Peace & Justice

Send items for the APRIL Peace & Justice Calendar by March 15 to: AGENDA, 220 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, Ml 48104. Send items tor the APRIL Peace & Justice Calendar by Maren 15 to: AGENDA, 220 S. Main St.,AnnArbor, Ml 48104. Amnesty International Community .Group meets at 7 pm on the second Sunday (March 8) and fourth Sunday (March 22) 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 (March 10) of every month at the Mich. Union Welker Room. 668-0660 Ann Arbor Tenants Union hosts 'Tenant Talk,"ahalf-hourradioshowwhich discusses issues of concern to local renters. Every Tuesday, 6-6:30 pm, WCBN 88.3 FM. 763-3500 Citizens' Resistance at Fermi Two (CRAFT) meets on the second Tue. (March 1 0) of every month at 7 pm at St Mary's Conference Center, 502 W. Elm, Monroe. 734-457-0359 Gray Panthers of Huron Valley holds their regular membership meeting on Saturday, March 7. Dr. Scott Westerman, former A2 Public Schools Superintendent and former Dean of EMU's College of Ed„ will present an overview of the status of public schools and the emerging role of Charter Schools and Vouchers. Gray Panthers is an inter-generational group dedicated to improving life for people of all ages. Refreshments. 10 am-12:30, Ann Arbor Senior Center, 1320 Baldwin. 663-6248 Guild House hosts "Sexuality and Spirituality: Exploring the Connections," a discussion group for lesbians, bisexual and transgenderfolksfacilitatedbymembersof the community every Thursday, 7-8 pm at 802 Monroe St. 662-5189 Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice Sun., March 1 : Middle EastTaskForce meeting. Topic: Ending sanctions on Iraq, 1 :30 pm, ICPJ office, Memorial Church, 730 Tappan. 663-1870 Fri., March 6: Disarmament Woriong Groupmeeting.Topic:SupportingtheComprehensive Test Ban Treaty and Landmines Ban Treaty. 663-1 870 Sat., March 7: Peace Team Training. Workshop for learning skills for de-fusing and deterring violence and hatred, $1 0-$20 (includes lunch), 8:30 am-5:30 pm, Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan. 6624245 Tue., March 1 0: Religious Coalition on Latin America meeting. Topic: Preparations for March 22 Justice & Peace Street Theater performance, 7:30 pm, First Baptist Church, Memorial Lounge, 51 2 E. Huron. 663-1 870 Thu., March 12: Racial & Economie Justice Task Forcé meeting. Topic: Upcoming Welfare Reform Simulations, Peace Team trainings, and the April 4 Unity Rally for Racial Justice, 1 2-1 :30 pm, ICPJ office, Memorial Church, 730 Tappan. 663-1870 Tue., March 17: NonviolentActionfor Racial JusticeCoalition meeting. Topic: Planning the April4 Unity Rally for Racial Justice, 7 pm, A2 Community Center, 625 N. Main. 663-1870 Wed., March 18: Ann Arbor-Juigalpa SisterCityCommittee meeting.Topic: Lending project in Juigalpa, Nicaragua, 7:30 pm, Guild House, 802 Monroe. 663-1870 Fri., March 20: DisarmamentWorking Group meeting. Topic: Educational efforts in congregations about nuclear weapons. 663-1870 Sun., March 22: Justice & Peace Street TheaterofMinneapolisPerformance. DramatizationofWashingtonLatin America politics with humor, music, and huge puppet masks, 7 pm program, preceded at6:30 pm by multi-ethnic potluck dinner, ICPJ elections, and presentation of 1 997 Hunger Walk checks to local agencies. St. Thomas Catholic Church, 520 Elizabeth. 663-1870 Thu., March 26: Racial & Economie Justice Task Force meeting. Topic: Bringing the "Peace Factory" interactive experience for children in May, noon-1:30 pm, ICPJ office, Memorial Church, 730 Tappan. 