On-Going Events:
Fast for Peace: Fasting for peace in Afghanistan and to bring
attention to the estimated 7.5 million Afghan civilians who will starve to
death this winter. Contact for more
information on fasting.
fast_for_peace@yahoo.com
Nov. 17- Dec. 26: Drawing Resistance: A Traveling
Political Art Show 2001-2005: The Trumbullplex 4208 Trumbull at Willis, Detroit
Trumbullplex@digipunk.com
313-832-1845 or 313-832-7952 OPENING EVENT - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 @ 6pm
Nov. 28: Solving
the Puzzle of War and Peace in Afghanistan, Dr. Marin Strmecki Vice President
and Director of Programs of the Smith Richardson Foundation 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
International Institute/SSW Building, Room 1636
Nov. 29: "Oil
and Gas Exploration under the Great Lakes" Speakers: Hal Fitch, MDEQ Geological Division &
Dave Dempsey, Michigan Environmental Council Time:
Registration opens at 11:00 AM Buffet lunch served 12:00 noon
Presentation 12:15 PM Where: Eagle
Crest Conference Center 1275 S. Huron Street Ypsilanti, MI 48197 Cost: $20.00 registration, lunch and beverages
included.
Nov. 29: Demonstration against FBI Racial Profiling of Arab
Men: 6:00 PM,
Dearborn City Hall, 13615 Michigan Ave, (at Schafer), by the Detroit Anti-war
Network.
Nov. 29: Women in Black Vigil, noon-1pm, Federal Building
Nov. 29: A Rare Screening of two short films by Cuban filmmaker
Santiago Alvarez: Hanoi: Tuesday the 13th and Laos: the Forgotten War. 7pm MLB room 2
Nov. 30: Speaker: Rekha Pappu (Visiting Scholar, IRWG and Women's
Studies, U-M) Topic:Women and / in Conflict: The Indian Context. noon. Room 1636, SSWB.
Dec. 1: Community Gathering for
Peace and Diversity, 12-4p, Bach Elementary 600 W. Jefferson Ann Arbor,
MI 48103
Dec. 1: THE BEST BALL OF THEM ALL THIS FALL... World AIDS Day 2001 The 1st Annual Michigan
Masquerade Costume Ball To be held at
the William Monroe Totter House (1443 Washtenaw Avenue - Ann Arbor/Doors open @ 9p till 1a) Reception, Silent
Auction, Casino Night, & dance the night away w/ DJs Ice and Burn! This is a charity benefit for HARC (HIV/AIDS
Resource Center) and space is limited so get your tickets now! Tickets are now at the Michigan Union Ticket
Office for 5$ in advance & 7$ @ the door.
Costumes are optional and there are many great auction items! Parking will only be available at the 1st
Presbytarian Church and Angell School on Wastenaw Ave.
Dec. 1: The Ecology Center and Washtenaw County Department
of Environment and Infrastructure Services are co-sponsoring a free automotive
mercury switch replacement to the public.
The event will take place from 9 am to 5 pm at the parking lot next to
the Home Toxics Reduction Program at the County Service Center on 2201 Hogback
Road.
Dec. 3: Diversity and the Greens, Anita Rios (Co-Chair of
the Green Party), 3-5pm, Pond Room, Michigan Union
Dec. 3: Great Lakes Task Force Meeting, Saginaw
Dec. 4: “Afghanistan, the Taliban, and
Global Terror" by: Nazif M. Shahrani, Professor of Anthropology, Director
of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies,
and Chairperson of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at
Indiana University. 7:30 pm in auditorium 1800 of the Chemistry Building.
Dec. 5: "Kuala
Lumpur is not Kabul: Militancy and Tolerance in Muslim Southeast Asia" 4:00-6:00
p.m., 1636 SSWB/International Institute
Dec 7: Hate Based Ballot Initiatives in Michigan, Sponsored
by the Office of LGBT Affairs
Dec. 7: The
Option of Adoption: Culture, Infertility and Child Adoption in India Women's
Studies Program Colloquium Aditya Bharadwaj, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Cardiff School of Social
Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK 12:00-1:30pm, Lane Hall, Room 2239
Dec. 8: “One Song, Many Voices: A Community Concert for
Peace and Justice” 1PM the Ark.
Dec. 8: Lana Pollack, former State Senator and current
head of the Michigan Environmental Council, will be speaking from 7-8:30pm at the
Ann Arbor Library Main Branch
multi-purpose room