Peace with Justice
Calendar of Events
 

Regularly Updated Courtesy of Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit
Submit events for this calendar to: randyblock@yahoo.com


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 4:15 - 5:15 p.m. every Monday, Peace Vigil/Anti-Occupation of Iraq Protest
at Woodward & 9 Mile in Ferndale.  Call Peace Action Office: 248-548-3920.

ONGOINGNoon, 2nd Saturday of each month, Women in Black Silent Protest.  Location
changes each month.  Please wear black and be silent.  All welcome.  Contact:
Suhair Ghannam sueghan@yahoo.com or www.womeninblack.org/index

WEEKLY 7 p.m. every Sunday,  Pointes for Peace Vigil at Panera on Kercheval & St. Clair
in the Village.  pointesforpeace@yahoo.com  All welcome.

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


MONTHLY      11 a.m. 2nd Saturday. Sponsored by 11th Hour for Peace. For location, see: 
www.11hour4peace.org


ACTIVISTS! SEND YOUR EVENTS for FREE posting to Randy: randyblock@yahoo.com


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



Feb 6   9:30 a.m. CONFERENCE - UP AGAINST THE WALL: ISRAEL IN A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST
Michigan League, Koessler Rm, 811 N. University, Ann Arbor.  Discussions at 11:15 a.m.,
2 p.m. and keynote at 6 p.m. For more information, call: 734-763-9047

Feb 6    6 p.m. THE ANATOMY OF ISRAEL'S SURVIVAL. Hirsch Goodman, author and co-founder of
the Jeruslum Report magazine, will speak at the Birmingham Temple on West 12 Mile Road,
Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills. No charge.  Questions or to register, call 313-577-8270.

Feb 6    7:30  p.m. UNMASKED JUDEOPHOBIA  This film will be shown at the Kahn Jewish Community                              Community Center, Berman Theater, 6600 W. Maple, West Bloomfield. Sponsored by Zionist
Organizatation of America.  For tickets, call: 248-661-1900. For more info, call 248-661-6000.

Feb 15  6:45 p.m. IRAN - IS THIS THE NEXT WAR? Rudy Simons, a well-known, long time local
peace activist, has traveled to Iran and the Middle East.  He will share his insights into
the political mood of Iran and its people.  A group discussion will follow. Sponsored by
the Huntington Woods Peace group.  Huntingon Woods Public Library, 26415 Scotia
(west of Woodward, south of 11 Mile).

Feb 18  10 a.m. UPDATE ON REPEAL OF THE EMERGENCY FINANCIAL MANAGER LAW.
James Hunter, Project Coordinator, Sugar Law Center.  Presentation part of
Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit's monthly meeting -- open to the public.  Royal Oak
Community Center, 3500 Marais, Royal Oak (turn north at first light off 13 Mile, east
of Crooks Road)  For more information, call Evelyn Foreman: 313-378-4150.

Feb 26  10 a.m. SEEDS OF PEACE. Director of this organization whose mission is to help young
people to develop leadership skills for reconciliation and coexistence, including Palestinian
and Israeli participants.  At Congregation Bnai Moshe in West Bloomfield.  $10 for brunch. 
RSVP required:  248-788-0600

Mar 17 10 a.m. SUPER COMMITTEE'S UNFINISHED BUSINESS -- A THREAT TO SAFETY NET.
Randy Block, Chair of National Gray Panthers Issues Committee, will explain how Super
Committee deadlock put Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and other safety net
services at risk of cuts -- and what can be done about it.  Royal Oak Community Center,
3500 Marais, Royal Oak (turn north at first light off 13 Mile, east of Crooks Road).
For more information, call Randy Block at 248-549-5170.

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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.
(Updates are responsibility of groups below. Please send updates to randyblock@yahoo.com)

1. Alliance for Democracy:  313-533-2784 (Redford) or 734-462-2423 (Livonia)
2. American Council on Palestinian Affairs:  313-886-5922 - newashh@sbcglobal.net
3. Catholic Caucas of Southeast Michigan:  313-821-1074
4. Central United Methodist Church:  313-965-5422  wendyh166@cs.com
5. Citizens for Peace 734-425-0079 cmills0079@yahoo.com
6. Michigan Stop The Nuclear Bombs Campaign: Dan, 248-895-3317 2MISTNBC@gmail.com
7. Democratic Socialists of America:  David Green, dsagreen@aol.com 
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
11.Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit:  248-548-4931 ronh109@aol.com
12.       Huntington Woods Peace, Citizenship & Education Project 248-548-7370 mel4hwpeace@aol.com
13.       Michigan Alliance to Strengthen Social Security & Medicare 313-824-0952 
14.Michigan Coalition for Human Rights:  313-579-9071 support@mchr.org
15.Michigan Grail:  313-821-1074  r-coyle@sbcglobal.net
16.Michigan Peace Team:  517-484-3178 (Lansing)  kredigan@yahoo.com
17.        Move-on (Royal Oak)  F Shor@wayne.edu
18.Pax Christi Michigan:  586-751-1199 ronfdale@yahoo.com
19.Peace & National Priorities Center of Oakland County:  248-683-3363
20.Peace Action of Michigan:  248-548-3920 af111827@yahoo.com
21.Pointes for Peace pointesforpeace@yahoo.com
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)     
24.Veterans for Peace:  586-731-4207  dosmond@wowway.com
25.       Women's Conference of Concerns  313-538-6986
26.       Women's Action for New Directions Southeast Michigan www.wandsemich.org/index.cfm
27.Women's International League for Peace & Freedom-Detroit  313-882-1596
28.11th Hour for Peace, Troy, Contact: 11hour4peace@gmail.com