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 […]
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One World One Family March 2025 Newsletter IMPORTANT COMMUNITY DISCUSSION! For this read, we are taking a broader view of currents events and looking to see the parallels in history and other countries. This will give us some framework to form our actions. In March, we will discuss three recent articles. They are available at
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One World One Family February 2025 Newsletter Please forward this newsletter to friends and family you think might be interested in the social justices issues that OWOF covers in Western Washtenaw County. To be added to our newsletter list, or if you have any questions, please contact owofchelsea@gmail.com OUR MISSION is more important than ever One
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This is January 19th and there are news reports of ICE agents gathering in major American cities. Here are two concrete local actions you can take to support our immigrant neighbors Please see the items below. One is Monday, one on Tuesday. Vigil on Monday! Note that it will only be outdoors a
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One World One Family January 2025 Newsletter There’s alot happening this month as well as important events next month. Please make sure you scroll all the way down. All the individual MLK Jr. Day events are featured below but there’s a summary of them on the City website here. Save the date: General Meeting &
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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