6631870 Thu., March 26: "Jubilee- What Does God Require?" Rev. Joe Summers, Betsy Bariow, Jim Sweeton, Odile Hugonot and Alan Haber report on their recent experience in Israel at the Sabeel Liberation Theology Center Conference, 7:30 pm, Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan. 663-1870 Peace InSight will hold a video planning meeting at 8 pm on Tue., March 3 at Espresso Royale Caffe, 214 S. Main. Are you interested in peace, social justice, and other politically progressive ideas? Are you involved in video production (orwould like to be)? Drop by the meeting orcalland leave a message for Cindy at 761 -7749. Peace InSighfsprogramsarecablecast on Cable Channel 9, Community Televison Networtc "LiveCall-ln."HostedbyThomSaffold, Pres. of the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice. 9 pm on 5 Thu., recablecast at 5 pm on 9 Mon. ♦"InjusticeoftheSanctionsAgainstthe People of Iraq." Feb. 7, 1 998 talk by Bishop Thomas Gambleton at St. Francis Church in A2. 7 pm on 1 0 Tue., 6 pm on 1 3 Fri., and 2 pmon 15 Sun. "Dolores Huerta: Young People Get Involved!" Jan. 21, 1998 talk byco-founder of the United Farm Workers. 7 pm on 17 Tue., 6 pm on 20 Fri., and 2 pm on 22 Sun. "Campaign fora Living Wage." Dec., 1 997 panel discussion with U-M & Wayne State Univ. labor studies professors. 7 pm on 24 Tue., 6 pm ort 27 Fri., and 2 pm on 29 Sun. "PeaceintheMiddleEast- Uncertain or Unattainable? Part 1." Jan. 14, 1998 panel discussion with U.S. Rep. Lynn Rivers. 7 pm on 31 Tue. SAFE House presents"DomesticViolence: The Community Response," a series of seminare held on the second Tuesday (March 1 0) of each month f rom noon-2 pm at SAFE House, 4100 Clark Rd. 973-0242 Welfare Rights Union works through education, advocacy and action on poverty issues. Office hours are on Fridays, 1 0:30 am-noon. 973-3031 WalkieTalkie, a f ree weekly email calendar of political and service events involving over 80 student & communily groups, seeks your news and information and your interest and curiosity. Contact http:wwwpersonal.umich.edu-lormano7wt (U-M) Women's Studies Program will host a f uil píate of events at the end of this month entitled: "Rocking the Boat- Women in the Labor Movement." For more details on the following events please cali 763-2047. Sun., March 22: 'The Detroit Newspaper Strike- A Photographic Exhibition by Rebbecca Cook," documenting the sorrows and the victories in the longest newspaper strike in U.S. history, will be in the Michigan Union Study Lounge thru April 4. Thu., March 26: Marta Ojeda, of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, will speakat7:30 pm in the Michigan Union Parker Room. Fri., March 27: Program: "Time & Money: Women Workers, Unions, and the Poltical Economy," 3 pm in the Michigan Union Pendleton Room. Fri., March 27: Films: "With Babies & Banners" (1978), "The Wilmar 8" (1980), 7:30 pm in Angelí Hall, Aud.C. Sat, March 28: Films: "Coal Mining Women" (1 982), "The Life & Times of Rosie the Riveter" ( 1 987), 7:30 pm in Angelí Hall, Aud.C. Sun., March 29: Adramatic reading of "Remedios - Medicine Stories from the Lives of Puerto Rican Women and Our Kin" by Aurora Levins Morales, 1 pm at The Ark, 31 6 S. Main St„ $5 at the door. Sun., March 29: Films: "Labor Beat- Workers Visit a Gap Store" (1998), "The Face Behind the Label," 7:30 pm in Angelí Hall, Aud.C. Mon., March 30: Program: "Women Warriors - An Intergenerational Panel," 2 pm in the Michigan Union Ballroom. Tue., March 31: Program: "Coalition Building - Lessons from Union Women's History," noon in the Michigan Union Study Lounge. The Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality exists specifically to support and defend the city of Ypsilanti's nondiscrimination ordinance which was passed by City Council in Dec, 1997. 480-7698