2002 Date
(Begin/End) | Event | Time | Notes | Contact |
| 2002 | | | | |
| 01/17(Th) | Macomb County Prevention Coalition | Noon -
2:00 PM | Troy Community Coalition and the Macomb County Prevention Coalition will be mapping out specific
details of their strategy to fight the Michigan Drug Reform
Initiative (a.k.a. the "Soros/Lewis/Sperling" Initiative). I would encourage anyone who can to please try to attend and take notes.
Freedom Hill Conference Center
15000 Metro Parkway
(East of Schoener, South side of Metro Pkwy) | mcnorml@netzero.net |
| 01/17(Th) | Mike Gray's Presentation on Common Sense Drug Policy. | 6:00 PM-
8:00 PM | The Lawyers Guild and The Drug Policy Forum of Michigan are sponsoring a presentation featuring MIKE GRAY, Chairman, Common Sense Drug Policy & Author of Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and How We Get Out. Location: Spencer M. Partich Auditorium, Wayne State Law School, 471 W Palmer, Detroit. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 01/21(Mo) | Peace Conference | 7:00 PM -
10:00 PM | St. Andrews Hall in Detroit. This info is tentative. Check with www.greenhouseonline.org for more info.
Dawn at 810-231-0739 | www.greenhouseonline.org |
| 01/23(We) | Renee Wolfe at Ann Arbor Courthouse | 1:30 PM | MS Patient Renee Wolfe has been arrested again for her medical use of Marijuana | |
| 01/25(Fr) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | First Unitarian Church on Wayne State Campus. On the corner of Cass and Forest.. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 01/25(Fr) | A City Wide Coffeehouse for the entire justice and peace movement | 8:00 PM -
Midnight | First Unitarian Church on Wayne State Campus. On the corner of Cass and Forest. Enter from rear of church at the Red Door to the basement cafe/theatre. [More Info] | mikewhitty@hotmail.com |
| 02/05(Tu) | Globalization with Justice | 7:30 PM | Birmingham Unitarian Church | mikewhitty@hotmail.com |
| 02/13(We) | Michigan Unemployed Workers Left Behind | 5:30 PM | Chrysler UAW Local 7
2600 Conner, Detroit
N. of East Jefferson (I-94 to Exit 220B Conner/City Airport go South) | mikewhitty@hotmail.com |
| 02/21(Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Constitutional Litigation Associates
450 W. Fort Street, Detroit
(Between Cass and First - 4 block West of Woodward. Above the Anchor Bar).If you need directions, please call (313)961-2255 or (734)368-8328. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 03/01(Fr) | Solidarity Coffee House | 9:00 PM | First Unitarian Church on Wayne State Campus. On the corner of Cass and Forest. A gathering of activists to network..network..network | mikewhitty@hotmail.com |
| 03/02(Sa) | Michigan Marijuana Movement One day workshop | 2:00 PM | Sam's Other Joint, 2412 S. Briggs rd. Gun Lake, Hastings Michigan. At this meeting we will discuss what we are doing and how to do it better. We will look at the things that worked and those that didnt. Ideas that came up in Detroit and new ones will be sorted out, Committees will be formed, and any ideas that will help get us on the 2004 ballot. This will give everyone a chance to be part of the PRA movement and to find out where our strengths and weeknesses are. We urge you to attend, and be part of this. Map | bonner@triton.net |
| 03/10(Su) | NORML of Macomb County meeting | 2:00 PM | NORML of Macomb County's monthly meeting will be held in the meeting room of the Macomb County Library, 16480 Hall Road (SW corner of Hall Rd. and Garfield), Clinton Township, MI 48038. This month's meeting will feature a video presentation of CBC's
"The Nature of Things" hosted by David Suzuki. Subject: "Reefer Madness II" | |
| 03/12(Tu) | A Benefit for Peace featuring Michael Moore (indy filmaker/writer) | 6:00 PM
10:00 PM | St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit: Members of the Ferndale chapter are playing host to a peace rally for the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan. The event, which will feature popular Michigan writer, producer and director Michael Moore of "Roger and Me" fame, will be at 6 p.m. March 12 at St. Andrews Hall in Detroit. Green House volunteer Matthew Evans said before the rally there will be a peace march at 4:30 p.m. beginning at the Swords into Plowshares Peace Center Gallery near Grand Circus Park, with people marching to St. Andrews. Meet near the NE corner of Woodward and Adams at the
Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center Gallery (33 E
Adams) at 4:30 (near Grand Circus Park, S of Fox
Theatre), procession to St. Andrew's Hall at about 5
o'clock. (about 4 blocks)
More Info: (248) 336-9243
www.greenhouseonline.com
e-mail contacts:
earthcrunchee@aol.com
Dawn: akwaerius@webtv.net
(810) 231-0739 | Dawn: akwaerius@webtv.net |
| 03/13(We) | Rainbow Farm Trial and Protest | 1:30 PM | The lawsuit brought by Bill McMasters of Taxpayers United, et.al., will be heard in the Michigan State Court of Claims in Lansing at 1:30 p.m. This suit charges Cass County Persecutor ( yes, I meant that) Scott Teter, Medical Examiner Robert Knox, State Attorney General Jennifer Granholm, and the entire 7 member Cass County Board of Commisioners with multiple violations of the Freedom of Information Act and the Michigan Open Meetings Act in the wake of the Rainbow Farm Labor Day killings. Jacob and I will be there, if only to hear how Teter explains how he came to be in unauthorized possession of all copies of the State Police report. That should be truly creative. We also plan to leave here early enough to demonstrate in front of the courthouse beforehand. State Court of Claims
313 Kalamazoo Street, Lansing MI 48901 | fiddlefoot420@hotmail.com |
| 03/28(Th) | Sign Making Party for Hash Bash etc. | | We will have a "generic" sign making party. Projected date is March 28, 2002. Time and location TBA. | amarajane@yahoo.com |
| 04/06(Sa) | 31st Annual HASH BASH | 12:00 PM -
1:00 PM | Ann Arbor on the DIAG at the University of Michigan. Follow the "Diag" (sidewalk going accross main campus at State and N. University). Speakers talk from steps of the Library. | www.hashbash.com |
| 04/07 (Su) | Symposium: 'MAKING WORKING FAMILIES PAY' | | JUST WHAT'S BUSH'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM?
