
Regularly Updated Courtesy of Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit

This Calendar of events includes activities of a wide range of groups,

including members of the Detroit Area Peace with Justice Network

(DAPJN), a coalition of Metro-Detroit organizations formed to provide

mutual support in our common dedication to peace and justice. See end of page for list of DAPJN

organizations and their representatives. Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit does not claim to endorse all

positions of groups with events posted on this calendar.

WEEKLY
4:45 - 5:45 p.m. every Monday, Peace Vigil/Anti-Occupation of Iraq Protest




at Woodward & 9 Mile in Ferndale. Call Peace Action Office: 248-548-3920.

ONGOING
Noon, 2nd Saturday of each month, Women in Black Silent Protest. Location




changes each month. Please wear black and be silent. All welcome. Contact:

WEEKLY
7 p.m. every Sunday, Pointes for Peace Vigil at Panera on Kercheval & St. Clair

WEEKLY
Noon, every Friday, Weekly Peace Vigil in front of the Capitol.

WEEKLY
9:30 - 10:45 a.m. every Saturday. Jewish Witnesses for Peace & Friends vigil against




attacks on Palestinian people by State of Israel, 2000 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor

WEEKLY
Noon. Every Saturday. Wyandotte (Oak and Fort Street, between Northline & Eureka)

WEEKLY
11 a.m. Every Monday. PEACE VIGIL OUTSIDE MILFORD OFFICE OF REP. MCCOTTER.




Sponsored by Democrats of West Oakland County. Contact Jim Gualdoni, Chair,

DAILY`
7 - 7:30 p.m. PRAYERS FOR PEACE Rev. Linda Northcraft conducting daily session




of prayers for peace (Mon - Sat) at St. John Episcopal Church, SW corner of 11 Mile

MONTHLY 11 a.m. 1st Saturday. Sponsored by 11th Hour for Peace. For location, see:

MONTHLY Noon - 1 p.m. VIGIL. LAST SATURDAY EACH MONTH, SE corner, 11 Mile & Woodward.




Huntington Woods Peace, Citizenship and Education Project.

Click HERE to see the current cost of the war in Iraq.

Feb 3
5:30 p.m. CALL FOR MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES AT GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS.




Join in calling for a moratorium on foreclosures, evicvtions and utility shutoffs at




Governor Granholm's State of the State address. For transportation from Detroit,

Feb 4
8 a.m. COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM SYMPOSIUM. Wayne Law Review




Symposium, Comprehensive immigration Reform: Problems, Possibilities and




Pragmatic Solutions. Partrich Auditorium, WSU Law School, 471 W. Palmer, Detroit




Info: Tim Rimer 586-596-9879 or Prof. Jonathan Weinberg: 313-577-3942.

Feb 6
Noon - 5 p.m. FROM CHAOS TO COMMUNITY. International Institute, 111 E. Kirby,




Detroit, The National Lawyers Guild and National Conference of Black Lawyers to focus




on three issues as part of Black History Month: police brutality, political incarceration,




and youth and community violence. Event to include top speakers, music, poetry and




community tabling. Call 313-963-0843 ASAP to request a table. 




Feb 9
8:30 a.m. BEHIND THE KITCHEN DOOR. This panel of speakers addresses inequality in Metro



Detroit's growing restaurant industry. Hear: Shirley Stancato, President, New Detroit; Kurt




Metzger, Director, Detroit Area Community Information System; Bruce Pietrykowski,




Director Urban and Regional Studies, U of M; Martha Yoder, MIOSHA; Phil Cooley, owner,




Slows BarBQ. 2138 Michigan Ave., Detroit (between 14th St. and Wabash). To register,

Feb 10
7 p.m. DOCUMENTARY ON HAITI: "ROAD TO FONDWA". St. Thomas Aquinas Parish,




5780 Evergreen, (NE corner of Ford Rd), Detroit. Tells the amazing story of Haiti and




its people. Kim Redigan to tell her prersonal experiences. Call: 313-271-3266

Feb 14
1 p.m. CHRISTIAN ZIONISM: DR. RONALD STOCKTON. What is Christian Zionism and




how does it affect the Israel-Palestine conflict? Profesor Stockton is a research




associate at the U of M Center for Middle East & North African Studies. 1st Unitarian




Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor, 4001 Ann Arbor - Saline Rd.

Feb 17
Noon HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE: LUNCH & LOBBY VISIT TO REP. PETERS. Join




others at Shield's Pizzeria of Troy, 1476 W. Maple (just west of Crooks). Hear from




health reform and peace activists about our misguided budget priorities. At 1:15 p.m.




we will go to Rep. Gary Peters' office (560 Kirts Blvd., #105, Troy) and demand that




the $33 billion supplemental funding for the war in Afghanistan be used for health

Feb 20
10 a.m. REPORT ON THE GAZA FREEDOM MARCH. Speaker: Kim Redigan,




a member of the Michigan Peace Team, Public invited. Royal Oak Community




Center, 3500 Marais (turn north off 13 Mile at 1st light past Crooks Rd) Royal Oak.




For more information, call Sigrid Dale, 586-751-1199.

Mar 6
6 p.m. MOSES ANNUAL BANQUET/FUNDRAISER. RSVP on Facebook

Mar 20
10 a.m. AN OLD PROMISE FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT. Invited Speaker: Rep. John




Conyers, to speak on the the New Humphrey Hawkins full empldoyment bill.




Public invited. Royal Oak Community Center, 3500 Marais (turn north off 13 Mile




Road at 1st light past Crooks Rd.) Royal Oak. Call Randy Block: 248-549-5170.

Mar 20
MASS MOBILIZATION IN WASHINGTON D.C. 7th anniversary of the war in Iraq. Over a




million Iraqis have died; tens of thousands of Americans have been killed or wounded.




This a time for united action. Contact Catherine Wilkerson: 734-646-3953



To RETURN to Home Page Click HERE

To JOIN the DAPJN, call Peace Action at (248) 548-3920.

STAY Involved .....

The Detroit Area Peace With Justice Network invites you to contact any of its member

groups (listed below) so that we may increase our efforts in creating a more just and

peaceful world. (list updated by DAPJN)

1.
Alliance for Democracy: 313-533-2784 (Redford) or 734-462-2423 (Livonia)

3.
Catholic Caucas of Southeast Michigan: 313-821-1074

7.
Democratic Socialists of America: 248-539-3019

8.
Detroit Catholic Worker- Day House: 313-963-4539 (Detroit)

9. Episcopal Peace Fellowship: 248-549-3888 248-549-3888; fax: 248-258-5449

10.
F.A.M.E. (Finding Alternatives to Military Enlistment) jd65@dcx.com

19.
Peace & National Priorities Center of Oakland County: 248-683-3363

22.
Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery: 313-343-9028 wendyh166@cs.com

23.
U.S. Peace Council - Michigan Chapter: 248-545-8492 (Ferndale)

25. Women's Conference of Concerns 313-538-6986

27.
Women's International League for Peace & Freedom-Detroit 313-882-1596


