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Mad As Hell Detroit film premiere, media training, and afterparty

Date: Nov 9th 2014  |  News

MCHR will be co-hosting (with TYT Detroit) the Detroit premiere of the new documentary about Cenk Uygur and The Young Turks at 11:00 this Sunday, Nov 9 at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak, Michigan. Tickets are $10 and CAN ONLY BE PURCHASED ONLINE and printed, here: After the movie, there will be an […]

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Ground the Drones

Date: Nov 8th 2014, 1-4:30pm  |  Challenge  |  News

Saturday, November 8, 2014 Reaper Drones, like those piloted by remote control nearby in Battle Creek, have killed thousands of civilians, terrorized entire populations, and increased the atmosphere of fear and hatred in the Middle East. It is time for us to tell our leaders– and our neighbors– that it is time to Ground the […]

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MCHR board members Dr. Brenda Bryant and Rev. Bill Wylie-Kellermann awarded Edward Said Scholar Activist Awards at 2014 Meta Peace Team Signature Event

Posted October 27th, 2014  |  News

Congrats MCHR board members Dr. Brenda Bryant and Rev. Bill Wylie-Kellermann on being awarded Edward Said Scholar Activist Awards at the 2014 Meta Peace Team Signature Event. Bryant and Wylie-Kellermann have both been active in numerous human rights circles for years and are well known for their work in the community. MCHR board member Mark […]

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Aftermath of the UN visit to Detroit regarding water and housing

Posted October 20th, 2014  |  News  |  Press Releases

UPDATE (Feb 7, 2015): Check out this video documenting the recent UN visit regarding the water shutoffs in Detroit, produced by one of the UN special rapporteurs that visited Detroit last October. 10/20/14: Two special rapporteurs from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke at a press conference yesterday, at the […]

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URGENT: Call for volunteers to assist with phone surveys of Detroit communities affected by water shut-offs

Posted October 10th, 2014  |  Challenge  |  News

Dear friends of Detroit, A call has come to us from We The People Of Detroit for help in researching the repercussions to Detroit families of the water cut-offs. Volunteers will need to make phone calls and conduct surveys from their own home phones in the next month; information and analysis of these surveys will […]

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