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News from OWOF – November 2024

One World One Family

November 2024 Newsletter

 

Connect & Reflect

Let’s get together over coffee and bagels before the holiday season starts in earnest.  We need to pick up the pieces from the election and see where we are – individually and as a caring social justice organization.  Some of us are still avoidant, some of us are vacuuming up the news and most of us are in between.  Let’s start the conversation and help each other.  Eventually, we’ll want to get to some sort of action.  If ideas pop out now, great.  If not, we’ll be better off for being together.

Saturday, Nov 30,9-11am   WSEC Room 115.

Last room, second corridor from the Senior Center entrance under the awning.  Room closest to the football stadium.  Side door should be open.  Coffee, tea and bagels provided.


 

Options for Housing Diversity

Housing Solutions Town Hall – Sat, Jan 18 @ 9:00 am – Mark your calendar now to join community members from Western Washtenaw County to learn more about housing solutions happening throughout the Midwest. In planning stages now, if you are interested in helping with the event please contact Jane Pacheco at jpacheco@city-chelsea.org
City of Chelsea, Planning Commission Member Vacancy – Chelsea is in the middle of a master plan update. Take an active part in planning what the future of our community looks like. Apply here.  The Planning Commission holds a work session the first Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 311 S. Main Street.  A Planning Commission meeting is held the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building at 311 S. Main Street.  Public attendance is welcomed.

Need some support?  Motivation?
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Chelsea Human Rights Commission Openings.
Consider applying.

The HRC was formed in 2017 after the City of Chelsea passed its Non-Discrimination Ordinance.  From the beginning, the City’s ordinance was even more inclusive than the Federal or State.  The Human Rights Commission has five members and meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm.  The members serve 3 yr terms.  The terms for two members are up in February.  The HRC is the public-facing body for the non-discrimination ordinance and works to create programs that educate and promote equal access to all Chelsea’s resources.  More information on the Commission’s Action Plan for 2024-25 and the Ordinance itself are here.   If you live in the City, please consider becoming a member.  The application is here.   If you have any questions, please email the HRC or email OWOF.  We’ll make sure a someone contacts you!  This is an important part of the life of our City.  Please consider being an active citizen!


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From Michigan Friends Center Event this Sunday April 19 Join us for an in-person screening of Refusing to Be Enemies: The Zeitouna Story, a documentary that follows a remarkable group of Palestinian and Jewish women in Ann Arbor, Michigan who have spent decades building relationships across one of the world's most painful divides. Through shared meals, personal storytelling, and a deep commitment to dialogue, the women of Zeitouna model what it looks like to hold space for both suffering and connection — and to refuse, together, to be enemies. RSVP BELOW. Sunday, April 19 2-4PM at Michigan Friends Center, Chelsea The screening will be followed by a discussion, joined by members of the Zeitouna group, who have been sharing this film and its message for years. To honor the spirit of the film and ensure that every voice in the room has space to be heard, we are intentionally keeping this gathering intimate — attendance is limited to 20 participants. This event is part of Michigan Friends Center's new film series, grounded in our shared values of peace, social justice, and human dignity. RSVP https://www.mfcenter.org/event-details/refusing-to-be-enemies-the-zeitouna-story-documentary-screening-discussion/form

Good job Chelsea!!! Thank you to the organizers, the speakers and all you who care!! Let’s get busy!!

Courtesy of Dexter Strong, Dexter Cares. See you Saturday! Pierce Park. Noon -2pm

Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at EXPO! We have work to do together.

U.S. immigration detention has reached record highs, with more than 68,000 people in custody as of February 2026. - from the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project

Protest against ICE in Romulus. City Council voted unanimously for resolution condemning ICE purchase of warehouse to create new gulag in their city.

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