The Warrant Resolution Project is a community-based restorative justice initiative in partnership with ICPJ seeking to create a safer community by assisting residents with information, education, and solutions to outstanding warrants before the courts in Washtenaw County. On Tuesday, November 16th, in cooperation with the Read more…
Keep Oil in the Ground, not in the Water Ann Arbor Friends Meeting (Quakers) invites you to bear peaceful witness to the urgency of the climate crisis. We will gather at 11:30am in the parking lot behind Blake Transit Center (William St), walk together around noon to Read more…
Traditionally, the harvest is a time of intense labor, gathering the final yield of the year’s labors, followed by a celebration. We had hoped to gather together in person this year to celebrate and honor the amazing work that has been done, however with ongoing Read more…
Background article in Politico, “How a Liberal Michigan Town Is Putting Mental Illness at the Center of Police Reform†by Lynette Clemetson about Anthony Hamilton and his contact with the criminal legal system in Washtenaw County. https://www.politico.com/…/police-reform-mental-health… Here are four things we can do to Read more…
Co-sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.®, Delta Psi Omega Chapter, the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and the NAACP, Ann Arbor Chapter Wednesday, June 30, 2021 ~ 7:00 8:30 p.m. via ZoomREGISTER HERE “The Black Woman is extraordinary. These true stories reveal courage in the Read more…
Join ICPJ for our first FUNdraiser of the year! We will have Ypsilanti artist, Rachel Montgomery, lead us as we paint our own art replication of one of her pieces. There will be time to meet and mingle with other guests and to enjoy the Read more…
ICPJ is a member of Drive Michigan Forward (DMF) — a coalition made up of immigrants and allies. Our goal is to restore driver’s licenses to all and pave the way for basic dignity and security for members of our community.More information here. There are six important requests that we are making Read more…
Sunday, May 23rd, 3 – 5 pm (Remote) Registration Required: https://bit.ly/3d5Hkur (link is case sensitive) Click here to see the bios of Board member candidates nominated by the current ICPJ Board during its March 2021 Board meeting. Voting will take place during the Annual Meeting, Read more…
Flores Exhibit, with Voices of Youth in Border DetentionMay 6th, 6:30 pm Registration Required Here: https://bit.ly/3wuCXld (case sensitive)
Join us on Thursday, April 29 from 7-8:30 to learn about the dangers of facial recognition technology and to join efforts to ban its use in Ann Arbor. Register at tinyurl.com/vwa4yxwm. For more information visit banthescana2.com.
Tuesday, May 11th | 7-8:30pm Screening of two short films: Brazil: Guardians of the Amazon and Brazil: Impunity in the Amazon, followed by discussion with Ethan ShirleyRegistration Required here. The Guardians of the Forest set fire to the equipment of illegal loggers in a bid to protect their ancestral homelands. Read more…
The ACLU Of Michigan has released their report: The Border’s Long Shadow How Border Patrol Uses Racial Profiling and Local and State Police to Target and Instill Fear in Michigan’s Immigrant Communities. The report shows how U.S. Border Patrol, an agency within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Read more…
In this second part of a two-part documentary, different sectors of Colombian society give their perspectives after the peace agreement. Registration Required Here We will screen the second half of the film by Jenni Kivisto & Jussi Rastas featuring interviews with FARC guerrillas about to Read more…
In this first part of a two-part documentary, different sectors of Colombian society give their perspectives after the peace agreement. Registration Required Here. For this viewing, we look forward to having Maria Perdomo with us for discussion afterward. Maria is an Eastern Michigan University alum Read more…
Friday, February 5 | 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Saturday, February 6 | 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically exposed inequities caused by long-standing racism in the United States, revealing that the need for change is more urgent than ever. Join us in a free, Read more…
Registration Required HERE for online event. The Latin America Caucus of the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice invites you to the documentary screening of Ruben Figueroa’s work connecting disappeared Central American migrants in Mexico to their families. For more insight and discussion, Hannah Zwolensky will join us. She Read more…
Wednesday, Jan 13th: 7-8:00pm An important part of ending mass incarceration here in Michigan is fundamentally reforming our juvenile justice system. In this program, Mary King, the former Director of the Michigan Youth Justice Center, will be talking about some of the critical and time-sensitive reforms needed Read more…
The Poor People’s Campaign of Michigan and the PPC Lansing Chapter invites advocates and allies across Southern Michigan to participate in the first PPC Moral Monday event of 2021 – a car caravan at the State Capital calling for fair housing for the poor and criminal justice Read more…
ICPJ is a broad network that is constantly in motion doing work in multiple areas at the same time. Some of our Board members share why they are motivated to do the work they do in the community, and why they support ICPJ.