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Feedback Survey – We Need Your Input!

One World One Family is asking for input on social justice issues of importance to the community. OWOF has released an on-line survey to gather feedback on some specific areas of concern. There are nine topics presented with the opportunity to suggest others.

With police reform activities underway and numerous activities accomplished this last year, OWOF would like to take this time to reflect and plan and maybe open new doors. We would also like to encourage others to become involved and find areas they feel strongly about.

The link to the survey is here. It takes about 5 minutes to complete. OWOF Board members are committed to put the feedback to good use! The survey will be open until May 15. After the survey is reviewed, OWOF will have a public open membership meeting and will encourage everyone to attend. We hope this will be the first of many membership events.

In the two years since the June 4 Rally to Support #BlackLivesMatter, One World One Family has dedicated itself to justice and equity for all. Our mission includes anti-racism and opposing discrimination in any form, and we are working to empower people to change systems so everyone can participate fully in a diverse society.

For more information about OWOF and learn how to get involved, please email us at owofchelsea@gmail.com or connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/OneWorldOneFamily.

The Tamale Dinner Fund-Raiser for Jackson County for Immigrants Coalition was a huge success. $1800 was raised through a combination of dinner sales, a 50/50 raffle, and cash/ check donations. Pilar's Tamale's in Ann Arbor kindly provided 189 tamale dinners. Customers could "dine-in" or "take out". A traditional Mexican playlist accompanied dinner. Kitchen volunteers worked tirelessly to get meals plated. A Jackson group member brought along a Mexican vendor cart with authentic Mexican candy to sample for a suggested donation. OWOF Board Member, Christa Williams MD, thanked and welcomed guests, and introduced Gayla Ignacio and Amador Ybarra, two of the representatives from Jackson County for Immigrants Coalition. They spoke about their group and its efforts to support and protect immigrants in Jackson County during the heightened, warrantless, ICE arrests of community members and the effect this is having on community members, local businesses and families. A question and answer-session followed, allowing for further discussion of how their group is responding to the situation, and how concerned Chelsea residents may be able to assist. The generosity and caring community spirit of Chelsea was evident throughout the evening. Many excellent conversations were had. More than one OWOF member heard "I hope you will be doing this again". And at the end of the evening, when volunteers were pitching in to clean up, we drew the winning 50/50 raffle ticket, which had just one word on it: "donate". OWOF definitely looks forward to doing a similar fundraiser in the future.

After the rally on Saturday, come hear from Voters Not Politicians on Sunday.

Great event coming! Pilar’s famous tamales to support Jackson Immigrant Rights activities. They are doing good work with very few resources. Get your orders in now before 10-21.

Voter rights/voter suppression! Important conversation - 5th in our series of Making Sense of the Unprecedented. Sunday 10/19 - 3pm Council Chambers

Sunday, Oct 5. 5pm at First United Methodist Church in Chelsea. Important work!

Reminder for Thursday. Attainable housing basics. A chance to understand how solutions are crafted. Thursday, Sept 25 a 7pm in Council Chambers

We've got alot to talk about!! Let's start with Emergency Powers and Executive Orders and go from there... Sunday, Sept 21 at 3pm at The Chelsea Depot Readings (articles & videos) available at https://owofchelsea.org/resources/community-discussion/ If you run out of time to read or watch, COME ANYWAY!

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