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Michigan Bishop Addresses MiRFRA

Posted December 13th, 2014  |  News

MCHR recently hosted an event at which the Rt. Rev. Wendall Gibbs addressed community members of multiple faiths about legislative action currently being proposed in Michigan that will allow discrimination against the LGBT community, the sanctity of marriage, and other issues. This story was originally published by AJ Trager at PrideSource.com: Rt. Rev. Wendell Gibbs […]

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Why we must stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)

Date: Dec 9th 2014, 7pm  |  News

Meet us at Swords into Plowshares Peace Center and Gallery at 7:00 PM on Tuesday Dec 8 to commemorate Human Rights Day! Hear Al Cholger, United Steelworkers of America (USW) District 2 Sub-district Director (SE Michigan) and Civil and Human Rights Coordinator, talk about the dangers of the TPP. Please sign in and share: https://www.facebook.com/events/980492978679127/ […]

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Founder’s Friendraiser

Date: Nov 13th 2014, 7pm  |  Fundraisers  |  News

Thursday, November 13th at 7 pm Freedom Summer: 50 Years Later Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964-2014 Participants in 2014 Mississippi Freedom Summer Tour Fifty years ago, some courageous young people and black community folks mounted a voter registration drive, freedom schools, and other projects in the summer of 1964 in Mississippi. Under great risk, they brought […]

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Human Rights Day: Marriage Equality in MI?

Posted November 14th, 2014  |  News

Join MCHR on Human Rights Day, December 9th at 7 PM At St. John’s Episcopal Church in Royal Oak (11 Mile and Woodward) WITH RT. REV. WENDELL GIBBS, EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF MICHIGAN, COCHAIR OF MICHIGAN FOR MARRIAGE CAMPAIGN: “IN MY OPINION, PICKING AND CHOOSING WHOSE RIGHTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED OR WHICH CIVIL RIGHTS THE CHURCH […]

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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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