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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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Water on the Table, facilitated by Lila Cabill

Date: Oct 7th 2014, 7pm  |  News

MCHR Fall 2014 Film Series, Film 1 Tuesday, Oct 7 at 7 pm at St John’s Episcopal Church, 11 Mile and Woodward, Royal Oak $5 donation accepted The first film of four in our Fall 2014 film series, Water on the Table features Maude Barlow, international activist who crusades to make water a human right. […]

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Fall 2014 Film Series: Tuesdays beginning October 7th at 7 pm

Date: Oct 7th-28th 2014  |  News

Michigan Coalition for Human Rights and Peace Action MI presents: Fall 2014 Film Series Tuesdays beginning October 7th at 7 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Royal Oak Eleven Mile and Woodward Lighted secure parking behind the church off 11Mile Oct 7th- Water On the Table features Maude Barlow, international activist who crusades to make water […]

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