Racial & Economic Justice

This group works to actively challenge racism and economic injustice locally and nationally.

The Racial and Economic Justice Task Force is involved in many current issues:

addressing key ballot initiatives over the past years (including Proposal 2 which sought to ban affirmative action and more recently the Health Care for MI Campaign to make health care affordable and accessible for every resident of MI.)
offering Anti-Racist Cookbook dialogue events
showing films that deal with current racial and economic justice issues such as “Mirrors of Privilege,” “Crash,” and “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?”
partnering with RAAH (Religious Action for Affordable Housing) to mobilize human and financial resources for affordable housing in Washtenaw County
organizing regular Welfare Simulation workshops for congregations, university departments, community agencies, and other organizations to raise awareness about the realities of living in poverty in MI
and more!

Project/Campaign Updates:

Update on the Health Care for MI Ballot Initiative

Welfare Simulations

What is a Welfare Simulation? View our Welfare Simulation Informational Flyer (welfare-sim-one-pager) to learn more, and sign your group up for a Welfare Simulation today! For more information, read what the Lansing City Pulse has to say about the Welfare Simulation program. If you’re interested in learning more or hosting a Welfare Simulation for your own group, please contact Grace Kotre at gracek@icpj.net or by calling (734) 663-1870.