Good news for the wealthy Bad news for America working families A new Cold War that is heating up All of the above How will it effect you? What can you do about it?
Sunday April 7, 1:30pm
Gerry Kulick Community Center
1201 Livernois, Ferndale(3 blks south of 9 Mile Rd.
Speakers:
Mark Francher, Sugar Law Center
Helen Weber, Ferndale Councilperson
Brad Markel, Research Department UAW-CIO | lonherman@hotmail.com |
| 04/12 (Fr) | Solidarity Coffeehouse | | S O L I D A R I T Y C O F F E E H O U S E
Music Poetry and Spoken Word! Come share your Heart
and Vision at The Red Door Theatre at UU Church at
Cass and Forest, Friday night April 12th from 8 to
midnite! Music by the Don't Look Now Jug Band! Poetry
and Spoken Word by YOU! Common Vision Creation by
Infinite Circle Formation :-) Come One, Come All!
$5 to $10 slide scale donation.
Please respond to this email to reserve booth space. | 810 231 0739 |
| 04/13(Sa) | "Wine Tasting Fundraiser" to benefit the "Detroit Coalition for Compassionate Care" (DCCC) | 7:00 -
10:00 PM | Detroit Gaelic League (Irish-American Club), 2062 Michigan Ave... 3 blocks west of old Tiger Stadium. Minimum requested donation is $35 per person. Hors d' oeuvres, door Prizes, raffles and the like will be availible. Come what may, it will honor the memory of drug policy reform activist and martyr Peter McWilliams and give all of us a part in the Detroit Medical Marijuana Initiative. Checks should be made payable to the "Detroit Coalition for Compassionate Care" and mailed to: 660 Woodward Ave, suite 1141, Detroit, Mich. 48226. As this is a legal ballot initiative, corporate or individual checks in any amount will be accepted. We are determined to see this through, come what may. We are going to court on April 2nd. All the best, Tim B. | Timmichben@aol.com |
| 04/13(Sa) | MOBILIZATION PARTY FOR THE DETROIT G8 ROTEST!! | 4:30 PM
Midnight | Memorial Church
730 tappan (corner of tappan and hill)
ANN ARBOR
Event begins at 4:30 with a potluck dinner (bring a dish if you can). eat food! it's good! At 6:30 there will be several speakers talking about the bush energy plan, how energy interests and war coincide, globalization in general and how the G8 determines policy for other more well-known groups that
promote neoliberal globalization (such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and World Trade Organization). there will be plenty of room for
discussion and Q+A afterwards.
at 8:15 you will have a choice of attending several workshops including discussions on how the current trend of corporate globalization affects
issues of gender, race, and labor, as well as a guerilla theater workshop in preparation for the G8 protest events from may 1-3 in detroit. | msussman@umich.edu 734.764.0651 |
| 04/14 (Su) | NORML of Macomb County's annual meeting | 2:00 - 4:00 PM | Event Location: Macomb County Library
Street: 16480 Hall Rd.
