A COMMUNITY SPACE IN THE HEART OF HAMTRAMCK: 10345 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck MI
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
Please join Danielle Aubert and Lorraine Perlman on Wednesday, October 9 from 6–8 pm to celebrate the release of the Detroit Printing Co-op: The Politics and the Joy of Printing.
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Description: In 1969, shortly after moving to Detroit, Fredy and Lorraine Perlman and a group of kindred spirits purchased a printing press from a defunct militant printer and the Detroit Printing Co-op was born. The Co-op would print the first English translation of Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle and journals like Radical America, formed by the Students for a Democratic Society; books such as The Political Thought of James Forman printed by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers; and the occasional newspaper, such as Rebels' Voice by Detroit high schoolers.
Fredy Perlman was not a printer or a designer by training, but was deeply engaged in ideas, issues, processes, and the materiality of printing. His exploration of overprinting, collage techniques, varied paper stocks, and other experiments underscores the pride of craft behind the calls to action and class consciousness.
Building on in-depth research, this book is a highly illustrated testament to the power of printing that explores the history, output, and legacy of Fredy Perlman and the Co-op. It is published by Inventory Press.
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CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
A gifted mathematician, Ada Lovelace is considered to have written instructions for the first computer program in the mid-1800s. She has been described as “that Enchantress of Numbers who has thrown her magical spell around the most abstract of Sciences and has grasped it with a force which few masculine intellects could have exerted over it.” Oh, swoon. But, wait, what does this have to do with Book Suey? Well, her father was Lord Byron, and we stock his poetry! So, in the spirit of Ada, we will be celebrating International Ada Lovelace Day, by hosting a Ada/Byron Mashup ‘Zine Workshop! Working with obsolete computer textbooks, discarded 19th century poetry anthologies, and a variety of aesthetically pleasing and relevant ephemera, folks can paste & slice & sew handbound pamphlets to their hearts desire! For those seeking total immersion, there will be stacks of old-stock IBM punch cards available for you to fashion into your own personal Classical/Romantic/Victorian or even Elizabethan calling cards! As if that isn’t enough to set the mood, we’ll also be (delicately) shouting out random factoids and quizzes and quotes about the lovely Ada, while sipping English Breakfast tea and eating something akin to crumpets (while supplies last). Do join us for a jolly good, totally free, time!
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
Featuring:
-Sally Howell, Halal Metropolis Co-Creator
-Farhana Islam, Architect & Hamtramckan
-Greg Kowalski, Local Historian
About the Panelists:
Ever since catching an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at the age of nine, Farhana Islam has been interested in becoming an architect. It was not just the design and creativity of these homes that interested her, but how architecture could improve the lives of the families showcased. Farhana is a strong believer in the ability of architecture and research combined with participatory design thinking for strengthening communities and having a positive effect on the world. Only together can people build a better future. She recently graduated with her Master of Architecture from University of Detroit Mercy. Her graduate thesis was on diaspora directed development; primarily focused on the Bangladeshi-Muslim-American community in her hometown of the Detroit/Hamtramck area. Today she is a Project Coordinator at Berardi+ DETROIT where she is able to continue working on local projects in the ever evolving architectural landscape of the city and remain an active contributor to her community.
Sally Howell is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Arab American Studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Her books include Arab Detroit 9/11: Life in the Terror Decade (2011, Wayne State University Press), and Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past (2014, Oxford University Press). Howell's current research is about Muslim visibility in Detroit today and the political, social, and economic impact of the region's Muslim populations.
Author Greg Kowalski has been a journalist for more than 40 years and has written seven books on Hamtramck. He is chairman of the Hamtramck Historical Commission, which helped found the Hamtramck Historical Museum.
Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Su'ad Al Khabeer, Ph.D is a scholar-artist-activist who uses anthropology and performance to explore the intersections of race and popular culture. Su'ad is currently an associate professor of American Culture and Arab and Muslim American Studies at the University of Michigan. She received her PhD in cultural anthropology from Princeton University and is a graduate from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University (Damascus). Her latest work, Muslim Cool: Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States (NYU Press 2016), is an ethnography on Islam and hip hop that examines how intersecting ideas of Muslimness and Blackness challenge and reproduce the meanings of race in the US. Su’ad’s written work on Islam and hip hop is accompanied by her performance ethnography, Sampled: Beats of Muslim Life. Sampled is a one-woman solo performance designed to present and represent her research and findings to diverse audiences as part of her commitment to public scholarship.
Sohail Daulatzai’s work includes scholarship, essay, short film/video/installation and the curatorial. He is the author and co-editor of several books, including of Fifty Years of “The Battle of Algiers”: Past as Prologue, Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America, and Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas’s Illmatic. He is the curator of the celebrated exhibit Return of the Mecca: The Art of Islam and Hip-Hop and Histories Absolved: Revolutionary Cuban Poster Art and the Muslim International. His video/installation work includes short film essay pieces with Yasiin Bey, a ciné-geography with Zack de la Rocha, as well as an installation piece entitled cas·bah /ˈkazˌbä/noun, 1. A place of confinement for the natives, yet reclaimed. He’s written liner notes for the Sony Legacy Recordings Release of the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set of Rage Against the Machine’s self titled debut album, an essay in iconic photographer Jamel Shabazz’s retrospective Pieces of a Man, as well as other writings in Artbound, The Nation, Counterpunch, Al Jazeera, Souls, and Wax Poetics, amongst others. He teaches in Film and Media Studies, African American Studies, and Global Middle East Studies at the University of California, Irvine.
Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
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Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
Friday September 13th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Makers and Influencers
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
An Afternoon with Dr. Debbie Almontaser and HPS superintendent Jaleelah Ahmed
Join us for a conversation between Dr. Debbie Almontaser (author, Yemeni American schoolteacher, community activist, and founding principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy) and Jaleelah Ahmed (HPS superintendent, educator) will explore what it means to be a Muslim in the American education system, a woman in leadership, and navigating diversity in schools.
Introduction by Abraham Aiyash, Hamtramckan and Yemeni American Activist.
Copies of “Leading While Muslim” will be available for purchase, with proceeds benefitting the Yemen Mercy Bakery.
Halal Metropolis, an exhibition examining Muslim visibility in southeast Michigan will be on view in the space before and after the program.
Hosted in Partnership with Book Suey.
Dr. Debbie Almontaser is an internationally recognized, award-winning educator, speaker and authority on cross cultural understanding. She is an influential community leader and the Founder and CEO of Bridging Cultures Group, Inc. Dr. Almontaser was the founding and former principal of the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn, NY. A 25-year veteran of the NYC Public School System, she taught special education, inclusion, trained teachers in literacy, and served as a multicultural specialist and diversity advisor. Currently, she is the Board President of the Muslim Community Network. She frequently lectures, serves on panels, and facilitates teacher and public workshops on cultural diversity, conflict resolution, Arab Culture, Islam, Muslims in America, interfaith coalition building and youth leadership at schools, universities, libraries, museums, faith-based organizations, churches, synagogues, as well as national and international conferences. She is author of “Leading While Muslim”.
Jaleelah Ahmed is the new superintendent of Hamtramck Public Schools. Ms. Ahmed has been the English Language Development (ELD) Director for Hamtramck Schools since the fall of 2016. Her 22 years as an educator also include successful experience as a principal and district resource teacher, bilingual teacher and Title I specialist. In addition, she is currently a part-time faculty member and coordinator at Wayne State University and a School Improvement Consultant. Ms. Ahmed holds a Bachelor of Science degree in English and Master of Arts degree in Education with a K-12 Educational Leadership Endorsement as well as endorsements as a K-12 Literacy Specialist and in ESL. She is currently working toward earning her Doctorate degree in Curriculum Instruction and Educational Leadership at the University of Michigan’s Dearborn campus.
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
The Halal Metropolis project will be holding a design charrette in Hamtramck that explore and reimagines Muslim visual identity, visual language, and visual and material culture through an intensive, hands-on workshop that brings people from different disciplines and backgrounds together with members of the community.
Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
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Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
Friday September 13th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Makers and Influencers
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
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Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
Friday September 13th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Makers and Influencers
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
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Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
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Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
Friday September 13th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Makers and Influencers
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
OPEN HOURS:
THURSDAYS 5-8
FRIDAYS 5-8
SATURDAYS 12-5
Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
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Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
Friday September 13th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Makers and Influencers
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival!
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Halal Metropolis explores the facts, fictions, and the imaginaries of the Muslim population(s) in Detroit and Southeast Michigan as viewed through historical/ archival research, documentation of current conditions, and explorations of future desires. The Halal Metropolis alludes to the established and growing Muslim population in Detroit and the metro area, one of the largest and most diverse Muslim populations in the U.S., whose visibility is both pronounced and extremely present in the city, yet whose narrative seems unusually silent in the larger Detroit story. The exhibition moves beyond wanting to simply illustrate or document the current state of this halal metropolis intro exploring the congruent and contradicting ideas, aesthetics and cultures working to make the halal metropolis both a real and imaginary entity.
The project is organized by CAAS director Sally Howell, photographer, activist Razi Jafri, and artist and MFA Program Director at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design Osman Khan.
——
Friday August 30th - Saturday August 31st
Sneak preview during Hamtramck Labor Day Festival
Friday September 6th, 2019 from 6:00 - 9:00
Official exhibit opening night and performance
Friday September 13th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Makers and Influencers
Saturday September 14th, 2019 from 2:00 - 5:00
Detroit Month of Design Event
Design Charrette: Making Muslim Spaces
Friday September 20th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Muslim Cool
Thursday September 26th, 2019 from 6:00 - 8:00
Panel: Hamtramck in Perspective
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
Book Suey’s storyteller Series continues with local writer Esperenza Citron.
About the Storytelling Series:
There is a unique dynamic between the written and spoken word. In reading aloud what is written down, in its horizontal and linear construction, in expressing verbally what the most basic form of communication is, the speaker becomes more than just a reader, but a Storyteller. Something magical happens when there is a release of words from the page utilizing our voice. In the age of media, of solitary observation of screens and the silent withdrawal of the individual to read, we forsake our common unifying bond, the communal splendor of a campfire. The hearth of human civilization revolves around the fundamental communal gathering and always is the Storyteller in the center.
With each Storytelling Series event, Book Suey will present a local writer/author to speak, to tell us a story, invite us to experience a piece of their world, their vision -- illuminating something we were unable to see before.
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Book Suey in Bank Suey will be on hiatus in September to accommodate Halal Metropolis! Catch them before they’re gone!!
ONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Book Suey’s storyteller Series continues with local writer Kenny Karpov.
About the Storytelling Series:
There is a unique dynamic between the written and spoken word. In reading aloud what is written down, in its horizontal and linear construction, in expressing verbally what the most basic form of communication is, the speaker becomes more than just a reader, but a Storyteller. Something magical happens when there is a release of words from the page utilizing our voice. In the age of media, of solitary observation of screens and the silent withdrawal of the individual to read, we forsake our common unifying bond, the communal splendor of a campfire. The hearth of human civilization revolves around the fundamental communal gathering and always is the Storyteller in the center.
With each Storytelling Series event, Book Suey will present a local writer/author to speak, to tell us a story, invite us to experience a piece of their world, their vision -- illuminating something we were unable to see before.
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Celebrate Eid-- Have fun creating greetings to send to your friends and family!
Hosted by crafter/painter Malika Ayubbi, who will lead us in creating stylish and modern Eid pop-up greeting cards!
All are welcome!
Even if you don’t celebrate Eid, you can join us for an evening of arts & crafts!
Children under 12 should be accompanied by an adult.
RSVP and live updates on facebook.
Hosted by Halal Metropolis. Halal Metropolis will be at Bank Suey from August 30, 2019 to September 28, 2019. Learn more here.
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
We are so excited to host community leader Rev. Sharon Buttry’s art! Sharon’s work will be on display during all Bank Suey open hours during this time frame.
In partnership with Book Suey, we will have a celebration of the exhibit as well as reading on Saturday August 3rd at 2p!
