Update on UFPJ April 29th events
Repent, Resist, and Renew:
March for Peace, Justice and Democracy
April 29-May 1
New York City
principal organizers:
UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq
Please register at: www.unitedforpeace.org/faith
Saturday, April 29th
9:40am-11:45am - Interfaith Sabbath & Contingent Gathering
19th Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue (please enter 19th from 5th Avenue)
Contact: revsekou@unitedforpeace.org
12 noon - Interfaith Contingent joins March for Peace, Justice and Democracy to Foley Square (Lafayette Street and Worth Street). Contact: revsekou@unitedforpeace.org
1pm-6pm - Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq Tent at the Peace and Justice Festival in Foley Square on Lafayette Street, north of Worth Street.
Location: TBA
Confirmed Speakers: Rabbi David Ingber, Romenu Synaguage; Rev. Grayland Hagler, Pastor, Pilgrim United Church of Christ-Washington, D.C.; Rev. Claudia De La Cruz, Iglesia San Romero de Las Américas- UCC; Rev. Dr. Rita Nagashima Brock, Co-Director, Faith Voices for the Common Good; Bishop John Selders, Pastor, Amistad United Church of Christ-Hartford, Connectict; Rabbi Or Rose, Professor of Rabbinic and Jewish Thought, Hebrew College; Mary Lord, Assistant General Secretary for Peace and Conflict Resolution; Drew Dellinger, President, Poets for Global Justice; Kathy Engel, Poet; Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Executive Director, The Shalom Center; Ve. Suhita Dharma, Chua Dieu Phap Buddhist Temple; Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, National Coordinator, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq. Invited: Rev. Jesse Jackson, President, Rainbow/PUSH; El Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, Imam, Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood; Debbie Almontaser, Women in Islam; Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Senior Minister, The Riverside Church; Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, Senior Minister, Middle Collegiate Church; Rev. Jim Wallis, Executive Director, Sojourner; Rabbi Michael Lerner, Executive Director, Tikkun.
Contact: revsekou@unitedforpeace.org (Loret's note - This is Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou's email address; he's the principal clergy organizer and very busy as it gets closer to the 29th, but he's pretty good about email information.)
Sunday, April 30th
11:00am - Sermon on Peace and Justice
Rev. Dr. Rita Nagashima Brock, Co-Director, Faith Voices for the Common Good, Steering Committee Member, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq
The Riverside Church, South Hall
430 Riverside Drive
Contact: daloisio@earthlink.net
Monday, May 1st
10am - Calling for the Closing of Guantanamo
Interfaith Prayer Service
777 UN Plaza
11:30am - Press Conference
777 UN Plaza
12 noon - Processional to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
(Civil Disobedience for those willing to risk arrests. There will be a safe zone for those who are not risking arrest but want to show support.) Contact: Matt Daloisio at 201-264-4424 or daisio@earthlink.net, or Frida Berrigan at 347-683-4928 or Frida.berrigan@gmail.com
March for Peace, Justice and Democracy
April 29-May 1
New York City
principal organizers:
UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
www.unitedforpeace.org | 212-868-5545
Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq
Please register at: www.unitedforpeace.org/faith
Saturday, April 29th
9:40am-11:45am - Interfaith Sabbath & Contingent Gathering
19th Street between Broadway and 5th Avenue (please enter 19th from 5th Avenue)
Contact: revsekou@unitedforpeace.org
12 noon - Interfaith Contingent joins March for Peace, Justice and Democracy to Foley Square (Lafayette Street and Worth Street). Contact: revsekou@unitedforpeace.org
1pm-6pm - Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq Tent at the Peace and Justice Festival in Foley Square on Lafayette Street, north of Worth Street.
Activities at the CALC-I Tent7pm-9pm - Interfaith Revival
1:00pm - Music and Meditation
*By Healing Rain
3pm - History of Religious Activism
*Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Director, The Shalom Center
*Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, National Coordinator, Clergy and Laity Concerned Iraq
4pm - Briefing on Guantanamo and May 1st Action at U.S. Mission to the U.N.
*Matt Daloisio, Catholic Worker
5pm - After the March: How to bring people together at a conference
*Interfaith Voices
Location: TBA
Confirmed Speakers: Rabbi David Ingber, Romenu Synaguage; Rev. Grayland Hagler, Pastor, Pilgrim United Church of Christ-Washington, D.C.; Rev. Claudia De La Cruz, Iglesia San Romero de Las Américas- UCC; Rev. Dr. Rita Nagashima Brock, Co-Director, Faith Voices for the Common Good; Bishop John Selders, Pastor, Amistad United Church of Christ-Hartford, Connectict; Rabbi Or Rose, Professor of Rabbinic and Jewish Thought, Hebrew College; Mary Lord, Assistant General Secretary for Peace and Conflict Resolution; Drew Dellinger, President, Poets for Global Justice; Kathy Engel, Poet; Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Executive Director, The Shalom Center; Ve. Suhita Dharma, Chua Dieu Phap Buddhist Temple; Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, National Coordinator, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq. Invited: Rev. Jesse Jackson, President, Rainbow/PUSH; El Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, Imam, Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood; Debbie Almontaser, Women in Islam; Rev. Dr. James Forbes, Senior Minister, The Riverside Church; Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, Senior Minister, Middle Collegiate Church; Rev. Jim Wallis, Executive Director, Sojourner; Rabbi Michael Lerner, Executive Director, Tikkun.
Contact: revsekou@unitedforpeace.org (Loret's note - This is Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou's email address; he's the principal clergy organizer and very busy as it gets closer to the 29th, but he's pretty good about email information.)
Sunday, April 30th
11:00am - Sermon on Peace and Justice
Rev. Dr. Rita Nagashima Brock, Co-Director, Faith Voices for the Common Good, Steering Committee Member, Clergy and Laity Concerned about Iraq
Preaching during morning service at:3pm-5pm - Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training for May 1st
Park Avenue Christian Church
1010 Park Avenue at 85th St.
Contact: 212-288-3246
The Riverside Church, South Hall
430 Riverside Drive
Contact: daloisio@earthlink.net
Monday, May 1st
10am - Calling for the Closing of Guantanamo
Interfaith Prayer Service
777 UN Plaza
11:30am - Press Conference
777 UN Plaza
12 noon - Processional to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations
(Civil Disobedience for those willing to risk arrests. There will be a safe zone for those who are not risking arrest but want to show support.) Contact: Matt Daloisio at 201-264-4424 or daisio@earthlink.net, or Frida Berrigan at 347-683-4928 or Frida.berrigan@gmail.com
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