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News from OWOF – March 2025 EXTRA

One World One Family

March 2025 EXTRA


REMINDER!!!

The articles OWOF will be discussing on March 23 at the Chelsea District Library at 2:30 pm are on the OWOF website. The Zoom link is posted there as well. LINK IS HERE for articles and Zoom. Questions we’ll include in March: What is autocracy? Is it happening in the US? How have Putin in Russia and Orban in Hungary transformed their systems? And do we have any safeguards or weaknesses in our society?

In April, we’ll discuss what we can do and new articles will be posted. The April location will be the Board Room at the WSEC – Wed, April 23 at 7pm. Look to the same link for articles and Zoom.

Questions? Email owofchelsea@gmail.com


NEW EVENT NOTICE!!!

IMMIGRATION 101 – March 31, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
Chelsea District Library, McKune Room

OWOF will host an opportunity to learn more about the current status of immigration, including the basics of immigration law and the court process, the rules of enforcement and ICE activity, and what might come next. The panel discussion will include legal and community advocates from state and local immigrant rights organizations. It will a good time to learn and understand what’s involved and how local residents can help protect and advocate for people in our communities who came to America for a better life.


EVENT OFFERINGS from FRIENDS of OWOF

See respective websites for additional information. Feel free to email owofcheslea@gmail.com if you have an event you’d like to be included in an upcoming OWOF newsletter. Thanks!


OUR MISSION is more important than ever

One World One Family is committed to justice and equity for all*. We work to be anti-racist and to oppose discrimination in any form. We engage and empower people to have an impact and change systems to ensure everyone can participate fully in a diverse society.
* all / “ahl” / Noun 1.The whole human family, regardless of actual or perceived age, color, disability, familial status, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, disability status, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, source of income, veteran status, or weight. Are you represented?


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This is important to our community!

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

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