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Peace Day Celebration at Gallup
The Interfaith Council for Peace and 35 congregations and community groups on Wed., August 6 will come together for an evening of peaceable games and crafts for children, and inspiration for youth and adults to mark the anniversary of the first atomic weapon used against humankind.
Events will take place at the Gallup Park picnic shelters and include dramatizations of creative actions taken for peace by Michigan individuals and groups, reflections by six Ann Arbor youth who visited the Hiroshima (Japan) Peace Museum last fall, songs, a multicongregational Bell Choir, and the traditional children's lantern boat launch at dusk.
It all starts with a 6 pm potluck (bring a dish to share, your own tableware, and a blanket or chair). The all-ages program begins at 6:45 pm. In case of rain, events will be at Temple Beth Emeth/St. Clare's Episcopal Church, 2309 Packard. Call 663-1870 for more information.
African American Health Festivals Scheduled
The Washtenaw Community Health Outreach Worker Coalition (WCHOWC) has set Sat., August 9 and Sat., September 13 as the dates for the first two health festivals focusing on the needs of the African American community.
Both festivals will run from 10 am to 4 pm and will promote community access to health information, resources, and services related to diabetes, immunizations, cancer, arthritis, asthma, cholesterol, blood pressure, HIV/AIDS, as well as housing, safety, crisis, youth issues and more.
The first festival will be held in Ann Arbor at Peace Neighborhood Center, 1111 N. Maple Road. The September festival will be in Ypsilanti at Perry School, 550 Perry Street. Both events are free, and free food and refreshments will be provided.
WCHOWC is a coalition of health education and outreach workers. Some of the charter members include: The Corner Health Center, HIV/AIDS Resource Center, Ozone House, Washtenaw County Public Health, Food Gatherers, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Assault Crisis Center, SOS Crisis Center, Washtenaw Council on Alcoholism, and more. For a complete list or to find out more about these unique health festivals call 313-572-9355.
A Guide to Michigan Organic Foods
The 1997 edition of "Eating Organically: A Guide to Michigan's Organic Food Producers and Related Businesses" is now available. "Eating Organically" contains listings by county of farming operations that are either certified organic or close to organic in their practices, as well as processors, wholesalers and retailers of organic food within the state.
In addition, the publication includes essays, poems, and food and farming facts that consider the relationship between food production, personal and environmental health, and the larger social and economic systems.
The guide is published by the nonprofit Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance. Copies are available at the People's Food Coop, or send $7 to the Alliance at P.O. Box 530, Hartland, MI 48553-0530.
(Reprinted from the People's Food Coop's summer issue of "Connection." For newsletter subscription information, write the PFC at 216 N. Fourth Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104.)
Death Penalty Legislation Opposed
The Ann Arbor American Friends Service Committee is organizing against the death penalty locally, while participating nationally in "Envisioning a World Without Violence, The Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty Project." Materials for study groups are available. Call Heba Nimr at 313-761-8283 for more information.
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