PEACE & JUSTICE EVENTS CALENDAR
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This calendar includes activities, volunteer opportunities, and social networking events of a wide range of groups that support our common dedication to peace and justice. Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit does not claim to endorse all positions of groups with events posted on this calendar.
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WEEKLY EVENTS SCHEDULE:
MONDAYS: 12 p.m. THE MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR PUBLIC POLICY'S YEAS & NAYS. A weekly roundup of what happened under the Capitol Dome and what it means for you at home. Find the link for the Facebook Lives HERE.
MONTHLY EVENTS CALENDAR:
Sept 12th 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. RALLY ACTION DAY. Join Red, Wine, and Blue to take action and rally everyone we know with postcards and texts. Help save democracy one voter at a time! Click HERE to register.
Address: The Dovetail- 29200 Hoover Rd Warren MI, 48093
Sept 12th 7 - 8:30 p.m. WINE AND RALLY. Join Red, Wine, and Blue to learn how to combat the Radical 2025 agenda. are all about! Click HERE to register.
Address: Bobcat Bonnies- 118 Sycamore St Wyandotte MI, 48192
Sept 12th 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. ENGAGING YOUNG VOTERS: THE DOS & THE DONT'S. Join Red, Wine, and Blue via Zoom to get some advice on how to approach voting conversations with the young people in your life. Hear from a panel of young adult activists and influencers who are working to get their peers to the polls. Click HERE to regsiter.
Sept 13th 10 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. AARP SHRED DAY. Join AARP Michigan and AARP Fraud Watch Network for a deocument-shredding event. Your documents will be shredded on-site, free of charge (there is a 4 box per car limit). Registration is required. Click HERE to register and for more infomration on what is able to be shredded.
Address: Ann Arbor District Library Building- 265 Parkland Plaza Ann Arbor MI, 48103
Sept 14th 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. DETROIT, SELMA, AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. Join the Viola Liuzzo Park Association for a symposium that will bring together internationally renowned Civil Rights Movement veterans and local communities to share lessons from the past and engage in critical conversations about the future of civil rights, voting rights, and social justice in Detroit and beyond. Speakers include: Dorothy Dewberry Aldridge, Bettie Mae Fikes, Rev. Bernard Lafayette, and Martha Prescod Norman Noonan. Click HERE to register.
Sept 17th 6 - 8 p.m. TRASH TALK- REDUCING ANN ARBOR'S EMISSIONS. Join the Sierra Club of Michigan to hear from Dan Ezekiel who will discuss an overview of his lifetime as an advocate for reduction of solid waste. In the 1970's, he helped start Recycle Ann Arbor in 1978. He will be talking about lessons learned from a lifetime of advocacy and answering questions like "Does the material we put in our curb carts actually get recycled?" Click HERE to register.
Address: 343 S 5th Ave Ann Arbor MI, 48104
Sept 18th 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND SELF CARE. Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan to help assemble abortion care packages for patients to feel cared for and prepared to go home. Click HERE to register.
Address: University of Michigan Flint- 303 E Kearsley St Flint MI, 48502
Sept 19th 6 - 8 p.m. BLACK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE ADVOCACY STORIES. Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan an evening of powerful storytelling and candid conversations as we explore the intricate journey of Black women's reproductive health. Legacy of Choice is an event to amplify the voices of Black women and provide a stage to share their personal narratives, experiences, and reflections on various aspects of reproductive health. Click HERE to register.
Address: Mott Community College- 1401 E Court St Flint MI, 48503
Sept 19th 7 - 8:30 p.m. RALLY ACTION DAY. Join Red, Wine, and Blue to take action and rally everyone we know with postcards and texts. Help save democracy one voter at a time! Click HERE to register.
Address: Haru Cafe- 11445 15 Mile Rd Sterling Heights MI, 48312
Sept 20th 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. 2024 MICHIGAN STUDENT VOTING SUMMIT. Join Campus Vote Project, the Michigan Department of State, and Wayne State University nonpartisan engagement about elections, to connect with students from across the state, and to develop ideas and plans to get students registered and excited to vote. The following are invited: college and high school students, teachers, faculty, administrators and election officials. Click HERE to register.
Address: Wayne State University Student Center- 5221 Gullen Mall Detroit MI, 48202
Sept 21st 2 - 4 p.m. CELEBRATING MRS. JONES: DPL'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN DIRECTOR. Join The Detroit Public Library and Detroit Study Club to welcome Dr. Renate Chancellor to discuss her new book "Clara Stanton Jones: Break Glass Ceiling in the Detroit Public Library." The biography tells the story of Clara Stanton Jones, the first woman to direct a major public library system in the United States. Karen Lemmons, a retired DPSCD school librarian/teacher, will lead the conversation with Dr. Chancellor. Click HERE for more information.
Address: Detroit Public Library Main Branch- 5201 Woodward Ave Detroit MI, 48202
Sept 26th 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. 2024 MICHIGAN CLIMATE SUMMIT. Join MI Climate Action for the 2024 Michigan Climate Summit with Keynote speaker Bill McKibben and Jocelyn Benson for programming designed to inform, inspire, and uplift while exploring the intersections between civic engagement, social justice, and climate action. Click HERE to purchase a ticket.
Address: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
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