City, State, Zip: Clinton Twp., MI 48038-1132
Notes:
NORML of Macomb County's annual meeting - If you never make it to any other NORML of Macomb County meeting, this is the one not to miss. We will be discussing short-term and long-term goals of the chapter, as well as appointing directors and office holders. Everyone's input is encouraged. Please bring yourself and your ideas and bring a friend as well. | Phone: (586) 498-0964 |
04/19(Fr)
04/22(Mo) | The National Mobilization on Colombia - April 19-22, 2002 Washington, DC | | 4/19: SOAW Vigil & Lobby Action at the Capitol
4/20: Colombia Teach-in & Activist Skills Training
4/21: Rally, Action Planning, Nonviolence Training
4/22: Colombia Solidarity March & Nonviolent Direct Action
U.S. Military aid under Plan Colombia has been sold to the U.S. public as part of the war on drugs. In actuality, the forces under Montoya’s command are engaged in a counter-insurgency war against leftist guerillas. The aid is directed to troops
ing offensive action against guerillas in areas targeted for coca fumigation. Evidence shows that these offensives often happen in conjunction with paramilitary attacks. Robert Zoellick, a top foreign policy advisor to President Bush, was recently quoted as saying, “We cannot continue to make a false distinction between counter-insurgency and counter-narcotics.” | www.colombiamobilization.org |
| 04/20(Sa) | 4:20 @ the American G.I. Forum | | Drug Reform Benefit. 4:20 till 1:00 AM. There will be bands, speakers, cash bar and food, and lots of fun! American G.I. Forum 6705 west Lafayette, Detroit 48209 | danso1@ameritech.net
Forum Web Page |
| 04/20(Sa) | National March Against War & Racism at the White House | | IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED MORE INFO,
Washington (202) 332-5757
Detroit (313) 831-0750
NewYork (212) 633-6646
Chicago (773) 583-7728
San Francisco (415) 821-6545
Los Angeles (213) 487-2368
*Simultaneous rally and march in San Francisco
http://www.InternationalANSWER.org | ANSWER@afgj.org |
| 04/21 (Su) | End the War on Drugs | 4:00 PM | Discussion on Drug Policy Reform with NAACP Leaders
Location: Southfield Center for the Arts
Southfield Road (North of the Lodge Freeway) | mikewhitty@hotmail.com
(248) 594-7596
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| 04/24 (We) | Beyond Bush and Bin Laden | 7:00 PM | Mike Whitty speaks at the Greenhouse in Ferndale | mikewhitty@hotmail.com |
| 04/25 (Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Consortium of drug reform activists discuss and plan drug reform projects
Constitutional Litigation Associates
450 W. Fort Street, Detroit
(Between Cass and First - 4 block West of Woodward. Above the Anchor Bar). If you need directions, please call (313)961-2255 or (734)368-8328. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 04/28 (Su) | US Involvement in Plan Colombia | 4:00 PM | A War on Drugs or A War on People of Color? US Involvement in Plan Colombia
George Crockett Academy (behind St Leo's Church 4851 14th Street, Detroit
Multipurpose roomAfro-Colombians comprise 40% of the population of Colombia yet are displaced by war at a far greater rate than any other population in thecountry. Why?
Human Rights worker Dalia Mina Valencia, a founding member of National Process of Black Communities in Colombia, will offer her perspective as a health care worker and activist in a region which has experienced massacres, terrorism and displacement. She will discuss the influence of the US government and multinational corporations in the region. She will also speak about how Pacific coast Afro-Colombians envision their future, and what are the most viable options for ending the war. | Witness for Peace Great Lakes at (419)874-1863
Alexia Smokler at Congressman Conyers' office:
(313)961-5670. |
| 04/28 (Su) | Meet Green Party Candidates | 7:00 PM | "Meet the Candidates Night" at the Green House. We have at least three confirmations (Doug Campbell, Pete Ponzetti and Matt Evans), and it looks likely that several others will make it, too, perhaps as many as 8-10 in all.
The Green House
22757 Woodward, Suite 210
Ferndale, MI 48220 | jamrag@glis.net 248-336-9243 |
| 05/01 (We) | Protest/Attend Meeting that Falsely links Drugs and Terrorism rather than Prohibition and Terrorism | 10:00 AM
Noon | The Empowerment Zone Coalition (EZC) will host a special training on Narco-Terrorism on Wednesday, May 1. Samaritan Health Center, 5555 Conner (between E. Warren and Harper). To register or for more information on the workshop, contact EZC at: 313-921-9403. The registration fee is $5.
If you've got the time this might be an interesting meeting to attend, observe or protest. Keep in mind that your taxes are going to support this group which I contend is perpetrating a gross falsehood (e.g., Drugs and Terrorism). It would be interesting to know how much money all of these groups receive for efforts that a growing number of taxpaying citizens no longer believe or support. | 313-921-9403 |
| 05/01 (We) | G8 Community Speakout & March | 6:00 PM
9:00 PM | Central Methodist Church
23 E. Adams, Detroit
Central United Methodist Church is on the northeast the corner of Woodward and Adams, just south and across the street from the Fox Theater, next to Comerica Park.
Detroit area activists speaking out on local, national, and international issues, then a march to Greektown.
