Mar 25 4-7 p.m. CESAR CHAVEZ DAY CELEBRATION WITH PROF. JOSE ANTONIO-OROSCO.
Speaks on two books: Cesar Chavez and Philosophy of Non-violence and Toppling the Melting Pot. Student Union, Bargman Room - 2nd Floor, Univ of Detroit Mercy, McNicols Campus.
Mar 27 Noon - 1:30 p.m. CESAR CHAVEZ LECTURE: Jose A. Gutierrez, J.D. , author of The Eagle Has Eyes: The FBI Surveillance of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers of America, 1065- 1975. Location: General Lectures Hall, Room 150. Sponsors: Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, State of Michigan Talent Investment Agency/Workforce Development Agency's King-Chavez-Parks Initiative.
Mar 28 6-9:30 p.m. MDEQ PUBLIC HEARING ON U.S. ECOLOGY LICENSE RENEWAL. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) will present information on the draft operating license prepared for U.S. Ecology's hazardous waste container, storage area and treatment facility in Detroit. Opportunity for public comment. Location: Bridge Academy East, 9600 Buffalo Street, Hamtramck. Come with your questions. For more information, call Nicole Florence 517-284-6838.
Mar 31 2 p.m. STAND UP FOR IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS -- EYEWITNESS SPEAKS OUT.
Kim Redigan, a Meta Peace Team activist, traveled to the Mexico-US border to witness the trauma imposed by an immigration system that criminalizes asylum seekers. She will bring stories of people fleeing violence of poverty, civil war and a long history of U.S. intervention.
Location: Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center, 33 E. Adams, Detroit. Co-sponsors: Citizens for Peace, Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit, WILPF, Swords into Plowshare Peace Gallery, Michigan Coalition for Human Rights.
Mar 31 2:30 p.m. MENDING THE GAPS: WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL LEFT BEHIND?
Sister Simone Campbell of Nuns on the Bus and Executive Director of NETWORK Lobby for
Catholic Social Justice will lead a program on how to make a difference in the current political and economic climate. Reception to follow. Presented by RESULTS Ann Arbor at the Bethlehem United Methodist Church of Christ, 423 S. 4th Ave, Ann Arbor. Questions? Contact RESULTS Ann Arbor Advocates at resultsannarbor@gmail.com or 734-663-7493.
April 10 6:45 p.m. THE NUNS, THE PRIEST AND THE BOMB. This documentary film and discussion highlights recent Plowshares nonviolent actions where people of conscience, including nuns and priests committed acts of civil disobedience to alert the world to the dangers of nuclear weapons. Life Sciences Building, Room 113, U of D Mercy, 4001 W. McNichols, Detroit. For more info, contact Dr. Gail Presbey at presbegm@edmercy.edu or 313-993-1124.
April 11 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. RENEWING CATHOLICISM. This free conference was organized by Inclusive Justice, an interfaith LGBTQ welcoming and advocacy group, to promote dialogue about how to the Catholic church needs to be reformed to respond to the needs of LGBTQ people. Location: Christ Church Cranbrook, 470 Church Road, Bloomfield Hills. For more information and to register, click www.inclusivejustice.org
April 13 7 p.m. HERE COMES THE SUN! PEACE ACTION MUSICAL FUNDRAISER. Featuring "One by One". Birmingham Unitarian Church, 38651 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills. Tickets $20 in advance. $25 at the door. Call: 248-548-3020 or www.peaceactionmich.org
April 16th Noon - 5 p.m. POWERING CHANGE: 2019 ACTION SUMMIT. Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing. Take the Pink Wave from a force of nature to a source of power. Cost $10, includes lunch and Planned Parenthood membership. Click HERE to register.
April 17 6:30 - 8 p.m. TEEN PANEL ON BEING LGBT OR QUESTIONING IN 2019. Dakota High School Family Night Out hosts this forum by Chippewa Valley Coalition for Youth and Families to support youth on being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning. Location: 21051 21 Mile Road, Macomb. Free event. RSVP by April 15th: 586-723-2872 or by email: slange@cvs.k12.mi.us
April 20 10 a.m. THE GREEN NEW DEAL: WHAT IS IT? WHY DOES IT MATTER? Hear Nicholas Jansen, Michigan State Director of the the Sunrise Movement, provide a briefing on the Green New Deal that envisions fighting climate change while creating a more green economy. The Sunrise Movement is a dynamic youth led organization. Nicholas is the featured speaker for Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit meeting at the Royal Oak Community Center, 3500 Marais (east of Crooks, north of 13 Mile). For more information, call or text Randy at 248-224-5572.
April 27 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. RUNAWAY INEQUALITY WORKSHOP. Hosted by Pontiac Policy Council. Sponsored by Southeast Michigan Jobs With Justice, Communication Workers of America and Detroit A. Phillip Randolph Institute. For more information, contact Kaye Halonen,
Citizens for Peace: Colleen Mills, 734-425-0079, cmills0079@yahoo.com ,
