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
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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
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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
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The United Way of Washtenaw County is sponsoring a 5-Day Equity Challenge May 25-29 to examine the disproportionate toll COVID-19 is taking on black community members. If you want to understand why, this online event will address the reasons behind this racial inequity in Washtenaw County. The challenge is a series of readings, videos or podcasts that
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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.
OWOF is one of many groups organizing for good change in our communities. This all group, public meeting on Sun, Feb 22nd in Chelsea will feature a number of local folks taking action. Hope to see you there!
