For over four decades the Interfaith Center for Racial Justice (ICRJ) has been building bridges of understanding between people of different cultures and religious traditions. ICRJ’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration of Macomb County, as well as ICRJ programming like Green Circle, the Macomb Mosaic, Passport America, Kindness & Justice Challenge, and most recently "Listen, Learn, & Live", Forums on Diversity, and the Macomb/Detroit Multicultural Youth Project have educated and inspired people to work together for social and economic justice that respects all.

Initiated by metropolitan Detroit religious leaders in 1968 in response to the Kerner Commission Report which followed a summer of racial disturbances—including the July 1967 civil disorder in the City Detroit—and which concluded that "our society is moving toward two societies, one Black and one White—separate and unequal," ICRJ has evolved to provide a consistent voice for unity. Partnering with local congregations, businesses, and schools ICRJ aims to change hearts and minds through innovative programming and its annual MLK Holiday Celebration of Macomb County.
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Rev. Curro joined ICRJ in August 2006. With his leadership ICRJ’s annual MLK Celebration has grown to over 1000 participants.  During his tenure ICRJ has developed the innovative "Listen, Learn, & Live" program to build bridges of understanding among people of different cultures and faith traditions. Rev. Curro is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ. He began his professional career as congregation based community organizer and has been involved in social justice and interfaith work for over two decades.

Rev. Michail T. Curro, ICRJ Executive Director

• Imam Steve Elturk (Islamic Organization of North America, IONA, Warren)
• Rev. Tyrone Martin, Vice-President (Greater Morning Star MBC, Mount Clemens)
• Sarah Stovall, Treasurer (North Broadway Church of Christ, Mount Clemens)
• Kay Schwarzberg, Secretary (Beth Tephilath Moses, Mt. Clemens)
• Rev. Bart Beebe (Christ Lutheran Church, Sterling Heights)
• Ed Bruley
• Rev. Bill Davis (First Presbyterian Church of Mount Clemens)
• Rev. Roger Facione (Mt. Calvary Lutheran, Warren) 
• J. David Ivers (Metropolitan AFL-CIO)
• Eric Jackson, Treasurer (NAACP, Vinson Chapel C.M.E., Clinton Twp.)
• Susan Kattula (St. George Chaldean Church, Shelby Twp.)
• Fr. Randall Phillips (St. Blase Catholic Church, Sterling Heights)  

2010 MLK Celebration Committee

Renee Arrington-Johnson, Chair
Rev. Michail Curro
Willie Dechavez
Kimberly Hase
Lynette Holmes
Mike Hoylock
Redelian McLaurine
Michelina Plesco
John Poma
Karyn Rudzinski
Tapinder Singh
Kimberly Woloszyk

2010 MLK Celebration Day Volunteers

Fred Barbret
Ed Bruley
Penny Hader
Darlene Kaltz
Alice King
Julie Matuzak
Andy Melitz
Cindy Melitz
Kaela Melitz
Mike Melitz
Lauren White
Vicki Whitsett-Jackson
King House Students
Alternative Middle School Students, Warren Consolidated Schools
Warren Mott Jazz Band
Arts Academy in the Woods Voice Students
Michelina Plesco
Karyn Rudzinski
Imam Achmat Salie
Lynnette Sutman
Leslie Thompson

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