Michigan Coalition for Human Rights 
promotes awareness of, commitment to and advocacy 
for human rights and the environmental rights of planet Earth 
through education, community organization and action. 
MCHR opposes forces that suppress human dignity, freedom and justice 
 - locally and around the world.  
                                                                                                                                          
 
                                                                


Please Consider Joining Us for Event on Climate Change
GREEN NEW DEAL
Wednesday, Feb 6th 
 




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  What is the Green New Deal? 
The term "Green New Deal" traces its roots to columnist Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times, who dedicated two 2007 pieces to American reliance on foreign oil - which he suggested was as much a national security issue as an environmental one. It recalls President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, the widespread financial reforms and economic stimulus effort he instituted in the wake of the Great Depression, efforts that included job creation as a means of improving  infrastructure.
The United Nations adopted the term in 2008 and published it in its Green Economy Initiative, a response to the global financial crises striking at that time. Green Party candidate Jill Stein used the Green New Deal as part of her presidential platforms in 2012 and 2016. Ocasio-Cortez considered alternatives to the term throughout her House campaign but decided to stick with it when it continued to generate support on Twitter.
Now, thanks in part to her prominence, the Democratic takeover of the House and growing alarm over climate change, the concept has found new life. 

COME TO OUR PROGRAM WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 7 PM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PLAN AND UPCOMING BILL AND WHAT YOU CAN DO LOCALLY TO MOVE THE PLAN ALONG!


JOIN MCHR! JOIN AUTOWORKERS! JOIN UNION MEMBERS!
MONDAY FEBRUARY 11TH, 3- 5:30 pm



Call MCHR office 313 579 9071 for info

 
SAVE THE DATE:
SUNDAY APRIL 14TH
ANNOUNCING MCHR ANNUAL DINNER
SPEAKER,  CONGRESSWOMAN RASHIDA TLAIB

 

MARYGROVE COLLEGE
WATCH FOR DETAILS: TICKETS WILL GO FAST!

CALL TO ACTION
RESIST! PERSIST! REPEAT!                         
 


Every Monday @ 4:45 p.m. Peace Action,
Anti- War Protest. Nine Mile and Woodward.

Immigration Vigil, SW Detroit Clark Park, corner of Vernor and Clark, Fridays 3:45 pm


SOCIAL JUSTICE CALENDAR 

Some events courtesy of  
Gray Panther Calendar, go to their website for more events.  http://www.graypanthersmetrodetroit.org/CalendarofEvents.html 

Jan 17th til Feb 7th Trash to Treasure Exhibit,Swords into Plowshares Gallery, 
33 East Adams Street 
Detroit Michigan 48226 
313-963-7575.  

For  many black history events and tours coming up go to:
The Charles Wright Museum: 

For another SJ calendar go to Activate313:  www.activate313.org

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Feb 5th, 7- 8:30pm, Green New Deal - State of the Union Livestream, special guest Naomi Klein, 
Sunrise Movement, Get livestream link to watch at home:  bit.ly/livestreamgndsoc  

https://www.facebook.com/events/2018547925109571/Feb 6th, 7 pm, MCHR We Need a Green New Deal, Royal Oak Library, see flyer above. https://www.facebook.com/events/2018547925109571/  

Feb 6th 6:45- 9 pm,  Walls and Wars or a Nonviolent Alternative: Palestine and the US Mexicon Border,  Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA),  UDM  Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA), UDM  Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA) UDM Briggs 317, info at
313-993-1124, or [email protected]   
 
Feb 7th 7 pm,  Detroiters Speak: "Public Safety" Cass Corridor Commons 4605 Cass Ave, Detroit,

Feb 8th, 6-9 pm,  First Friday Forum on race: Building an Intergenerational Movement, 9930 Greenfield Rd, Detroit,   https://www.facebook.com/events/1780547265380865/ 

Feb 11th 3-5:30pm,  Honoring the UAW Sit-down Strike Victory of Feb 11, 1937, UAW Local 909
5587 Stephens Rd, Warren, Michigan 48091, Autworkers Caravan and MCHR, donations accepted. 

Feb 12 7 pm,  Practices for a Non Violent LIfe , hosted by Citizens for Peace, Livonia Senior Center  15218 Farmington Rd south of Five Mile LIvonia. Free. 734 425-0079

Feb 16    10 a.m. LGBTQ RIGHTS -- NO 'PLAN B'. Hear Char Davenport, a Green Party candidate for Lt. Governor, a lecturer and a long time trans activist, will speak at Gray Panthers of Metro Detroit  Royal Oak Community Center, 3500 Marais (east of Crooks, north of 13 Mile).  For more information, contact Randy at 248-549-5170.

Feb 17th 2-4pm, Macomb/Detroit Community Conversation, This year's session has even more challenges to address: plant closings, loss of good paying jobs, climate change, and job training. UAW Local 140 23345 Pinewood St, Warren   https://www.facebook.com/events/2158727617523802/ 

Feb 24 1-4 pm, The Flint Water Crisis - ACLU Reporter Curt Guyette,  speaker, Alliance to Halt Fermi III Annual Meeting, University of Michigan-Dearborn Environmental Interpretive Center, 4901 Evergreen Rd., Dearborn.  www.athf3.org   or  call 734-838-8084.

For Sale
MCHR Ware
 

MCHR Tshirts: heather gray tshirts with black lettering, color logo
Limited women's cut sizes (runs very small)
Men sizes: medium to XXL
$20 (inquire about sizes at 313 579-9071, leave message)




Announcement from MetaPeace Team
Team (including Kim Redigan) to Go to Border
Help Support Them!


ANNOUNCEMENT: MPT is sending a six-person Peace Team to the Border in a few weeks. Whatever support you may lend (prayers for safety, holding them in the light, making a donation to cover their costs, etc.) is greatly appreciated!!! To make a donation, click on the link and add "Border Team" to the memo

To lean more about MetaPeace Team:
 
To support humanitarian workers arrested for putting out water in the desert at the AZ border. Sign at:
bit.ly/supportNMD.

For more local action, go to:
https://www.facebook.com/WeStandWithOurNeighbors/

Refugee Civil Rights Attorney Tuition
Souad was a civil rights attorney in Syria before fleeing with family. Her goal is to continue her life's work of standing up for those in need. Please help!


Souad spent her life as a practicing civil rights attorney in Syria, standing up for those in need. When her family had to flee the violence back home to start over in the U.S., she didn't give up. She learned English and now works hard many hours each week supporting her parents, siblings, and herself. Her calling in life is to represent others like herself who need qualified legal support. To restart her life's work as a civil rights attorney here, she is attending graduate school in addition to her full-time job, with the goal of taking the U.S. bar exam.

Please help Souad to help others! She has only one semester left!
She is very, very close to completing her Masters of Arts in Social Justice in Detroit but needs the tuition for her last semester to be able to graduate with her classmates in her cohort. Please help Souad and those she will serve in the future, by donating the tuition dollars and fees that will make it possible for her to finish her degree. 

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