OWOF Supporters – This is a special newsletter to follow up on the matters with the School Board. In the last newsletter, we discussed support for the Diversity, Belonging, Equity, and Inclusion efforts of the Chelsea School District. The situation has developed, to say the least, and we want to bring you up-to-date and to […]
News from OWOF – August 2021 Read More »
This past school year the Chelsea Schools Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee approved a list of books they hoped to share with their students—books which would underscore the themes of equity/inclusion and the community value of celebrating human difference. Chelsea Area One World One Family (OWOF) was happy to donate books to the schools
One World One Family Begins 20th Year Read More »
The Chelsea Area Chamber of Commerce has published a DEI Statement and definition on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion page on their website page. They summarized DEI as follows: Diversity includes the ways in which people differ, characteristics that define groups. Diversity is used to identify race, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual
2021 Multicultural and Diversity Calendar Read More »
Chelsea’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day Commemoration – Community Discussion and Days of Service/Social Action Events Brought to you by One World One Family Chelsea and the Chelsea Human Rights Commission UM KEYNOTE MEMORIAL LECTURE: MON, JAN 18 @ 10:00 AM CHELSEA COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: MON, JAN 18 @ 7:00 PM Livestream the UM lecture (featuring
A new, revised Chelsea-Area Equity Challenge is launching on Wednesday, June 3. This will be a custom Challenge for the Chelsea area, using the material from the original United Way Challenge. It is a program to deepen our understanding of racism and to give us tools to address it. Round 2 is launching quickly because
Revised Chelsea-Area Equity Challenge launching on Wednesday, June 3 Read More »
VERY important opportunity - to learn and to help. Monday, March 31 6-7.30 McKune Room CDL
Reminder for the Community Discussion. Zoom link is now posted with the articles on the OWOF web page. https://owofchelsea.org/resources/community-discussion/ NOTE: Updated with info for Session II
A chance to interact with our regional elected officials. The County is responsible for a significant budget in our area. And it's in Chelsea!
NEW COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Let's try to put the current national scene into historical and international context-especially now. Read the (3) current articles available on our website and join us in person or on zoom. https://owofchelsea.org/resources/community-discussion/ Questions we'll cover: What is autocracy? Is it happening in the US? How have Putin in Russia and Orban in Hungary transformed their systems? Do we have any safeguards or weaknesses in our society re autocracy. Sunday, March 23 in the McKune Room. Zoom link to be posted on our web page with the articles here. (Be sure to sign up for the OWOF Newsletter to keep up with ways to plug in. Send your email to owofchelsea@gmail.com)
Learn what’s happening and where you can plug in!
Check out these local events! #BlackHistoryMonth
A good vigil for immigrant rights. City of Chelses passed the ordinance that police and staff cannot ask about immigration status for routine stops or interactions. Sheriff Alycia Dyer declared that the Washtenaw County Sheriffs Dept will not help or house ICE detainees.
ORDINANCE REGARDING IMMIGRATION STATUS! Tuesday, January 21, 2025, the Chelsea City Council meeting will consider a second reading of the City of Chelsea Solicitation of Immigration Status Ordinance. Below is an excerpt from the ordinance language. The whole document is posted in the council package online. (See below pg 78). Please consider attending the meeting and speaking at public comment to support the ordinance. Public comment is at the very beginning of the 7:00 pm meeting or send emails to the council members directly. https://cms3.revize.com/revize/chelseami/Complete%20Packet%2001.21.25.pdf
