{"id":11705,"date":"2023-09-05T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/?p=11705"},"modified":"2023-12-21T00:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T05:34:33","slug":"save-the-date-the-2023-icpj-harvest-dinner-is-almost-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/2023\/save-the-date-the-2023-icpj-harvest-dinner-is-almost-here\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 ICPJ Harvest Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Register Here<\/a> ~ All Are Welcome!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Harvest Dinner, we will honor community leaders who live the values of ICPJ and work toward our collective vision.\u00a0Please join us to honor<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Thomas, Fed Up Ministries, Anna Lemler, Ann Arbor for Public Power, and the Graduate Employees\u2019 Organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together \u2013 with a clear vision toward racial and economic justice, working across generations, on a variety of issues, with multi-dimensional approaches \u2013\u00a0we are a<\/strong>\u00a0strong collective voice for the just transformation<\/strong>\u00a0that our communities and planet urgently need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our gracious emcee for the evening will be Pastor Jeffery Harrold from New Beginnings Community Church<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We will share a delicious meal provided by\u00a0Shrimp Flavours Indian Cuisine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As we settle in, we have two amazing artists to share with us\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poetry offered by ICPJ Board Member Leslie McGraw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Musical Artist Baddie Brooks<\/a>
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During the Harvest Dinner, we will honor community leaders who live the values of ICPJ and work toward our collective vision. Please join us to honor<\/strong>\u00a0Alex Thomas, Fed Up Ministries, Anna Lemler, Ann Arbor for Public Power (A2P2), and the Graduate Employees\u2019 Organization (GEO).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 Peace & Justice Honoree
Alex Thomas
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Alex Thomas<\/a> grew up in West Willow, Ypsilanti Township. As a Community Advocate, Alex supports residents struggling with housing, mental health, and substance use disorder. He also provides thought-provoking leadership and advocacy on critical local policy discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peace & Justice Network Organization of the Year
Fed Up Ministries
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FedUp Ministries<\/a> serves good, healthy, food truck style food with dignity to communities that are food insecure and economically exploited by unjust racial and economic systems in the United States. Founded by an ELCA pastor, FedUp seeks to blur the lines between faith and food justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anti-Racist Advocate Award
Anna Lemler
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In addition to years of community organizing, Anna Lemler<\/a> served the facilitator and a co-founder for an abolitionist alternative to police program, the first of its kind in Michigan, called\u00a0Care-Based Safety<\/a> (CBS). This work included year-long meetings with a group of community leaders, 18 community co-creation sessions with 100 participants, and hiring two co-directors. Anna serves the community as a somatic coach and facilitation consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emergent Leader Award
Ann Arbor for Public Power (A2P2)\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ann Arbor for Public Power<\/a> is a grassroots coalition advocating for Renewable, Reliable, and Affordable Electricity in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Network Weaver Award
Graduate Employees\u2019 Organization (GEO)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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GEO<\/a> is the union of graduate instructors and staff assistants at the University of Michigan, AFT-3550.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are deeply grateful to all who have worked with ICPJ for peace and justice since our founding in 1965. Autumn is a beautiful season to make the time to celebrate our collective work, to gather as a community, share stories, and reflect upon our movement\u2019s growth and successes. We invite you to gather with us for the ICPJ Harvest Dinner to be held on Wednesday, November 8th, at the Ypsilanti Freighthouse, 100 Market Place, Ypsilanti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11705"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11751,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11705\/revisions\/11751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icpj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}