ICPJ recruited a Michigan Justice Fellow with grant support from the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan. {Rescheduled Date!} On Monday, February 24th from 6-8 pm at 16 S. Washington in Ypsilanti, Corn Williams and Kat Layton will share information about what they learned while going Read more…
We are excited to share our plans as we shift into a new structure and culture of collaboration. ICPJ is really a network and we are making our internal and external work align with that vision. One part of that is that launching of our Read more…
Krystal’s plea to us all is clear: “Help me save my life. Fight with me. Fight to win.”Support Krystal. Help bring her story to the world. Krystal Clark, incarcerated at Michigan’s Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV), which she calls “the Valley of Death” is suffering Read more…
As Michigan’s legislative session enters its final weeks, we need to push elected officials to act with courage and urgency. In order to do that, we need all of us. Please help pressure our elected officials to move the Drive SAFE bills (HB 4410, 4411, Read more…
Thursday, December 5th, 6-8pm Registration required: https://givebutter.com/REJTownHall With a new Sheriff’s administration starting January 1, 2025 there is an important opportunity for the community to be in involved in supporting accountability from the start. The VOTE Caucus published a Racial and Economic Justice Questionnaire in Read more…
Autumn is a beautiful season to gather in supportive and warm community, to share stories, and to reflect upon & celebrate our movement’s growth. We gather despite difficult times ~ with love and the dream that we can build community resilience that reflects our values Read more…
Monday, September 16th ~ 5:30-7:30pm Growing Hope: 16 S. Washington, Ypsi Please RSVP: https://givebutter.com/ResiliencyHubsConvo3 Join us for the third in a series of three community conversations to vision, plan, and identify resources for creating a Resiliency Hub Network at the neighborhood and local levels. As Read more…
Application Due: September 12thMJF Fellowship 2024 Application Form Here Online Information SessionMonday, September 9th, 4:30pm https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89470600811?pwd=PRHm8GjjpanwaYmsEn10jsnDzoGPi8.1 Scope of Work for the MJF:– Analyze Washtenaw County General Budget and Sheriff Budget documents provided through a FOIA request– Develop Popular Education materials– Create spaces for community learning Read more…
Trying to keep your sanity in this season of political chaos? Join us for an evening of edgy harmonies, incendiary lyrics, and theatrical hijinks with Charlie King and Rick Burkhardt in a benefit concert for the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice on Saturday, October 26, at 7:30 pm, at Read more…
ICPJ’s VOTE Caucus 2024 Questionnaire Ken Magee Share 3 words that describe your leadership within the justice movement: Compassion, Integrity, and Innovation How do you define racial and economic justice and what would it look like in your office? Racial and Economic Justice are tenants Read more…
Please RSVP: https://givebutter.com/ResiliencyHubsConvo1
The Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ) centers racial and economic justice as we address the root causes of violence from oppression, poverty, environmental devastation, patriarchy, and war. We wage love and practice nonviolence in all its forms through education, community organizing, advocacy, and Read more…
On May 30th from 5:30-7:30 pm, join candidates from local to national races as they share how the elected office they seek interfaces with housing issues, and what they will commit to doing on this issue if elected. Register here: https://givebutter.com/Housing_Is_A_Human_Right_May30th The Voters Organizing Through Engagement (VOTE) Read more…
Speaker: Dr. Alejandro Artiga-Purcell Tuesday, May 14th @ 7pm (virtual) Join us as the Latin America Caucus of ICPJ continues our 2024 Speaker Series with speaker Dr. Alejandro Artiga-Purcell, Assistant Professor in the Communication Studies Department at San José State University. Registration RequiredRegistration is free, donations gratefully accepted:https://givebutter.com/LAC_Series_Environmental_Human_Rights Read more…
ICPJ hosted an introduction to the report that the Wastenaw Equity Partnership put out last year. You can watch the video here. You can also sign up for an action team to work on one of these campaigns: Driving Equality Ordinance Overdose Prevention Center Unarmed Read more…
2024 ICPJ Latin America Caucus Speaker Series Tuesday, February 13th 7pm (virtual) Registration RequiredRegistration is free, donations gratefully accepted:https://givebutter.com/Indigenous_and_Human_Rights_Guatemala Join us online as the Latin America Caucus of ICPJ continues our 2024 Speaker Series with speakerJulie Bourdorseau, Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, University of Read more…
Registration Required: https://givebutter.com/De-escalationTraining Meta Peace Team (MPT) and the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (ICPJ) have co-created this full-day nonviolence & de-escalation training to prepare & organize ourselves to respond to animosity and hatred with non-violence, de-escalation, empathy, and love. The training is a Read more…
Tuesday, January 9th, 7pm(virtual) Registration is free, donations gratefully accepted: https://givebutter.com/ICPJ_Mexican_Labor_Autonomous_Movement