction through chapter 2.
Who: Free and open to the public, childcare available on request.
Details: email chuck@icpj.net or call 734-663-1870 for more information. Download the poster and help spread the word. Continue Reading »
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Unstuck: Reviving the Movement for Social Justice, Human Dignity, & the Environment
Keynotes by: Dr. Cornel West (Philosopher and Influential Social Critic) and The Rev. James Forbes (Internationally Renowned Preacher)
Joined by:
- Patricia Gurin (Professor of Psychology, UM Ann Arbor)
- Bob King (President of the United Auto Workers)
- Deborah Labelle (Human Rights Lawyer)
- Ahmad Rahman (Associate Professor of History, UM Dearborn)
- The Rev. Selma Massey (Pastor of Whosoever Ministries, Detroit MI)
- Mary Summers, (Senior Fellow Fox Leadership Program, U Penn)
- Music by Brian Buckner & the Incarnation Choir and The Spirit Singing Band.
When: Saturday February 16th, 2013: Noon-5:30 pm
Where: The Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty Ann Arbor MI
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Get Your 2013 Peace Calendar!
2013 Peace Calendar
With art from the “Occupy Movement”, the 2013 Peace Calendar celebrates the people who challenge the status quo. Get your calendar today and help support ICPJ in making a difference in the world. Contact info@icpj.net to order your calendar.
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Facing Poverty: What would you do?
“Spent” is a participatory poverty simulation event. Audience members will collectively decide how to deal with each of the choices faced by a person who faces the challenge of living in poverty and keeping their housing.
How will the simulation unfold? That’s up to you?
Come see what barriers people face as they try to get out of poverty, and participate in the panel discussion afterward.
When: Tuesday November 13 @ 7pm
Where: Michigan Theater
Who: Sponsored by the Washtenaw Housing Alliance, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Religious Action for Affordable Housing, and Washtenaw United Way.
Details: For more information call the Washtenaw Housing Alliance at 734-222-3575.
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