May 3: party! @8PM Trumbullplex, 4208 Trumbull, Trumbull and Willis, South of Wayne State University
Organizers are still looking for more street performers and acoustic musicians to perform at Hart Plaza. | 313-833-7796
313-831-4695 alexmhogan@yahoo.com |
05/02(Th)
| G8 summit protest | 5:00 PM | Hart Plaza, 5PM
Downtown Detroit
Protest against Neo-Liberalism and Globalism. The Committee for Global Justice and other groups are planning a teachin and demonstration against the G8*, which is coming to Detroit on May 2 and 3. Details forthcoming. Check out www.umich.edu/~msussman | http://www.g8.michiganimc.org/
313-833-7796
313-831-4695 alexmhogan@yahoo.com |
| 05/03(Fr) | Creating the Future | 8:00 PM | Mike Whitty speaks at the Quest Books on Woodward and Vinsetta, Berkely | mikewhitty@hotmail.com
(248)594-7596 |
| 05/04(Sa) | Million Marijuana March | | The Million Marijuana March is an International Event that protests Cannabis Prohibition. The event has been ongoing for a number of years and is simultaneously celebrated in over 100 sites around the globe. [Click here to find an event in your State or Country] | Lansing March, contact; Kathy Kennedy, 517-628-3915 |
| 05/11 (Su) | 911 THE ROAD TO TYRANNY: New Michigan Laws allow Warrants to be issued without identifying reason or source to person served warrant. Another blow to civil liberties in the wake of 911. | 3:00 PM | The St. Clair County Militia
Monthly Meeting---Public invited
A Presention of Alex Jones &
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2002
Time: 3:00 P.M. (sharp)
Place: St. Clair Township Hall. 1539 S. Bartlett Rd Saint Clair, Michigan If coming east on I-69 do not get off on Wadhums, proceed to I-94 From west (south) bound I-94 –Exit on Wadhums road, Turn left and cross over X-way Go to 1st road on Left Neuman From east (north) bound I-94 –Exit on Wadhums road, Turn right Go to 1st road on Left Neuman Rd Proceed to S. Bartlett Rd and turn left Hall is on R.H. side Please copy distribute and post | wwatkins@wwnet.net |
| 05/12 (Su) | Macolm County NORML | 2:00 PM | NORML of Macomb County's monthly meeting will be held in the meeting room of the Macomb County Library, 16480 Hall Road (SW corner of Hall Rd. and Garfield), Clinton Township, MI 48038. | http://www.geocities.com/gish1897/
mcnorml@netzero.net
(586) 498-0964 |
| 05/17 (Fr) | Corporations, Law and Democracy | 2:00 PM
5:00 PM | Mike Whitty speaks at UofD Mercy Law School | mikewhitty@hotmail.com
(248)594-7596 |
| 05/19 (Su) | Rethinking Democracy in America -- New Approaches to Activism | 2:00 PM | Features Richard Grossman (Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy) | Harold Stokes (313)533-2784
Scott Heinzman (734)462-2423 |
| 06/06 (Th) | National Day of Direct Action to Insure access to Medical Marijuana | | National Day of Direct Action June 6th
Push back the DEAs expanding war on Americans!
Keep medical marijuana safe and legal!
Thursday, June 6, 2002 at noon at your local DEA outpost. Click here for a list.
What is it?
It is a nation-wide day of action to push back DEA attempts to re-criminalize medical cannabis! On or after June 6th, 2002 the DEA will attempt to shut down dispensaries now legally providing medical cannabis to patients in California. To respond, activists in cities across the nation will use creative, non-violent tactics to disrupt DEA offices and post their own "cease and desist" orders at DEA outposts. Through this action, we will build an "emergency response" network of committed activists to escalate our resistance to the Federal Governments expanding war on democracy and patients in need of safe access to medical marijuana. | http://www.safeaccessnow.org |
| 06/08 (Sa) | Michigan Marijuana Movement Meeting | 4:00 PM | This meeting will take place at: Coby Jack's Restaurant, 6527 S. Cedar St., Lansing, 4:00 PM 0n June 8th. Other issues we will be discussing: Message boards, Hempardy, a Banner, our Logo, Amanda stepping down as Director of NORML of Wayne County.
Your input is important to us, if you would like to attend this meeting, please RSVP to Lou at Lou_Vierling@hotmail.com so that the restaurant can have an idea of how many to prepare for.
Looking forward to seeing you all there. - George | Lou_Vierling@hotmail.com |
| 06/09 (Su) | ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION | 2:00 PM | Hart Plaza-downtown detroit
(woodward & jefferson)
emergency michigan mobilization to:
* Stop the us-israeli war against palestine!
* Stop bush's war plans against iraq!
* Money for jobs, education, & health care-not war!
* End racial profiling, illegal seizures, & suppression of human rights! | |
| 06/16 (Su) | Benefit for Peace in Brighton | |
Benefit for Peace in Brighton | Dawn
(810) 231 0739
akwaerius@webtv.net
website info |
| 07/17 (We) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan
--- Next Meeting ---
Wednesday, July 17, 2002
7:00 PM
Cynthia Heenan's office:
Constitutional Litigation Associates, P.C.
450 W. Fort St., Ste. 200
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 961-2255
(313) 961-5999 (fax)
Above the Anchor Bar.
Call if you need directions.
Parking anywhere on streets is ok -- no tickets after 6:00 pm | Cynheenan@aol.com |
| 07/26 (Fr) | Activist Skills Training | | Detroit, MI
In conjunction with the Pax Christi USA National Assembly, School of the Americas (SOA) Watch and Pax Christi USA will organize a dual tract activist training program including local group organizing skills and nonviolence training for trainers. Workshops will include media, legislative, fundraising, arts and more. | info@soaw.org
(202) 234-3440 Carol Richardson
(614) 447-9227 carol@witnessforpeace.org |
| 08/10(Sa) | Birthday for Planet Earth | All Day | Marvin Marvin is throwing a party at the Earth Community House:
116 Floral
Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 | Earth Community
marvinmarvin1@hotmail.com |
| 08/20 | Wayne, Oakland and Macomb chapters of NORML | 6:30 PM | Wayne, Oakland and Macomb chapters of NORML are meeting together tomorrow at Libertarian Party Headquarters at 619 E. 9 Mile Rd. Hazel Park, 1/2 mile east of I-75. 6:30 to 8:30. Pizza and pop will be served. This is an open meeting, you do not have to be a member of NORML to attend. Come and voice your opinion of a medical marijuana campaign.
