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How #DACA changed Adonis’ life

Posted November 13th, 2018  |  News

MCHR board member Adonis Flores talks with “At the Intersections” about how Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) changed his life.
(Original score by Sacramento Knoxx)
https://www.at-the-intersections.org/daca-stories

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MCHR Participates in Multifaith Unity Event in Wake of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

Posted November 9th, 2018  |  News

From Press & Guide:

Religious leaders from different faiths hosted a call for unity event at the Islamic House of Wisdom in Dearborn Heights on Thursday.

The interfaith gathering was called to promote unity within the Muslim, Jewish and Christian communities and put an end to hateful rhetoric that inspires violence.

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2019 Peace Calendars Available for $15

2019 Peace Calendars Available for $15

Posted November 9th, 2018  |  News

MCHR is once again offering 2019 Syracuse Cultural Workers calendars.

These calendars are beautifully illustrated and note a human or civil rights event or milestone for almost every day of the years.

Available for $15.

To purchase or reserve your calendar(s), contact Brother Tom Zerafa at musicalchairstrz003@gmail.com or support@mchr.org.

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MCHR Founders Day 2018

Posted November 1st, 2018  |  News

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7-9pm

Mississippi Freedom Summer and SNCC Organizer

Hollis Watkins
Author of “Brother Hollis: The Sankofa of a Movement Man”
Co-Founder and President of Southern Echo, Inc.

“Hollis Watkins is the Co-founder and President of Southern Echo, Inc., a leadership organization dedicating to empowering local residents throughout Mississippi and the Southern region to make political, economic, educational, and environmental systems accountable to the needs and interests of the African-American community.”
– from Petra, Leaders for Justice

MCHR’S BISHOP H. COLEMAN MCGHEE, JR. CHAMPION OF JUSTICE AWARD WILL BE PRESENTED TO DETROIT AUTHOR AND ACTIVIST FRANK JOYCE

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
General Motors Theater
315 E. Warren Ave., Detroit 48201

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