2 GROUNDCOVER NEWS GROUNDCOVER community EVENTS ANN ARBOR PROPOSALS A-D DISCUSSION Saturday, October 19, 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Washtenaw County Admin Building - 200 N Main St. in the basement Ann Arbor voters will asked to vote on four proposals this November 5th. All proposals will amend the City Charter. Speakers will share their reasons for supporting or for not supporting these proposals. A2 PLANNING OPEN HOUSE Wednesday, October 23, 11 a.m.-7p.m., Presentations at 12:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Ann Arbor District Library: Downtown (Multipurpose Room, lower level) Learn and give input on the A2 Comprehensive Plan, Downtown Area Circulation Study and the DDA Development Plan. HALLOWEEN DOWNTOWN Friday, October 25, 5:30-7p.m. Michigan Ave Library Plaza, Ypsilanti Celebrate the Ypsilanti District Library's annual Halloween event at the newly renovated downtown library branch! Trick-ortreat in the Library Plaza! Pick up sweets, win books, play putt-putt with Putt-RRound, and visit the "Boo"Mobile. MOVING our MONEY from WARFARE to HUMAN NEEDS Saturday, October 26, 3-5 p.m. 8200 W. Outer Dr., Southfield, Detroit Panel presentation on why cutting the bloated military budget and spending our tax money in the areas of jobs, healthcare, housing, climate control and education, would benefit ALL of us — no matter your political persuasion, gender, age or ethnicity. GROUNDCOVER NEWS ANNUAL OPEN MIC Friday, November 22, 6-8 p.m. Makeshift Gallery, 407 E Liberty St. Join us this November in honoring Hunger & Homelessness Awareness week at Groundcover News' fifth open mic event! Come listen to community members share writing, songs poetry and stories from the street. This is a FREE event. All are welcome. OCTOBER 18, 2024 letter to the EDITOR While I share the abhorrence of the death of innocent civilians occurring in Gaza and Lebanon, I take issue with calling it genocide, as many articles in Groundcover News have. The Oct. 4 article about the UN by Mike Jones is the most recent example. Genocide implies an extermination campaign. Israel warns the populace in advance of their major incursions, encouraging civilians to relocate. If their goal was eradicating all Palestinians, they would not do so. Israel has consistently targeted enemy leaders and their military infrastructure. Further, Mr. Jones blames the UN Security Council vetoes for the continued war in Gaza, never mentioning that Hamas has been unwilling to agree to any of the cease-fire agreements brokered by other nations. Israel has agreed to several. And let’s not forget that this war began when Hamas attacked Israel. They tortured, raped and killed thousands and took 250 hostages, many of whom are now dead or still being held. And that Hamas continues to intermingle its leaders and munitions with its population centers. Hamas is engaged in a war for public sympathy and Groundcover News writers are helping them win it. — Susan Beckett PROVIDING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SELF-DETERMINED INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY POVERTY, PRODUCING A STREET NEWSPAPER THAT GIVES A PLATFORM TO UNDERREPRESENTED VOICES IN WASHTENAW COUNTY, PROMOTING AN ACTION TO BUILD A JUST, CARING AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY. Groundcover News, a 501(c)(3) organization, was founded in April 2010 as a means to empower lowincome persons to make the transitions from homeless to housed, and from jobless to employed. Vendors purchase each copy of our regular editions of Groundcover News at our office for 50 cents. This money goes towards production costs. 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