Congratulations to NORML of Macomb County for adopting as highway! Look for their signs on Gratiot between 10 and 12 Mile Rds. | GTomfields |
| 09/05 (Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan
Constitutional Litigation Associates, P.C.
450 W. Fort St., Ste. 200
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 961-2255
(313) 961-5999 (fax)
Above the Anchor Bar.
Call if you need directions.
Parking anywhere on streets is ok -- no tickets after 6:00 pm | Cynheenan@aol.com |
| 09/06 (Fr) | PROTEST AND RAVE AT THE US CAPITOL!!! | 3PM -
8PM | ROAR! RAVERS ORGANIZED AGAINST THE RAVE ACT PROTEST AND RAVE AT THE US CAPITOL!!!FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2002. 3-8PM!!WEST LAWN OF THE US CAPITOL Here is another petition to stop the RAVEAct:www.PetitionOnline.com/raveact/.
If you still haven't seen the bill go to: http://thomas.loc.gov/
and under "bill number" search for S2633. | http://www.rpmonline.org/roar |
| 09/07 (Sa) | Daly in the Alley | Noon -
11 PM | The Dally in the Alley Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary!
September 7, 2002, from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m.
This year, the Dally in the Alley celebrates 25 years of great food, art, and music--all set in a unique network of alleys. Organized by volunteers and the North Cass Community Union without the aid of corporate sponsorship, the Dally in the Alley takes place in the heart of Detroit's cultural center in the alleys between Forest and Hancock Avenues and bordered by Second and Third Streets. | http://www.dallyinthealley.net/ |
| 09/17 (Tu) | Michigan Drug Initiative | 7:00 PM
9:00 PM | Panel discussion of the Michigan "Treatment Vs Prison" Initiative which should appear on the November ballot. Southfield Public Library
Marcotte Room
26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield, MI 48075 | (248)827-0672 Cynheenan@aol.com |
| 09/22 (Su) | FREE MEDIA TRAINING | 2:00 PM
6:00 PM | (Ferndale) -Triangle Foundation is offering a free media training on Sunday,
September 22 in Ferndale.The Green House
22757 Woodward, Suite 210
Ferndale, MI 48220
| jamrag@glis.net
248-336-9243 |
| 09/22 (Su) | Meet Green Party Candidates | 7:00 PM | "Meet the Candidates Night" at the Green House.
The Green House
22757 Woodward, Suite 210
Ferndale, MI 48220 | jamrag@glis.net
248-336-9243 |
| 09/23 (Mo) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan
Constitutional Litigation Associates, P.C.
450 W. Fort St., Ste. 200
Detroit, MI 48226
(313) 961-2255
(313) 961-5999 (fax)
Above the Anchor Bar.
Call if you need directions.
Parking anywhere on streets is ok -- no tickets after 6:00 pm | Cynheenan@aol.com |
| 09/24 (Tu) | Tri-County NORML meeting | 6:30 PM
8:30 PM | Tri-County NORML meeting
Tuesday September 24, 2002
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
The next reminder for this event will be sent in 5 days, 4 minutes.)Event Location: Libertarian Party of Michigan Headquarters building
Street: 619 E. Nine Mile Road (1/2 mile east of I-75)
City, State, Zip: Hazel Park, MI 48030
Phone: (586) 498-0964
Notes:NORML of Macomb County will join forces with Wayne and Oakland Counties for this Tri-County NORML meeting - pizza and pop will be provided | (586) 498-0964 |
| 10/05 (Sa) | ScareCrowBurning: | | ScareCrowBurning: Saturday Oct. 5th
http://www.geocities.com/legalizemichigan/events/SCB/
Speakers:
Master Of Ceremonies:Derrik DeCrane Rainbowfarm
Rev. A.S. "Happy" Wright, Green Party Candidate
Jay Stazer, Cures Not Wars
Renee Emery Wolf Medical Marijuana Activist
Bands:MoonDawg 420 Liquid Chicken(CD Release)The Ballistics13 Deleted Scene
Tenatively Scheduled: The Chromium Go Fasters Mossy Twine Kinetic Stereo Kids The Law Breakers The Smash Bandits Trip Line Trigger Happy
Terry Clark
Entertainment Splits 10% of Door Charge($20 per carload) the other 90% Benifits the Red Shed(50%),The GP of Michigan(10%) The MMM(10%) The Happyhouse Church(10%) and the Flint Marijuana March(10%). Any of these non-profits can chose NOT to accept a donation, so I can not say this ceremony is ENDORSED by anyone yet....
