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volunteer interests include afford-
lvin Saperstein, Ph.D., once
had a chance to ease tensions able housing, small business devel-
opment and reducing inequality and
between the United States
racism.
and the Soviet Union.
This award, Saperstein
The Wayne State
ABOVE: Harriet
said, is also for “the many of
University (WSU) pro-
and Dr. Alvin
us who try and try to make
fessor emeritus in the
Saperstein with
Selma Goode. They
things better in our com-
Department of Physics
received Lifetime
munity, to create peace and,
and Astronomy recalled
Achievement
hopefully, to sometimes suc-
the incident at Peace
Awards at Peace
ceed.”
Action of Michigan’s
Action of Michigan’s
Selma Goode received the
recent PeaceBuilder
PeaceBuilder
Lifetime Achievement Award
Celebration.
Celebration.
for “Grass Roots Organizing.”
Saperstein was in
She founded Westside
Stockholm in 1983 to con-
Mothers, one of the nation’s
tribute his research paper
first welfare rights advocacy groups,
for a European-wide conference on
in 1965. Goode was born in a rural
“Non-Provocative Defense.”
Michigan community, where neigh-
“I don’t know that the conference
bors commented upon her father
itself had a significant effect on the
being a Democrat.
nations of Europe, but soon after
In 1945, she graduated from
that, the Cold War began to wind
down,” he said. “I can only hope that WSU with a bachelor’s degree in
medical technology. Goode worked
my paper had a small positive effect
nearly 20 years for the Jewish Labor
on the European security climate.”
Peace Action presented a Lifetime Committee.
A fighter for workers’ rights,
Achievement Award for “Peace and
Goode was arrested twice during the
Justice Activism” to Saperstein and
1990s Detroit newspaper strike. She
his wife of 61 years, activist Harriet
Saperstein, at a dinner held Oct. 7 in promotes interfaith dialogue and
access to health care.
Detroit. They are known as “scien-
Her organizational affiliations
tific proponents of nuclear disarma-
include Southeast Michigan Jobs
ment and a peaceable planet.”
with Justice, Michigan Universal
In 2012, the Sapersteins estab-
Health Care Access Network,
lished a fund to assist WSU’s Center
for Peace and Conflict Studies. CPCS Coalition of Labor Union Women,
Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring and
provides scholarships pertaining
Democratic Socialists of America.
to peace, war, social justice, arms
“I am still doing hearings for
control, globalization, multicultural
members of Westside Mothers when
awareness and constructive conflict
they are having difficulty getting dis-
resolution.
ability, food assistance, medical cov-
Harriet Saperstein facilitated
erage or a cash grant,” Goode said.
youth, camping and neighborhood
Motoko Huthwaite was hon-
projects for the city of Detroit and
ored with a Lifetime Achievement
later coordinated major Belle Isle
Award for “International Peace.”
and Riverfront Park developments.
Prasad Venugopal, Ph.D., discussed
Saperstein spurred development
heading HP Devco, a Highland Park- “Nuclear Abolition: A Bucket List.” •
based nonprofit, in 1990-2007. Her

Peace Action of Michigan is a grassroots movement organized to “achieve a
new foreign and domestic policy leading to a just world without violence.”
For information, contact peaceactionmich.org or (248) 543-3920.

