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News from OWOF – August 2022

OWOF Summer Get-Together

NEW DATE – THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
Join us on August 18 at Pierce Park, 6pm – 8pm
We can actually get together in person! We’ll have the fixings for ice-cream sundaes and have a chance to meet up with like-minded friends and maybe make a few new ones.
There will be a short business meeting at 7pm to share survey results and to identify folks interested in the different Action Topics that came out of the survey. Hope to see you there!

 


ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP?
Please sign up to bring items for our summer event! Here’s the link to a Sign-up Genius. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4ca4aa5-owof
Donations are definitely appreciated. However, if you would like to be reimbursed, please bring the item and the receipt! Sandra Vadlamudi, our treasurer, can make sure you are paid back. Please sign up if you are able! Thanks!


Restorative Justice Article in The Sun Times

Our Restorative Justice team has placed the last in a series of articles in The Sun Times. This one is in the most recent issue, page 11. We hope to have them all available on the website soon.


School Board Elections – Campaigns Launch

Keep an eye on the upcoming School Board Elections on the Nov 8 ballot. One World One Family is committed to seeing the efforts of the Diversity, Equity, Belonging and Inclusion Committee continued and supported by the Board of Education. We will be posting candidate responses and statements and reinforcing some of the critical issues in the campaigns. With a new Superintendent in place and the majority of the Board up for election, this is a critical time to pay attention!


Thank you for your time and attention. Stay engaged!
Your OWOF Team

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

Protest against ICE in Romulus. City Council voted unanimously for resolution condemning ICE purchase of warehouse to create new gulag in their city.

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