Located in the Thumb
| ScareCrow Info |
10/10 (Th)
10/13 (Su) | Journey for Justice | | Journey for Justice End Drug War Injustice: A caravan travelling from Washington State to Washington D.C. will stop in Detroit area for two days. Join us to discuss the over-incarceration of non-violent drug offenders, lack of treatment availability, the posecution of pregnant woman for using drugs, the prosecution of medical marijuana offenders, the US drug war's militarization of Latin America and the rapid spread of HIV due to shared needles. Journey for Justice
End Drug War Injustice
Spend an afternoon with the November Coalition &
The Drug Policy Forum of Michigan.
Saturday October 12, 2002
1pm - 5pm
U of D Mercy School of Law
651 E. Jefferson Detroit MI
Together we will discuss alternatives and real solutions to our nations failed war on Drugs.Speakers U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr.,Kevin Zeese, Common Sense for Drug policy.
www.drugsense/dpfmi.org, Prof. Hemp, New Age Citizen & many others. | Maps and Information 
http://www.journeyforjustice.org
Drug Policy Forum of Michigan:
www.drugsense.org/dpfmi Students for Sensible Drug Policy at Waynes State University:
waynessdp@hotmail.com
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| 10/12 (Sa) | Green Party Fundraiser | 7:30 PM
11:00 PM | GREEN PARTY FUNDRAISING CABARET
Featuring Sylvia Inwood & Fred David Bruce Liles Angela Jones
& more
First Unitarian Universalist Church
4605 Cass Ave. Detroit
Cass and Forest
1 block south of Warren/1 block east of Woodward
To benefit the 2002 Green Party Candidates, the only party that supports peace, not war; repeal of anti-union legislation; reparations for African Americans; non-corporate funded campaigns. A Clear Alternative
$10 admission, $5 students & low income
If you are unable to attend, please consider sending a check to:
Wayne County Green Party Committee
3512 Courville, Detroit, MI 48224
| For more info
313.623.4709 |
| 10/16(We) | Professor Hemp Debates Marijuana Re-Legalization with "Drug Czar" Craig Yaldoo on "Straight Talk" (Wednesday 10/16/2002)
| 4:00 PM | Legalizing Marijuana: The Battle Continues
Bruce Cain VS "Drug Czar" Craig Yaldoo
Taping Wed. Oct. 16th at 4:30 PM
(Airing Sat., Oct. 19, 2002 at 11:30 AM on 62 CBS & Airing Sat., Oct. 26, 2002 at 8:00 AM on UPN 50
| Map and Information
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10/17(Th)
10/20(Su) | CIA INVOLVEMENT IN CRACK COCAINE TRAFFICKING
EXPOSED IN "AGENTS AND ASSETS" | Los Angeles Poverty Department Dramatizes a Congressional Hearing
September 2 2002- The Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) and Urban Community Visionaries of Detroit, present LAPD's "Agents and Assets" for four
performances only at The First Unitarian-Universalist Church on Thursday through Saturday October 17- 19 at 8:00pm and Sunday October 20, at 4:00 pm. Author Al McCoy will be present Saturday evening. The First Unitarian-Universalist Church of Detroit is located at 4605 Cass Avenue, corner of Forest. Tickets: general admission is $5 or pay what you can. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For reservations and
information call 313 / 671-3583.
The Los Angeles Poverty Department is a 17 year old, award winning performance company based in skid row Los Angeles. "The Los Angeles Poverty Department, despite the homeless status of many of its members, has thrived for years from it's downtown outpost and continues to offer theater that's often stunning in its honesty and lacking in pretension." L.A. WEEKLY, Pick of the Week.
Agents & Assets, acclaimed in its Los Angeles performances in January 2001,
is re-mounted in Detroit with a combined cast of Los Angeles and Detroit
residents, from communities that have been severely impacted by drugs and
drug policy. Seven members of LAPD will be in residence in Detroit for one
month rehearsing with local cast members and conducting community workshops
and outreach activities.
With Agents and Assets LAPD addresses the U.S. government's escalating war on drugs. The text is a hearing transcript from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the committee charged with the oversight of the government's intelligence agencies. The occasion of the March 18, 1998 hearing is the CIA Inspector General's report denying allegations made in a 1996 series of articles in the San Jose Mercury News, that alleged CIA involvement in crack cocaine trafficking. The entire Agents & Assets script is taken from the hearing transcript. Congressmen / women and CIA Inspector General, are played by on the ground veterans of the crack epidemic. The lives of the cast members have been radically impacted by crack, either because formerly addicted or simply because they live in communities that
have been devastated by drugs and the drug war. "... a theater piece born
out of detailed transcripts might be somewhat dry -- hardly the stuff of
high drama. With Malpede at the helm, however, provocative seems more the
operative word." DOWNTOWN NEWS, Victoria Looseleaf, January 8, 2001
Agents and Assets' director John Malpede says, "The 'War on drugs', as the name clearly states, imposes a military solution on a public health and social problem, and in doing so, turns our own citizens into 'the enemy' and then proceeds to victimize our citizens and their communities." Agents & Assets invites its audience to consider the actions of the U.S. Government, whether it be in a distant third world country or in downtown Detroit.
