Peace & Justice

 Peace & Justice November 1997 Calendar

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Send items for the December Peace & Justice Calendar by Nov. 15 to: Agenda, 220 S. Main St., Ann Arbor MI 48104

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Amnesty International Community Group meets at 7 pm on the second and fourth Sunday of every month at the Guild House, 802 Monroe St. 662-5189.

Amnesty International Group 61 meets at 7:30 pm on the second Tuesday of every month at the Mich. Union Welker Room, 668-0660.

Ann Arbor Tenants Union hosts "Tenant Talk," a half-hour radio show which discusses issues of concern to local renter. Every Tuesday, 6:30-7pm, WCBN 88.3 FM. 763-3500.

The Baby Book Club will benefit from Borders Book Days, Nov. 7-9, when they will receive a portion from sales on those days. The Baby Book Club promotes the importance of reading by distributing free children's books. 663-6248.

Citizen's Resistance at Fermi Two (CRAFT) meets at 7pm on Nov. 10 in St. Mary Conference Center, 502 W. Elm, Monroe, MI.

Community Action Network hosts their 2nd Annual Celebrity Fashion Extravaganza featuring African-inspired designs by Cathy Baldwin, at 7pm on Nov. 15 at Washtenaw Community College, Morris Lawrence Bldg., 4800 E. Huron River Drive; silent auction at 6pm. Ticket cost: $25. 973-1183.

Free Mumia Coalition/Anti Racist Action Pan Africa on the Move will speak at 1pm on Nov. 15 at the Inter Co-operative Council Ed. Center, 1522 Hill St. The MOVE organization is strongly involved in the struggle to liberate all political prisoners including Mumia Abu-Jamal currently on death row in Pennsylvania. 913-9538.

Foundation for Ethics and Meaning will discuss "The Megiddo Project" at 7:30pm on Nov. 19 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1917 Washtenaw. This global Peace Action is intended to begin next April in Israel at the site of "Armageddon" (Har Megeddon means in Hebrew, hill of Megiddo). A Charter is being organized for people who want to participate in a "model peace meeting" dealing with the war system as a whole and what is needed to make peace in the world. 663-8997.

Guild House hosts "Sexuality and Spirituality: Exploring the Connections," a discussion group for lesbians, bisexual and transgender folks facilitated by members of the community every Thursday 7-8pm at 802 Monroe St. 662-5189.

Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice: Nov. 3: "Crop Hunger Walk In Gathering of Pledges." Collection of donations to local and international hunger relief. Open house style, 5-7pm, ICPJ office, 730 Tappan. 663-1870

Nov. 11: "Close the Schools of the America Send-Off." Showing of "Roses in December," a film about four U.S. churchwomen raped and murdered in El Salvador by graduates of the U.S. Army School of the Americas in Fort Benning, GA. Send-off for the local delegation to Georgia to the nationwide gathering (Nov. 13-16) to close the school where Latin American military are trained in death squad tactics and torture techniques. 7:30pm, First Baptist Church, 512 E. Huron. 663-1870.

Michigan Amigos de Guatemala

Will host a talk about "Refugees Returning to Guatemala" at 7:30-9pm on Nov. 29 at St. Mary's Student Parish, 331 Thompson. Sue Ellen Kingsley, who lived in a village of returned refugees, will show slides, talk about her experience and answer questions. Michigan Amigos de Guatemala is the local chapter of the Guatemala Accompaniment Project which provides the security of international scrutiny for refugees returning to live in Guatemala. 663-3338

Nigeria Democracy Movement

will host a talk entitled "A Daughter of Nigeria's Democracy Movement Speaks" at 8pm on Nov. 13 at Room 100 in the Law School. In 1993 Chief Moshood Abiola won a legitimate presidential election in Nigeria. He has been hailed since 1994 for protesting the military government's refusal to recognize the election. His daughter Hafsat, a Harvard graduate and an activist in her own right will speak on Nigeria's democracy movement, the environmental devastation in Nigeria caused by oil drilling, and her own family. Amanda 913-0394

Peace Education Center/Abolition 2000

presents a conference entitled "Restoring a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Basin" from 9 am-ppm on Nov. 8 at Michigan State university's Union Ballroom in East Lansing. Workships, speakers (including Rev. William Sloane Coffin, Jr.), luncheon. Cost is $25. 517-337-8087

Peace InSight will hold a video planning meeting at 8pm on Nov. 4 at Espresso Royale Caffe 214 S. Main. Have you videotaped a speaker or an event on a peace, social justice or other politically progressive topic you'd like to cablecast on Peace Insight? Need some help editing? Drop by the meeting or call and leave a message. Cindy 761-7749

Peace Insight's programs are cablecast on Cable Channel 9, Community Television Network.

Nov. 4-9: "Michael Moore--The Big One." Moore talks about the making of his latest documentary and how the "great economic recovery" we keep hearing about in the news isn't universally true across the country among all workers. 7pm on Tue., 6pm on Fri., and 2pm on Sun.

Nov. 6: "Live Call-In." Hosted by Interfaith Council for PEace and Justice President Thom Saffold. 9pm (recablecast Nov. 10 at 5pm).

Nov. 11-16: "Activism in Ann Arbor, 1997." A look at local activism in the past year in Washtenaw County. 7pm on Tue., 6pm on Fri., and 2pm on Sun.

Nov. 25-30: "Reflections Facing the New year 5758." Tape of Oct. 5, 1997 talk by Jewish Liberation Theologist, Dr. Marc Ellis. 7pm on Tue., 6pm on Fri., and 2pm on Sun.

Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist League (RAIL) presents the video, "The Deadly Deception," the story of the Tuskeegee experiments on Black men Nov. 6. RAIL will also show the video, "Incident at Oglala" on Nov. 20. Both movies show at 7pm at Trotter House, 1443 Washtenaw.

Safe House presents "Domestic Violence: The Community Response," a series of seminars held on the second Tuesday of each month from 12-2 pm at SAFE House, 4100 Clark Rd. 973-0242

20/20 Vision S.E. Michigan will hold their monthly meeting at 9:30-11:30am on Nov. 1 at 310 S. Ashley to discuss this month's peace/environmental action. Shana 332-1106

Welfare Rights Union always needs help cooking and serving chicken dinners ($5 a meal), to raise funds every Friday from 1-7pm at the Hikone Community Center. 973-3031

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom/Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti Branch (WILPF) has their monthly membership meeting at 7pm on Nov. 3 at Bach School, 600 W. Jefferson St. The agenda includes a presentation by the Welfare Rights Union. 761-7967