About Rev. Sharon Buttry, MSW
Rev. Sharon A. Buttry, MSW has recently retired as Associate Director of Training and Education at the International Hope Center based in Hamtramck, Michigan. She also recently retired from International Ministries, American Baptist Churches. Rev. Buttry has extensive experience in urban ministry in the United States with the American Baptists, Christian and Missionary Alliance and International Foursquare churches. She has led workshops in social ministry and trauma awareness/recovery in Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, India, Nagaland, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Bangladeshi and Thailand, and the Middle East. She earned graduate degrees in ministry and social work in Philadelphia between 1992- 1996 and was ordained in 1996 via the American Baptist Churches at Calvary Baptist Church of Norristown, PA. Rev. Buttry has been a leader in the Detroit area in interfaith relationships. She contributed an interview and chapter in the book FRIENDSHIP and FAITH, (Read the Spirit, Front Edge Publishing). Rev. Buttry serves as a voluntary Hamtramck Police Chaplain. She is a grant writer and administrator in community & police relations for Hamtramck. Rev. Sharon Buttry is married to the Rev. Dr. Daniel Buttry. They both serve as Special Appointment Global Consultant for Peace and Justice, International Ministries, American Baptist Churches. Sharon travels and volunteers with Dan 3 months of the year conducting conflict transformation training and mentoring the next generation of peace builders. When they are home, they live in a house they rescued from blight in Hamtramck, Michigan, known as Hopewell House, where they mentor ministry leaders. They are parents of three adult children residing in Michigan and Texas. They are proud grandparents of two young granddaughters. Rev. Buttry’s interests include gardening, painting, and adventure camping.
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
We are so excited to host community leader Sharon Buttry’s art! Sharon’s work will be on display during all Bank Suey open hours during this time frame.
We are so excited to host community leader Rev. Sharon Buttry’s art! Sharon’s work will be on display during all Bank Suey open hours during this time frame.
Celebration August 3rd
In partnership with Book Suey, we will have a celebration of the exhibit as well as reading on Saturday August 3rd at 2p!
About Rev. Sharon Buttry, MSW
Rev. Sharon A. Buttry, MSW has recently retired as Associate Director of Training and Education at the International Hope Center based in Hamtramck, Michigan. She also recently retired from International Ministries, American Baptist Churches. Rev. Buttry has extensive experience in urban ministry in the United States with the American Baptists, Christian and Missionary Alliance and International Foursquare churches. She has led workshops in social ministry and trauma awareness/recovery in Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, India, Nagaland, Ethiopia, Kenya, Myanmar, Bangladeshi and Thailand, and the Middle East. She earned graduate degrees in ministry and social work in Philadelphia between 1992- 1996 and was ordained in 1996 via the American Baptist Churches at Calvary Baptist Church of Norristown, PA. Rev. Buttry has been a leader in the Detroit area in interfaith relationships. She contributed an interview and chapter in the book FRIENDSHIP and FAITH, (Read the Spirit, Front Edge Publishing). Rev. Buttry serves as a voluntary Hamtramck Police Chaplain. She is a grant writer and administrator in community & police relations for Hamtramck. Rev. Sharon Buttry is married to the Rev. Dr. Daniel Buttry. They both serve as Special Appointment Global Consultant for Peace and Justice, International Ministries, American Baptist Churches. Sharon travels and volunteers with Dan 3 months of the year conducting conflict transformation training and mentoring the next generation of peace builders. When they are home, they live in a house they rescued from blight in Hamtramck, Michigan, known as Hopewell House, where they mentor ministry leaders. They are parents of three adult children residing in Michigan and Texas. They are proud grandparents of two young granddaughters. Rev. Buttry’s interests include gardening, painting, and adventure camping.
CONTEMPLATION. CONVERSATION. COMMUNITY. Book Suey is a cooperatively run bookshop for everyone operating 2x a week in Bank Suey.
Wednesday 5-9p
Saturday 12p-6p
Every Wednesday at 7p there is an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Enter through the front door, if you need direction ask the Book Suey clerk to direct you to the meeting.