Partially funded by grants from The Nathan Cummings Foundation, NEA Theater, and The Animating Democracy Initiative, with Funding from the Ford
Foundation. |
Contact: Ron Allen
313 / 671-3583 |
| 10/20 (Su) | Green Party Fundraiser | 8:00 PM | Green Party Fundraiser at 2nd City
$20/Ticket
[Location: Across from Comerica Park]
2301 Woodward
Detroit Michigan | Lou Novak |
| 10/23 (We) | Tri-County NORML | 6:30 PM
8:30 PM | Event Location: Libertarian Party of Michigan Headquarters building
Street: 619 E. Nine Mile Road (1/2 mile east of I-75)
Hazel Park, MI 48030
Notes:
NORML of Macomb County joins forces with Wayne and Oakland Counties for this Tri-County NORML meeting - pizza and pop will be provided
| Phone: (586) 873-5084 |
| 10/26(Sa) | Professor Hemp Debates Marijuana Re-Legalization with on "Straight Talk" (Wednesday 10/16/2002)
| 4:00 PM | Legalizing Marijuana: The Battle Continues
Bruce Cain VS "Drug Czar" Craig Yaldoo
Airing Sat., Oct. 26, 2002 at 8:00 AM on UPN 50
Actually Yaldoo didn't show. Instead I debated 2 prohibitionists. I think this went pretty well. Let me know what you thought.
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| 10/26 (Sa) | | | NATIONAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON to
STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ BEFORE IT STARTS | http://www.internationalanswer.org/ |
| 10/27 (Su) | The Assault on Voting Rights in America | 5:00 PM | Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.)
Cathedral Church of St Paul
4800 Woodward (at Warren) in Detroit | 313-869-8835
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| 11/13 (We) | Tri-County NORML | 6:30 PM
8:30 PM | Event Location: Libertarian Party of Michigan Headquarters building
Street: 619 E. Nine Mile Road (1/2 mile east of I-75) Hazel Park, MI 48030
Notes: Open to all interested activists!
NORML of Macomb County joins forces with Wayne and Oakland Counties for this Tri-County NORML meeting - pizza and pop will be provided
| Phone: (586) 873-5084 |
| 11/14 (Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Constitutional Litigation Associates
450 W. Fort Street, Detroit
(Between Cass and First - 4 block West of Woodward. Above the Anchor Bar).If you need directions, please call (313)961-2255 or (734)368-8328. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 11/22 (Fr) | Detroit Area November Coalition | 11:00 AM | The follow-up meeting of the will be Friday the
22nd, 11am at Picasso Coffeehouse.
Picasso Coffeehouse is next to Avalon Bakery. The address is 418 W. Willis, between Cass and 2nd, West of Woodward and South of Warren.
The meeting is to brainstorm and get some direction in what we want to do as a group. We will keep the length of the meeting to a minimum.
For those that Friday morning doesn't work, please email me that you are interested and a time that would be better for you to meet. | Amanda
Regional Leader
November Coalition
amarajane@hotmail.com |
| 12/19 (Th) | Smoke out at the Federal Court House in Flint | 2:00 PM | Tell people to bring their clean bongs and pipes, rolll their own cigerettes and herbal blends, and bring them to the courthouse on Dec 19th to participate in cival disobedience
Federal Court House on Church Street in FlintBackground: I am the girl whose fiancé was being tried for marijuana, the one they want to put away for 30+ years to possible life. I sent you a letter I wrote to the Journal and several TV stations and was just wondering if you received it and had a chance to read it? If you did not, please let me know and I will resend it--if you did receive it--what did you think? Here's an update--they did find him guilty of conspiracy with intend to deliver over 100 kg but less then 1000 kg.
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| 01/09 (Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Constitutional Litigation Associates
450 W. Fort Street, Detroit
(Between Cass and First - 4 block West of Woodward. Above the Anchor Bar).If you need directions, please call (313)961-2255 or (734)368-8328. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 01/18 (Sa) | Michigan Marijuana Movement (MMM420)
Changing the Marijuana Laws in your town. | 4:20 PM | Greetings, On Sat. Jan 18th, 2003 at 4:20 p.m. there will be a meeting at Cuby Jacks Resturant. Cuby Jacks is located, 6527 S. Cedar St, Lansing, Mi. Phone- 517-882-1707.
This meeting will bring together several groups that will discuss and plan for a new Ballot Initiative for 2004. The new initiative will give us the chance to pass several ballot proposals through-out the state.
This is a new approch, and we feel that this may be our best chance for marijuana reform in Michigan.
First, we need you to get a copy of your city or county Charter and bring it to the meeting. What we are hopeing to do is to have initiatives across the state, in some areas maybe Hemp, other areas, Medical, low priority for possesion with fine, and no record. We feel that by haveing several initiatives, it will give us a chance for at least some to pass.
Please bring notebook and pen. This meeting will be a workshop, no frills or speaches, just work.
Listed below are some things to think about
1. Getting people 18 to 21 registered to vote
2. E-mail, long mail data base
3. Key leaders in the areas where we want to do the initiatives
4. Advisory board for MMM420
5. Petition teams to help in areas that need it.
6. working together with other groups.
