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My So-Called Enemy

Posted October 11th, 2017  |  News

Please join Birmingham Temple and MCHR for an evening at the movies as we present “My So-Called Enemy.” Friday – November 3rd – 7pm Birmingham Temple Through the coming-of-age narratives of Adi, Gal, Hanin, Inas, Rawan and Rezan, audiences see how creating relationships across personal, political, racial, religious and physical divides are first steps towards […]

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Remembering Harry Cook

Remembering Harry Cook

Posted October 11th, 2017  |  News

by Greg Skwira Harry Cook was on the MCHR Advisory Board, a former Detroit Free Press reporter and columnist and a lifelong advocate of social justice. Harry worked with Greg Skwira at the Free Press. Harry Cook, my dear friend for almost 40 years, died this morning after a long and courageous battle with prostate […]

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Harry Cook, MCHR Advisory Board Member Has Passed Away

Posted October 10th, 2017  |  News

From the Detroit Free Press Oct. 9th, 2017 Harry T. Cook — clergyman, classical scholar, journalist and all-round upsetter of complacency and indifference — barreled out of Bellaire to become one of Detroit’s most passionate voices for peace and justice. For more than 50 years, Cook called out from pulpits, newspaper columns, books and blogs […]

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MCHR Statement on the Human Rights of Dreamers and Action Steps to Stand in Solidarity with Dreamers

Posted September 15th, 2017  |  News  |  Statements

Dreamers have earned the right to have Congress enact due process legislation that will enable Dreamers to acquire citizenship as soon as possible. They have more than paid the price to be freed of the harsh penalties imposed by a broken immigration system that, in its impact, violates the spirits of our most fundamental national […]

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