May
19
2012
Pointes for Peace
Invites you to attend
I AM
An Extraordinary Summer Movie
Monday, June 11, 2012, 7:00 p.m. sharp
Grosse Pointe Public Library – Ewald Branch
15175 East Jefferson, Grosse Pointe Park 48230
(Between Lakepointe & Maryland)
I AM is an engaging and entertaining non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac. In I AM, Shadyac steps in front of the camera to recount what happened to him after a cycling accident left him incapacitated, possibly for good.
Armed with nothing but his innate curiosity and a small crew to film his adventures, Shadyac set out on a twenty-first century quest for enlightenment. He interviewed many of the great thinker of our time, including David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The result is a fresh, energetic, and life-affirming film.
Shadyac’s enthusiastic depiction of the brighter side of human nature and reality, itself, is what distinguishes I AM from so many well-intentioned, yet ultimately pessimistic, non-fiction films. I AM explores what’s wrong with the world, and is focused on what we can do to make it better. Watching I AM is ultimately, for many, a transformative experience, yet Shadyac is reluctant to give specific steps for viewers who have been energized by the film. “What can I do?” “I get asked that a lot,” he says. “But the solution begins with a deeper transformation that must occur in each of us. I AM isn’t as much about what you can do, as who you can be. And from that transformation of being, action will naturally follow.”
Weekly vigils are suspended for the summer, beginning Labor Day weekend
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Mar
4
2012
Pointes for Peace and
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom
present
SAMEENA NAZIR
Women in Pakistan:
The Struggle for Peace and Security
~
Sunday, March 11
7:00 p.m. ﴾sharp﴿
Albanian Islamic Center
19775 Harper
Harper Woods, 48225
Ms. Sameena Nazir is Executive Director of Potohar Organization for
Development Advocacy (PODA) and President, Pakistan Section of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). She is a
human rights educator living and working in Pakistan. PODA is a Pakistani
NGO working for the promotion and protection of human rights in rural areas
of Pakistan. Ms. Nazir is an organizer for human-rights campaigns and works
primarily with rural women and communities for progressive social change,
gender equity, and minority rights promotion. She also promotes
prohuman-rights legislation and policies in Pakistan. Most recently she
organized over 1,500 rural women to develop a Charter of Rights for Women
in Disaster Situations. Through her work for WILPF and PODA in Pakistan,
she works with a large number of groups and human rights defenders
working at the grassroots level. A lawyer and former journalist, Ms. Nazir
as earned awards in recognition of her work in human rights.
RECEPTION Sunday, March 11
2:00—4:00 pm
International Institute
111 E. Kirby, Detroit 48202
Refreshments
Join us for a stimulating discussion and refreshments.
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Feb
26
2012
Presenting
Nancy Skinner
Syndicated Radio Show Host
Joining the Political Process and Organizing
Grass Roots Efforts for Maximum Impact
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 7:00 pm sharp
Albanian Islamic Center
19775 Harper Avenue
(I-94 at Allard)
Harper Woods, Mi. 48225
Following the great mid-western floods of 1993, Skinner persuaded President Bill Clinton ‘s White House to assemble a team of ten federal agencies and the nations’ leading architects and engineers to rebuild two entire towns away from the floodplain using the principles of sustainable development. Their efforts were honored with an award from President Bill Clinton’s Council on Sustainable Development.
She helped launch the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), the first voluntary emissions trading program to address global climate change using free market principles. The exchange ran from 2003 to 2010.
In 1998, Nancy Skinner began co-hosting a progressive weekend radio show called Ski & Skinner on WLS-AM in Chicago . She ran in the U.S. Senate primary against Barak Obama.
In 2000, she became co-host of The Doug Stephan Show, a syndicated national morning show heard on over 400 radio stations across the United States. The show inspired two listeners, Anita and Sheldon Drobny, to create the Air America Radio Network featuring Al Franken, Rachel Maddow, Randi Rhodes and other progressive radio hosts.
After returning to Michigan she began hosting a radio program on WDTW-AM, Detroit’s progressive talk station. She ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Oakland County in a very close race. She is a continuing presence for progressive commentary through the Nancy Skinner Live show and appearances on Fox News.
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Jan
18
2012
Join us on the anniversary of the Egyptian uprising for democracy, January 25.
We begin at 4:30 at Grand Circus Park
March to the McNamara Federal Building (or join us there)
Rally to support real democracy and oppose US military aid to the dictatorship.
http://www.occupy-detroit.us/
https://www.facebook.com/events/351716144845389/
http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=Community&article=5140
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Jan
1
2012
The Outreach Committee of Grosse Pointe Unitarian Church is sponsoring a Martin Luther King Day concert performance
Matt and Robert present a show with broad appeal for all, from the most sophisticated aficionados of folk and blues, to elementary-age children. Rest assured, you will not be hearing those tired 60′s folk songs. This is material that will surprise with its freshness and timeliness. You can expect to be entertained by a virtuoso performance that includes laughter, inspiration, some awe, and perhaps a little enlightenment.
Ever since their first meeting over twenty years ago, Robert Jones and Matt Watroba have been musical partners. Their relationship started when they hosted “Folks Like Us” and “Blues From the Lowlands”, back to back radio shows on WDET-FM in Detroit. During the twenty-plus run of those programs, they started performing together and, in doing so, discovered a friendship based in mutual respect and a love for traditional American music. Over the years, Matt and Robert have travelled the nation extolling the virtues of and performing the music they loved.
For Matt and Robert, American Roots Music (Folk, Blues, Spirituals, Work Songs, etc.) is the music that America and the world have in common. It is a genre that reflects history, social change, migration, hopes and dreams. It is music that is rich and diverse, directly outspoken, and powerfully moving. As talented as they are individually, Matt and Robert form a terrific synergy when onstage together.
Admission is only $10.00, and sales are open to the public, so you are encouraged to buy your tickets as soon as you can. Ticket reservations are available by emailing Larry Peplin at this address: concert@gpuc.us.
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