7. Ideas to implement our plan.
8. Getting Green Party, and other political parties involved.
9. Any ideas that will further our abilities to be sucessfull.
This could be the largest meeting of reform groups in Michigan to address these issues.
We hope you will be able to attend, and please let us know if you can make it, by sending your name and county you live in. Cuby Jacks has good food and there are motels close by if you choose to stay the night. Some of the groups and people who will be there.
MMM420, Drug Policy Forum of Mi., Cannabis Action Network, Adam Brook of the Hash Bash, Michigan Norml, Rainbow Farm, and several other groups and individuals. If you want to change the Marijuana laws in your town, now is your chance to do it. Please forward this to people who you think may be interested in what we are doing, the more support we have the more we can get done. I look forward to meeting everyone, and hope that 2004 will be a change for the better. | Bonner@triton.net |
| 01/26 (Su) | Tri-County NORML meeting | 3:00 PM
5:00 PM | Event Location: Libertarian Party of Michigan Headquarters building
Street: 619 E. Nine Mile Road (1/2 mile east of I-75)
City, State, Zip: Hazel Park, MI 48030
Phone: (586) 873-5084
Notes:
NORML of Macomb County will join forces with Wayne and Oakland Counties for this Tri-County NORML meeting - as with all of our monthly meetings it is open to the general public so invite a friend or two - call (586) 873-5084 for more info. See ya there! | Phone: (586) 873-5084 |
| 02/13 (Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:00 PM | Constitutional Litigation Associates
450 W. Fort Street, Detroit
(Between Cass and First - 4 block West of Woodward. Above the Anchor Bar).If you need directions, please call (313)961-2255 or (734)368-8328. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 02/15 (Sa) | Protest Against the Pending War in Iraq
 | Noon
| Get out the Green! Join the Detroit Green Party Banner
at the southeast corner of Woodward and Adams at noon. Say NO to war! Come to Detroit and join with millions across the planet as the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War in Iraq hosts a mass demonstration on the International Day of Protest.
Saturday, Feb 15 - Gather at NOON at Grand Circus Park
(Woodward Avenue and Adams Street downtown).
At 1:00 PM we will march down Woodward Avenue for a planned
indoor rally at Cobo Hall. | feb15@mecawi.org www.mecawi.org |
| 02/22 (Sa) | Dinner and Dialogue on drug policy issues including addiction, treatment, incarceration, HIV/AIDS, etc. | 6:00 PM
8:00 PM | Where: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4605 Cass (at Forest), Detroit, Michigan
Please come join us for our first monthly Dinner and Dialogue on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 6:00 p.m. We will have dinner, hear from Minister Dawud Muhammad, and discuss issues in our community including addiction, treatment options, incarceration, HIV/AIDS or other issues that you care about. Come ready to talk about these issues and make a pledge to take action. We all need to work together to make our communities a better, more compassionate and safer place to live. | If you have questions, please call Ron Allen at (313)671-3583 or Debra Wright at (734)368-8328. |
| 03/01 (Sa) | Michigan NORML | 4:20 PM | Meeting will take place at Cuby Jacks in Lansing, Mi. Feb 22,Sat at 4:20pm the address is 6527 S. Cedar St. phone is 517-882-1707
If there is anything that you would like to discuss please send me a note and we will put it on the agenda. Then we will post it back and give you time to think about it.
Larry Bonner Lippert, Executive Director MINORML | bonner@triton.net |
| 03/13 (Th) | Drug Policy Forum of Michigan | 7:30 PM | Constitutional Litigation Associates
450 W. Fort Street, Detroit
(Between Cass and First - 4 block West of Woodward. Above the Anchor Bar).If you need directions, please call (313)961-2255 or (734)368-8328. | Cynthia Heenan |
| 03/13 (Th) | Michigan Coalition for Human Rights presents "Anti-Terrorism Legislation as a Threat to Civil Liberties" | 7:30 PM | Barth Hall, 4800 Woodward at Warren
KARY MOSS, Esq.
Executive Director, ACLU of Michigan
Parking: Ample, free, fenced and lighted, behind Barth Hall Suggested Donation: $5. | Print Flyer |
| 04/05(Sa) | 32nd Annual HASH BASH | 12:00 PM -
1:00 PM | Ann Arbor on the DIAG at the University of Michigan. Follow the "Diag" (sidewalk going accross main campus at State and N. University). Speakers talk from steps of the Library. | www.hashbash.com |
| 04/20 (Su) | First International "420" Protest Against the Bush War on Marijuana | 4:20 PM | First International "420" Protest Against the Bush War on Marijuana
Date: Sunday April 20, 2003
Time: 4:20 PM
Place: Everywhere
| 420 Protest Information |
| 05/03(Sa) | Million Marijuana March | | The Million Marijuana March is an International Event that protests Cannabis Prohibition. The event has been ongoing for a number of years and is simultaneously celebrated in over 100 sites around the globe. [Click here to find an event in your State or Country] | Lansing March, contact; Kathy Kennedy, 517-628-3915 |
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